January 2011
What is your New Year's Resolution?
My new year’s resolution is to graduate high school without any snags on the way out. (Which means I probably ought to get started on that senior project come Saturday; LOL.)
I’d also like to actually read all of the books that I’ve bought but have yet to start or finish, which are:
The Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events collection (I’m missing two of them....
December 2010
fascinationwiththeimagination:
Watchsoupsoup:
I answer a VYou question asking “How do you manage an out of control Tumblr feed?”
I propose adding a groups/list feature like Twitter to make it easier to keep track of the people you follow.
Honestly, when I first joined Tumblr I thought there was a way to organize who you follow BUT I eventually found out that whoever you follow all gets dumped onto one dashboard. I kinda thought...
charliebowater:
Such Great Heights / Iron &...
WatchAdam Savage! Man, I ought to get a creative projects folder too, since there’s this thing called homework that always gets in the way; LOL.
I’m kinda surprised at some of the speakers on TED. I mean I knew TED covers a large area of topics, but I never realized what a variety they had. LOOK. HERE’S IMOGEN HEAP.
Anyways, TED is great.
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Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu.
I can’t remember if I’ve posted this yet.
I thought it was VERY COOL.
apropos: Philosophy →
valeriechiang:
i would rather be outstanding in one or two areas of my life than be pretty good at many things. i hate to put it this way, but it’s like a college looking at your application. people who join billions of clubs just to pad their resume look kinda silly, to be honest. like…
I hate the fact that that is exactly what I’ve done.
70% EtOH: on art and science. →
seventypercentethanol:
I don’t agree with the idea that if you feel passionate about art, it’s the ONLY thing you should think of doing. Even if I am doing a PhD investigating adverse reactions to HIV antiretroviral therapy in developing nations, it doesn’t mean I’m not in love with creating and learning how to art…
So this dude at Academy of Art University keeps calling me about dishing...
30 Day Drawing Challenge
1. Yourself or your persona. 2. Someone you like (celebrity, significant other, or crush) 3. One, some, or all of your friends. 4. An animal you think is really cute. 5. Your favourite outfit. 6. Something you’ve never drawn before. 7. Your family or a family member. 8. Something with your favourite colour. 9. Your favourite cartoon/anime character. 10. Something you couldn’t live without. 11....
“We’ve become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything....”
– Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell complaining about the postponement of a football game (via evangotlib)
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Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he’s come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.
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Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move — and even survive — on their own.
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Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It’s “ubuntu,” he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.
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WatchMike Rowe! 8D
Not so much a nightmare, but it still woke me up.
It’s not January 3rd yet, but we were still supposed to meet up at school anyways. Probably for a WTP meeting or something like that.
I hadn’t gotten my haircut yet, but I wanted to get a little sneek peek at what it would be like to have super short hair on the sides, so I snipped some hair off of one side of my head. I looked like a freak, but WHOO!
Next day, I arrive at school for...
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Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.
Sometimes I feel like that patient he’s referring to at the end of the video; LOL.
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Psychopathic killers are the basis for some must-watch TV, but what really makes them tick? Neuroscientist Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may uncover the rotten wiring in the nature (and nurture) of murderers. In a too-strange-for-fiction twist, he shares a fascinating family history that makes his work chillingly personal.
Only 6 minutes?
I seriously want...
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Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open
LIKE AN ARTIST.
LOOOOOOOL.
when life gives you a donkey's behind, SLAP IT!
cathyle:
jennylovescowz:
i promise that the taking of this picture did not hurt the animal in anyway. ;D
in any way* : )))
Isn’t that the miniature horse?
Anonymous asked: u have a sketch blog?wat is it??
“45 percent of American Muslims in one poll said they see evolution as ‘the best...”
– Cracked, 5 Ridiculous Things You Probably Believe About Islam (via maxistentialist)
Heat Sensitive Paint
windatyourheels:
padronaveronica:
Wallpaper:
Turn up the heat and your wallpaper starts to blossom. Here where the radiator is off…
…. and now on.
Pictures:
Show people how you feel by touching the painting.
Calendar:
The ink fades away with the day
Found: www.baekdal.com/Design/heat-sensitive-paint
Woah O_o
Oh my FFF——
This is soooooo cooooool. And the...
Anonymous asked: u have a sketch blog?wat is it??