11 hours ago by John Caddell

This 10-minute TED presentation from Tom Wujec demonstrates the astrolabe (an instrument used hundreds of years ago to tell time at night) and in doing so discusses what’s lost amidst technological advances. Wujec points out that simply knowing how to tell the time at night required one to deeply un ...

Customers Are Talking - caddellinsightgroup.com/blog2 · Rank: 104,114 · 31 references

17 hours ago by admin

Do you remember how, in days gone by, salesmen would go door to door selling their wares? These entrepreneurs would “go the extra mile” just to have the chance to demonstrate their products to people in their own home. The reason why door-to-door demonstrations of yesterday worked so well is because ...

The Niche Reports - thenichereports.com

22 hours ago by deluxeduck[at]gmail.com

Louis Vuitton's gallery space atop their 101 ave de Champs-Élysées Grand Maison is holding their 10th exhibition entitled "The Confusion of Senses" until 10 January 2010. curated by Fabienne Fulchéri, the show features works by conceptual and visual artists Renaud Auguste–Dormeuil, Berdaguer & Péjus ...

Excess Baggage - deluxeduck.livejournal.com · 13 references

1 day ago by spunkykitty

listening to the whirring of my mini fan heater… i hate the heater, it gets so dry, my throat hurts, but i also hate the extreme wet cold urrrrgh… too many thoughts clanging around in my head again… the curse of asperger’s? very akin to madness for sure… i got some chocolate today at godiva… i remem ...

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1 day ago by bursty

I am reading Diane Ackerman’s A Natural History of the Senses, currently. I’m only on the first segment, which is about smell. It’s full of hella-interesting facts about this all-too-often overlooked sense! Like: heredity determines the shade of yellow of the olfactory area — “the deeper the shade, ...

A Grain A Day - agrainaday.com · 3 references

1 day ago by spunkykitty

listening to the whirring of my mini fan heater… i hate the heater, it gets so dry, my throat hurts, but i also hate the extreme wet cold urrrrgh… too many thoughts clanging around in my head again… the curse of asperger’s? very akin to madness for sure… i got some chocolate today at godiva… i remem ...

hidden whispers, silent pain - hiddenwhispers.wordpress.com · 1 reference

1 day ago by Bella

What's with the feline in the millinery? As with yesterday's post, try not to shoot the blogger if you've already heard this one. It's an old study (early 80's - never mind that I can remember the time...just barely I'll have you know), but the media has gone wild with it ever since it first came ou ...

Isabela - bedtiming.typepad.com/bed-timing · 5 references

2 days ago by poweroffive

I have just returned from a week of bluesky adventures in Marrakech and the first thing that comes to mind is WOW what an incredible city. I was given fair warning from lots of my friends of how crazy & beautiuful it is, but nothing quite prepared me for just how intense it would be. The sights the ...

The Power of 5 - poweroffive.wordpress.com

2 days ago by spunkykitty

hot milo+soya milk+baileys = an eureka moment! i spent thousands of dollars buying up tickets to his show, even while his sick twisted ex-bitch was torturing me left right and centre, i was telling everyone i knew how great his work is, giving tickets away to the uninitiated, making sure they turned ...

hidden whispers, silent pain - hiddenwhispers.wordpress.com · 1 reference

2 days ago by spunkykitty

brrrr it has been cold here the last two days… had the heater on all night and through the day when at home… tiring day… worked on some writing, then hacked away at the details for the planned move, got all togged up to get out… the bust was crowded and oh so stuffy, i became very hot and bothered, ...

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