Patrick Spears

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.”-Washington Irving

Developing creative solutions for problems to help advance mankind:

“Luis von Ahn, the man who brought the world CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA unveiled his newest and most innovative project to date: Duolingo. How can you translate the entire internet and do it for free? Duolingo will be a revolutionary product in which millions of internet users from around the world will work together to translate the internet and learn a new language at the same time. All for free.

Luis von Ahn is the A. Nico Habermann Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He builds systems that combine humans and computers to solve large-scale problems that neither can solve alone.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall’-Confucius

Random story: I have a little free time from studying the other day, and so I decide to do some clothing searches on eBay. I type “Versace for H&M men” into the search box. The screen pops up and the second photo catches my eye. I instantly think to myself, “that looks almost identical to one of my photos”. So I click the tab and it actually turns out to be my photo. After it registered that someone was randomly using my photo on eBay to sell their products I was originally displeased. However I considered the facts that they didn’t crop out my logo which is proper photo etiquette (actually disrespectful if logo removed), the seller has a great rep out of New York, and they could only get my photo from the Target Practice section of this site which means they visited. So in the end I was flattered that they thought my photo was best to use for selling their items. Best of luck and thanks for visiting my site “honeylululeelu”.

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”-Samuel Beckett

Michael Jordan is filing a lawsuit against a major Chinese sports apparel company, Qiaodan Sports Company Limited, for “unauthorized use” of his name and brand. The company name Qiaodan means Jordan in Chinese. In addition to using Jordan’s name they have also filed for similar trademarks such as the number 23, as well as trademarks for the names of Jordan’s 2 sons, Marcus and Jeffrey. Qiaodan generated over $450 million in 2010. Jordan discusses his stance in the following video.

via: HYPEBEAST and China Daily

“When you make something no one hates, no one loves it”-Tibor Kalman

MOMENTOS by Nuno Rocha
A powerful video

Via: YesYesYeah

“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”-Michael Jordan

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”-Abraham Lincoln