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Tetris Wipes Out Bad Memories, Say Scientists (60)
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According to researchers at Oxford University, playing the popular, classic puzzle game Tetris after a traumatic experience could significantly reduce emotional scars. Apparently Tetris—which requires serious brain power on your part—blocks your brain from storing those bad memories. The catch: It needs to be played immediately following the traumatic event, so break out your old Game Boys and stick 'em in your emergency kit. Photo by Micah Taylor. [via]Shared by Aaron (19) Adam (37) Adi (29) AKMarietta (54) Albert (140) alsiladka (61) Anatolie (57) Andrew (27) Andrew Keller (31) aziz (4) bkim (23) Brittney (25) C.G. (34) Carl-Frederic De Celles (66) chewbocka (45) Chris (28) Christian Santos (31) CJ (85) Cliff (109) Dani (45) David (3) Ellen (3) fernand0 (20) fiona (12) Francine (56) Franklin (12) GS (28) Harold (57) Iulian Dogariu (37) Jason (34) Jason (24) Jesse (35) Jorge (27) joshjs (18) Karthik (55) kbrown5676 (53) kitzzy (31) kskobac (26) marcell mars (18) Mark (55) Mark Roberts (53) Matt (27) mhaw (34) Mindy Koch (29) Oliver (5) Roshan (149) Sam (35) seosurvivor (4) Shawn P (14) Skrud (18) Spencer (63) Steve (41) terri (39) The Lewis Show (33) Thomas Lopez Jr (57) Tim (39) tom (52) Tom (30) Tony (29) Zachary (39)- AKMarietta said: No wonder I was much happier as a child? I still love this game. Any idea where I can get a free one for the computer?
- Brittney said: Wow.
- CJ said: Weird study of the day...
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10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs (17)
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By Dmitry Fadeyev Web design consists, for the most part, of interface design. There are many techniques involved in crafting beautiful and functional interfaces. Here’s my collection of 10 that I think you’ll find useful in your work. They’re not related to any particular theme, but are rather a collection of techniques I use in my own projects. Without further ado, let’s get started. 1. Padded block links Links (or anchors) are inline elements by ...Shared by Aaron (53) Björn K (41) bradygaster (45) Bruce (42) Camille Roux (19) chewbocka (45) Christopher Petersen (51) Colin Faulkingham (50) Coquet (27) HyperBROS (43) Markup (32) Matjaž (26) rajkumar s (53) stealingsand (39) Till Krüss (13) Xiao (43) Xingrong Xiao (57)- Markup said: Yea he is right!
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The NFL's Yellow Line Explained [Clips] (41)
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The computer generated yellow line that indicates the first down has changed the way we watch football forever. But its implementation is a multi-stepped process involving dozens of technologies working in precise tandem. From optical sensors to audio transmissions, the heaviest lifting is probably done by the color filters that, year after year, become better and better at differentiation the line from the linebacker. This brief video will do a lot to make you appreciate ...Shared by Adam (51) Andrew [j.Mac] (18) Andy Kaplan-Myrth (44) Anthony (26) arturopelayo (62) Billy Fairchild (23) Brenton (35) Charles Hudson (28) chesty (25) chewbocka (45) Christopher Masiello (48) coolmunk (36) Danny Rain (51) Dano (26) eduardo omine (36) Elton (50) Gareth (37) Ismael (6) Jacob (26) Jake (18) Jay (39) Jeff Harris (16) Jefferson (15) Kafu (17) Keck (23) Kevin Quickle (2) Kim (49) Maggie (21) Mike (5) Mike Fruchter (873) Nate (29) nparker13 (125) Patrick Fitzgerald (6) patrickj (88) Poynter Institute (1) Ray Capone (82) Rich Hintz (92) Roseanne (12) Sean Hellwig (5) Trey (79) vince (41)- Andy Kaplan-Myrth said: This is something I wonder about every time I see football on TV (which is admittedly not very often). Finally -- an explanation!
