October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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Oct 28th
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WatchWatch
It looks like it’s on fire… theatlanticvideo: This Is Probably as Close as You’ll Get to Being an Astronaut Our highlight reel of NASA’s spectacular time-lapse videos of Earth, as seen by astronauts on board the International Space Station
Oct 28th
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Using your hands = "mental vitamin" →
When you do meaningful work with your hands, a kind of neurochemical feedback floods your brain with dopamine and serotonin. These happy brain chemicals are natural antidepressants, and we’ve evolved to release them both to reward ourselves for working with our hands and to motivate ourselves to do it some more.
Oct 28th
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Oct 26th
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Cecilia Liao: Twitter could be used to track... →
cecilialiao: Researchers at University of Iowa claimed that they cut through the noise of Twitter and was able to create a web-based program that spot signs of flu in geographic areas before cases were reported with the local authority. The accuracy of the results demonstrated that it was possible to cut…
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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“I’ll tell you the other interesting thing about Tumblr and GIFs in particular....”
– Joe Cornish on Tumblr and his film, “ATTACK THE BLOCK” (via markcoatney)
Oct 24th
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“Felonies and gourds have one very important commonality: they’re both extremely...”
– It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers (via Timothy McSweeney)
Oct 19th
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Oct 19th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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“Why has Tumblr become the go-to platform of this moment? As we saw in Iran,...”
– Is Occupy Wall Street the Tumblr Revolution? - Technology - GOOD (via markcoatney)
Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
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ShortFormBlog: More on Mark Cuban's student loan... →
shortformblog: bronze-by-gold said: Brilliant? In what universe? Student loans are often used to cover living expenses while in school, and using poorly paid TAs to reduce the cost of education is exploitative. » SFB says: The argument Cuban is making is one of efficiency. I think the idea that…
Oct 15th
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Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Idea#559
oneideaaday: Set up a beam-vertising Nike campaign of hidden inspirational messages on city walls that can only be revealed with long exposure pictures.
Oct 12th
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Oct 12th
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“Women get the joke. Is this really for men or really for women?’ is a way to...”
– Jim Trebilcock, executive vice president of marketing for Dr Pepper, explaining his company’s uniquely sexist ad campaign. It’s really not funny, bro. (via Josh Sternberg)
Oct 10th
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Oct 10th
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How to Make Your Google Accounts More Secure →
world-shaker: Words to the wise, yo.
Oct 10th
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Oct 8th
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Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 6th
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“When I get home I’m gonna scrub this place like it’s a crime scene. Which it is,...”
– Is Cam the best character on television? Yup. (via rachelinbrooklyn)
Oct 6th
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Oct 5th
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Oct 5th
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