Not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
– Dalai lama
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15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
Debunking creationism, one myth at a time
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10 Golden Lessons From Steve Jobs
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
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The Perception Laboratory’s Face Transformer
Go bananas on those faces
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Brain Death by Dull Surroundings
“To sing their complex melodies, male birds needed new brain cells. In fact, up to 1% of the neurons in the bird’s song center were created anew, every day.”
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Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
The official Mac shortcuts page
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The Secret of Apple Design
“Attractive things work better,” says Don Norman, who was vice president of advanced technology at Apple from 1993 to 1998. “When you wash and wax a car, it drives better, doesn’t it? Or at least feels like it does.”
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You’re a Nobody Unless Your Name Googles Well
Before Abigail Garvey got married in 2000, anyone could easily Google her. Then she swapped her maiden name for her husband’s last name, Wilson, and dropped out of sight.
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