Tag Archives: links

Art for Meaning, Stranger than Eviction, Video Games for Lazy Eyes, and FootPetals

Art for Art’s Sake, or Art for Meaning?
Should art just be created for its own sake, or should it mean something else, too (religious, social, etc.)?

Stranger Than Eviction
The sad, crazy, and yet funny story of a landlord named Gary, who just might be worse than living where you live now.

Video Games help Adult Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
A new study finds that people who have “lazy eyes” seem to self-correct when playing video games.

FootPetals
Never suffer ill-fitting, cushion-less shoes again, with these insertable shoe cushions.

Plato Was a Composer, The Husband Store, Guitar Drink Stirrers, and Color Theory

Hidden Musical Code Found Written Into Plato’s Texts
Were Plato’s philosophical texts also musical scores? This article explores!

The Husband Store
Apparently, us ladies always try to go to the highest (best) floor, whereas our male counterparts…well…

Cool Jazzy Ice Stirrers
Make ice cubes in the form of guitars, with these plastic stirrers as the “necks” of the guitars!

Color Theory for Designers
A handy one-page image reference for color theory.

What is “Globalization?” Internet Superheroes, Living a Creative Life, and VisualDNA

What Is Globalization?
How Princess Di’s tragic death shows how global our culture has become.

Internet Superheroes
Meet Google, Facebook, Reddit, and many others…in a different light than perhaps you’ve seen before. (Points for you if you figure out the comic superheroes they’re all based on!)

Living a Creative Life
If you’ve ever wondered how to live a more “creative” life…this might help you. Or you might just giggle at this and get inspired instead. 😀

VisualDNA
A visual personality test–click on the image that draws you, and see what it means!

Analysis of Mind, Whiteboard Quitter’s Boss Response, Genius Inventions, and Cliche Finder

The Analysis of Mind
Deep philosophical article series by Bertrand Russell.

Whiteboard Quitter: The Continuation
Jenny, the girl who quit via whiteboard, is answered by her boss in this hilarious continuation. (This is fictionalized, but still awesome)

Simple Ideas that are Borderline Genius
A chip bag “lid,” a portable toaster you have to see to believe, electrical sockets that include drop cords, and tons of other geniusly nifty products.

Cliche Finder
Woot, a Cliche Finder! Great for writers. 🙂

10 Marriage “Rules” to Break, How Women and Men See Colors, Pencil Stop-Motion Video, and YouShouldHaveAlsoSeenThis

10 Marriage “Rules” You Should Break
Rules we’ve all grown up hearing, but which might not be the best advice.

How Women and Men See Colors
“Honey, I like the puce curtains, but these mauve ones over here are pretty, too. Which should I go with?”
“Uhhhh…they’re both pink, aren’t they?”

920 Pencils + Camera + PATIENCE = This Stop-Motion Video
😀 Get ready to smile–this music video is geekily creative! (No pencils were harmed in the making of this video. ^_^)

YouShouldHaveAlsoSeenThis.com
99 more awesome, hilarious, shocking, or life-changing things across the Internets that you should experience.

Married or Happy?, Girl’s Guide to Geek Guys, Happiness, and 50Memes

Would You Rather Be Married or Happy?
…(And does it have to be mutually exclusive, I wonder?)

Girl’s Guide to Geek Guys
Meeting and dating the elusive and wonderful geek guy. (I found mine at a comic shop…just sayin’. 😀 )

Happiness (image)
One user’s “Happiness Is…” list. I like the Musical Soulmates thingy. ^_^

50Memes
For those of us who love filling out blog memes, here’s 50 you can try! (Already doing this on my Livejournal, woot)

So THERE!, Gambler’s Revenge, Throw Paper, and Idioms

SoThere.com
A place to let go of guilt and anger…and to get closure through writing.

Problem Gambling
See how a gambler outsmarts both the IRS auditor and his own attorney in this hilarious text joke… xD

Throw Paper!
Throw virtual paper into a virtual wastebasket–kinda like playing golf with a wad of paper, a fan, and a basket, but greener.

List of idioms in the English language
Because it’s handy to know that “kicking the bucket” does not always mean you’re upsetting a bucket full of milk on the farm.

Freewriting, Steelin’ Som Ur Foodz, Writing Experiments, and Learning Handouts

5 Freewriting Secrets: Being Genius
Learning how to free your creativity with freewriting.

I’m Steelin’ Som Ur Foodz Kthxbai
This little rabbit’s (?) expression cracks me up!

Writing Experiments
Ideas for journals and writing style experiments. Great for getting over writer’s block!

LifeLearning Handouts
From time management to helping you with critical thinking, a group of printable handouts for improving your college experience.

Love and Marriage, Hark! a Vagrant, Sketches in the Wind, and 96Pix

Difference Between Love and Marriage
In the first scenario, Plato quotes Haddaway and ends up with nothing. In the second, he grabs the first decent thing he sees to avoid being alone. True to life or not?

Hark! A Vagrant
Black-and-white comics covering all sorts of historical and/or pop-cultural topics, from Sexy Batman to Wuthering Heights and everything in between.

Sometimes Dancers are Just Sketches in the Wind
This made me tear up…beautiful and poignant. :’)

96Pix.com
A personality test based on choosing which of the two images displayed you like better. Set of 96 pictures in all…and very insightful!