April 2011
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“A new type of damage-tolerant metallic glass, demonstrating a strength and...”
– New glass stronger and tougher than steel
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Heidi Game →
I had never heard of the “Heidi Game” until recently. Ha!
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“I believe that the next step in this evolution will be the “connected...”
– Shaping the Future: 7 Predictions for the Creative Community :: Articles :: The 99 Percent
“A 12-year-old and 9-year-old hopped into an excavator, drove it around a strip...”
– Kids Hijack an Excavator, Cause Massive Damage at Mining Site
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“If Walmart offers me money, I won’t take it…It keeps my blogging...”
– Penny Chic makes Walmart sexy - CNN.com
Water Changes Everything →
Check out this video on TechCrunch about Charity: Water.
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“Twenty-three second-graders file into Virginia Edwards’ technology...”
– Colorado schools are beginning to write off cursive - The Denver Post
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WatchWhat is the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Perhaps the washing machine. (via Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine | Video on TED.com)
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how a pitcher thinks
From MLB.com: ”C.J. Wilson has considerable physical gifts, but that only partly explains his success as a Major League pitcher. Wilson also has the cerebral gifts that allow him to study his craft and his opposition, prepare a game plan and adjust it during the course of a game. He is a thinker as much as he is a thrower…”
Click here to read/watch how he approached one of the...
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“Put simply, if you’re in the business of making discrete hardware for the...”
– Fraser Speirs - Blog - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dematerialisation of Educational Technology
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“They found several ‘discovery skills’ that distinguished the...”
– Techcrunch, citing a study about the way creative business executives think, in What Bill Gates Could Learn from Chris Rock
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“Success in the Thank You Economy hinges on obsessively caring about the...”
– The Thank You Economy as quoted in I Dont Do Book Reviews
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Didn't see this coming - Diet Coke the top diet... →
I don’t drink diet soda but I always thought Diet Pepsi was far more popular than Diet Coke. Wrong!
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“If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my...”
– Albert Einstein, quoted in West Virginia Bob Huggins makes fashion statement with tracksuit - Steve Rushin - SI.com
Georgian woman cuts off web access to whole of... →
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- This is going to be BIG! - I'll take "Sticking... →
This is a fascinating explanation as to why some people hate flying United Airlines.
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“Granted, it’s common for the press to trade access for positive coverage across...”
– AOL Asks Us If We Can Tone It Down
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“This cements much more firmly the reality that marijuana use in adolescence is a...”
– Scary research about risk factors that may come from marijuana use:
Youth marijuana use linked to psychosis in later life - USATODAY.com
Record Monsters (Laser Cut Vinyl Record Puzzles)... →
Check out these puzzles…pretty sweet stuff here.
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“He didn’t seek the spotlight, but when Frank Buckles outlived every other...”
– Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va. - The Denver Post
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“I spent much of the next few days remembering all the things we did together...”
– Wil Wheaton, on River Phoenix and filming “Stand By Me.”
Though I hadn’t seen him in over twenty years, I knew I’d miss him forever - WWdN: In Exile
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If you liked "Stand By Me" then read this. →
http://is.gd/9SktpN
Some amazing thoughts from Wil Wheaton on “Stand By Me,” River Phoenix, and grief.
April Fools from ThinkGeek - the Dharma Initiative... →
If only this were a real product!