Wow. I'll bet these are just as meditative to create as they are to look at.
Source: http://www.motoi.biz/english/e_top/e_top.html
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Powerful Post on the Disease Called Perfection
This is really powerful stuff. As of now, there are over 3400 replies. Think he struck a nerve.
Source: http://www.danoah.com/2010/09/disease-called-perfection.html
Source: http://www.danoah.com/2010/09/disease-called-perfection.html
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Rumors of Monogamy's Demise Are Grossly Exaggerated
Wow. A bad press release led to an article in a national newspaper spouting bad information.
Source: http://bigthink.com/ideas/26630
Source: http://bigthink.com/ideas/26630
Brene Brown Interview: Imperfection, Vulnerability, and Innovation at Work
Right before the 30-minute break, she hits on some really important issues. Every manager should listen to this.
"Creativity and innovation will never happen as long as shame is a management style."
"For the recipients of shame and fear, intent is not relevant." Smashing someone with the "good" intention of motivating them doesn't motivate them and is just a slam.
Source: http://www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vepisode.aspx?aid=51518
"Creativity and innovation will never happen as long as shame is a management style."
"For the recipients of shame and fear, intent is not relevant." Smashing someone with the "good" intention of motivating them doesn't motivate them and is just a slam.
Source: http://www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vepisode.aspx?aid=51518
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Whimsical Art: Sandrine Estrade-Boulet
Love her sense of humor!
Source: http://www.sandrine-estrade-boulet.com/sandrine_boulet/Home_Sandrine_Estrade_Boulet_en.html
Source: http://www.sandrine-estrade-boulet.com/sandrine_boulet/Home_Sandrine_Estrade_Boulet_en.html
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Guys, Don't Have High-Pressure Meetings at Starbucks
Interesting that this study showing that caffeine has bad effects on men under stress got wide publicity right before Starbucks announced their new larger-than-the-average-stomachs Trenta size beverages.
Source: http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2011/01/coffee-helps-women-cope-with-stressful.html
Source: http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2011/01/coffee-helps-women-cope-with-stressful.html
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The Trusting Are Healthier
Not only are trusting people better lie detectors, they're also healthier.
Source: http://www.bakadesuyo.com/are-more-trusting-people-healthier
Source: http://www.bakadesuyo.com/are-more-trusting-people-healthier
Book Origami
Love altered books. Can't bring myself to actually cut or deface a book, but I love it when other people do. These are amazing.
Source: http://www.dudecraft.com/2011/01/isaac-salazars-book-origami.html
Source: http://www.dudecraft.com/2011/01/isaac-salazars-book-origami.html
Monday, January 17, 2011
Photo Like a Charcoal Drawing: 1950 Golden Globes
Nice photo. Looks like pencil or charcoal, doesn't it?
Source: http://thegloss.com/beauty/retro-snap-golden-globes/
Source: http://thegloss.com/beauty/retro-snap-golden-globes/
Screen Time Leads to Health Problems (Even If You Exercise)
Wow. This is interesting. Seems like the prevailing wisdom has been that the problem with screen-based entertainment was that people sat and ate, sort of the anti-weight-loss plan. This study shows that the screen time is bad for you even if you're good about getting exercise.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110110164736.htm
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110110164736.htm
Attitude Determines Salary Altitude
I'm sure Bob Sutton (author of "The No Asshole Rule") is loving this research. Workers with better attitudes get paid better.
"any attempt to raise workers’ earnings potentials should focus not only on the development of their human capital endowments, but also on improvement of their attitudes."
Source: http://www.bakadesuyo.com/what-kind-of-attitude-will-improve-your-salar
"any attempt to raise workers’ earnings potentials should focus not only on the development of their human capital endowments, but also on improvement of their attitudes."
