Una manera simple de aplicar filtros y efectos a nuestras fotografías desde Chrome

Opciones para darle un toque diferente a nuestras fotografías no nos faltan, pero si buscamos una solución rápida desde nuestro navegador, podemos tener en cuenta a Foto Rulez Es una aplicación para Google Chrome que nos permite tener a disposición más de 40 filtros y efectos para aplicar tan Fuente

Surfmark – Captura, comenta, organiza y comparte las páginas que visitas -

Es claro que a la hora de realizar una búsqueda en la web sobre algún tema específico, desde temas académicos hasta las mejores tiendas para conseguir determinado producto, son decenas las páginas web que se abren y cierran durante la navegación, muchas con contenido valioso que en una nueva búsqueda pueden no aparecer por lo complejo de recordarlas todas.

Pues bien, Surfmark es un servicio web con una extensión para Firefox y Chrome que permite capturar las páginas web mientras se navega para luego organizarlas en tableros al estilo Pinterest. Sin embargo la idea no es guardar capturas de pantalla sino guardar las páginas completas de manera similar a Evernote pero contando con más opciones de edición: notas emergentes básicas, resaltado de texto con colores diferentes, trazos libres, marcos con anotaciones para destacar secciones y varias más.

Al instalarle aparecerá un botón en la barra de extensiones del navegador que al oprimirlo desplegará las opciones de captura y edición disponibles que luego de ser ejecutadas mostrarán una ventana para seleccionar el tablero donde se guardarán y algunas etiquetas para organizarle mejor. Algo útil es que la barra de herramientas desaparecerá sólo hasta que se vuelva al pulsar el mismo botón así que lo único que hará falta para agregar una nueva página será pulsar en el botón “Save”.

El servicio es gratuito y es posible registrarse mediante Facebook o Google+. Vale resaltar que la ventaja de capturar las páginas web completas es que los tableros se pueden compartir permitiendo la edición por parte de otros usuarios (por ejemplo, los compañeros del grupo de estudio) además de que pueden visualizarse en modo presentación con las típicas flechas de navegación.


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How to Refinish Wood Floors -

Under old, soiled, dirty carpet may be a beautiful wood floor screaming to be reintroduced to your home. Coating your floors with a clean, new finish is about as satisfying as it gets. A little hard work and you could have the hardwood floor you've always envied in the homes of others.

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Prepping Your Floor for Refinish

1. Remove any carpeting from the area. Cut and roll in sections manageable for carrying out to the trash. Once all carpeting has been removed, move on to the real work.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


2. Hammer down any protruding nail heads. Nails may have been added to the flooring to cut down on squeaking or to secure a loose baseboard. Either way, nails that are sticking up above the wood floor present both a danger and a nuisance. Most of the time, hammering the nails down deeper into the flooring is a better and easier solution than taking the nails out.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Hammer the nails down about 1/4 inch into the floor. Use a nail set so you don't leave hammer marks(dents)in the wood. Work with their direction, not against it. Once the nails are 1/4 inch deep, they're ready to be concealed with a little bit of filler that you'll make after sanding down the rest of the flooring. More on that later.


3. Make sure the floor is relatively clean. If old carpet backing is stuck to your wood floor, you will need to scrape it off with a putty knife. This can be a rather tedious job, and can take a great deal of time, but it's worth it.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Go over the floor with a vacuum and mop if necessary. Years of dust and grit can create a lot of debris. You want this debris cleared away before you attack the old wood finish.


