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Nike78 Project
These knitted Nikes by Connie Wright for are part of a series of Nike concepts interpreted by a group of artists and designers for the Nike78 project. The sneaks have been portrayed as a cake, a fish tank, a book and poetry, among many other interesting renditions.
If You’re an Avid Internet User You may be More... →
REPORT: 59% of technology users are likely to attend live arts events such as musicals, art galleries, ballet and opera compared to 21% of non-technology users. On average, technology users attend six live events per year, while their non-technology counterparts only attend an average of three. The NEA believes that these findings indicate that arts engagement is enhanced, rather than decreased,...
HOW TO: Rescue Your Blog From Social Isolation →
Let’s face it: You never really leave high school. The Internet realm is no different. So how do you get your blog noticed…
HOW TO: Rescue Your Blog From Social Isolation →
Let’s face it: You never really leave high school. The Internet realm is no different.
It can be hard to get your freshman blog noticed among the…
June 2010
8 Products Designed to Fail Early (So You Buy Them...
Don’t you hate it when something breaks just after the warranty runs out? Or what about that new electronic gadget that fails to work with your old accessories from the same manufacturer? Some of these infuriating problems were caused on purpose, by product designers practicing “planned obsolescence.” Planned obsolescence occurs when something is intended to wear out or stop...
WatchA trailer for “The Social Network,” the upcoming movie about the origins of Facebook, is online now.
Consumers say: In tweets we trust →
Some 75 percent of people surveyed said they view companies that microblog — sending short, frequent messages on sites like Twitter or status updates on social networks like Facebook — as more deserving of their trust than those that do not, according to a survey by Fleishman-Hillard, conducted with market research firm Harris Interactive. (via Reuters)
May 2010
50 things that are being killed by the internet →
The internet has wrought huge changes on our lives, both positive and negative, in the fifteen years since its use became widespread.
The 7 foods experts won't eat →
How healthy (or not) certain foods are for us, for the environment is a hotly debated topic among experts and consumers alike, and there are no easy answers. But when Prevention talked to the people at the forefront of food safety and asked them one simple question: What foods do you avoid? … they got some pretty interesting answers.
Gulf oil spill now bigger than Exxon Valdez
A team of scientists trying to determine how much oil has been flowing since the offshore rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20 and sank two days later found the rate was more than twice and possibly up to five times as high as previously thought.
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Most People Google Themselves Now →
If you’ve Googled yourself recently, you’re not alone. The majority of American adults, 57 percent, now keep tabs on their reputations online, using search engines to track information about their Internet identities, according to a report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, released today. That’s up from 47 percent in 2006.
» via Live Science
Most Students Prefer Print Textbooks to Digital... →
Nearly three-quarters of the students surveyed last fall by the National Association of College Stores said they preferred traditional print textbooks to digital texts, according to a report from the association. And just over half the students said they would not consider buying course textbooks in digital form even if they were available.
» via The Chronicle of Higher Education (Subscription...
getting rid of mail is overwhelmingly hard: why biz and orgs send so much… Haven’t they seen Avatar?
10 Ways to shop Smarter this year
pic by Jeffrey Vanhoutte
Shopping can be rewarding or maddening. We buy stuff we need. We buy stuff we want. And we buy stuff we neither need nor want, not always knowing why. The search for an answer to that question―why?―led Lee Eisenberg on a three-year fact-finding odyssey in which he delved into the cultural, social, and psychological aspects of how Americans shop. What Lee found is that...
15 Jobs You Never Knew Existed →
Professional sleeper
People addicted to the snooze button should consider pursuing a career in sleeping. Yes, you can actually get hired to work in your PJ’s and catch some zzz’s. Professional sleepers doze off for a living, usually as part of sleep research projects, to help scientists and doctors figure out the mysteries behind sleep disorders.
