hello there stranger.

thedailywhat: Lights Out: The ladies of Australian all-girl...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:39:12 -0500

Lights Out: The ladies of Australian all-girl quartet Kaya perform, while a fiberscope snaked down their throats spies on their vocal chords.

Sweet dreams.

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god this is SO COOL.

robot-heart:Get Organized (via clickpopmedia)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:16:12 -0500

robot-heart:Get Organized (via clickpopmedia)

rocketboom: moleskine detour at MoMA store tokyo inside the...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:49:44 -0500

rocketboom:

moleskine detour at MoMA store tokyo

inside the MoMA design store in omotesando, a glass tunnel with 50 moleskine notebooks showcased the imaginations of architects, designers, writers, directors and artists.

visitors were invited to use a pair of white cotton gloves (which were distributed at the entrance) for closer inspection, of the painting, drawing and doodling of famous architects and designers, on the empty white pages of a new notebook.

via designboom via david

thedailywhat: Wedding Invitation of the Day: When computer...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:20:30 -0500

thedailywhat:

Wedding Invitation of the Day: When computer scientists get married, they naturally hire a designer to create an 8-bit wedding invitation inspired by old-school Atari games.

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"The United States ranks 31st in life expectancy (tied with Kuwait and Chile), according to the..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:28:33 -0500

“The United States ranks 31st in life expectancy (tied with Kuwait and Chile), according to the latest World Health Organization figures. We rank 37th in infant mortality (partly because of many premature births) and 34th in maternal mortality. A child in the United States is two-and-a-half times as likely to die by age 5 as in Singapore or Sweden, and an American woman is 11 times as likely to die in childbirth as a woman in Ireland.”

- Nicholaus Kristoff, on why America’s health system is anything but the “best in the world” (“Unhealthy America” - NYTimes.com) (via davidmaddox)

thedailywhat: Google Logos of the Day: Google is offering a...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:46:34 -0500

thedailywhat:

Google Logos of the Day: Google is offering a logo twofer today. In North America, the Google logo marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, while its British counterpart celebrates Wallace and Gromit’s 20th birthday.

And many more.

nevver:Fred Lebain

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:19 -0500

nevver:Fred Lebain

nevver:Ibai Acevedo

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:00 -0500

nevver:Ibai Acevedo

my eyes could be bleeding and i wouldnt know cause this is all i...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:39:40 -0500

my eyes could be bleeding and i wouldnt know cause this is all i have been staring at for 20 min.

thewordunheard:iammattjordan:imaradioheadsong:uhmwillowsomething:...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:08:40 -0500

thewordunheard:iammattjordan:imaradioheadsong:uhmwillowsomething:laqueshaa:famouslastword:loveisacabaret:
trickistokeepbreathing:(via screamyourdamnheadoff)

"Where charity is true, God himself is there"

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:50:40 -0500

“Where charity is true, God himself is there”

Ubi caritas

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:14:50 -0500

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur.
Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.
Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Simul ergo cum in unum congregamur:
Ne nos mente dividamur, caveamus.
Cessent iurgia maligna, cessent lites.
Et in medio nostri sit Christus Deus.

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Simul quoque cum beatis videamus,
Glorianter vultum tuum, Christe Deus:
Gaudium quod est immensum, atque probum,
Saecula per infinita saeculorum. Amen.

thedailywhat: Meaghan Mountford: “The Emotional Life of Candy...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:53:00 -0400

thedailywhat:

Meaghan Mountford: “The Emotional Life of Candy Corn”

Happy National Candy Corn Day! Did you know that Candy Corn was invented in 1880 by an employee of the Wunderlee Candy Company named George Renninger and became an overnight success primarily due to its tri-colored appearance — an astonishing novelty at the time?

History!

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o how i wish for some candy corn. its probably better i dont have any with this nasty toothache i got.

ninakix: Designer Tan Weihao Rios has created this incredibly...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:49:04 -0400

ninakix:

Designer Tan Weihao Rios has created this incredibly cute-looking alarm clock, which will allow you to wake up or catch a bit more sleep. DOoP will help you figure out how many hours you’ve slept and how much sleep you’re getting, and how much you actually need. This sleep deficit is problematic for most people, as they become really inefficient due to lack of sleep. The red and green dials on the face will remind you where you are at. They will tell you how much sleep you need. There is also a countdown timer and a night light. DOoP will wake you up with sound and light, engaging more of your senses. (via Apartment Therapy Unplugged)

Hospitalized Children Without Insurance Are More Likely to Die, a Study Finds - nytimes article

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:13:11 -0400

Hospitalized Children Without Insurance Are More Likely to Die, a Study Finds - nytimes article:

“If you take two kids from the same demographic background — the same race, same gender, same neighborhood income level and same number of co-morbidities or other illnesses — the kid without insurance is 60 percent more likely to die in the hospital than the kid in the bed right next to him or her who is insured,” said David C. Chang

beirut = mimizan [from dark was the night]

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:05:36 -0400

beirut = mimizan [from dark was the night]

More Schools, Not Troops - nytimes op-ed

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:54:00 -0400

More Schools, Not Troops - nytimes op-ed:

“
Schools are not a quick fix or silver bullet any more than troops are. But we have abundant evidence that they can, over time, transform countries, and in the area near Afghanistan there’s a nice natural experiment in the comparative power of educational versus military tools.

Since 9/11, the United States has spent $15 billion in Pakistan, mostly on military support, and today Pakistan is more unstable than ever. In contrast, Bangladesh, which until 1971 was a part of Pakistan, has focused on education in a way that Pakistan never did. Bangladesh now has more girls in high school than boys. (In contrast, only 3 percent of Pakistani women in the tribal areas are literate.)

Those educated Bangladeshi women joined the labor force, laying the foundation for a garment industry and working in civil society groups like BRAC and Grameen Bank. That led to a virtuous spiral of development, jobs, lower birth rates, education and stability. That’s one reason Al Qaeda is holed up in Pakistan, not in Bangladesh, and it’s a reminder that education can transform societies.
”

very good article by nicholas kristof

thedailywhat: Buy This: “Know It All No. 2 Pencil Set” from...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:43:39 -0400

thedailywhat:

Buy This: “Know It All No. 2 Pencil Set” from Etsy seller Paper Pastries.

Pencils with built-in crib notes. Six to a set. Multicolored.

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i just squealed.

Stephen Wiltshire, 35, recreates every detail he saw in a 20-minute helicopter ride over New York.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:31:00 -0400

frangry:

Mr. Wiltshire sees and draws. It is how he connects. Until age 5, he had never uttered a word. One day, his kindergarten class at a school for autistic children in London went on a field trip.

When they came back, he spoke.
“He said, ‘Paper,’ ” his sister, Annette Wiltshire, said. “The teacher asked him to say it again. He said it. Then they asked him to say something else, and he said, ‘Pen.’ ”

Read the full NYTimes article here.

my indian gross anatomy professor started our foot lecture with...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:26:00 -0400

my indian gross anatomy professor started our foot lecture with this.
i love my indian gross anatomy professor.