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They just don’t make ads like these anymore (apart from ads for margarine, vitamins, laundry detergents,beer, departments stores,bras …..)

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I wonder which of our current advertisements will be laughed at by our grandchildren.

Cars? Petrol? CDs? iPads? Plane travel?

Hat tip to Brendan and Tanya

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Quora

How can you have a happier 2013?

Perhaps you cpuld ask Quora.

Quora is a question and answer website – ask a question, and the ‘crowd’ answers. Users can vote for the best answers, promoting them up the list, as well as editing other peoples answers to get the most correct response.

Quora is a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it. The most important thing is to have each question page become the best possible resource for someone who wants to know about the question.

Quora was launched by two former Facebook employees in June 2010, and has had tremendous growth, with millions of regular users.

Questions span an enormous range of topics – from the very prosaic to the very philosophical. What distinguishes it from other similar sites is the calibre of the people who answer  -often scientists, doctors, executives, actors, academics – people who would know.

What happens if the cable holding an elevator is cut? was answwered by someone from the legal firm for Otis elevators.

How did Disney get all the intellectual property licenses for all the video game characters used in Wreck-It-Ralph? was answered by Rich Moore,the director of the movie.

How would you define English humour? was answered by Stephen Fry

The best way to use Quora is to sign up for a weekly email newsletter on topics of interest to you, or use the The iPhone App.

Here is a Quora question to help with new years resolutions.

To be happier, what’s the smallest, simplest thing an average person could do?

1964 votes for:

 

Rule: When I arrive home from work, the very first thing I tell my wife is the best thing that happened that day. 

No exceptions. No complaining. Just the best thing that day, even if it was just a good cup of coffee. This had the effect of starting our evening off on a positive note and it changed our relationship.

 

Other high scoring answers – get more sleep, exercise, and assume positive intent by others.

Sounds like a good start.

 

What I Learnt On 1st January in other years

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The photo editor of Time Magazine calls 2012 ‘A year of Deja Vu’.

 

Photos can be eerily simililar, even when taken a year apart.

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Time Lightbox faetures a series of such similar photos.

 

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On a previous WILT, we looked at the world record Rube Goldberg machine

I think this latest posting has just toppled the previous champion from its throne.

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Can you print directly from your iPad or iPhone?

Yes – if you are on a network with a supported printer. Goota hate the fine print.

And Yes – if you have any old printer, and the very handy MacOSX program handyPrint.

We posted about AirPrint Activator last year. It has recently been updated to v3 and had a name change to handyPrint.

If you occasionally need to print from your iThing, I recommend it. Details are pretty much as per our previous post.

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