Miserable people, the BBC Micro:bit, and removing duplicates in Google Sheets – Top 3 of the week
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Ancient Earth globe is a Google Earth but for going back millions of years
Ancient Earth globe is a Google Earth but for going back millions of years Source: Ancient Earth This is a very cool tool for studying the past geology of the Earth. One of the most interesting features is the ability to enter an address and have Ancient Earth locate where that address would be on…
Remove duplicates with this Google Sheets Add-on
Remove duplicates with this Google Sheets Add-on. Source: Remove Duplicates – Google Sheets add-on Remove Duplicates is a Googel Sheets add-on that will help you manage duplicate information in a spreadsheet. There is an extensive help page available on how to use the add-on.
3 ways to easily open your browser clicks in a new tab or window
3 ways to easily open your browser clicks in a new tab or window. There are a couple of ways to open a link into a new browser tab or window that works on most browsers. Mac users, replace the CTRL key below with your COMMAND key. The CTRL, COMMAND, and SHIFT keys are modifier…
10 ways to get started with the BBC Micro:bit board
The BBC Micro:bit isn’t just a great project board for children, but for anyone who wants to ease themself into programming with a relatively basic device. But what exactly can you do with one of these modest-looking single-board computers (SBC)? Here are some awesome Micro:bit projects to get you started and inspire you. Source: 10…
Learning about the 14 habits of highly miserable people
Most of us claim we want to be happy—to have meaningful lives, enjoy ourselves, experience fulfillment, and share love and friendship with other people and maybe other species, like dogs, cats, birds, and whatnot. Strangely enough, however, some people act as if they just want to be miserable, and they succeed remarkably at inviting misery…
Creating animated movies, reading with gifs, and the digital attention crisis – Top 3 of the week
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Ethical ramifications of “the digital attention crisis”
In 2016, Tristan Harris, whose job title at Google was “design ethicist,” left the company to focus on a new nonprofit he called Time Well Spent. The goal of Time Well Spent is to reverse what it calls “the digital attention crisis” — the brilliant minds at Google, Apple, Facebook, and elsewhere who “hijack our minds”…