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joi, 27 decembrie 2012

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The Ultimate Girls Fail Compilation 2012 [Video]
Cute Interspecies Animal Friendships
Real Spider-Man Lizard: Mwanza Agama
Funniest Christmas Autocorrects
The Secret to Better Sleep [Infographic]
Boiling Water Turns Into Snow In Siberia [Video]

The Ultimate Girls Fail Compilation 2012 [Video]

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:30 PM PST

'Girls' are obviously one of the most popular genres online, so it's no surprise mixing 'girls' with a little bit of 'fail' would result in a viral video.

Cute Interspecies Animal Friendships

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 05:00 PM PST

Animals aren't like humans (surprise!) and they generally stick to their own kind. That's why it's so surprising to see these animal pairs together – I mean, who would ever expect an elephant and a dog to be best friends?!

Real Spider-Man Lizard: Mwanza Agama

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:02 PM PST

The color of Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama (Agama manzea) remind us of comic superhero, Spider-Man. This bright-red-and-blue lizard can be found in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya. This species has become an exotic pet due to its beautiful color.

Funniest Christmas Autocorrects

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST

Autocorrect just ruined Christmas.

The Secret to Better Sleep [Infographic]

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:43 PM PST

The average American sleeps 6.9 hours a night. When we get less sleep than we need, our reaction times get slower, our blood pressure rises, we eat more, and we're more at risk of obesity and diabetes.

Click on Image to Enlarge.

Via: Greatist

Boiling Water Turns Into Snow In Siberia [Video]

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:09 PM PST

A man in Siberia showed a temperature reading of minus 41 degrees Celsius on his mobile phone before launching the water out the window.

The man, from Novosibirsk resident, tossed it from one of the top floors of his apartment building, and watched it instantly turn into a shower of snow.

Seth's Blog : Shipping Today: "V is for Vulnerable" (and a cool new poster bonus)

Shipping Today: "V is for Vulnerable" (and a cool new poster bonus)

Ending the year with a bang, I have three new books coming out. The first two are being published today, while the flagship original manifesto ships on Monday. I'm told that these books are as much fun to read as they were to make...

V is for Vulnerable is illustrated by the inspired/inspiring Hugh Macleod. It sure looks like a book for kids, with the entire alphabet outlined in the spirit you see above. But with phrases like A is for Anxiety and F is for Feedback, you'll quickly discover that the actual plan is to get under your skin and give you a new way to think about your work.

"Each page alone is worth the price of the the entire book, for its ability to make me think, inspire me, and make me smile.... My favorite letter is "U", as I've always detested umbrellas.... For years, I've been giving outgoing interns at our company a copy of the book "Oh the Places You'll Go" to inspire them on their journey. Beginning now, they'll all receive this book instead."

Dave Kerpen in his Amazon Review

V is takes the last chapter of The Icarus Deception and wakes it up and brings it to life. Here's what I've discovered: When I hand someone this book, the power of the format is so compelling that they usually read the entire thing, on the spot. Not merely enough to be polite, but all of it, even the less common letters like Q, X and Z. And that was my goal, to use the format of a book to change our usual reaction. I hope you'll check it out.

And, for those that would prefer their books be printed on one giant sheet of paper, to save precious page-turning time, check out this new Litograph of Poke the Box: http://www.litographs.com/products/poke Danny Fein has built a project that celebrates books as art at the same time that he sends new books to kids in need. I'm honored to support his work.

(use the discount code GODIN to save $10 until the end of the day on Friday the 28th).

PS my 600+ page ominbus blog collection ships today too! Both are available from fine local bookstores.