July 18, 2010
Sitting is bad for you

Men who spent more than 23 hours a week watching TV and sitting in their cars (as passengers or as drivers) had a 64 percent greater chance of dying from heart disease than those who sat for 11 hours a week or less. What was unexpected was that many of the men who sat long hours and developed heart problems also exercised.

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June 4, 2010

Entertaining Lego felt tip printer. Love the little workers!

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June 2, 2010
PCs are going to be like trucks

Steve Jobs at D8, on the difference between PCs and the iPad:

When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks. But as people moved more towards urban centers, people started to get into cars. I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this is going to make some people uneasy.

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May 30, 2010
New York MTA redesigns subway map

Less cluttered with fresher colors and shadowed lines to aid clarity.

In a world of mobile GPS and Google Maps, it seems increasingly logical to place stops in context vs. abstracted, angular subway maps used around the world.

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May 26, 2010
“ The ice caps are melting…in the future swimming isn’t going to be optional.
Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory
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April 29, 2010
Dancers Among Us is an ongoing collection of photos of NYC dancers in everyday surroundings. (via Kottke)

Dancers Among Us is an ongoing collection of photos of NYC dancers in everyday surroundings. (via Kottke)

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“ Software cries out for personality, for ornamentation, for delight. To reflect higher aspirations, and evoke emotion.
Amy Hoy
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April 26, 2010

Avoid aliens

In a series for Discovery, Hawking believes aliens would exist, but reckons we should lie low and avoid contacting them:

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.

I couldn’t agree more. (via BBC)

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April 23, 2010

99-year-old woman gets the iPad. ”Although she has never owned a computer, she is now writing poetry on the tablet.” (via Cnet)

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