pi digit connections!

I just saw this picture, and it's beautiful:

stop-motion excel

this is seriously amazing.

mind blown

two cool things combined: wireless power, and levitating objects (using magnets). mind = blown.

real life angry birds!

post-it wars!

this looks amazing and hilariously fun! taking post-its and creating huge characters from different games:

is it a waste of time? well, as mentioned in the article, I think there's something about bringing people together and having fun, getting to know each other outside of the regular working environment. building stronger bonds of friendship creates trust, and promotes cooperation. I wish I could do something like this myself!

fly like a bird!

wind tunnels look cool!

tagxedo!

tag clouds are fun to create, especially when you can make them in different shapes and forms. tagxedo allows you to do exactly that. here's one for this blog:

make one you too!

human tetris

brilliant concept, beautifully done!

pick-up line of the day

girl: my grammar is good
guy: my vocabulary is good; do you want to get together and make some sentences?

courtesy of sahar, believe it or not....

achieving mastery

yet another brilliant comic by xkcd today:

the second to last box is gold:

but you don't become great by trying to be great. you become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.

teaching

xkcd has a brilliant comic today about our ability to teach:

I love the question "huh? what good is that?", as that pretty much explains how we are able to sustain and progress civilization...

cute and hilarious

... at the same time:


hundred school kids against athletic bilbao. who'll win? :)

revival the movie

color wheel

from one of my favorite comic sites, the doghouse diaries, comes the best explanation of colors. ever.

for a good laugh

check out autocompleteme.com. it's basically autocomplete suggestions from google search, and it's quite hilarious... here's an example:

light upon light

here's what we did for youth presents a while ago. the theme was light upon light:

true story

this just happened, after some time of silence and work...
me: wow, I suddenly feel like an idiot!
officemate: any reason in particular?
me: no.

needless to say, we both laughed quite a lot... :)

one word for everything

this is just a good summary:

the power of "yes, and..."

a friend and I were sitting earlier today trying to figure out a script for another movie. I can't tell the full details just yet, but it was very interesting to see how we helped each other's creativity. four of us had basically done some brainstorming yesterday, came up with a couple of possible ideas on how to go ahead, but hadn't really gotten anywhere with it. so we sat down today, the two of us, and in my mind I tried to keep the "yes, and" idea, not to shoot any of the ideas down, but to try to help out, ask questions and push him along whenever he came up with anything. and I must say it was amazing to see how far we got! we helped build on each other's creativity, we nailed down a couple of ideas, ironed out the details, and have a whole lot to work with, in just two hours! not only for a first episode, but an overarching story and theme for the future as well, which will help give us a framework and make it easier to come up with more ideas.

if you haven't heard of "yes, and...", read this on wikipedia, it's all about improvisation.