For the past week I’ve become slightly obsessed with animated .gif sites on Tumblr. Two in particular have been consuming my idle time, with some posts causing me to laugh louder than a hyena. Running a Startup has posts that reflect on life at a start-up. If you’ve lived the moments the blog posts about… Read more »
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Focus on Effort, Not on Smarts
In a detailed article Jonah Lehrer discusses scientific studies that focus on how and why people learn the way they do. In an experiment conducted with fifth graders: Half of the kids were praised for their intelligence. “You must be smart at this,” the researcher said. The other students were praised for their effort: “You… Read more »
The Interesting History of Coca-Cola
Today I learned a few things about Coca-Cola. 1. Coca-Cola was originally created in response to prohibition. In 1886, the city of Atlanta passed a short-lived law prohibiting the sale and/or manufacture of alcohol. In response, a pharmacist named John Pemberton created a faux wine, mixing together fruit flavors with extracts from kola nuts (caffeine)… Read more »
A Hilarious Collection of Damn You Auto Correct
A hilarious collection of Damn You Auto Correct, curated by non-other than the founder. Each one funnier than the last. Have a good laugh while reading these.
Updated Blog Theme, Using Twenty Eleven
For a while I’ve been itching to use a new theme for this blog. That’s why starting today I’ve switched over to using one of the latest WordPress default themes ‘Twenty Eleven’. Some of the things that I love about this theme is its awesome readability, support of post types, and compatibility with all the… Read more »