Perspective is the Key to Happiness [Video]
The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness. [TED]
Category Archives: Culture
ID This Item: Crowdsourcing Shopping
ID This Item is a brand new (like literally – it launched two weeks ago) crowdsourcing space where you can post the image of an item you’ve found on a blog or something and ask the community to tell you where to find it – or where to find similar stuff. I actually met the […]
Cat-At
Another CAT-AT… but this one of a slightly different type! [Via Pussies on Parade]
Terrorist Identification Tech Used for Historical Revelation
They say that the one good thing that comes out of war and strife is technological advancement. Facial recognition technology that was originally created to identify terrorist suspects is now going to be employed in the pursuit of knowledge: to identify people featured in paintings of the past. Who is the Girl with the Pearl […]
Avengers Causes Increased Sales in Shawarma
Since you are not sick of hearing about Avengers related news, I thought I would throw another interesting tidbit out there. The film has already made $775m worldwide after less than 3 weeks (two in North America) of its theatrical run, but it’s also making money for someone else. Shawarma joints. The Avengers is responsible […]
Geek Trip Maps features Toronto, Canada!
Not far from where I live is the center of the Universe (or Canada’s Universe) Toronto Ontario. Now why am I celebrating this Canuck Metropolis today? They paid me! Actually they didn’t, but I wish they would start because I am always telling people how cool this city is for its geeky secrets. Well now […]
#BringToonamiBack Rap, Richie Branson
Ever since Cartoon Network sprung a surprise airing of their Toonami anime block on April 1st, fans have been rallying around the hashtag “BringToonamiBack.” Check out this track from nerdcore rapper Richie Branson. Is all this going to grab the attention of Cartoon Network execs? Or was that April Fool’s joke just a test to […]
Who Is Winter Soldier and Why Should You Care?
By now, you may have heard of this little film from Marvel studios called The Avengers. You know, the story of six of Earth’s mightiest heroes, saving the planet from a deranged demi-god and his alien invasion, biggest box office opening weekend of all time? Well this post has nothing to do with that. Except […]
Ninja Versus Pirate Featuring Zombies
The first book of a series called “How to End Human Suffering” this book has definitely piqued my interest. I’m really tempted to go and purchase it – I mean look at that title, how could I not!? – but then I took a look at some of the reviews on goodreads.com and it’s not […]
Illustrating WANT vs. NEED [Pics]
[Via MUO]