The Benefits of Taking Pictures of Everyday Things

"... Here I was just trying to pass the time and put some more images into my library and those photos became a connection between a mother and son thousands of miles apart. Everyone has a story to tell, as a photographer it's your job to help them tell it visually."

http://retrevo.com/my/147029864/article/1272026

The Amazing World of Version Numbers

"Except…version numbers long ago stopped being version numbers. Software companies started using them as marketing weapons. They tried varying methods of assigning identities to applications, such as naming them after years. They decided that numbers were too dry and substituted letters and words that were meant to be more evocative."

http://technologizer.com/2009/07/14/version-numbers/

Y Wladfa - (Patagonia)

"Extracts from a documentary made in 1961 about the Welsh colony founded in the Chubut province of Argentina in 1865. The original Welsh settlers were looking for a "New Wales" where they could live free from the influences and domination of English. They were offered land in the still unconquered and unexplored area of the Chubut valley in Patagonia. "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLNCFc1Vopc

AlternativeTo - Alternatives to Windows, Mac, Linux and online software

"AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you suggestions on great alternatives! Instead of listing thousands of more or less crappy applications in a category, we make each application into a category. Think of it like forever evolving blog posts about good alternatives to the software that you're not satisfied with. And the "blog posts" are generated by you through suggestions, comments and votes. "

http://alternativeto.net/

Patrul Rinpoche’s Advice on Friends

"If you rely on a friend with knowledge, your intellect will increase.
If you rely on a friend with compassion, you will give birth to bodhichitta.
If you rely on a friend with contentment, your desires will decrease.
If you rely on a friend with generosity, you will give rise to a giving mind.
If you rely on a friend with a peaceful and restrained temperament, your mind-stream will become good."

http://emptyelephant.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/patrul-rinpoches-advice-on-friends/

Field Force to Lhasa 1903-04

"Captain Cecil Mainprise accompanied General Sir Francis Younghusband's expedition to Tibet in 1903. He wrote 50 letters home which trace the expedition’s progress into Tibet. Read this insider's account on the day they were written some 105 years later."

http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/

Wi-fi in Cardiff

View WiFi in Cardiff in a larger map

"Editable map of wifi in Cardiff and the surrounding regions. When you add places please stipulate whether the wifi is free or paid. Also, if you can add details such as size, atmosphere, prices etc it would be useful for people who don't know the area/venue."


http://www.wifi-in-cardiff.co.uk/

Clwb Malu Cachu

"Welcome to Clwb Malu Cachu, the website for Welsh learners. Here you will find grammar cheat sheets, audio files, short stories, interviews and lots, lots more! "

http://clwbmalucachu.co.uk/cmc/


"We want Clwb Malu Cachu to be a fun and friendly place for you to practice your Welsh and to make as many mistakes as you like. When you’re learning a new language it’s impossible not to make a pig’s breakfast of it sometimes, so please don’t feel self-conscious when posting and don’t worry about occasionally talking rubbish!"

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClwbMaluCachu/

Protectors

"The dharmapalas represent our basic awareness, which is not so much absorbed in the meditative state of being but which takes place or takes care of us during the postmeditation experience."

"If you have the slightest temptation to step out of the dharmic world, the protectors will herd you back -- hurl you back -- to that world. That is the meaning of asking the dharmapalas, or the protectors, to help you in your practice."

Trungpa Rinpoche - Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness (1993).


http://tibetanaltar.blogspot.com/2009/08/protectors.html