Creative Door Chain That Is Really Safe

Creative Door Chain That Is Really Safe: "In many humorous cartoons we have saw paranoid people who lock their doors to a dozen locks but it usually doesn’t stop their pursuers. The door chain which theoretically doesn’t allow opening the door to a stranger. Although this stranger could stick his hand into the hole and unfasten the chain. Defendius is a system that can protect the stranger or you from opening the door fast. To open it a person need to carry the chain though a maze. It’s quite boring to do each time but what won’t you do for your own safety, right? Besides you’ll learn how to go through the maze very fast.Similar Posts:Cool Idea...

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White, male startup companies get funding for being white and male.

White, male startup companies get funding for being white and male.: "This post was originally published at Restructure!When top technology venture capitalist John Doerr decides which startup company to invest in, he consciously and deliberately chooses white males over women and racial minorities:“That correlates more with any other success factor that I’ve seen in the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. If you look at Bezos, or [Netscape Communications Corp. founder Marc] Andreessen, [Yahoo Inc. co-founder] David Filo, the founders of Google, they all seem to be white, male, nerds who’ve dropped out of Harvard or Stanford and they absolutely have...

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Carnovsky's RGB wallpaper: new work

Carnovsky's RGB wallpaper: new work: "Our post on Italian studio Carnovsky's wallpapers that react to different coloured lights has been our most-read story all year. Now, new versions of the wallpapers feature in an exhibition in Berlin, alongside more work exploring the same themeAs we explained in our original post, the designs were created for the Milan shop of Janelli & Volpi, a noted Italian wallpaper brand. Each features overlapping illustrations, different elements of which are revealed depending on whether a blue, green or red light is shone upon them.The designs are now on show in an exhibition at the Johanssen Gallery in Berlin....

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4 Things SMB Owners Must Do in 2011 Or Die

4 Things SMB Owners Must Do in 2011 Or Die: "Oh my, how the world of local search has changed over the past 16 months. Heck, how it’s changed over the past month! It used to be that by localizing your content, claiming your site, and scooping up local citations, small business owners put themselves in a good spot to achieve high visibility in the search results. However, things have changed and they’ve gotten increasingly more complicated. As we approach 2011, I thought we’d take a look back at our 2009 post Small Business SEO: How To Launch That Web site to see what’s changed and what SMB owners need to know for the coming year.Take good...

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Twenty Billionaires Who Started with Nothing

Twenty Billionaires Who Started with Nothing:"America is the land of opportunity and these 20 billionaires are living proof that a humble beginning is no barrier to success in the U....

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ah, the little choices we make

ah, the little choices we make: "Two years ago I did a radio interview about a company called “The Point”. The name of the company came from Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point”. The idea was to use the web to facilitate collective action.After the interview, I contacted the founder. We had lunch. He was brimming with ideas. But he was also really interested in… well… OrgTheory. He wanted to take the ideas we talk about on this blog and try to turn them into a company.We talked a few more times after that. He wanted to know if I wanted to get involved. I decided it would be better to focus on my writing. But I did mention there...

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Arsenic-eating microbe may redefine chemistry of life

Arsenic-eating microbe may redefine chemistry of life:"Oddball bacterium can survive without one of biology's essential building block...

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Congressman wants WikiLeaks listed as terrorist group

Congressman wants WikiLeaks listed as terrorist group: "Incoming head of House Homeland Security Committee says Wikileaks should be designated 'Foreign Terrorist Organization,' freezing funds and making support a federal felon...

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Fun Fishbowls

Fun Fishbowls: " When I tell people I don’t really like cats or dogs they tend to react as though I’ve just said my favorite meal is barbecued baby with a side of roasted bunny. I’m just not a pet person, but if I were going to get a pet, it would probably be a fish. They’re low maintenance, pretty to look at (so many colors!), and with a mod fish bowl, they actually enhance your home—that’s my idea of the perfect pet!Read Full Po...

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U.S. Smartphone Battle Heats Up: Which is the “Most Desired” Operating System?

U.S. Smartphone Battle Heats Up: Which is the “Most Desired” Operating System?: "According to October 2010 data from The Nielsen Company, 29.7 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers now own smartphones that run full operating systems.The most popular smartphones are the Apple iPhone and RIM Blackberry, which are caught in a statistical dead heat with 27 percent of smartphone market share in the U.S. Twenty-two percent of smartphone owners have devices with the Android operating system.Most Desired Operating Systems (OS):When mobile users who planned to upgrade to a smartphone in the next year were asked about their next phone, Apple’s iOS and Android...

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Saturn's moon Rhea may have a breathable atmosphere [Future Space Colony]

Saturn's moon Rhea may have a breathable atmosphere [Future Space Colony]:" Saturn's icy moon Rhea has an oxygen and carbon dioxide atmosphere that is very similar to Earth's. Even better, the carbon dioxide suggests there's life - and that possibly humans could breathe the air. More » ...

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Google Reader gets native Android app

Google Reader gets native Android app: "We're surprised it took this long, but what good would it do to live in the past? Google Reader is now available to download as a native app for Android, care of Google Inc. itself. Multiple accounts are supported, preferences are synced, search is enabled, and since it's native, you can send to other apps (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Bluetooth). Should make for a better experience than the web-only client, but hey, you be the judge.Google Reader gets native Android app originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feed...

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