
Spring Technology Festival April 30th 2011
Barcamp is an unconference which means there are no set speakers or agenda till the day it starts. The idea is to bring together the top minds in design, development and entrepreneurs to create sparks that may lead to the next big web 2.0 company. Florida ironically is the 3rd largest tech state behind Texas and California, but it is so spread out people can't find each other. The same isn't true for silicon valley. There are bars at either end and all the great minds from all of the startups just find themselves there. talking having fun with people in divergent companies and markets. This allows them to introduce new ideas to their peers brainstorm or just have someone understand them. Tech people often are the sole hero at a small startup with no one else to … Read More...

Experience the Call of Peace
Calling all people, to embrace the spiritual journey of the heart, through the ancient sound vibration of the magnificent Sri Lankan drumming and Dance troupe. Together we will transcend all boundaries and express the vibration of peace. The Dhamma Wheel Meditation Society of Clearwater, Florida will be hosting the Sri Lankan-American Pancha Thurya Drum and Dance Troupe in a series of spiritual concerts for world peace. This is a unique cultural event not to be missed. see a video of the performers at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sy4XEGJioM As part of the ceremony Bhante Dhammawansha will lead a meditation and gift each individual with a 6 color vibration string tied around the wrist. This string is a symbol of peace that wrapped the Island of Sri Lanka and helped to … Read More...

Is Japan Ready for the Final option?
The reactor situation in Japan suffered yet another setback today, with water levels in Unit 2 registering 10 million times normal levels. The radiation was so high that workers fled the reactor rather than take a second reading. Radiation levels were an astonishing 1,000 msv/hour which will cause radiation sickness within an hour and even deaths starting at 6 hours. Given this near-lethal radiation field, workers evacuated Unit 2. One question is: where did this radiation come from? Most of it was in the form of iodine-134 with a half-life of 53 minutes and iodine-131 with a half life of 8 days. This indicates that the radiation came directly from the core at Unit 2, rather than the spent fuel pond where most of the iodine has already decayed. So there seems to be … Read More...

Don’t open links pointing to suspicious third parties
The online marketing company Epsilon was hacked, exposing thousands of its clients’ names and e-mail addresses. Now authorities are trying to make sure that no harm comes to the clientsThe online marketing company, Epsilon got hacked recently showcasing the vulnerability of the internet. Epsilon is an internet marketing giant that had many famous companies as its clients, and now all of them have been exposed to the risk of information theft.Some of the companies which are the clients of Epsilon are Citigroup Inc, College Board, Walgreens, TiVo Inc, Capital One Financial Corp, HSN Inc, J.P. Morgan Chase, Disney and Kroger.All these companies have stepped forward to warn their customers about the Epsilon hacking, so that they are aware of any mysterious actions which … Read More...

20 WordPress Theme Hacks to replace the need for Plugins
Plugins are great, we use a number of them, but are they always neccessary ? A lot of plugins just replicate functionality that you could just as easily build directly into the theme itself. This comes in handy for client sites, they dont have to stay on top of updating the plugins when new versions come out, which could break the existing functionality. If you are releasing a theme publicly then it should work “out of the box” with no need for plugins.With this is mind, Im going to be looking at 20 hacks, tips and tutorials for replacing plugins by adding the functionality into your WordPress themes. via 20 WordPress Theme Hacks to replace the need for Plugins. … Read More...
Spring Technology Festival April 30th and May1st
Spring Technology Festival April 30th 2011
Barcamp is an unconference which means there are no set speakers or agenda till the day it starts. The idea is to bring together the top minds in design, development and entrepreneurs to … [Read More...]
What’s Up With Google?
What is going on with Google GOOG? The shares are down $16.42, almost 3%, at $571.26, in an otherwise up market, at slightly less than average volume, despite there being no one news item that … [Read More...]
Patent Office Struggles to Catch Up With Technology
WASHINGTON — President Obama, who emphasizes American innovation, says modernizing the federal Patent and Trademark Office is crucial to “winning the future.” So at a time when a quarter of … [Read More...]
Environmental Problems and Solutions

Is Japan Ready for the Final option?
The reactor situation in Japan suffered yet another setback today, with water levels in Unit 2 registering 10 million times normal levels. The radiation was so high that workers … [Read More...]
Charles Boyd: Costa Rica Event in Tampa
Get the Insider-Only Secrets of Investing in Costa Rica on Thursday, August 12th in Tampa, Florida Grab Your Financial Lifeline and Get Direct Access to a Recognized Expert with a Proven Track … [Read More...]

Guerilla Activism Swimming Pool Painting
What better way to call attention to pressing issues that most people want to hear about than to do it with something so visually stunning it becomes impossible to ignore? This pool bottom is painted … [Read More...]