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Data Overload? Your Daily Information Intake, In Numbers


We manage pretty well in our data-saturated lives. But sometimes it’s beneficial to take a step back and look at how much information you’re actually processing within a 24 hour period. This informative clip from GOOD‘s blog does just that, and leaves us with just one question: Is all this data necessarily a bad thing? … More »

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Data Overload? Your Daily Information Intake, In Numbers

Emergency Services to Enter the 21st Century: Texting 911


The FCC is considering making 911 accessible through text message and video streaming. All we can say is: Finally. Maybe not with regards to streaming video, but the ability to send texts to 911 seems way overdue. Our great aunts can text; shouldn’t emergency services be able to?
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Emergency Services to Enter the 21st Century: Texting 911

Natural Street Lights: The Trees Are Awfully Bright Tonight


We’re not fans of street lights disguised as trees, or speakers disguised as rocks. Nature isn’t electric, and pretending it could be is just tacky. But scientists in Taiwan just discovered that placing gold nanoparticles in the leaves of trees cause them to emit a reddish glow, which could eliminate the need for roadside lighting in some areas. … More »

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Natural Street Lights: The Trees Are Awfully Bright Tonight

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The End is Near: A robot that can taste and identify wines, hors d’oeuvres, cheeses thought that human flesh was prosciutto. (via LA Weekly)
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There are times after dinner when my husband retires to our small den to work on his laptop or mess around with his iPad. It’s during that time that I’ll often receive an email. (Yes, I’m on my laptop. What else would I be doing?) “Hi there!” it might read. Or, “Whatcha doin’?” Or maybe: “Look at this camp in Maine that’s for sale.” (We can’t afford to buy a camp in Maine, but that’s beside the point.) Or perhaps: “In 15 minutes I’m going to come out there and have a piece of apple pie.” Cute. The only potential problem? These emails are from my husband, who’s sitting in the den, a mere 25 feet away from me.


– Blisstree Editor-in-Chief Christine Egan on how not to communicate with your partner, from her post: Mènage à Trois Marriage: Me, My Husband, and Our Laptops
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There are times after dinner when my husband retires to our small den to work on his laptop or mess around with his iPad. It’s during that time that I’ll often receive an email. (Yes, I’m on my laptop. What else would I be doing?) “Hi there!” it might read. Or, “Whatcha doin’?” Or maybe: “Look at this camp in Maine that’s for sale.” (We can’t afford to buy a camp in Maine, but that’s beside the point.) Or perhaps: “In 15 minutes I’m going to come out there and have a piece of apple pie.” Cute. The only potential problem? These emails are from my husband, who’s sitting in the den, a mere 25 feet away from me.