Think you can get all the information you want on the omniscient Internet? The speaker, Eli Pariser, explains the automatic filters that every single website that you frequent has in place to give you “the best experience”, & the implications. A must watch.
Yawns [Article]
When was the first time you yawned? Apparently, as this article indicates, you begin while still in the womb!
Your life in averages [Article]
Harry S Dent is renowned (or scoffed at, depending on what you think of the man). He presents an interesting research about spending habits over a lifetime. Men’s spending on underwear, apparently, is fascinating everyone.
Gardening Clothes [Article]
The Abbey House Gardens in Wiltshire is drawing attention for its clothing-optional days. Interestingly enough, all the interviewee’s seem to be in their sixties
Chocophiles [News]
Hope for all ye chocophiles – Cadbury develops chocolate that won’t melt at high temperatures.
The Himalayas [Picture]
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The Time Ticketh [Article]
Charlie Stross twists a regular question: Rather than wonder how life will turn out if you win the lottery, what if you learned you had only five years to live? It isn’t as abrupt & frightful as 6 months, so you do have time to consider (& build) your legacy.
A momentary mistake [Article]
Jason Fried learns a life lesson perspective from a Navajo rug trader: the mistakes in the rug patterns are unintentional, but the decision to leave them in is deliberate.
Obama on the Rosa Parks Bus [Picture]
US President Barack Obama contemplates what may have been going through Rosa Parks’ mind as he sits on the historic bus that altered the course of history for black America.
Will Smith on Life [Video]
A compilation of Will Smith interviews sharing his philosophy about life