Mint For Twhirl

Mint

So I want to offer anyone who wants it a free Twhirl skin that makes tracking replies and direct messages inline alot easier. It also introduces contrast in the FriendFeed portion of the app between others’ comments and your’s against the regular background.

Here’s the installation info you’ll need to install the skin. Download the Mint Skin
1.)  Extract the Mint.xml file.
2.) Go into your Twhirl skins folder:

  • For PC it’s in Program Files Twhirl colorschemes
  • For Mac its in Twhirl- (Right click) show package contents, Colorschemes

3.) Copy the file into the folder.
4.) Restart Twhirl and enable the theme.

Hope you enjoy, leave me comments or send me a reply @jimminy if you do or if there is anything you would like modified. I’m also planning on working on some more so if you would have an idea of something you would like just let me know.

Update: @kyeung808 noticed a little issue with the image I have up above and I must take note of it. The image above appears to show multiple columns but it’s actually Twitter on the left and FriendFeed on the right.

Collection Of Twinspiration Jan. 11 – Feb. 10 & An Update

I’ll do the update first,as you can tell I haven’t been posting as often the reason is, right now, I’m working on a full redesign for the site and also a project that is likely going to have me changing my feed at some point in the next few months. I’ll update you all when this occurs so that you’ll be able to transition to the new feed.  Alright now I’ll provide you with the quotes from the last month, as always if you want to read them daily subscribe to my twitter feed @jimminy.

“A good laugh is good for both the mental and physical digestion.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.” ~ John Foster Dulles

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.” ~ Edward Thorndike

“Everything we do seeds the future. No action is an empty one.” ~ Joan Chittister

“If you aren’t going all the way; why go at all?” ~ Joe Namath

“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” ~ Robert Maynard Hutchins

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

“Your work is to discover your work, and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.” ~ Buddha

“There is nothing so confining as the prisons of our own perceptions.” ~ William Shakespeare, King Lear

“Education for creativity is nothing short of education for living.” ~ Eric Fromm

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

“Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.” ~ George C. Lichtenberg

“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh

“Grant me the courage not to give up, even though I think it’s hopeless.” ~ Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

“Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body.” ~ Aldous Huxley

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”~ Leo Tolstoy

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” ~ Cicero

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” ~ Albert Einstein

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” – Chinese proverb

“There is no education like adversity.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

“You can be aggressive and self serving or you can be aware of those who need help and lend a hand.” ~ Adam Shepard

“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” ~ Thomas Edison

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” ~ Elbert Hubbard

“An unshared life is not living. He who shares does not lessen, but greatens, his life.” ~ Rabbi Stephen S. Wise

“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” ~ Marge Piercy

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” ~ Niels Bohr

“A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.” ~ Samuel Johnson

“The main fuel to speed the world’s progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.” ~ Julian Simon

Success Isn’t In Your Genes, It’s In Your Heart

The other day I watched Gattaca and was fascinated by it’s attitude. The film is supposed to be a sci-fi thriller looking into a dystopian future where if you weren’t genetically engineered you were of lower social rank. This however isn’t what I took away from the film, I took away something far brighter, a look into successful habits.  The protagonist is a genetically inferior child with a weak heart and huge dreams to reach the stars. Here’s a list of some of the habit’s I found.

Don’t Save Anything to Go Back

This is probably, the most noticeable in the film as this statement is only slightly paraphrased from the film. The reason not to save anything is because the risk going to prod you along, you will know in the back of your head it’s sink or swim. I don’t recommend going so far as that if you make a mistake you will fail completely, but just far enough to make it hard to accept failure.

Always Look Up

In the film, Vincent stares at the rocket that is his dream multiple times as it is taking off. He was positive that he would be able to find a way to get on it no matter how impossible it seemed. Positivity will lead you towards your dreams, you just have to know where to look, up.

Share Your Success

What’s better than one person being successful and reaching there goals. It’s multiple people assisting each other in achieving their goals. The movie provides a very close relationship between multiple characters as they each find success through assisting each other. Pull someone along for the ride and let them occasionally pull you up also when you slip.

Don’t Let Others Tell You What You Can or Can’t Do

Being born in a time of genetic engineering, Vincent’s parent’s new exactly what was wrong with him from the time he was born. As the movie progresses you can clearly see that he was triumphing over these ailments that were supposed to cripple his potential. He set his own bar and didn’t let what was supposed to happened keep him from going strong. Don’t let other’s inhibit you from doing what you set out to do.

Success Isn’t In Your Genes, It’s In Your Heart

Remember that, you achieve what you want to achieve, and only what you want to achieve. Your life isn’t predetermined by what’s pumping through your veins but what’s pumping through your mind. So what is it that you want from life and who are you taking for the ride?