Month: July 2011

  • In her book “The Right Stuff for Children Birth to 8” (published by the NAEYC), Martha B. Bronson talks about five different ways of playing. Kids progress through all of them depending on ages, stages, gender, cultural context, personal preference and many other factors. The types of play are: * Active Play – physical activity,…

  • It has been said that Star Wars forever changed the way toys were made and sold. Plastic Galaxy Teaser Trailer (by xrayfilms) “Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys” is a documentary that celebrates the action figures, play sets, space ships, and props we grew up with as kids – and still collect today.…

  • by Ira Glass, found via Wil Wheaton’s Google+ profile.

  • A lot of occupations that didn’t exist years ago: two college graduate daughters, one a web designer for a financial firm, other works with a company that does social media marketing. Didn’t exist when they were born. Proliferation of new occupations. the new shelton wet/dry

  • Engineers at the University of Southampton have developed an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) whose entire structure has been printed, including wings, integral control surfaces and access hatches. Credit: University of Southampton The plane, called SULSA (Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft), was printed on an EOS EOSINT P730 nylon laser sintering machine, which fabricates plastic or…

  • cartolleria: (via Openbook | Hato Press)

  • Questions for Baratunde Thurston: What The Onion can teach real news organizations about social media

    Questions for Baratunde Thurston: What The Onion can teach real news organizations about social media

  • jennilee: John Baldessari describing his creative proccess. (Part of the Voice of Photography Series) (2009) from shootinggallery (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • The Bitizen Confiugrator enables you to create and customize your very own, unique Bitizen without drawing a single pixel or creating a single shade. With the help of the game’s original graphics, I re-created every single element and accessoire included in the game and put them together in one package. You can choose clothes by…