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Daydreaming is important business (14)
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Jonah Lerher on daydreaming and the human brain's default network. Creativity, especially with regard to children, might be stifled by too little daydreaming and too much television. After monitoring the daily schedule of the children for several months, Belton came to the conclusion that their lack of imagination was, at least in part, caused by the absence of "empty time," or periods without any activity or sensory stimulation. She noticed that as soon as these ...
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Alana said:
Check the "about me" section on my FB profile, heh ;)
Ebert, how to read movies (8)
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Roger Ebert talks about how to read a movie. This all began for me in about 1969, when I started teaching a film class in the University of Chicago's Fine Arts program. I knew a Chicago film critic, teacher and booker named John West, who lived in a wondrous apartment filled with film prints, projectors, books, posters and stills. "You know how football coaches use a stop-action 16mm projector to study game films?" he asked ...
How to be a con man (11)
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I could read about con men and tricksters all day. "I could sell shit at an anti-scat party," he says, "you have to figure out someone's wants and needs and convince them what you have will fill their emotional void." A con man is essentially a salesman -- a remarkably good one -- who excels at making people feel special and understood. A con man validates the victim's desire to believe he has an edge ...
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Rick Umali said:
Totally fascinating. Whenever I watch con-men movie ("Matchstick Men", "Grifters"), I always wonder two things: 1) "are these people real?", and 2) "could I be conned?" (From this article, it would seem that the answers to both are yes.)
What Your Boss Can Learn From Birds and Bees (2)
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Are you smarter than a goose? Sure you are — one on one. But when it comes to working efficiently, you and your colleagues can't touch the gaggle. According to author Ken Thompson, geese and other animals that naturally form groups have a lot to teach us about business. In a theory he calls organizational biomimetics, Thompson lays out the principles underlying nature's management strategies. So what can you learn from a bird or an ...
A Children’s Book About Animals—and Group Sex (1)
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Or so it might seem. One doesn't have to have one's mind completely in the gutter to think that maybe, just maybe, this image was an unfortunate choice for the cover of a children's book: [spotted here via here.]
The Pool - Movie - Review - The New York Times (1)
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movie i will like to watch one day
The Critical Moment: Abstract Expressionism’s Dueling Duo (1)
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NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
Design Observer: A Layperson's Guide to Graphic Design (1)
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a good article to discuss the role of graphic designer
Art Review - Layers of Imagery, and Comment on Those Layers, in ‘Photography on Photography’ - Review - NYTimes.com (1)
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Artists male and female, young and old, famous and fledgling are all represented in the Met’s “Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium Since 1960.”
Reading Sense and Sensibility (1)
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Sense \ˈsen(t)s\ Noun. 3: conscious awareness or rationality —usually used in plural 6 a: capacity for effective application of the powers of the mind as a basis for action or response : intelligence b: sound mental capacity and understanding typically marked by shrewdness and practicality Sensibility \ˌsen(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ Noun. 2 : peculiar susceptibility to a pleasurable or painful impression (as from praise or a slight) 4 : refined or excessive in emotion and taste with especial ...
Photographer of the week: Victor Bezrukov (6)
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The pictures I am about to share with you today might be familiar for adidap regular readers since Victor is an active member of adidap flickr group but Victor is such a great photographer to my eyes that I had to dedicate a post for him. His eye for composition is unique, his B&W conversion superb, and I find it hard to believe that he uses only ambient light and 1 external flash for his ...
Are We Hurting Africa by Helping It? (6)
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This is going to be controversial, but bear with me for a second. Kevin Myers of the Irish Independent News of Ireland wrote an opinion piece baitingly titled "Africa is giving nothing to anyone - apart from AIDS." In it, Kevin wrote how Ethiopia (and other basket case African countries) are actually hurt in the long run - not helped - by the Western generosities: [Other countries] — one way or another — virtually all ...
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Chris said:
if i'm remembering correctly, books such as Confessions of an Economic Hitman touch on this with regards to NGOs and WTO using aid to these nations as a shackle for exploiting their resources.
Favorite signatures: from Ginsberg to Sedaris (1)
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Is book signing a curse? Prompted by a U.S. Craigslist ad for sweatshop-style autograph forgers, the U.K. has been abuzz with the legendarily traumatic author signings: James Ellroy taking down a stack of 65,000 first editions, Stephen King signing until his fingers cracked, the autograph line demanding their autographs in blood. David Sedaris admits that after seven hours he loses his decorum, writing a cheerful "Abortions, $13!" in one woman's book. So signing is tiring, ...
Henderson Wave Bridge (5)
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Photo: joeng [Flickr] One of my fave blogs, deputy dog, has done it again with this really neat list of 9 of the world’s neatest bridges. This one above is the Henderson Wave bridge, a pedestrian bridge in Singapore: ‘henderson waves’ is singapore’s highest pedestrian bridge and can be found at the southern ridges, a beautiful 9km stretch of gardens and parks which has frequently drawn comparisons to new york’s central park. the bridge itself ...
Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding ISO (a beginner’s guide) (15)
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This is the third installment in a series by Hawaii photographer Natalie Norton on becoming confident with manual camera settings. If you are new to photography, or don’t have a clean grasp of manual settings, I recommend that you go back and read the first two installments of this series: Understanding Aperture and Understanding Shutter Speed and then come on over to learn about ISO. This picture of my son Cardon was a tricky one ...
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If you want to write like a best-selling author, you might as well listen to what one of them thinks about writing. George Orwell may be best known for the books Animal Farm and 1984, but there is a lesser-known essay he put together titled, Politics and the English Language, that featured his six rules for better writing: 1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing ...Shared by jeroendemiranda (12) John (17) Joseph Rodgers (24) Kneale Mann | RedFish Group (25) ming (9) Mitch Joel (8)NYT > Technology (199) permalink
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