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College Students' Inventions Tackle Everything From Sticking Ketchup to Sore Feet

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:18:41 -0400

College Students' Inventions Tackle Everything From Sticking Ketchup to Sore Feet:

Recently, a team of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a product that could save one million tons of food from being thrown out each year - a stick-less ketchup bottle. According to Yahoo News, the engineers used a substance called “LiquiGlide,” to create a bottle that ketchup cannot stick to, ending the excessive amount of time people spend shaking ketchup bottles with the hopes of savoring every last drop.

Yes, please.

Game of Thrones Cake Pops

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:51:08 -0400

Game of Thrones Cake Pops

I’ve always been a three-paper-towel kind of guy. Since...

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:10:53 -0400

I’ve always been a three-paper-towel kind of guy. Since watching this video about two weeks ago, I’ve become a one-paper-towel kind of guy.

Shake and fold, baby.

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Fri, 11 May 2012 08:21:54 -0400

Shut up and take my money.

Thu, 10 May 2012 16:58:36 -0400

Shut up and take my money.

Today I learned that the Japanese worked out square...

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:10:56 -0400

Today I learned that the Japanese worked out square watermelons.

BBC News:

To make it happen, farmers grew the melons in glass boxes and the fruit then naturally assumed the same shape. Today the cuboid watermelons are hand-picked and shipped all over Japan.

But the fruit, on sale in a selection of department stores and upmarket supermarkets, appeals mainly to the wealthy and fashion-conscious of Tokyo and Osaka, Japan’s two major cities.

Each melon sells for 10,000 yen, equivalent to about $83. It is almost double, or even triple, that of a normal watermelon.

Chocolate candle gracefully decomposes into fondant (via Boing...

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:08:35 -0400

Chocolate candle gracefully decomposes into fondant

(via Boing Boing)

Audrey Hepburn (via theniftyfifties)

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:02:07 -0400

Audrey Hepburn

(via theniftyfifties)

(via theviolethours)

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:09:37 -0400

(via theviolethours)

To improve road safety Domino’s Pizza the Netherlands...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:26:36 -0400

To improve road safety Domino’s Pizza the Netherlands introduces a human engine sound on their silent electrical scooters.

Five Tips for Reaching Your Creative Potential

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:27:47 -0400

Five Tips for Reaching Your Creative Potential:

These qualities, perseverance and passion for long term goals, comprise grit, and no artist, no writer, no inventor would be successful without it. Grit is the quality that forces you to make sacrifices for the sake of your passion, to work long hours or keep practicing even when practice isn’t fun. Studies have shown that grit is one of the most important predictors for success, because no one is talented enough to not have to work hard.

THIS is how you launch a TV channel!

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:00:36 -0400

THIS is how you launch a TV channel!

Getting Your Kids Engaged: Parenting Advice for New Parents

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:44:00 -0400

I realize that most of my posts on Tumblr are simply products that I think are unique or interesting, but, just for today, please humor me as I post something a little different that I’m hoping will be helpful to some.

My web developer friend Dave and his wife had a baby on Friday and have posted a few pictures to their Facebook pages. Being a father myself, I thought I should lend a few words of friendly advice so that this couple can be the most successful parents possible. Here’s the note I left him on his wall that hopefully will be helpful to some of you:

I know you and Jessica are new to this parenting thing, and I don’t want to seem critical, but I’ve noticed in all of the pictures you’ve posted so far that Jonathan just doesn’t really seem engaged. At this point I’m concerned about the long term success and monitization of this venture. (Remember that depending on overall success, this could be a significant part of your retirement portfolio down the road.)

Consider adding a social aspect that really encourages him to not only give feedback, but easily share his thoughts on your parenting with others in his demographic; possibly a button that allows him to Like your parenting interactions on Facebook or a way for him to easily pin his favorite toys, clothes, nursery furnishings, and other baby accessories on Pinterest.

Also consider some sort of social badge system to encourage favorable behaviors like sleeping through the night or hours without being fussy that can easily be shared through the Twitter and Facebook APIs in line with the Foursquare and GetGlue models.

Above all, remember that your parenting is an interactive conversation, not a one way soap box like parents enjoyed back in the late 50s.

Just a few thoughts.

SW

PS - I also think in the long term he’ll appreciate it if you Instagram his pictures before posting them.