4. Remove any tack stripping along the floor edges. If tack stripping was present along with your carpet, remove it before you start sanding so that you can hit those areas with your finish.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

Removing the Old Finish by Sanding

1. Use sanding to buff up any very old, excessively scratched or worn wood. Chemical strippers can be used if what you're after is a quick fix, or the floors themselves were recently finished. If, however, you're dealing with traffic patterns, stains, or scratches, your best bet is to sand away those imperfections and then add another coat to the floor.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


2. Prep the perimeter. Hand-sand or palm-sand the perimeter of the floor with coarse 180-grit sand paper. Rub out 4 to 6 inches from the edge of the baseboard so that you're sure to cover the areas your mechanical floor sander can't get to.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


3. Use a floor sander to hit the areas of the floor that weren't hit by hand in the detail sanding. You can rent floor sanding machines at hardware supply stores or equipment rental stores.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Start with a coarse grit and begin to sand the floor. Start off gently. You don't want to gouge the floor. If you get a good sander, you'll even be able to lift up the sander and spend a little more time on heavy-wear or problem areas. Change out your sanding disks as necessary. You may need to change out the sand paper once or twice using the same grit before you've completely removed the finish.
   
   
   • Using a pencil, color the entire area lightly with streaks of graphite. This will help tell you when you've sanded an area. Otherwise, it'll be tough to tell where you've sanded and where you haven't.
   
   
   • Go over the entire floor again with a medium-grit sandpaper. Look at the pencil streaks to determine whether you've already sanded an area or not. Again, you may need to change the disks on your sanding machine before the job is finished.


4. Save the sawdust created by sanding. If you hit any wayward nails back into the floor in the prep stage, be sure to save the sawdust so that you can patch and plug the 1/4 inch holes created by the nails. This will help ensure a nice, even finish.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

Removing the Old Finish with a Chemical Stripper

1. Use a chemical stripper in lieu of sanding. If you want a quick fix, or the wood underneath the old finish is clean and scratch-free, you may want to use a chemical stripper instead of sanding down the whole floor. If you choose to use a chemical stripper, always follow the instructions on the label and use proper safety precautions.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Use gloves, goggles, and be sure to ventilate the area you're working in. Chemical strippers are designed to peel off the finish from wood; you don't want it interacting with your skin, and you don't want to inhale too much of it.^[1]


2. Apply the stripper on an area of about two square feet. Don't be timid about applying too much of it. You also don't want to cover too much of an area at once as you will want to be able to clean the area in plenty of time.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


3. Let stripper sit for about five minutes. Once you've applied the stripper to the finish, let wait the suggested time without interfering. You will notice the old stain bubbling and lifting from the wood.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Don't wait so long that the stripper dries on you. When you remove the stripper, you want it to still be wet.


4. Remove the stripper from the wood. You can do this in two steps:
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Hit the area with a putty knife to scrape off the stripper along with the finish.
   
   
   • Use denatured alcohol in a disposable aluminum pan to clean off the remaining stripper with the help of steel wool. Do not put too much denatured alcohol in the pan, as it does tend to quickly evaporate.


5. Follow manufacturer's instructions for cleaning the stripper from the wood. Different chemical strippers will need to be cleaned using different methods. Some strippers need to be cleaned with turpentine or paint remover, while others can simply be rinsed with water.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


6. Allow the area to dry completely. Water or moisture and your new finish don't work well together; be sure to allow the area to dry completely before moving on to the next step.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


7. Spot-sand any scratched or worn areas. You may need to sand any problem areas before you apply the new finish to your wood floors.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

Applying the New Finish

1. Plug any remaining holes with wood paste or wood plugs. May you had a few cables running into the baseboard; or perhaps those nails we talked about earlier are in need or covering up.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   • To make a wood paste, mix sawdust with a small amount of white glue to create a paste. Apply paste over the nails with a putty knife and allow to harden before sanding flush with the rest of the floor.
   
   
   • Find small wooden plugs for larger holes. If necessary, drill into the floor to enlarge the hole so that the plug will fit nicely inside. Apply a small amount of wood glue around the side of the plug, fit the plug into the hole so that the grain of the plug and the grain of the floor match well, and hammer down lightly. Allow to dry completely before sanding flush with the rest of the floor.


