by wp_sd | Nov 16, 2019 | Creative, Funny, Philosophy
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly...
by wp_sd | Oct 16, 2019 | Funny
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, “I’m sorry, your duck,...
by wp_sd | Sep 19, 2019 | Creative, Funny
Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn’t go quite as expected — but that taught him a big lesson: Don’t wait to be a hero. Mark Bezos works at Robin Hood, a poverty-fighting charity in New York City, and the...
by wp_sd | Jun 29, 2019 | Design, Funny
The MIT Media Lab’s John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics. John Maeda is the president of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he is dedicated to linking...
by wp_sd | May 25, 2019 | Funny, Logic, Random
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic. Lewis Carroll Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!...
by wp_sd | Mar 7, 2019 | Creative, Funny, Random
An initial burst of effervescence occurs when the Champagne contacts the dry glass on pouring. These bubbles form on imperfections in the glass that facilitate nucleation or, to a lesser extent, on cellulose fibres left over from the wiping/drying process as shown...
