January 2012
6 tags
Who Does Google Think You Are? →
According to Google, I’m interested in Arts & Entertainment (check), Advertising & Marketing (check), Food & Drink (check), Games (check), Technology (check) and Bodybuilding (not check.) Google also thinks that I’m between the ages of 25-34 (check) and that I’m a male. For the record, I am, in fact, a female. [Sigh.] As part of their new privacy announcement, Google...
What Is a Hangover? →
A Message to Women From a Man: You Are Not "Crazy"... →
i spotted this in my twitter feed today and of course opened the link without noting who tweeted it. it’s from last september, but is definitely worth a read.
“It’s no longer acceptable for us to not take responsibility for our...”
– Dear Internet: It’s No Longer OK to Not Know How Congress Works
“To harness the energy that fuels both these drives, we need to move beyond the...”
– via @asiea, The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com
“Creativity is almost a mortal sickness. It’s not easy to be happy and creative:...”
– Philippe Starck: Creativity, Money And Sex
There could be 160 billion good reasons to believe...
iheartchaos:
With dozens of exoplanets being discovered nearly every day, scientists now estimate that almost every star in just our galaxy has at least one planet surrounding it, if not more. That’s at least 160 billion planets out there, with countless variations on environment, atmosphere, planet type, meaning there’s got to be life out there somewhere. So why have we not found it yet?
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25 Angry Kids Who Can't Do Their Homework Because... →
“Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources...”
– What’s an Entrepreneur? The Best Answer Ever | Inc.com
“I’ve never had a single ad for any of my novels, had a movie made or been given...”
– Do authors have to be social? No, but it helps — Tech News and Analysis
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BEARING: A Southern Lifestyle Guide for Men →
awesome.
WatchCicada Princess
checking out the best of Kickstarter and stumbled across this gem. it might just change my opinion about cicadas…
Pentagon Scientists Use 'Time Hole' to Make Events... →
um, what?!
Watch;)
amandalynferri:
jeffrubinjeffrubin:
20 Great Songs Ruined by Commercials, researched over the course of several years by myself and Pat
These are so embarrassing and awesome. Great work guys!
f scott fitzgerald on love.
texturism:
i fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. and it’s these things i’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. i love her and it is the beginning of everything.
- f. scott fitzgerald on his wife, zelda | via vanillabean45: uncannie
