I make things on the internet
MIT neuroscientists have found that parts of the brain can switch functions, and aren’t necessarily predetermined by a genetic blueprint.
The finding suggests that the visual cortex can dramatically change its function — from visual processing to language — and it also appears to overturn the idea that language processing can only occur in highly specialized brain regions that are genetically programmed for language tasks.
A selection of open source ampersands for use in web design. The ampersands have been packaged up into one characters in a webfont format. The site was inspired by Dan Cederholm’s article about using the best available ampersand.
The Library of Congress has Alexander Graham Bell’s family papers in their collections. Among the thousands of pieces in the archive are Bell’s journals, containing sketches and details from the earliest telephone prototypes. The diagram above indicates that using the telephone should be a far more epic experience. The Atlantic has a selection of some of the weirder sketches in the notebooks.
Frank Chimero’s illustrated 16 Activities for Creatives is available for your viewing pleasure. A partial list of the activities:
You can purchase a physical copy for €5 from Corraini.
McDonald’s has somehow managed to screw-up oatmeal.
Others will argue that the McDonald’s version is more “convenient.†This is nonsense; in the time it takes to go into a McDonald’s, stand in line, order, wait, pay and leave, you could make oatmeal for four while taking your vitamins, brushing your teeth and half-unloading the dishwasher. […] Incredibly, the McDonald’s product contains more sugar than a Snickers bar and only 10 fewer calories than a McDonald’s cheeseburger or Egg McMuffin.
Take a fast and healthy staple, pump it full of sugar and chemicals, serve. Sounds like the rest of the breakfast cereal industry, or just pre-processed food in general.
A slideshow of Colonel Qaddafi’s various wardrobe incarnations.
Drawing upon the influences of Lacroix, Liberace, Phil Spector (for hair), Snoopy, and Idi Amin, Libya’s leader—now in his 60s—is simply the most unabashed dresser on the world stage. We pay homage to a sartorial genius of our time.
The Ultimate In-N-Out Secret Menu Survival Guide, including some super-secret options. I need to plan a trip to the American west-coast at some point.
Proof that every man looks better with a beard, a weblog with side-by-side celebrity headshots — Better with a beard. Yes.
Ken Jennings is doing an AMA on Reddit — it’s kind of like free-for-all question time. I had to post one of Jennings’ responses:
Q: What has been the single biggest change in you life since your epic winning streak, besides the money?
A: Old people can’t keep their dry, lilac-scented hands off me. Man, do old people ever love Jeopardy. I can’t go anywhere in public where there might be old people, like Hallmark stores or cemeteries.
So much for the Jeopardy! hiatus.
Animals on the Underground, a collection of line-art animals discovered within the London tube map.
The animals, created using the tube lines, stations and junctions of the London Underground map were first spotted by Paul Middlewick in 1988. The original animal, the elephant was discovered while Paul was staring at the tube map during his daily journey home from work. Since then, the elephant has been joined by many others from bats to bottlenose whales.
There are more than thirty animals so far, maybe you can find another one?