December 2011
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I think your pontifications on relationships is wise beyond your years. Working...
– Anonymous question someone sent into Cody Weber’s ask box.
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@cinnamonscent
chelsiebaker:
And the zombies attack at dawn..
Zombies attack at dusk, my dear. During the day is when you restock your supplies and reload your weapons.
But night, ah, that is when all hell breaks loose, and humanity nears its last stand.
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Google Is Searching for Young Scientists →
jtotheizzoe:
Google Science Fair entries open on Jan. 12! What are you gonna explore?
I’m less of a “tech-savvy braniac” and more of a “hey, check out this chloroform” kind of person, but there’s no harm in trying.
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pilicer:
How to get 750 million people work for free
Luis von Ahn: Massive-Scale Online Collaboration
After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. At TEDxCMU, he shares how his ambitious new project, Duolingo, will help millions learn a new language while...
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Set Fire to the Rain
I’M DYING.
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“The reason fair trade coffee is growing in demand is that the public is becoming more aware of our social responsibility when purchasing products. Traditionally the coffee middle man gets a large portion of the profit giving the farmer only about 10% of the retail price. However, with Fair Trade, the farmer receives more that 25% of the retail price which helps address poverty and working...
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Four Seasons Went Too Quickly
There were four walls built around. None with a door, one with a window. Spring, summer, and autumn sun shone through, but when winter came the window boarded itself up. I never protested, and learned to admire the dark uniform walls which now enclosed me.
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Ouch, I just felt my emotions ping.
I guess I’ve been hollow inside for a while. I used to have friends as the marrow of my bones; I should have known there’d be a day when I lose that crutch. I can’t rely on others to bring me down to earth, or to make my existence worthwhile. Whenever I’d go without that filling I’d be crazy and nonsensical, and worst of all...
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Mum gave me a baby cherub to set on fire.
Never have I seen a more beautiful sight.
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What Materials Glow Under a Black or Ultraviolet...
There are a lot of everyday materials that fluoresce, or glow, when placed under a black light. A black light gives off highly energetic ultraviolet light. You can’t see this part of the spectrum, which is how ‘black lights’ got their name. Fluorescent substances absorb the ultraviolet light and then re-emit it almost instantaneously. Some energy gets lost in the process, so the...
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Wary Of SOPA, Reddit Users Aim To Build A New,... →
lifepied:
Users of the social news and community site Reddit don’t like the way the government seems to be muscling in on the Internet. So they plan to build a new one.
Redditors have flocked over the last week to a new subgroup on Reddit.com they’re calling the Darknet Plan–or sometimes Meshnet, as the name seems to still be in flux–with the aim of building a mesh-based version of the...
pokeboyreach:
i want a pikachu for christmas so i dont have pay for the electric bill this year.
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I got the dankest gifts today.
Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, ginseng for energy abuse, menthol rub to tease my skin, a pretty Roy G. Biv bracelet to show my love, and a sweet lab coat to rock my way through the science world.
Thanks friends, I had a fantastic Festivus.