At Reddit : /r/AskReddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xpk0c/whats_a_cool_skill_you_have_that_can_be_mastered/
Along the same lines… http://www.reddit.com/r/LearnUselessTalents
Inattention blindness
“When we focus intently on one task, we often fail to see other things in plain sight”
Nilli Lavie at University College London
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1207/17072012-Inattention-blindness-due-to-brain-load-Lavie
Cellphones may protect brain from Alzheimer’s
By Joanne Allen at reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/01/06/us-alzheimers-cellphones-idUSTRE6055PJ20100106
Image of brain wiring
Organized. Right angles…
By NIH
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2012/nimh-29.htm
http://www.neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/connectome/
How to write
by Colson Whitehead in nytimes.com
Programming puzzles and interview problems
At techinterviews.com
http://www.techinterviews.com/programming-puzzles-riddles-and-interview-problems
14. If you could remove any of the 50 states, which state would it be and why?
The 5 Best Toys of All Time
from Wired
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/the-5-best-toys-of-all-time/
- stick
- box
- string
- cardboard tube
- dirt
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2011
By Steven Coles at typographica.com
Slinky motion
found at kottke.org
Words for animal sounds in different languages
By The School of Engineering at The University of Adelaide
http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html
