Category — Cool Stuff

Introvertster:

Introvertster is an online community that prevents stupid people and friends from harrassing you online.
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another knockoff, somewhat funny product, but… the ‘flood with packets’ has uses.

MAKE: Blog: Tesla coil super mario duet:
Twin Solid State Musical Tesla coils playing Mario Bros theme song at the 2007 Lightning on the Lawn Teslathon sponsored by DC Cox (Resonance Research Corp) in Baraboo WI. The music that you hear is coming from the sparks that these two identical high power solid state Tesla coils are generating.
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the sound of electricity.

25+ Sources For Creative Commons Content
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cool stuff from creative commons, now a bit easier to find.

TED | Speakers | Andrew Mwenda:
Andrew Mwenda: Journalist

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Intentions are usually problematic… people act under good intentions at all times.

Even GWB thought he was doing the right thing, remember that, good intentions are not always the best thing. Mr. Mwenda speaks about the problem of foreign aid and the problem of structural motivation and economics. I think he nails the african situation on the head. I like his example of if you have 10 ph.d.’s they will never be as effective as an entrepreneur in the market. I’m not sure that’s true, but I think it is closer to true than not.

History of social media:

Devo Plays Satisfaction on Saturday Night Live (1978):
Here’s a great video of Devo performing “Satisfaction” on Saturday Night Live on October 14th, 1978, with host Fred Willard doing the introduction.
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saturday evening devo.

The Photographer’s Choice by Andrea Lindenberg (Book) in Arts & Photography:
The Photographer’s Choice by Andrea Lindenberg

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If you know someone who loves horses, get them this book…. this photographer is one of the best at capturing the beauty of a horse in trials. I can imagine her work being on any coffee table based on its beauty alone.

Index: if-archive:

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Eric Rice, creator of what I think is one of the most powerful learning environments in second life (and also one very interesting experiments in fiction), points us to this handy archive of interactive fiction.

Design Vitality > Photoshop Text Effects Round-Up: 51 Text Effect Tutorials Every Designer Should See :

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interesting set of font effects

Urban Edibles :: a community database of wild foods:
Some nice foliage may make Portland, Oregon a “green” city, but amongst the leaves is a surprising amount of edible
food sources

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does information provision encourage or discourage the exploitation of common resources, the tragedy of the commons.