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fastcompany: When you and your sloppy superstar pals go your...

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:53:03 -0400

When you and your sloppy superstar pals go your “Separate Ways,” a new campaign for Bar Aurora & Boteco Ferraz might save your life.

KARAOKE BREATHALYZER STOPS DRUNK DRIVING WHILE ENABLING YOUR JOURNEY

Where Did The Taco Come From?

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:37:39 -0400

curiositycounts:

“The origins of the taco are really unknown. My theory is that it dates from the 18th century and the silver mines in Mexico, because in those mines the word “taco” referred to the little charges they would use to excavate the ore. These were pieces of paper that they would wrap around gunpowder and insert into the holes they carved in the rock face. When you think about it, a chicken taquito with a good hot sauce is really a lot like a stick of dynamite. The first references [to the taco] in any sort of archive or dictionary come from the end of the 19th century. And one of the first types of tacos described is called tacos de minero—miner’s tacos. So the taco is not necessarily this age-old cultural expression; it’s not a food that goes back to time immemorial.”

Jeffrey M. Pilcher, professor of history at the University of Minnesota
Where Did The Taco Come From? Full story | Smithsonian Magazine

(via)

jestcomedy: Amy Poehler does this sketch with Scott Aukerman on...

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:02:51 -0400

jestcomedy:

Amy Poehler does this sketch with Scott Aukerman on the Comedy Bang Bang TV adaptation (premieres June 8th on IFC), and it’s a sign of a lot of funny things to come from the show.

thedailywhat: Criminally Dumb Criminal of the Day: A Disney...

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:22:40 -0400

thedailywhat:

Criminally Dumb Criminal of the Day: A Disney Cruise employee named Nelson has become internet infamous after allegedly stealing a passenger’s iPhone and using it to take several photos. Thanks to Apple’s Photo Stream feature, the owner of the phone was able to grab Nelson’s snaps of himself, his friends and his girlfriend and upload them to her Facebook account.

“This is Nelson,” she wrote next to one photo. “Nelson stole my iPhone.”

While it hasn’t been proven that this man actually took the phone and then foolishly failed to delete the owner’s account before using it as his own, things certainly don’t look good.

“I have alerted the officials of the Disney Cruiseline and forwarded them the photos. Hopefully I’ll get my phone back and maybe some free passes to Disneyland,” wrote the alleged theft victim.

Disney has yet to comment on the incident.

[nymag]

latimes: Beverly Hills Hotel marks 100 years: Still billed as a...

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:53:19 -0400

Faye Dunaway

Marilyn Monroe

Rita Hayworth

latimes:

Beverly Hills Hotel marks 100 years: Still billed as a discreet retreat for stars, the hotel is at the center of Hollywood’s concept of itself. And like the celebrities it serves, it has a public face and a private one.

Holy wow, these photos.

Photos, clockwise from top: (1) Faye Dunaway. Credit: Terry O’Neill / Getty Images. (2) Rita Hayworth. Credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images. (3) Marilyn Monroe. Credit: Beverly Hills Collection

nbaoffseason: Russell Westbrook owns the best play of the 2012...

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:25:55 -0400

nbaoffseason:

Russell Westbrook owns the best play of the 2012 playoffs. This steal and ridiculous “and 1” against the Lakers in game 5 rocked the home crowd in OKC and, judging from their faces, completely deflated the Lakers.

For the next 4 minutes the Thunder go on a 13-7 run to end the 3rd quarter setting up more of the same in the 4th.

mothernaturenetwork: Does Bigfoot really exist? Scientists turn...

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:04:15 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

Does Bigfoot really exist? Scientists turn to DNA for the answer
Scientists ask collectors and enthusiasts to send their alleged Bigfoot genetic samples for testing.

helloyoucreatives: David Beckham plays Beethoven for Samsung...

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:32:38 -0400

helloyoucreatives:

David Beckham plays Beethoven for Samsung Galaxy -

Samsung’s Olympic Games Ambassador David Beckham displays precise footwork with a 15-foot wall of drums, the GALAXY Note

"Gottschall’s encouraging thesis is that human beings are natural storytellers—that they can’t help..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 21:29:36 -0400

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Gottschall’s encouraging thesis is that human beings are natural storytellers—that they can’t help telling stories, and that they turn things that aren’t really stories into stories because they like narratives so much. Everything—faith, science, love—needs a story for people to find it plausible. No story, no sale.

Do entertaining stories make us more ethical? “The only way to find out is to do the science,” Gottschall says, reasonably enough, and then announces that “the constant firing of our neurons in response to fictional stimuli strengthens and refines the neural pathways that lead to skillful navigation of life’s problems” and that the studies show that therefore people who read a lot of novels have better social and empathetic abilities, are more skillful navigators, than those who don’t.

