Aug 7, 20080
Jan 20, 20080
Read Somebody’s Secret
Some people have somewhat unusual hobbies. But what about collecting personal secrets? The website PostSecret.com collects secrets from people all over the world, which are simply mailed in. About 20 of these postcards are displayed every week on the site. Some are funny or tragic, others philosophical or sensual. Very interesting reads >:)
Nov 24, 20070
How Financial Markets Really Work
Financial markets are currently in rough waters on the back of a lot uncertainty surrounding sub prime loans. Below you’ll find an absolutely brilliant satire on the financial world in general and the mortgages crisis specifically >:)
Oct 28, 20070
ASCII Art
We came across this cool little app that lets you transform a photo to text. Photo2Text.com is nice for a variety of uses (including, but not limited to, email signatures) and of course creating your own “ASCII ART” >:)
Oct 21, 20070
A Day Not Laughed is a Day Not Lived
We all know how good a few laughs make us feel. Here’s one for you:
Humans were designed to laugh. Laughter is nature’s stress buster. It lifts our spirits with a happy high that makes us feel good and improves our behavior towards others >:)
Oct 20, 20070
Nurture Creativity
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize — much less cultivate — the talents of many brilliant people. “We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. The universality of his message is evidenced by its rampant popularity online. A typical review: “If you have not yet seen Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk, please stop whatever you’re doing and watch it now.”
For other interesting and inspiring videos on a variety of subjects, we highly recommend browsing www.ted.com >:)
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