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xtianw: Ralph Baer, inventor of the home video game console (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
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Asking Questions First: Gladwell Isn’t a Soothsayer, He’s a Boring Old Historian
Asking Questions First: Gladwell Isn’t a Soothsayer, He’s a Boring Old Historian davidcoopermoore: I think I finally nailed what bugged me about Outliers, which presents some interesting research, anecdotes, and (above all) conceptual frameworks. Generally, the argument in the book is that what we consider success is a combination of factors that include hard work…
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nbclatino: Hollywood film director Robert Rodriguez introduces his new network, El Rey, which Comcast, NBCLatino’s parent company, announced in late February. Rodriguez says he wanted to create a channel that his five kids, who are bilingual growing up in the U.S., would enjoy. Today, Comcast is formally unveiling four new channels in Washington D.C., among…
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The New Yorker: Takes: Happy 85th Birthday, Gabriel García Márquez
The New Yorker: Takes: Happy 85th Birthday, Gabriel García Márquez That was how the first of seven boys and four girls was born in Aracataca on March 6, 1927, in an unseasonable torrential downpour, while the sky of Taurus rose on the horizon. I was almost strangled by the umbilical cord, because the family midwife,…
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Latino children receive more punishment, less access in nation’s schools, says report
nbclatino: A new government report found Latino and black schoolchildren faced more punishment and less access in most of the nation’s schools. (Photo/Getty Images) Latino and black students are punished more harshly and are suspended at much higher rates than other groups, while having less access to challenging classes and more experienced teachers, according…
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pandamandium: Oritsunagumono_Takayuki Hori
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Lifeshape by Norman Leto | TRIANGULATION BLOG
Lifeshape by Norman Leto | TRIANGULATION BLOG Lifeshape of Michael Jackson Lifeshape by Norman Leto_ “The Lifeshape – or simply a portrait, or rather a specific type of a portrait; It is an image (or better: a visualization) of a given person in the 3D technique. The creation of such portrait is divided into several stages…
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Four ways that one can talk about “Post Internet”: 1. New Media art made after the launch of the World Wide Web and, thus, the introduction of mainstream culture to the Internet. 2. Marisa Olson’s definition: Art made after one’s use of the Internet. ”The yield” of her surfing and computer use, as she describes…
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new-aesthetic: “Through a series of experiments, researchers from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) aimed to increase understanding of collective animal behavior, including learning how robots might someday steer fish away from environmental disasters. Nature is a growing source of inspiration for engineers, and the researchers were intrigued to find that their biomimetic robotic…
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Livingston: What advice would you give to hackers who are thinking about starting a company or making something on their own? Wozniak: First of all, try to have the highest of ethics and to be open and truthful about things, not hiding. If you have to hide something for company reasons, at least explain what…