Source: http://www.bakadesuyo.com/what-kind-of-attitude-will-improve-your-salar
Positive Thinking Not For Everyone
This study shines some light on something I've wondered about for a while. Have you ever known someone who is really into believing that everything happens for a reason and reframing events to emphasize the good, yet is still a bundle of unhappiness and anxiety? Clearly all that cognitive effort is not paying off for them. Turns out they're not alone.
Source: http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-positive-thinking-a-method-that-can-help-e
Source: http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-positive-thinking-a-method-that-can-help-e
Dim All the Lights Sweet Darlin... 'Cuz Your Body Needs the Dim
Sorry for the `70s flashback. It just popped into my head.
Yet another study has found that exposure to artificial light in the evening hours messes with our proper functioning.
"Results showed exposure to room light before bedtime shortened melatonin duration by about 90 minutes when compared to dim light exposure. Furthermore, exposure to room light during the usual hours of sleep suppressed melatonin by greater than 50 percent."
Given that most of us don't have different lamps for different times of day, is it any wonder we don't get good sleep?
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110113082716.htm
Yet another study has found that exposure to artificial light in the evening hours messes with our proper functioning.
"Results showed exposure to room light before bedtime shortened melatonin duration by about 90 minutes when compared to dim light exposure. Furthermore, exposure to room light during the usual hours of sleep suppressed melatonin by greater than 50 percent."
Given that most of us don't have different lamps for different times of day, is it any wonder we don't get good sleep?
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110113082716.htm
Friday, January 14, 2011
Left Turn Haters Unite
I can't actually say I *hate* left turns, but I certainly don't like them much. Especially the unprotected kind. Turns out there may be good reasons to engineer traffic flows without them.
Source: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/01/life-without-left-turns/
Source: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/01/life-without-left-turns/
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Shoot-Em-Up Typing Game
I remember playing a game like this in the early 90s as part of one of those learn-to-type programs. My mother never let me take typing in school 'cuz, "If you can type, some man will decide it's your job." And she was right. I can't count the number of times the lack of typing skills prevented people from demoting me back when I was an editor. One guy even brought me a printout of a paragraph he wanted added to his manuscript. Ummm... I'm working on the paper in TeX on a computer. You typed the paragraph on a computer. Why don't you just email it to me or send me a file? Nope. This was his moment of power. Get revenge on the person who pointed out all of the grammar mistakes by wasting her time. Sigh.
Once I was free of that workplace full of... Well, let's just say the guy mentioned above was typical, and there were hundreds of them there... And it was clear that the computer was going to be key to my career, I found some floppy disks with fun games like this.
Source: http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/
Once I was free of that workplace full of... Well, let's just say the guy mentioned above was typical, and there were hundreds of them there... And it was clear that the computer was going to be key to my career, I found some floppy disks with fun games like this.
Source: http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The Oven Loungechair
This thing is marvelously awful. And very clever. Man, I hated harvest gold and avocado green. Barf!
Source: http://www.dudecraft.com/2011/01/oven-lounge.html
Source: http://www.dudecraft.com/2011/01/oven-lounge.html
Rex the Dog Stop Motion Video
I'm a big fan of animation. This is a very cute stop motion piece.
Source: http://www.dudecraft.com/2011/01/rex-dog-bubblicious.html
Source: http://www.dudecraft.com/2011/01/rex-dog-bubblicious.html
Monday, January 10, 2011
Clever Design: Milk Bottle
Not sure what I'd do with the contents, but I really want the jar. :)
Source: http://www.likecool.com/Milk_packaging_concept_by_Kian--Pic--Gear.html
Source: http://www.likecool.com/Milk_packaging_concept_by_Kian--Pic--Gear.html
Pretty Painted Guitars
Lots of color!
Source: http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2011/01/colorful-hand-painted-telecaster.html
Source: http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2011/01/colorful-hand-painted-telecaster.html
Sculptures From Car Parts
This guy's work is amazing! Love the Wall Frog.