2. Before you apply any finish, be sure to vacuum and/or clean up any debris. You want your entire floor cleared of any sawdust, debris, or stripper before you apply the new coat. Make sure also that your floor is completely dry before applying the new finish.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


3. Once the floor is ready to be refinished, apply the stain or finish of your choosing evenly onto the floor. Make sure that before you actually start to apply the coat to your floor, you have the windows open for ventilation, you're wearing a mask to keep the fumes from bothering you, and you've spot tested the finish so you reasonably know what it's going to look like on your floor.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Also use gloves and a synthetic bristle brush when applying the finish. Start with the perimeter of the floor and work your way in. A 3-inch band is all you'll need for a perimeter.
   
   
   • Use an applicator pad to do most of the work for you. You can use a watering can with a bit of cheesecloth on top to pour the finish onto the floor, and then use your applicator pad to mop the finish into the floor evenly and cleanly.
   
   
   • Make sure that you leave yourself an area to exit once the finish has been applied. You don't want to have to walk over the newly-stained floor with your dirty shoes when you want to let the finish dry.


4. Wait for the finish to dry and, if necessary, apply another coat of stain or finish to deepen the color. Use the same techniques as described above, and be sure to take proper safety and handling guidelines into consideration.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


5. When dry, finish with a polyurethane coating, if desired. It is much easier to use a long-handed roller rather than a brush, and it gives a nicer finish. It is important to lightly sand after each application with 220 grit sandpaper. Clean after each sanding with tack cloth. It may take 24 hours between applications for the polyurethane to dry.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

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How to Relieve Stress -

Stress. We all deal with it. Whether it be our jobs, family life, drama with friends, a relationship problem, or finances, stress is there. While a little stress is probably good for you, it's the excess that does the harm. But there are ways of relieving it or destressing.

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Help Relieving Stress

Sample Meditation Techniques

Sample Ways to Manage Stress

Ways to Calm Down

Quick Stress Relief

Feeling like stress is about to sink you, right now? Try this approach for rapid relief:

1. Breathe deeply and calmly. Sit down somewhere peaceful and take deep breaths over at least five minutes. Every time your mind wanders, return it to focusing only on the deep breaths. Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, repeat this until you feel calmer.


2. Smile. Your body has a ready-made fix-it solution for when you feel overwrought and it is as simple as changing your physiology. The smile is the simplest way to do this. Plaster on a fake grin and keep it there for a few minutes. You'll feel your mood begin to upturn with your grin.
   
   
   
   • Sit up straight, push your shoulders back or stand tall. Realigning your posture into a positive mode will help to decrease stress. Look up instead of curling your chin and face downward.
   
   
   • Change your expression. As well as grinning, also think about smiling with your eyes and presenting a lighter facial expression.


3. Visualize. You are stressing right now because you're focusing on the problem. Focus on resolving it instead. Think about how things will be when it is completed/fixed/stored away/whatever. Try to "float" through the current problem, telling yourself it is a temporary hitch or issue that will be resolved.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   


4. Exercise. Leave your desk, couch or bed and get out there. Go for a run, a swim, a circuit in the gym. Do whatever gets you moving and out of the sitting and contemplating position. The beauty of exercise is that it gets your adrenalin moving for something positive instead of chewing over worries and you can still think about things, probably all the more clearly!


5. Organize. In a mess? Start tidying it in small amounts. Move one little pile of papers, open one bill or wipe down one bench. You can start, you don't need to finish. But remember, it's getting started that matters above all and the motivation will sprout from that tiny beginning.


6. Breathe. Return to deep breathing in a calm spot whenever you feel overwhelmed again.

Understanding Stress Relief Methods

The quick-fix methods above all have reasons behind them, which are explored a little further in this section.

