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Tips for Sorting Through the Social Networks

“Bonnie Smalley has Internet bragging rights: She has been blocked by Twitter for hand-typing too many tweets in an hour. They thought she was a computer program made to spew spam. Ms. Smalley, it... 
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Need Something? Talk To My Right Ear

We humans prefer to be addressed in our right ear and are more likely to perform a task when we receive the request in our right ear rather than our left. In a series of three studies, looking at ear preference... 
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Font Applications for the iPhone

“It has been predicted that Apple will have sold 45 million iPhones by the end of 2009. And that’s before it hits China. There aren’t hundreds of type-related apps for the iPhone, but here are... 
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A Daily Diary of Depression-era Life, Told with Twitter

“Late last year, my family found a line-a-day diary maintained by my great-aunt from 1937 to 1941. She was in her early teens, living on a small farm in rural Illinois with her two brothers, one... 
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8 Mind Mapping Software Tools to Capture Ideas on Your iPhone

“Since Apple opened up the iPhone and iPod Touch operating system to outside developers and gave them a place to sell their wares – the AppStore – a new breed of mind mapping tools has quickly... 
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The Relationship between Creativity and Play

“At the 2008 Serious Play conference, Tim Brown, CEO of the superstar design thinking firm Ideo made a fascinating presentation about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play,... 
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This is Cape Canaveral

“Back in June for Father’s Day, I treated myself to a trip around town to some antique malls and stores. As I was making my way through the aisles of one such mall, scanning for any interesting... 
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Lego Planes: From GeekDad Project to Real Business

“About two years ago, my then-9-year-old and I worked on a cool project to program Lego Mindstorms to fly a RC plane, which we cheekily called a Lego UAV. (And were then, even more cheekily, accused... 
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How to Create a Blog with Twitter, Search, and RSS

“Have you ever wanted to create a simple multi-person blog, but didn’t want to bother setting up an entire WordPress installation? If so then we’ve got just the answer. By combining Twitter Search,... 
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Doodle 4 Google

“Google doodles are the special “dressed-up” logos we run on our homepage for holidays and other events, and Doodle 4 Google is an opportunity for one child to have his/her artwork displayed... 
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Explore New York City with Google From Your Home, Phone, and in Person

“In partnership with Google, we [Mayor Bloomberg and the New York City Information Center] are launching a new website and Information Center to help make it easier for both visitors and residents... 
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Create a Burberry Style Plaid with Illustrator in 4 Easy Steps

“Since I posted my set of 50 Plaid Pattern Illustrator Swatches I’ve had quite a few requests for a tutorial on how I created them.  The cool thing about plaid patterns is that they are very... 
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Proceed and Be Bold

“Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is a printing press and book artist, but he wasn’t always an artist… He used to live a middle class life like many other Americans, with a family and a job as a... 
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Share Your Favorite Screen Designs, See Other Favorites

Scrnshots.com is an online community where designers can share interesting and beautiful designs. What a great idea. Search by date, tags, domains, and users. This is a great resource for designers in... 
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Banished Words of 2009

“Every January Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie publishes a list of 15 Words to Be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.” From... 
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Gorilla Suit Making Workshop

“No single article of clothing is as versatile as the gorilla suit. You can wear a gorilla suit to an embassy party, to a jewel heist, to a high-speed car chase, and then practice your slamdunks... 
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The Apple Logo Makes You More Creative

“Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University’s Fuqua School... 
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Friday Tiki Fun: The Unlucky Tourist Mug

Clicking a link from the Mister Retro site, which has some swell serigraphs, I found a link to the Tiki Farm which features a ton of cool Tiki stuff: an Unlucky Tourist mug (think shrunken head as a mug... 
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Bob Truby’s Brand Name Pencils

“This site has been designed to visually introduce to you the incredibly diverse world of brand name pencils. I trust that you will be amazed at the sheer number of pencil brands once produced in... 
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Top 100 Photos for Hubble Telescope

Okay this is off-topic, unless the topic is fun, but my wife forwarded me an email about the Top 10 photos from the Hubble Telescope. In Googling for the original story, it turns out the email was from... 
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