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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
What makes jokes funny?An interesting summary of theories about what makes for humor:Benign violationIncongruitySurpriseHe also makes the point that humor is social. We laugh more readily when we're with other people. More interestingly, he casts humor as a lubricant...
What makes jokes funny?An interesting summary of theories about what makes for humor:Benign violationIncongruitySurpriseHe also makes the point that humor is social. We laugh more readily when we're with other people. More interestingly, he casts humor as a lubricant...
Some manufacturing news
Via Business Insider: “France's manufacturing sector just hit a 5-month low.” Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/french-pmi-2013-12#ixzz2mJaKhS8w “The PMI Manufacturing report [for Italy] just hit a 2.5 year high.” Read more:...
Where All The Major World Economies Are In The Economic Cycle
Via Business Insider: The country most closes to "peaking" right now is China. The US, Canada, New Zealand, and Kazakhstan are past the halfway point, but still have room to grow. Countries like India, Brazil, and Russia are troughing, while Australia, Malaysia, and...
Where All The Major World Economies Are In The Economic Cycle
Via Business Insider: The country most closes to "peaking" right now is China. The US, Canada, New Zealand, and Kazakhstan are past the halfway point, but still have room to grow. Countries like India, Brazil, and Russia are troughing, while Australia, Malaysia, and...
16-Year-Old Thinkspace Pioneers
Via Business Insider: A few months ago three British teens launched a project called Thinkspace, a school club of sorts that teaches kids to create websites and apps by making coding fun, social and student-led. Thinkspace is different than an ordinary computer club...
16-Year-Old Thinkspace Pioneers
Via Business Insider: A few months ago three British teens launched a project called Thinkspace, a school club of sorts that teaches kids to create websites and apps by making coding fun, social and student-led. Thinkspace is different than an ordinary computer club...
Tongue Drive System is a piercing that controls wheelchair
Via Instapundit and Daily Mail: A headset detects the tongue's position when the user flicks that magnetic stud. Touch a spot on the right bottom tooth to go right, for example. The headset wirelessly beams that information to a smartphone the user carries. An app...