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Berry Gordy changed the face of pop music by founding Motown Records, and in the process changed race relations in America. Fifty years later, he tells the real story behind the business.
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Cat Rides a Roomba. The irony is the cat dragging his tail and leaving hair in the just-cleaned carpet.
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A Colombian woman received a transplant of a windpipe grown from her own stem cells. Unlike other transplant recipients, she won’t spend her life taking anti-rejection drugs.
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Guitar Hero + bicycle = Bike Hero. A masterpiece of planning and timing that will have you leaning into the curves.
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People who seem to attract good fortune are different from people who don’t. They pay attention, seize opportunities, and count their blessings. (via Geek Like Me)
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The Top Ten Arguments that Can’t Be Won. So you may as well not bring them up at the family holiday dinner.
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What to do with 66,000 business cards. Why, build a level three Menger Sponge, of course!
The Top Ten arguments link is down :(
posted by Mandy on 11-19-2008 at 9:50 am
I liked that Menger sponge one, so I showed it to my mom. I suggested she show it to the Extended Learning Program teacher at the school she teaches. Well, she was teaching fractals, and when she found a lot of card stock that was going to be thrown away… I think you can guess what her students’ new assignment was.
Link in the name.
posted by Sillstaw on 11-20-2008 at 4:12 pm
Sillstaw, wow! That is relly neat!
posted by Miss Cellania on 11-20-2008 at 4:16 pm