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Color and Reality
When I was a kid, I used to wonder if everyone saw the world in the same way. We can all look at the same grass, but maybe the color I called green showed up in my brain as the color my friend called blue. Maybe all of our colors were shifted around to the [...]
Clever as a Fox
Sometimes we see things so often that we simply forget to ask “why are they like that?” For instance, let’s take a closer look at domestic animals. Dogs, cats, horses, cows, pigs – animals that we live with, and who couldn’t live without us.
TED Talks – Mushrooms Can Save the World
Mushrooms can save the world – and Paul Stamets wants to tell you how. Thinking in unconventional ways is something he has spent a lifetime doing. Paul loves mushrooms – or more correctly, he loves fungi.
When Advertisers Get Lazy
Internet advertising is a strange beast. Some of the most popular ads play directly off our insecurities – that we’re fat, that we’re lonely, or that our penis is far too small. The immediate emotional response to what basically amounts to a controlled insult online can gall you into the all important “click” of the ad.
The Ultimate Home Laser Show
This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever made. It’s quite a step up from the Five Dollar Laser Show I posted a bit back. The only logical step after building that was to drastically increase the power and number of beams.
