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  • Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

    Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm. Piotr Wozniak’s quest for anonymity has been successful. Nobody along this string of little beach resorts recognizes him as the inventor of a technique to turn people into geniuses. A portion of this technique, embodied in a software program called SuperMemo, has enthusiastic users…

  • 20+ Tools For Creating Your Own Games

    20+ Tools For Creating Your Own Games January 4, 2008 — 05:36 AM PST — by Sean P. Aune — From Mashable.com We all play games, but not many of us have tried to actually create games. Have you been scared due to all the programming knowledge you think it takes? Well, thanks to the…

  • Find a Complementary Color Quick with Whats Its Color

    Find a Complementary Color Quick with Whats Its Color Some of us have a great eye for complementary colors and matches—and then some of us still don’t understand why brown shoes and black pants are a bad idea. For anyone looking to set an image against a complementary background or find a color scheme, Whats…

  • Geek to Live: Take study-worthy lecture notes

    Geek to Live: Take study-worthy lecture notes by Gina Trapani Copying class notes after the fact is a time-consuming way to study for an exam, but it was the only thing that truly worked for me back in college. But next week I’ll be in a classroom again for the first time in 8 years,…

  • 24 ways: The Neverending (Background Image) Story

    24 ways: The Neverending (Background Image) Story The Neverending (Background Image) Story by Elliot Jay Stocks Everyone likes candy for Christmas, and there’s none better than eye candy. Well, that, and just more of the stuff. Today we’re going to combine both of those good points and look at how to create a beautiful background…