Lego : une construction hallucinante de 200 000 pièces Lego : une construction hallucinante de 200 000 pièces Dans le monde merveilleux des Lego, il y a des personnes qui ont plus d’ambition que d’autres. Mike Doyle fait partie de cette catégorie, puisque l’artiste new-yorkais vient de dévoiler l’une des plus grosses constructions jamais réalisées en Lego. Cette construction hallucinante est une création originale. Elle représente en effet une cité alien issue de l’imagination de l’auteur. Il aura fallu 600 heures de travail pour aboutir à ce résultat et plus de 200 000 pièces de Lego ! Source 14 Ways to Acquire Knowledge: A Timeless Guide from 1936 Consider the knowledge you already have — the things you really know you can do. They are the things you have done over and over; practiced them so often that they became second nature. Every normal person knows how to walk and talk. But he could never have acquired this knowledge without practice. For the young child can’t do the things that are easy to older people without first doing them over and over and over. Most of us quit on the first or second attempt. Any normal child, at about the age of three or four, reaches the asking period, the time when that quickly developing brain is most eager for knowledge. Those first bitter refusals to our honest questions of childhood all too often squelch our “Asking faculty.” Every person possessing knowledge is more than willing to communicate what he knows to any serious, sincere person who asks. Ask! You never learn much until you really want to learn. If you don’t desire to learn you’re either a num-skull [sic] or a “know-it-all.” Write!
Les bars pour un premier rendez-vous à Paris Des lieux de charme faits pour votre premier rendez vous, on en trouve beaucoup à Paris. Mais lesquels offrent le plus de charme ? Lesquels sont les plus beaux? Lesquels nous isolent dans un coin tranquille parfait pour une rencontre ? Ne cherchez plus voici les endroits qu’il faut tester ! Le Café Suédois : voici une adresse abordable pour un 1er rendez vous à l’effet garantit, située en plein Marais. 11 rue Payenne, 75004 Paris Café de la mosquée de Paris : parfait pour un rendez-vous en amoureux discret. Café Maure de la Mosquée de Paris : 39, Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire75005 Paris, 01 43 31 18 14 Le Café Marly : pour un premier rendez-vous, le Café Marly est l’endroit que vous recherchiez… En plein sous les arcades du Louvre et face à sa pyramide, la terrasse offre une des plus belle vue de Paris. En dehors des heures de repas, c’est le lieu d’excellence pour tous les amoureux ! Le Café Marly: Cour Napoléon, Palais du Louvre, 75001 Paris 01-49-26-06-60
Zoë Ryan's Book List As the field of design becomes ever more complex, reaching into increasingly diverse areas of practice, designers are arming themselves with an expanded toolbox of methodologies and approaches in an effort to create projects that defy traditional disciplinary boundaries and more effectively speak to contemporary modes of practice and ways of living. . . . View the complete text As the field of design becomes ever more complex, reaching into increasingly diverse areas of practice, designers are arming themselves with an expanded toolbox of methodologies and approaches in an effort to create projects that defy traditional disciplinary boundaries and more effectively speak to contemporary modes of practice and ways of living. Throughout my career, I have cast a wide net drawing on a range of experts, as well as insightful individuals and groups from a diversity of interrelated disciplines, in order to navigate and steer an evocative direction for exhibitions and publications.
Doctor Who Theme Tune 2005-2007 By Murray Gold Imagine Earth is in trouble. Like, really serious trouble. Aliens of the most gruesome sort are trying to invade our planet, and you are not even sure where their next strike will fall. As you call for help, whom would you be relieved to see? “Doctor Who”, a British science fiction television programme, hardly needs any introduction. The original “Doctor Who” theme was composed by Ron Grainer and realized by Delia Derbyshire in 1963 at the BBC Radio Workshop. 201 Ways to Arouse Your Creativity Arouse your creativity Electric flesh-arrows … traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. Creativity is like sex. I know, I know. The people I speak of are writers. Below, I’ve exposed some of their secret tips, methods, and techniques. Now, lie back, relax and take pleasure in these 201 provocative ways to arouse your creativity. Great hacks from Merlin Mann of 43 Folders
Les 50 photos au timing parfait | JSBG.me Il arrive parfois, lorsque vous pressez sur le bouton déclencheur de votre appareil photo, que le résultat du cliché ne soit pas exactement celui auquel vous vous attendiez: au dernier moment, quelqu’un ou quelque chose est apparu dans le champ, donnant à votre prise de vue un caractère inattendu. Dans l’idéal, il faudrait, pour obtenir une photo au timing parfait, que ces trois points soient réunis: l’emplacement parfait ; l’angle parfait ; le moment parfait. C’est justement le classement des cinquante photos au timing le plus parfait trouvées sur internet (ou les plus parfaitement synchronisées, en français), que le site américain Twistedsifter s’est amusé à faire. Chauvinisme oblige, je me permets de vous faire remarquer que la photo numéro 43 a été prise à une centaine de mètres des bureaux de JSBG, en Suisse. En voici le résultat: - Jorge S. UPDATE: Découvrez 50 nouvelles photos au timing parfait –> Cliquez ICI.
100 Websites You Should Know and Use In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH.
50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life. To be self-reliant one must master a basic set of skills, more or less making them a jack of all trades. Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades is far more equipped to deal with life than a specialized master of only one. While not totally comprehensive , here is a list of 50 things everyone should know how to do. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Check out these books for more ideas on pertinent life skills:
Beating Creative Block: 10 Ways to Bring Back Creativity Articles, Resources April 17, 2013 As creative people, there are those days that our brain seems dead. No ideas coming in, run out of creative fuel while thinking of the deadliest deadlines of projects on going. Commonly known as creative block, many are faced with this kind of situation either caused by personal problems, mental block, emotional barrier, communication breakdown, etc. If you are feeling stuck and doesn’t know where to start and what ideas to pitch in, then you are experiencing a creative block. Here are ten of the most common and effective ways of beating creative block (based from my personal experiences) to help you guys bring back that little spark of creativity you need! Before going to any other actions, try to assess yourself. - Why am I not motivated? - What is blocking my way to pitch in the idea I need? - I am missing something, what is it? It is important to answer questions like this first before jumping into conclusions that you are facing a creative block.
Books That Predicted The Future - Books George Orwell's famous 1984 described an all-seeing state capable of watching our every move - of course, this would be some far-off dystopian vision of the future, right? Well, old George's prediction is very much in evidence now, with security cameras, internet tracking and the like - and a surprising amount of other writers have been able to predict the future with unerring accuracy. This brilliant infographic, made by printerinks.com, shows various fictional predictions that ended up coming true, and the time that lapsed between forecast and reality - click on it to see a bigger version. Having said all this - if they were that good at predicting the future, they could have made a fortune on the football pools, so maybe they were using their talents in the wrong area. (Image: printerinks.com)