Ever wanted to be as skinny or as beautiful as a model? You can be! Just take a picture and touch it up with Photoshop. This interactive web page shows you all the changes that have been made to this cover girl’s teeth, eyes, cheeks, waist, hair, skin, jawline, lips, etc. Media Photoshop Retouching They […]
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Did you know that you can read if the first letter and the last letter are in the right place and all the in between letters are mixed up? Image from https://viral.lycos.co.uk/attachments/3561/Reading_Test.jpg. Reading_Test.jpg (JPEG Image, 575×600 pixels) – Scaled (96%).
Google recently added a bunch of reports to its search history. Now I can go back and see what sites I most commonly visit on Saturdays or what things I searched for the most in September. Oh yeah, in September I was looking for sailing shoes for my sailing class. Pretty fun stuff. Google –
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Two men were found in the same Egyptian tomb – a very unusual occurance. What I think is interesting is how we interpret what that means. The three hypothesis: They were identical twins, They were gay, They were conjoined twins. Each one is supported by it’s own interests groups. For example, gay advocates support the
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I like stories about cultural differences. Here’s one from Japan from A Hand in Two Cultures – New York Times. Or take a simple thing like bathrooms. In Japan, there is no heating system in the toilet, and it is really cold. So we’re used to heated toilet seats. Japanese tourists come to American hotels,
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In this New York Times article, Executives Gone Wild: It’s Not a Pretty Sight – New York Times, Ben Stein compares what employees and stockholders are losing to what executives are making at a few large corporations. For example, at Delphi, the chairman wants to cut workers’ pay from $25/hr to $12 an hour while
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12 weeks maternity AND paternity leave at 75% of pay at Google! At Google, Cube Culture Has New Rules – New York Times.
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Everybody learns differently. However, our school system targets visual/audio learners who learn best from sitting in lectures, reading books and taking notes. Lucky for me, that’s the way I learn best. However this year I’ve had a chance to learn how difficult it is to learn in styles that aren’t yours. I took Anatomiken classes
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People with better memories are not necessarily better at remembering things. This study shows they are better at ignoring the unimportant things. They filter better so they only have to try to remember the important things. That makes me feel better. All those things I can’t remember? They weren’t important. Boing Boing: Better visual working
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