Good Siri or Bad Siri?

Is there anything Siri can’t do (besides recognize Scottish accents)? Providing further proof that one day we’ll rely on our smartphones for just about everything, developer Brandon Fiquett hacked Siri to work with the Viper SmartStart system in his Acura TL, meaning he can start and stop his engine via voice command, as well as pop the trunk and activate his alarm.

Fiquett used a proxy server to communicate with Viper SmartStart through Siri, initially starting with voice commands like “Vehicle start” before moving on to the more conversational “Start my car.” While impressive, we’re still waiting for the day Siri serves as a chauffeur, bringing the car around front after hearing, “Siri, be a dear and fetch the car, won’t you?”

via Time.com

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The Magic Moment by Paulo Coelho

“You have to take risks”- he said.

“We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

“Every day, God gives us the sun–and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy.
“Every day, we try to pretend that we haven’t perceived that moment, that it doesn’t exist–that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow.

But if people really pay attention to their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment.

It may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock.
It may lie hidden in the quiet that follows the lunch hour or in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us.

But that moment exists–a moment when all the power of the stars becomes a part of us and enables us to perform miracles.”

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Murmuration

Features a fleeing moment of beauty and it reminds me of my desire to see an aurora borealis.

Pretty Beach House

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The Beauty of Augmented Reality

Appshaker recently launched a unique way for people to interact with the amazing world of National Geographic Channel's content from around the globe. It's pretty awesome.

Tom Ford for Skyfall

TOM FORD is once again creating costumes for the forthcoming James Bond film, Skyfall. The designer is dressing Daniel Craig for the second time, after providing the actor with a host of dapper looks in Quantum of Solace in 2008.

"I couldn't be happier to be dressing Daniel Craig again," Ford told the Telegraph. "James Bond epitomises the Tom Ford main in his elegance, style and love of luxury. I am thrilled to move forward with this iconic character."

Craig's Bond wardrobe will include made-to-measure suits, shirts, knitwear, ties and sunglasses - all handmade in Italy. The film, directed by Sam Mendes, is set to be released next October.
via Vogue UK

MW3: The Vet & The Noob

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The First Golden Rule on Living the Good Life

Taken from Forbes.Com
By Panos Mourdoukoutas

When a 103-year-old man living in a small village was asked what his secret was, his answer was fairly simple: “I have always kept myself busy. I have been living my life. My hair has turned white, my hands and feet are not as strong as they used to be, but I can still reason. And as long as I reason, as long as I keep my mind engaged, my spirit, my soul is at peace. I can still examine and experience the world around me and participate in it, that’s what makes me happy. I can reason under the pine tree how to make better baskets. It now takes longer-much longer than it used to take to make each one for them. But it doesn’t matter. I no longer make them to earn a living. I make them just for the beauty of it, just for the pleasant thought of young men carrying grapes in vineyards. I can still examine life in the village coffee shop where I debate local, national, and international issues with my fellow villagers, and meet new people visiting the area. I examine life in the village church where I raise anew the question of our being. I examine life in the farm where I still plant and nurture olive trees, dreaming of the days the new generation will harvest them, and cut branches to crown Olympic victors.

I examine life by my fire place. I…,” the old man went on and on. “The day I stop examining life, I will be dead.“ That was two years later, just three months shy of his 105th birthday.

The Man in the Metro

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

Are you awake to life?

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