Top 100 Photos of the Year 2012 *Please note the photographs themselves were not necessarily taken in 2012, they just happened to be featured as a POTD this year. The pictures are also listed in reverse chronological order. There is no ranking amongst the photos Enjoy! Photograph by Robert Elves on Flickr Photograph by Stephen Wilkes | Prints available Photograph by George Steinmetz Photograph by Andrew Choy Photograph by Jakub Polomski on 500px Photograph via The Natioanl Archives and Records Administration Photograph by Caleb Charland COPYRIGHT© 2012 RMS TITANIC, INC; Produced by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Photograph by Jason Pope Photograph by Dan Fisher Photograph by Scott Robertson Photograph by Berenice Abbott Photograph by NASA/GSFC/SDO Photograph by Liammm on Reddit Photograph by haqbar on Reddit Photograph by Marcus Peabody Photograph by The Lost Gardens of Heligan Photograph by sleepychinchilla on Flickr Photograph by Scott Hutcheson (SMHutch Photography on Flickr) Photograph by Mario Neumann (scuba.hamburg on Flickr)
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Huxley vs Orwell A clever comic over on the accuracy of George Orwell’s predictions about future society over that of Aldous Huxley. It’s informative and scary at the same time. “In short, Orwell feared that what we hate would ruin us. Huxley that what we love will ruin us.” It’s unfortunate that Huxley got it right because the latter is much less obvious. One Sentence - True stories, told in one sentence. 'Reasons to Be Cheerful' - the Song Ian Dury and the Blockheads released the song 'Reasons to be Cheerful' in 1979. Here is a brief overview of the song, looking at the things that Dury claimed made him cheerful and trying to determine why they would have the same effect on anyone else. Reasons to be Cheerful... The Opening Why don't you get back into bed? Unfortunately, if you take this advice you will only really be able to sample a few of the reasons to be cheerful that Ian sang about. The Bridge Reasons to be Cheerful ... It's worth noting here that various people have searched for Parts One and Two in vain. 'Some of Buddy Holly' Perhaps a surprising start to the list for such an iconic star of punk, but one that acknowledges the roots of modern music. 'The Working Folly' Quite possibly a reference to the state of the UK economy at the time. 'Good Golly Miss Molly' A song by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco first performed by the incomparable Little Richard, this is an iconic early Rock 'n' Roll number. 'Boats' 'Dali'
7 Lessons From 7 Great Minds Have you ever wished you could go back in time and have a conversation with one of the greatest minds in history? Well, you can’t sorry, they’re dead. Unless of course you’re clairaudient, be my guest. But for the rest of us, we can still refer to the words they left behind. Even though these great teachers have passed on, their words still live, and in them their wisdom. 1. “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” - Lawrence J. In order for us to achieve our dreams, we must have a vision of our goals. Action: Visualize a life of your wildest dreams. 2. “It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson The best way to learn something is to dive right in to it. Action: You must define your fears in order to conquer them. 3. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Our thoughts determine our reality. Action: Create a list of your intentions and desires. 4. 5. 6. 7.
When a photograph is not just a photograph !! Notable Sentences...for Imitation and Creation You know! It's a thingummy... Whatjermercallit... The everyday items with the forgotten names By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 10:23 GMT, 3 November 2008 Our lives are full of 'thingummys', 'thingamajigs' and 'whatjermecallits' - those everyday items we should know the word for, or were once told but have since forgotten. Now, a collection of them has been compiled for a fascinating new book... Aglet Is the little plastic or metal tube at the end of your shoelace. Before the invention of plastic, aglets were made of metals such as copper, brass and silver, glass and even stone. Should your aglet break, you may, of course, just buy another shoelace. Borborygmus (Pronounced bor-buh-rig-mus) is the name for the rumbling sounds made by the stomach. Burgee Is the little triangular flag that flutters on a sailing dinghy, traditionally at the top of the main mast. Caruncula Is the small pink protuberance in the corner of the eye. Caruncula: The small pink protuberance in the corner of the eye Contrail Dewclaw Dongle What's that word? Dragées Emoticon Is short for emotional icon. Fines Fauxhawk Gari
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(More) tips for writing well (Austin Govella at Thinking and Making) Published Wed, Jul 8, 2009 by Austin Govella. Updated Wed, Jul 8, 2009. As an editor, I’ve noticed several recurring bad habits you heathens would do well to disabuse yourselves of immediately. Almost without exception, these bad habits instantiate themselves as a series of stock phrases and constructions that reflect a lack of focus, a lack of fully developed argument, or the kind of intellectual laziness that sets in as you slog through your first draft. These things happen, That’s ok. 16 things to check when you edit Be vicious when you edit. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. After you edit… The finished piece should be so tight, terse, concise, and clear that it’s boring. Boring. Then sand off the rough edges. Write like you talk. The first 16 recommendations remove fluff and force you to think and communicate.
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17 Web Toys for Your Procrastination Pleasure Sometimes you need to take a break from work and just veg out by doing something mindless and pleasant. TV or a game of solitaire is good for that, but both require a set time commitment. There are hundreds of alternatives on the internet in the form of web toys. These are sites that offer strange visuals, often interactive visuals, that require no real mental effort but might bring a smile to your face for a while. Vector Park has some great toys and games, some of which are harder to figure out than others. Ooh, cosmic! Staggering Beauty is a web page that comes with an epilepsy warning. Silk is an interactive drawing program (with music) in which you weave patterns of silky wisps of smoke across the screen to create horizontally-mirrored art. Sometimes you'd like to draw with many lines at the same time. Have you ever made colored sand sculptures in a glass jar? RGB is pretty simple. Cat Bounce shows you bouncing cats. Koalas to the Max is a classic that you may have played before.