The speakers we heard at this week’s TED Tuesday are full of guts, passion, persistence and confidence and are pulling off feats that make them seem just a tad bit crazy. Steve Truglia is former UK Special Forces turned professional stuntman. He’s holds several amazing records but is now training for the craziest [...]
Continue reading...15. October 2009
Our team visited the State Fair last Friday, on a mission to sample and rate the best and worst the Fair has to offer this year. If something was fried, we found it and ate it. If you’re planning to go, this handy guide to the best and worst the State Fair has to offer will [...]
Continue reading...17. August 2009
TED Tuesday #7 was titled “The best heresy from TED Oxford”. There’s a theory that humans evolved from aquatic primates and Elaine Morgan is a huge proponent of the aquatic ape hypothesis. In her speech, she tells us why mainstream science has yet to take this hypothesis seriously. We [...]
Continue reading...9. July 2009
Our last TED Tuesday was all about collaboration. We watched Naturally 7 combine voices to mimic instruments. The result of this collaboration between men is a sound like no other. Eric Hersman shows how technology has helped develop new ways of collaboration and helped saved lives in crisis situations. Deborah Scranton, director of the award-winning documentary [...]
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“The Parade” by Jeff Scher The Animated Life - NYTimes.com Blog “…The street etiquette of avoiding eye contact lets us go about our business without the distraction of interaction. Most people wear the New York “street face.” It’s a kind of neutral expression with a touch of “don’t mess with me.” It has a do-not-disturb aura. But the truth [...]
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15. October 2009
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