Old People Are Screwed
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Need I say more? Check out this funny PSA and kids, be sure to help out your grandmas and grandpas with the digital television switchover taking place on February 17, 2009.
(via Katya)
How Old Is Your Brain?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Find out with decent accuracy (it worked for me, at least) the “age” of your brain with this cool applet from FlashFabrica. Just memorize the position of each number and then after they dissappear, click the circles in order from lowest number to highest. Fortunately, there is no need to brush up on your Chinese language skillz to play.
Gas Station Gourmet
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Are You a Tetrachromat?
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
If all you see are three circles filled with dots of the same color, you are normal. If you see something different (such as different colored letters inside each circle) – immediately contact me in the comment section below.
You may be a tetrachromat: very rare and super human.
A tetrachromat is sort of like being a super taster of color vision. To date, only two or three people have been identified as potential tetrachromats.
You might be one.
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Success in High School ==> Losertown
Friday, June 6th, 2008As many of us had wished-upon those (bastard) classmates who were “successful” in high school: a recent study showed that 29% of high school seniors who were “doing well” failed to become financially independent by age 26, and 20% failed to meet their expected life goals at age 26.
Dr. John Schulenberg, professor of developmental psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor:
“We used to think that if things were going well in high school, they’d continue to go well.”
Ha. Ha.
(via Susan, via Psychology Today)
Lost Tribe
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
(photo: AP)
Though technically they aren’t “lost” – they know exactly where they are – this population near the Peruvian/Brazilian border has had no known contact with the “outside world” until last month. Recent aerial photos taken in May 2008 offer the first proof of their existence and provide some clues to their way of life.
Some new facts about this recently discovered tribe:
• They don’t like airplanes.
• They aren’t very good at hitting airplanes with spears or arrows.
• They aren’t interested in maintaining front or back lawns.
• They believe that orange bodypaint is “the new black.”
(via Neatorama)
