January 2012
1 post
December 2011
3 posts
“As culture and commerce intersect, some unusual behavior has emerged. And older...”
– In China, IKEA Is a Swede Place for Senior Romance, Relaxation - WSJ.com
November 2011
3 posts
“On a barometer of events yuppies get excited about, Starbucks unveiling their...”
– Daily Dot | Excitement brews over ‘Bucks cups
October 2011
3 posts
“The scientists took the words of the song It’s a Small World and...”
– Data stored in multiplying bacteria - 08 January 2003 - New Scientist
Wut?
September 2011
10 posts
“With unemployment in the United States hovering around the nine percent mark,...”
– Greeting cards cheer up jobless Americans - Yahoo! News
Encouraging and thoughtful or completely stupid?
“If you can invest in individuals and free them from the processes that require...”
– - John Rich, Public Health Professor, 2006 MacArthur Fellow
2011 MacArthur Fellows
“What product consistently gets the highest ranking for freshness? Heinz ketchup....”
– Illusions in the Grocery and Cosmetics Aisles - WSJ.com
4 tags
“For people with a condition that some scientists call misophonia, mealtime can...”
– For People With Misophonia, a Chomp or a Slurp May Cause Rage - NYTimes.com
August 2011
6 posts
“Calligraphy is an art; typing isn’t,” [Singh] says. “When you...”
– Calligraphers still going against type - latimes.com
@snailmailemail sends old-school handwritten...
This is strange yet ambitious. I like it.
…”the folks at Snail Mail My Email want to bring back corresponding by pen and ink.
The premise is simple: For a month, from July 15 to Aug. 15, a horde of volunteers will transcribe your email into a handwritten note and then snail mail it to a special someone anywhere in the world — free of charge. They’ll also include a...
July 2011
3 posts
June 2011
6 posts
May 2011
9 posts
What's the hashtag again? Oh yeah,...
When we asked how their lives had changed over the past decade, “infused with technology” was the most widely cited answer. But equally telling are the phrases coming next on the list — “more complicated,” “more stressful” and “focused on finding ways to do more with less.” In contrast, fewer than half said their lives had become “more...
One of those days.
You know it’s been one of those days when you end up having fried crab wontons and alcoholic beverages for dinner. I’m an adult, therefore I can. So there.
Inspired by Facebook, Israeli couple name baby...
Stumped for an original name for their newborn daughter, an Israeli couple took inspiration from social networking site Facebook and named her “Like,” Israeli daily Maariv reported on Monday.
“Forrest smoked a pack of cigarettes a day, and he still drinks the odd glass of...”
– Desk jobs kill.
At 100 and 93, world’s oldest newlyweds aren’t slowing down - Yahoo! News
April 2011
13 posts
“And therein lies the real problem. When someone you are trying to talk to ends...”
– Sad.
I make a conscious effort to not tap away on my phone while someone is talking to me. If I know I’m expecting an important message, I’ll let the person know, attend to it when it comes, then put my phone(s) away. Manners. Where did they go?
Ahem! Are You Talking to Me? (Or...
How to hack yourself a standing desk in 3 easy... →
gregschlom:
Standing desks are the latest trend all the rage in modern software development. All the cool guys are coding standing now.
Look:
A typical startup in Coalbrookdale, England, circa 1760. See any Aeron chairs? Nope. Standing desks? Check.
The thing is:
You’ll eventually get tired of…