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xkcd - A Webcomic - Flow Charts (390)
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- Luis said: los xkcd son mis idolos.
- phaniraj said: These guys rock!
- Dan said: Oh man. These guys are brilliant sometimes.
- gabomagno said: Y despues de 10, cambias el torrent a Vista jajajaj
- Lee said: Best flow chart evah!
- Andrew Meyer said: Everyone reads xkcd, so gshare-ing xkcd feels pointless. But, I still feel compelled to do it.
- Aloch Rye said: *lol* *does his fav. half nelson dance*
- Ryan Coleman said: epic LOL.
- Mike said: I'm totally down with the XKCD and all, but why they gotta dis on FreeBSD? Seriously, that's not cool.
- Peter D said: omg, literally laughing out loud! Fuck yes!
- jeffmincey said: i installed FreeBSD once...
- Vidal Tripsa said: Teehee.
- Mahesh CR said: Found via JP, subscribed now..brilliant tutorial on flowcharts!
- LM said: Yes, I am sharing xkcd. And you have already seen it. The "install FreeBSD after 6 drinks" really made me laugh.
- Marcus Bearden said: I feel like this was designed specifically for certain people I deal with on a regular basis! Haha
- Sean said: This reminds me of life at Boeing :)
- Ruben Llibre said: :D
- Benjamin Foong said: this is just so hilarious!
- Robert said: *giggles*
- César Saiz said: O-M-G! Genial!!! :D
- Nuno da Costa Ferro said: LOL
- Chynna said: Perfect for Patterson's current class!
- Kluzter said: XD i totally got it!
- vicky said: :)
- Steve said: I can't remember when I last drew a flow chart
- Aaron Jamison said: Funniest xkcd in quite some time, lol
- Informationoverlord said: excellent
- Dave Kinsella said: Do you love XKCD? -YES- good
- Pedro Pinheiro said: Meta flow!
- lijn said: Bij xkcd leggen ze uit hoe flowcharts werken. Met een flowchart :)
- nikkie said: So I think the understanding is: if you understand flowcharts, and get drunk, you will end up installing FreeBSD. I gotta watch out for that!
- Allyson Lister said: xkcd makes me laugh? Yes -> Let's Go Drink.
- selenamarie said: seems appropriate salute to @eggyknap's new workstation! :D
- Dylan Bennett said: This is so funny. Follow all the no's.
- JesusDQ said: Qué grande!!!!
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Google Reader API is Coming Soon (287)
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Google confirms a Reader API is perhaps only a month away from a public release. Web technologist and blogger Niall Kennedy, recently posted on his site several details surrounding the previously undocumented Google Reader API. Although not official at this point, Kennedy has received confirmation from Google that his documentation about Google's online feed aggregator is, in fact, very accurate. Even more exciting, Jason Shellen, Project Manager on the Google Reader team, informed Kennedy that ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (92) 金乐 (31) 0m4r (29) a77ila (144) Aaron (17) Abhi (26) Adam Ostrow (18) adamjmcgrath (18) adobi (34) Adrian (13) aemkei (14) afroginthevalley (37) Akhmad Fathonih (28) Alan Dean (121) Alberto (32) Alejandro S. (58) Alice Robison (20) alin andrei (78) Anastacia (49) AndrewBadera (63) Andy (17) andy brudtkuhl (27) Angus (28) antonio (24) arjo (32) ax0n (93) B Frank (30) Ben Shoemate (55) Bhavesh (20) Billy Fairchild (23) Blake (43) Bob Hazlett (38) bodzasfanta (75) Brian (4) Brian (25) Bruno Paiva (14) Cale (30) caoxg (76) Carl-Frederic De Celles (66) CesarS (19) chewbocka (45) Chirantan (13) Chris Gurney (17) Chris J. Guerra (42) Chris K (36) Christian (41) Christopher Masiello (48) Chul Park (26) Chung (86) Colby Palmer (31) Convoluted (36) Corris (24) Crutis (37) csikszem (23) cvander (31) cwmurphy (16) Dan (28) Dan (99) dang (33) Daniel (58) Daniel Bachhuber (34) dasmart (15) Dave (15) David LeMieux (28) Denis (37) Denis (27) Denny (29) Derek van Vliet (20) Devan Johnson (25) devsunmeng (27) Diego C (17) directeur (90) DKB (21) Dominic (20) Dustin (41) e r a (35) ekaye (11) Elroy Jetson (21) erbianchi (28) Eric (16) Eric Gregorich (11) Erik C. Thauvin (64) eschnou (15) Ethan Jewett (29) Evan Sims (33) Evaristo (16) felix (24) Fernando Zunino (36) fesja (12) Firethorn (22) Garrett (7) Geoffrey Wiseman (34) Gergely Pirovich (46) GG (87) Glenn.Isaac (33) Gordon Bowman (29) griflet (24) GUNA (25) Hari K Gottipati (18) hass (56) havokinthemind (25) Henk-Jan van der Klis (30) henry (29) HH (65) huixing (28) hunikal (14) Ingrid Ihasz (18) J. Phil (77) Jackie Plage (59) Jake (14) Jakob (29) James C (18) James D Kirk (54) Jason (31) Jason David Pelker (43) Jay Cruz (25) JDevL (6) Jeff (39) Jeremy (67) jeromewoody (6) Jesper Lind (81) Jia Mi (10) Joe (20) Johan (40) John (27) John (30) John Grinde (102) John Munro (28) jon bradford (32) Jonas Bolinder (37) jonas28 (20) Jonathan Bloom (22) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (139) JonTheGeek (25) Josi (23) Juls (17) junal (14) Junyu (59) Justin (22) Karol F (90) Keith (34) kevan (29) Kevin (25) kevinpshan (12) kmohr25 (68) KnarfJ (61) Kol Tregaskes (168) Konstantin (22) kosmar (33) Krishna (24) laowushi (32) latruffe (75) Leximo (1117) LouCypher (74) Luckystrik3 (21) Mack D. Male (29) manuscrypts (43) Marc (36) Marc-André Lureau (43) marcel weiß (52) Mark (28) Mark Trapp (77) Marten (16) Matias Sulzberger (15) Matt Dickman (55) Matteo (220) MaXeR (89) MCK2007 (48) Melissa (11) miek (19) Mike Fruchter (873) Mike Reynolds (47) MikeTrap (22) Mladen Srdić (19) Moah (41) Moses (55) MV (27) NBW (20) Nico (37) nicolas.boullosa (41) Nitin (15) Nkululeko Masondo (13) nportelli (13) Ortelius (10) Ozgur Alaz (36) Øyvind Marthinsen (28) P. Roberto J. (21) Pankaj (69) partout (32) Paul (14) pereticnr1 (17) Phil Gauvin (34) Philou (23) Piersj (40) pluskid (14) Polina (16) psi (11) psvensson (39) rafiq (19) ravidor (30) Rene Cunningham (65) reza (37) Richard Olsen (22) richrecruiter (17) Rida Al Barazi (52) Ritesh (56) Robert DeBord (25) Robert Scoble (74) RoCry (24) Roger Chen (136) Roland (27) Roshan (149) Roy (31) rsgalloway (40) rszaloki (44) rtsnance (56) Ryan Svoboda (27) sadekhm (58) sadjad (20) Sai Gudigundla (33) Saket (34) Sam Harrelson (51) Sanket (38) scauer (17) schrierc (29) Scott (15) Sean (34) Sergey Kapustin (42) seyhmus (36) Seynaeve (67) Shivanand Velmurugan (29) Sid (17) sirmikester (40) smdahlen (16) soody (25) spidaman (37) Stalkk.ed (34) Stefan (50) Stephan Linzner (24) Steve (34) Steve (85) Steve K. (28) Steve M. (17) StevieB (95) sulleh (58) Super Mario (19) Susan Beebe (60) Svein Håvard Djupvik (11) Sylvain (45) talboito (94) tapir (46) Terence Lo (28) Teresa (45) The Lewis Show (33) thornley (45) tig (70) timlauer (17) TiTi (160) TNLNYC (35) Toby (58) Todd (127) Todor (92) Tommy (15) vega gravity (20) Venci (43) Vinodh (49) Vinuth (27) vraicovi (55) Waldemar Schott (37) Walter DeFoor (31) Wayne (75) Whiz (23) wildgica (44) Will (24) Win (35) Wismark (40) wpbasti (11) wvpv (28) Xiaoxiao (24) Yinfei Zhang (4) Yuheng Kuang (38) yuvalk (38) Zaki (94) zapnap (45) Zephir (32) zjtopspeed (33) Zsombor (22)Explore read 25 notes- Dominic said: Good news, everyone!