Good scientific theories are always startling, too. The narrative excitement of the great scientific theories, far from residing in their reassuring simplicity, lies in their similarly radical exclusions, their shocks: Everything in the whole universe is instantly attracting everything else! Everything! The big earth is dully pulling the apple and the apple is pluckily pulling on the earth.

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- Can Science Explain Why We Tell Stories? : The New Yorker (via myserendipities)

popculturebrain: Trailer: The Great Gatsby - Dec 25th Directed...

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:58:33 -0400

popculturebrain:

Trailer: The Great Gatsby - Dec 25th

Directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire, Amitabh Bachchan, and Isla Fisher.

This might not be the Gatsby you remember from high school english class, but it’s surely the Baz Luhrmann you’ll remember from Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet. This spot is equally as stylized as those and relies just as much on modern, popular music, but there’s some undeniable je ne sais quoi that sells it. Though I expect the stylization to be turn off to many.

(via Cinema Blend)

"Enjoying a good work of literature entails getting lost. Vast and foreign is the journey, and we..."

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:33:05 -0400

“Enjoying a good work of literature entails getting lost. Vast and foreign is the journey, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. If the book is good, then the intelligence that guides us through the story will appear many degrees superior to our own.”

- Bryan Basamanowicz, “From the Library of Your Soul-Mate: The Unique Social Bond of Literature.” (via millionsmillions)

CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: CNNMoney is trying to buy Facebook IPO shares

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:24:37 -0400

CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: CNNMoney is trying to buy Facebook IPO shares :

guardian:

cnnmoneytech:

Facebook’s initial public offering has many people asking: “If I want to buy shares, how do I do it?”

We at CNNMoney wondered the same thing, so we decided to find out the direct way: by trying to buy a small handful of Facebook shares.

Interesting experiment from CNN Money - on the other side of things, here’s Dominic Rushe’s five reasons not to buy Facebook shares

flavorpill: Amazing Russian wedding photoshop diasters

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:53:20 -0400

flavorpill:

Amazing Russian wedding photoshop diasters

laughingsquid: What, Me Worry? 60 Years of MAD Magazine Art...

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:21:52 -0400

laughingsquid:

What, Me Worry? 60 Years of MAD Magazine Art Exhibition

thisistheverge: One’s Street Tweeter paints your political...

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:51:43 -0400

thisistheverge:

One’s Street Tweeter paints your political statements on the pavement

Political participation in 40 characters or less.

nevver: Sensitive Toothpaste

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:12 -0400

nevver:

Sensitive Toothpaste

explore-blog: On the heels of Noam Chomsky’s buzzed-about...

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:49:43 -0400

explore-blog:

On the heels of Noam Chomsky’s buzzed-about Occupy pamphlet comes Music for Occupy, an epic 99-track compilation of tracks by 99 artists to raise awareness about the global social movement. The all-star roster includes Tom Morello, Yo La Tengo, Joan Baez, Ani DiFranco, Yoko Ono, Thievery Corporation, Willie Nelson, Girls Against Boys, and Debbie Harry.

Available on Amazon and iTunes. Proceeds go directly towards supporting the global Occupy movement.

(↬ Art Threat)

theatlantic: In Focus: Mexico’s Drug War: 50,000 Dead in 6...

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:17:09 -0400

theatlantic:

In Focus: Mexico’s Drug War: 50,000 Dead in 6 Years

Warning: All images in this entry are shown in full. There are many dead bodies; the photographs are graphic and stark. This is the reality of the situation in Mexico right now.

Top: A masked Mexican soldier patrols the streets of Veracruz, on October 10, 2011. Soldiers of the Army, Navy and members of Federal Police patrol the streets of the city as part of “Veracruz Safe Operation” after a rising tide of violence plaguing this tourist city.

Bottom: A forensic technician points his flashlight at the shoes of a man at a crime scene in Mazatlan, on February 13, 2012. The man was shot dead by gunmen while he was walking on the street, according to local media.

See more. [Images: AFP/Getty, Reuters]

"Jim Shepard (You Think That’s Bad , Project X ): I have all sorts of little rituals I go through..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:46:02 -0400

“Jim Shepard (You Think That’s Bad , Project X ): I have all sorts of little rituals I go through before writing fiction, some of which are so humiliating there’s no way I’d put them in an article. But here’s one weird one I’ve noticed that’s developed recently: while, like most people, I give myself a little while at the beginning of my work day to check email for anything that needs immediate attention, I’ve discovered that there needs to be an even number remaining in my inbox when I shut e-mail down before I begin writing.”

- Super Sad True Habits of Highly Effective Writers: Part Two | Tin House (via housingworksbookstore)

thisistheverge: HP considering cutting 25,000 jobs, according...

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:14:59 -0400

thisistheverge:

HP considering cutting 25,000 jobs, according to Bloomberg

Ouch.