The Top 5 Regrets In Life By Those About to Die

Posted by Joel in Success Advice | 44 Comments

Thanks to @scott for this one. Everyday, I have to decide how much time to spend at work versus with my family. Finding a balance I can live with is the challenge. With Emma growing up so fast, I worry it will be one of my regrets at the end.

Its natural to have regrets at the end, and I think we could all take this list to heart. That said, these common regrets, at one extreme, could be boiled down to "I wish life wasn't so hard. I wish I didn't have to choose between what I loved and what I wanted versus what was required of me to ensure my family and I survives and thrives."

Thanks to Brion on G+ for this link..

All I can say is "About Time"! In my minimal testing, it seems to work. I tested on OS X (10.6.8). I found that with Maven 3.02 setting JAVA_HOME was not enough. I think there may be a bug in the mvn script with paths that have spaces in them? After looking at the script, I found that setting JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME"/bin/java that maven then worked as expected.

Secretary Hilary Clinton gives a very compelling speech on the advocacy for equal rights of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Its a 30 minute video and I feel she supports her arguments well. For me, she was preaching to the choir, but I hope her statesmanship is able to change the hearts and minds of others in power. And for those of you who do not share the view that the LGBT community should be afforded the same rights and freedoms as everyone else, please set aside your opinions for a moment and hear her argument.

Why you should use 2-step verification

"2-step verification adds an extra layer of security to your Google Account by requiring you to have access to your phone – as well as your username and password – when you sign in. In addition to your username and password, you'll enter a code that Google will send you via text or voice message upon signing in.

2-step verification drastically reduces the chances of having the personal information in your Google account stolen by someone else. Why? Because hackers would have to not only get your password and your username, they'd have to get a hold of your phone."

I recently switched to using 2-step verification and it is only a little more work and a lot more secure. There are a couple of apps that don't work with it - like the Picasa Logitech Revue App, but most will work using an "application specific password". This video talks about those as well. I was recently prompted by a friend to do this after E-mails in my name that *appeared* to come from my gmail account. In the end it was a spoof and my account was fine. Still it scared me enough to change my password and switch to 2-step verification.

Box rides on iCloud's coattails, offers 50GB of free cloud storage to iOS users

By Joe Pollicino posted Oct 13th 2011 10:34PM

No, your eyes don't deceive you -- Box is offering 50GBs of free storage inside its cloud for iOS users -- just like it did for TouchPad owners back in June. Anyone who downloads the latest version of Box's app for iPad and iPhone will receive their massive lot for data storage after registering a personal account (existing accounts can join in on the fun as well). To make better use of that extra space, Box will also be bumping upload capacity from 25MB to 100MB per file and baking in AirPlay support. Look, Box is obviously skitching on iCloud's tail, but it sure seems like a crazy good deal considering that space is yours "forever." The promotion will last for 50 days, officially starting at 12AM on October 14th -- although, we're already seeing the update on our end. Full details in the source link.

I got mine! I'm a dropbox user, but for 50GB of free storage for life, I'll get my foot in the door - hedge my bets. :)