1. Stop shallow breathing. Taking a deep breath is an immediate defense against stress. If you can get in the habit of realizing your stress level rising and take a deep breath every time you feel stress beginning to take hold, this will slow down everything within and helps to put a stopper on your flight or fight adrenalin rush.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Sighing is not breathing. It is a surrender to feeling overwhelmed, or a passive aggressive nudge to someone else that you've had it but you're not prepared to express that more clearly. Deep breathing is about stopping what you're doing, finding somewhere away from the hubbub and self-calming in a regulated and self-caring manner.


2. Talk about your feelings or express yourself. Much stress arises because of a tendency to shoulder responsibilities, burdens and heavy workloads without discussing the consequences or feelings that arise from this weight. Important outlets for relieving this build-up of internal tension include:
   
   
   
   • Talking to others. Whether you talk to a friend or talk to yourself, getting concerns off your mind will help a lot.
   
   
   • Writing it down. If you don't feel like talking about it, write it down. Keep a journal and write down whatever it is that's bothering you. Writing is a therapy of its own. Indeed, for many, a journal is a great way to document how you are thriving or declining mentally over the years and enables you to pick up errors in your thinking.


3. Laugh more often. As we age, we tend to laugh less and get caught up in taking things a little too seriously, ourselves included. Take a leaf from the carefree and unrestrained laughter of childhood, in which laughter is genuine, spontaneous and frequent. As an adult, you may not feel like laughing, but rest assured that even forced laughter can help as a nudge to feeling better and will soon change into genuine laughter, the more you practice it. Ways to get your jollies up include:
   
   
   
   • Crack some jokes. Find genuinely funny jokes, practice them, then share them. The internet exists now, so no excuse for not finding genuinely funny, harmless jokes.
   
   
   • Do your goofiest impression. Something going wrong? Represent your frustration by contorting your face as crazily as you possibly can. Think of a cartoon character, then go for it.
   
   
   • Watch funny stuff. Invite friends and grumpy coworkers over to watch it with you. Have everyone in stitches by the end of the comedy fest.
   
   
   • Look backwards. In your mind's eye, go to this time tomorrow, next week or next year and look back. Is what is happening now worth the stress? What's funny about it in hindsight? See your future self retelling this episode to friends.
   
   
   • Use your common sense of proportion. Obviously not everything is funny but equally, don't take everything too seriously.


4. Use fitness as a stress reliever. Perhaps your health and appearance are stressing you out, but even if they're not an issue, being physically fit can directly help relieve stress, which exists on both a mental and a physical level. Sometimes there's nothing like a long run, an intense yoga session, or a fresh swim after a stressful day to help you feel relaxed and stress-free again. Also, exercise releases endorphins; a feel good hormone.


5. Be better organized. For the most part, stress arises from feeling overwhelmed. Use a planner to keep track of your "to do lists". There's just too much to do, and not enough time to do it. Being organized and getting your priorities straight can help you break responsibilities down into manageable pieces and focus on the things that really matter to you, rather than getting caught up in details and creating extra work for yourself--all of which leads to more stress.

Other Ways to Relieve Stress

Besides the useful ways outlined above for relieving stress, there are numerous other approaches that can help minimize the impact of stressful situations. Just a few are presented here:

1. Soothe the senses. Invoking all of your senses in relaxing, uplifting ways can help calm your soul and relieve stress. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
   
   
   
   • Light a scented candle that has a calming fragrance like lavender.
   
   
   • Listen to your favorite, most relaxing music or, better yet, go somewhere that you can listen to wind rustle through trees or waves crash on the beach.
   
   
   • Enjoy the scenery, whether you're outdoors or viewing an art exhibit.
   
   
   • Drink some warm tea or taste--really taste--some dark chocolate.
   
   
   • Treat yourself by getting a massage or, if you want to be alone, take a bath (bubbles are recommended)


2. Be aware that you always have a choice. You have a choice to be worried or a choice to not worry––either way, things won't change unless you actively do something. Worry never changes a thing! You also have choices about how you react to situations, how you interact with people and how you live your life. While it may feel as if you don't have many choices, often this is a false perspective. Break down your current situation into smaller pieces and work out how you can make beneficial changes to your life that are based on your choices rather than on living up to other people's demands.