Source: http://www.jamescorbettart.com/othersubjects.html
Source: http://www.jamescorbettart.com/othersubjects.html
Messing With the Circadian Clock Messes With the Mind (and Body)
This is really interesting. Mess with the schedule of the mice, and they get unhealthy. I'd like to know if there are correlations between being functional in our world (which is mostly lark friendly) and being a morning person. (You want me to be in the office by when?!?!) Similarly, what are the stats on obesity on owls forced to work in a daytime world? Oh so many questions...
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/circadian-disruption/
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/circadian-disruption/
Dog Breed Infographic From Wired
This would make an awesome poster.
Source: http://datavis.tumblr.com/post/1131078306/where-dogs-come-from
Source: http://datavis.tumblr.com/post/1131078306/where-dogs-come-from
Intelligence and Thinking Speed
Hmmm... This study shows that people who do well on IQ tests (They call those "smart people." Since IQ tests only test certain kinds of intelligence, I'm not so comfortable with making test scores equivalent to smarts. But anyway...).
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102169531
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102169531
Dealing With Fear Through Nonjudgmental Acceptance
I can do the acceptance part of what they recommend, i.e., "I have a fear of x." It's the nonjudgmental part that gets me. "I have a fear of x" is usually followed by "and it's stupid and I should just suck it up and get over it." Oh, well. Something else to practice.
Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059823679423598.html
Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059823679423598.html
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sure, I Can Find Central America on the Map
This is hysterical. Wonder how many people think this is accurate...
Source: http://www.likecool.com/Central_America--TShirt--Style.html
Source: http://www.likecool.com/Central_America--TShirt--Style.html
Thursday, January 6, 2011
We Have Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself
This wonderful infographic shows the world's greatest fears over time. Isn't it interesting how many of them were tempests in teapots?
Source: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/mountains-out-of-molehills/
Source: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/mountains-out-of-molehills/
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
The Scream: Blocking Out the Scream, Not Screaming
I had no interest in Western history or art when I was in school, so this may be old news to most. "This dehumanised figure, into which viewers project their own neuroses, is not screaming but blocking out the scream of its existence."
Source: http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/04/words-about-the-scream/
Source: http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/04/words-about-the-scream/
PacMan On Overhead Wires
This is so clever. I love the PacMan folk on the wires.
Source: http://www.likecool.com/Pacman_on_the_street--Pic--Gear.html
Source: http://www.likecool.com/Pacman_on_the_street--Pic--Gear.html
Yet Another Reason to Ratchet Back the ME Culture: Rudeness Causes Brain Damage
Seems like every day I stumble across one more fascinating fact about creatures whose brains develop After birth, also known as human beings. In this article, a neuroscientist talks about how the level of hostility in American society is literally toxic to developing brains.
Random musing... Is there a correlation, and if so how strong is it, between increasing rudeness and increasing waistlines?
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-douglas-fields/rudeness-is-a-neurotoxin_b_765908.html
Random musing... Is there a correlation, and if so how strong is it, between increasing rudeness and increasing waistlines?
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-douglas-fields/rudeness-is-a-neurotoxin_b_765908.html
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Paint a Song
This thing is so cool! I've wasted tons of time with it. LOL!
Source: http://www.onecoolthingaday.com/today/2011/1/4/make-music-right-here-and-right-now-its-easy-to-sound-good-w.html
Source: http://www.onecoolthingaday.com/today/2011/1/4/make-music-right-here-and-right-now-its-easy-to-sound-good-w.html
Monday, January 3, 2011
The Stewie Burger
Play with your food! Check out this Stewie burger.
Source: http://www.geekologie.com/2011/01/i_swear_i_ordered_a_side_of_wo.php
Source: http://www.geekologie.com/2011/01/i_swear_i_ordered_a_side_of_wo.php
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Half-Real Car: Another Awesome Pencil Vs. Camera
I'm a huge fan of Ben Heine's work, and this one is a favorite. I like cars, I like screaming hot nail-polish pink, and I love the surreal take on the subject.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/5310241974/
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/5310241974/
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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