My Own Fiction






apsies:

Glowing bioluminescent plankton in the tide line washes up onto a beach on Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, with stars above and a ship’s lights on the horizon. Picture: Doug Perrine / Barcroft Media

i didn’t know there was such a thing as a bioluminiscent plankton. wow! and it can make the water glow.


We shape our own tools, and in turn they shape us

Agree! “To be human is to be a user (and maker and remaker) of technology”



braiker:

Yes.

ianbrooks:

Weapon of Mass Instruction

Built from a welded frame atop a 1979 Ford Falcon, Raul Lemesoff drives around the streets of Buenos Aires distributing free books to anybody who wants to be assaulted with some serious learnin’.

(via: make / laughingsquid)

Weapon of Mass Instruction.

why not create more of this rather than developing weapons of mass destruction


Via NPR


laughingsquid:

Doggie Drawings, A Series of Cute Dog Posters & Portraits by Lili Chin

my dog does the greeting stretch often. oh, and in doggy language, it means “hello, i love u”! sweet! :)



laughingsquid:

Peanut Butter & Raspberry Jelly Vodka

peanut butter and alcohol. hmmmm…. i want!


Digital Natives Are Slow to Pick Up Nonverbal Cues

John K. Mullen, hbr.org

If you’re a digital native, you should be aware that the internet may have partially rewired your brain in such a way that when you meet people face to face, you’re less capable of figuring out what they’re thinking.

No, I’m not joking. There’s …

here’s a good way to open up my presentation for final defense. great article. very related to my topic :)

(Source: futuramb)

Via Emergent Futures Tumblelog

Why You Would Love “Love Land”

Well, here’s a park that will surely, ehem “arouse” your interests.

As a Time article describes it, Love Land in Jeju Island in Korea “greets visitors with sprawling limbs and remarkably acrobatic (and unmentionable) depictions of love-making.” The park boasts of phallic artworks and sex-ed information at its visitor center.

Hmmm… Sounds like a good destination for an “educational” trip. Haha!

Read Time’s full article here.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2106937_2106938_2106946,00.html



timelightbox:

Rungroj Yongrit—EPA

March 7, 2012. Thousands of Thai Buddhist monks chant during lantern lighting to celebrate Makha Bucha day at Dhammakaya Temple in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok.

TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week. See more here.

“and then there was light…” i hope i can personally see this fascinating ceremony.


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