- sirmikester said: @Kevin: Agreed. It would be nice to be able to "cache" the stories in a desktop reader and quickly skim through them. I know you can do this (in theory) with Gears, but the experience just isn't the same.
- Zaki said: OMFG! Good Share @havokinthemind
- James D Kirk said: Scoble must have been busy not to add comments with his share of this post. My take on how amazing this is? The opportunity to created branded readers for your organization that not only promotes what your group is and does, but begins to spread the use of RSS technology outside the realm of us "geeks" ;)The other big, big thing I read in this? The fact that Google built the Reader API first and then built Google Reader on top of it. Just brilliant in my book; a precedent that should be considered by any and all developing new classes of services for the Internet at large.
- Hari K Gottipati said: Google reader rocks as an app. Will see how others built the better interface with the API!!
- Polina said: Awesome!
- Will said: This is excellent news, building your reader using google as a subscription store and aggregator takes out a lot of the headaches. Might be time to crack open Appcelerator and see what we can do...
- Tommy said: This would explain how Reader already has a handful of interfaces for other devices. I wonder if there are other secret/internal APIs for their other services that may be released "soon".
- junal said: i cant go to the actual post from my reader. does it mean that have taken it off? and API is not coming out? that will be a bad news then
- Vinuth said: Good News !!
- griflet said: That'll be an important incremental evolution in the RSS readers arena IMHO.
- Dan said: Strange thing is I'm using the Google Reader API right now with Byline for the iPhone. This note is being written inside Byline and all other standard functions and features are accesible to me from this app. I'm just surprised more devs aren't making use of it or the other heavily documented RSS APIs google has. Maybe making an official release is what they need.
- fesja said: muy muy interesante
- huixing said: Although Google Reader is quite popular now, if a Reader API becomes available in the future, a third-party developer could build a better feed reader than Google's. As Kennedy notes, a Reader API would lower the barrier of entry for new aggregator developers. With an API, he says, "the hard work of understanding feeds in various formats and states of validation, allowing developers to focus on the interaction experience and other differentiating features."
- Jeff said: So many potentially interesting things could come from a Google Reader API. Looking forward to see what 3rd parties will think of.
- Alejandro S. said: Web technologist and blogger Niall Kennedy, recently posted on his site several details surrounding the previously undocumented Google Reader API. Although not official at this point, Kennedy has received confirmation from Google that his documentation about Google's online feed aggregator is, in fact, very accurate. Even more exciting, Jason Shellen, Project Manager on the Google Reader team, informed Kennedy that Google plans to release a feed API "soon," perhaps within the next month.
- Daniel Bachhuber said: Ooooooooh.
- Saket said: awesome thanks for the share Win. I hope to god someone uses it to let real commenting on shared articles. please!!
- marcel weiß said: oh hells yeah!
- NBW said: This is awesome news. I have some interesting ideas for this.
- Brian said: looks like they found a post from 2005 and mistook it for a recent one... whoops. (this has since been taken down)
- TiTi said: yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
- felix said: Please, Google! I hate Bylines more every day!