3. Learn to say no. You cannot do everything you are asked, so why keep pretending that you can. Being lovely, nice or helpful doesn't rest on never saying no! Indeed, the more you promise and don't deliver, the less people will perceive you as being nice; rather, they'll consider your supposed largesse a nuisance, knowing that you'll drop the balls at the last minute. Instead, be assertive and learn to say no politely but firmly and always when you know there isn't a chance at all that you'll get the thing done.


4. Learn how to delegate. As with trying to be all things to all people by never saying no, never delegating is about you trying to have control and not trusting that others can do their job as well as you can (be it laying the table, washing the whites or staging a corporate takeover). Learn to let go by giving more credence to the abilities of others. And yes, expect a few stuff-ups but have faith in other people to deliver on most things you ask of them. If you're a perfectionist, it's probably right that you can do some things better but learn which battles to fight and which to leave, especially those where "near enough" will do. This way, you'll find more time to do what you really are about and less stress as a result.
   
   
   
   • Surround yourself by people who can do things better than you. Don't be threatened by this; instead, use it to get rid of the worry they'll stuff up and to give yourself more space to pursue the things you're really good at doing instead!


5. Be thankful. Gratitude does wonders for your state of mind. Notice what you have rather than what you're missing and notice the good that others do around you instead of all their faults. Notice your own good too.


6. Say sorry and accept responsibility. If you need to apologize to someone, and doing so will not make the situation worse, find a way to do so. More importantly, learn to forgive, particularly to forgive yourself. Guilt adds pain to stress. And accept responsibility instead of seeking to spread blame. Stress usually results from holding grudges against others long term; this hurts you, not them.


7. Try rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). This teaches that it is not what happens to you, but what you believe about what happens to you that makes you stressed and depressed (Ellis, 1975). You can do a lot to get rid of these feelings on your own by finding the irrational ideas which produce them, and debating with yourself until you have cast them out. Here is Ellis's list of potential culprits; if you have any of these thoughts floating around your mind, challenge them to help bring about a sense of peace:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   • I must be perfect in all respects in order to be worthwhile.
   
   
   • I must be loved and approved of by everyone who is important to me.
   
   
   • When people treat me unfairly, it is because they are bad people.
   
   
   • It is terrible when I am seriously frustrated, treated badly, or rejected.
   
   
   • Misery comes from outside forces which I can't do very much to change.
   
   
   • If something is dangerous or fearful, I have to worry about it.
   
   
   • It is not easier to avoid life's difficulties and responsibilities,than to face them.
   
   
   • Because things in my past controlled my life, they have to keep doing so now and in the future.
   
   
   • It is terrible when things do not work out exactly as I want them to.
   
   
   • I can be as happy as possible by just doing nothing and enjoying myself, taking life as it comes.


8. Do nothing. That's right, folks, do nothing at all. Close the door, open the window, have a seat, and take a little break from life. If your mind is racing, learn to meditate and just let that stress go. Put aside that puritanical nonsense that idle minds do the devil's work; maybe that was an issue before machines and large-scale agriculture but these days, everyone is doing too much and not enough of too little. And remember, it's okay for you––and your kids––to be bored sometimes. Boredom often gives birth to vivid imaginations and vivid imaginations give birth to ideas that change the world.


9. Listen to music. Listening to music does wonders and is a great way to relieve stress. Just be sure to sidestep songs that will make you feel worse, like the songs about giving up and fading away. Instead, listen to good songs that put you in a happy mood. Music is a significant mood-changer and reliever of stress.
   
   
   
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10. Drink plenty of water. If you're dehydrated that can lead to headaches, which just adds to the stress. So relax and get a cup of water. Or a nice herbal tea. Whatever relaxes you and leaves you feeling better.

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