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Nov 4, 2009 12:00pm
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newsweek:

“The three most-repeated attention-getters in the happiness field are:

1. Lottery winners quickly return to the same level of happiness they had before they won the lottery.
2. Paraplegics are just as happy as everyone else.
3. Having kids makes you less happy, not more.

The argument was that our sense of happiness is a perceptual illusion. We believe kids make us happy because we remember the fabulous moments of joy with our kids, while we tend to forget the stress of changing diapers, defusing tantrums, worrying about school admissions, consternation over them not eating food we so laboriously slaved over, et cetera. Kids give us lots to enjoy, but they give us even more to worry about. They cancel themselves out, happiness-wise.”

Po Bronson, puzzling out what happiness is.

Nov 4, 2009 10:04am
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Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls Measuring Cups (via neatorama)

Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls Measuring Cups

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Nov 3, 2009 5:02pm
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How to Hold Your Breath Like David Blaine, World Record Holder

It is easier to hold your breath if you haven’t eaten for 4-6 hours. It is also easier to hold your breath if you have less body mass to support. David will purposefully lose 30+ pounds during serious training to improve his lung-to-body volume ratio.
Nov 3, 2009 4:00pm
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Mad Men Characters Compared With The Office Characters (via sugarbuzz.com)

Mad Men Characters Compared With The Office Characters (via sugarbuzz.com)
Nov 3, 2009 3:00pm
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The Complete Guide To Google Wave

Nov 3, 2009 2:00pm
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Secret Knock Detecting Lock

Schematic here.
Nov 3, 2009 1:00pm
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“ I usually get to work between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Of the 16 people at the company, eight of us live here in Chicago. Employees come to the office if and when they feel like it, or else they work from home. I don’t believe in the 40-hour workweek, so we cut all that BS about being somewhere for a certain number of hours. I have no idea how many hours my employees work — I just know they get the work done. ” - Jason Fried (via dears)
Nov 3, 2009 12:30pm
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Put This On

A web series about dressing like a grown up.

This website has already turned up a few times on Tumblr, but what I haven’t seen mentioned yet is that this is a Tumblog.  (Why do websites try to hide the fact that they’re a Tumblog?  I’m more apt to read you consistently if you’re on my dashboard.)

To Follow, go to the “Following X People” link on your dashboard and type in putthison.

The Podcast RSS Feed is also the newest addition to my automatic Miro downloads.
Nov 3, 2009 12:00pm
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i see wut u did there…

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Nov 2, 2009 1:32pm
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toldorknown: The picture is of 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge, in Iowa. A few facts about the image: Length from base to Shoulder: 150 feet Right Arm: 340 feet Length of Torch and flame: 1000 feet Total Length: 1490 Feet Number of men in body and head of figure: 2,000  Number of men in right arm: 1,200  Number of men in torch: 2,800  Number of men in the flame only: 12,000  Total men: 18,000  (via A 90 Year Old Example of Forced Perspective Photography )

toldorknown:

The picture is of 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge, in Iowa.

A few facts about the image:
  • Length from base to Shoulder: 150 feet
  • Right Arm: 340 feet
  • Length of Torch and flame: 1000 feet
  • Total Length: 1490 Feet
  • Number of men in body and head of figure: 2,000 
  • Number of men in right arm: 1,200 
  • Number of men in torch: 2,800 
  • Number of men in the flame only: 12,000 
  • Total men: 18,000 

(via A 90 Year Old Example of Forced Perspective Photography )
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