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"In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves..."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:11:00 -0400

“In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

- Eric Hoffer

How beaches looked 100 years ago

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:25:28 -0400

How beaches looked 100 years ago

BugGuide.net is an amazing online database of insect species....

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:55:14 -0400

BugGuide.net is an amazing online database of insect species. Included: dragonflies, grasshoppers, mantids, beetles, moths, and more.

Pictured: the noble 2-striped grasshopper

Boxxy - Trollin' Loop

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:26:17 -0400

Boxxy - Trollin' Loop

Nerds win. (click to enlarge)

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:10:31 -0400

Nerds win. (click to enlarge)

How to Build an Igloo (above), and awesome video treasures at...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:44:23 -0400

How to Build an Igloo (above), and awesome video treasures at the National Film Board of Canada site.

(500) Days Of Weezy

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:38:30 -0400

(500) Days Of Weezy

I feel you muggin me cuz we poppin bottles.

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:24 -0400

I feel you muggin me cuz we poppin bottles.

Hominid timeline

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:17:22 -0400

From the creator of the Evolution Timeline comes the Hominid Timeline, a web-based timeline starting when we began walking upright and extending to the present. It covers 3.5 million years, with each inch representing 1944 years.

Tattooed legos, an awesome marketing for Pilot Extra Fine pens.

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:35:49 -0400

Tattooed legos, an awesome marketing for Pilot Extra Fine pens.

Boston.

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:08:28 -0400

Boston.

This is a turtle on a turtle’s head. It’s turtles...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:48:19 -0400

This is a turtle on a turtle’s head. It’s turtles all the way down.

Stainless Steel Sharpie

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:24:12 -0400

Stainless Steel Sharpie

New project: The Offline Facebook Office Where I work, we have...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:04:00 -0400

New project: The Offline Facebook Office

Where I work, we have a small business center where the photocopiers, printers, and office supplies are located.

Located there are paper, envelopes, stamps, assorted stickers, and other office supplies — the usual stuff you might find in any office. There are stamps that say “approved,” stickers that say “signature required,” etc.

I didn’t know what many of these stamps and stickers mean, nor did anyone ever tell me. I just kind of figured it out over time.

Well… what would happen if placed some pseudo-official-looking stickers and stamps alongside the other material, and what if the function of those stamps was familiar from another context?

The only way to find out is to have some stickers and stamps made. So I borrowed the “Like” concept from Facebook, and did just that. See picture above. These were placed alongside the normal office materials in the business center.

Will people intuitively recognize the intended purpose of these materials? Would their presence in the office supply center automatically give them authority? Will someone actually share their approval of a document by slapping a “Like” stamp on it? Or will people just be confused?

Only time will tell. Stay tuned.

7291*2^530532+1 is prime

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:42:00 -0400

7291*2^530532+1 is a prime number.

I know this because I found it. It’s the 4636th largest prime number discovered, and it is my first. It’s also a really long number at 159710 digits long.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:50:24 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

In 2009, Austin, Texas photographer Dave Mead traveled to...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:08:30 -0400

In 2009, Austin, Texas photographer Dave Mead traveled to Anchorage, Alaska to capture portraits of the 2009 World Beard and Mustache Championship contestants. The resulting portraits are incredible.

This is a fascinating video of an autistic girl using a computer...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:59:00 -0400

This is a fascinating video of an autistic girl using a computer to communicate with the outside world and provide the rest of us with a little more understanding about what it means to be autistic.

Edit:Some people (here & here) are claiming this as not being remotely possible. Admittedly, this remarkable story deserves a healthy massive dose of skepticism and some hard science to back it up, neither of which the video above provides. I’ll leave it to you to decide its merit.

Here’s Carly’s blog which is mentioned in the video above, for further persual.

Typographic mustaches (err… typestaches)

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:35:35 -0400

Typographic mustaches (err… typestaches)

For as little as $24 a delivery, you can have a big box of...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:11:04 -0400

For as little as $24 a delivery, you can have a big box of various fresh organic fruits and vegetables delivered to your home every other week, courtesy Boston Organics. Awesome.