Monthly Archives: December 2011
YouTube's top viral videos of 2011 – in 2 minutes
Maybe the school system isn’t broken, it’s the parents who are
From Ron Clark, named “American Teacher of the Year” by Disney and was Oprah Winfrey’s pick as her “Phenomenal Man.” (CNN) — This summer, I met a principal who was recently named as the administrator of the year in her state. She was loved and adored by all, but she told me she was leaving the profession. I …
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Maybe the school system isn't broken, it's the parents who are
From Ron Clark, named “American Teacher of the Year” by Disney and was Oprah Winfrey’s pick as her “Phenomenal Man.” (CNN) — This summer, I met a principal who was recently named as the administrator of the year in her state. She was loved and adored by all, but she told me she was leaving the profession. I …
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United States Hot Guy Distribution Infographic
After six months of living in Southern California, I’ve observed a noticeably high distribution of attractive males living here. I’m not quite sure how to attribute this hot guy clustering (if someone has an explanation for this, please share) but the phenomenon became strikingly obvious to me when I recently donated some items at Goodwill. I …
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Has the surf ‘look’ changed? (since the 50s)
From Corky Carroll: The other day I got a question submitted asking me if Pendleton shirts were actual surf fashion back in the late ’50s and early ’60s. As a matter of fact, they sorta were. When I first started surfing in the mid-50s, there was no set “surf look” as far as I know. Surfwear …
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Has the surf ‘look' changed? (since the 50s)
From Corky Carroll: The other day I got a question submitted asking me if Pendleton shirts were actual surf fashion back in the late ’50s and early ’60s. As a matter of fact, they sorta were. When I first started surfing in the mid-50s, there was no set “surf look” as far as I know. Surfwear …
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Christmas at the White House 2010 (video)
How do I get a crew of volunteers for my house? How many trees do they have? Do you think they stick around the for the after Christmas clean-up?
Fun with Flickr photos – panorama shots split into three – Triple Art
How are these triples made? – pick a photo with a motif which fits for a panorama view – select a cutout of 1500 x 500 pixels and save this photo (Photoshop or so) – cut this wide photo in 3 equal parts of 500 x 500 pixels – now you have 3 triple photos …
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Pacific Standard Time’s last hurrah for the exhibit – Lost and Found
I will be sad to see the Pacific Standard Time exhibitions go. For the past few months 60+ institutions all over California have been showing off the best native works from 1945-1980. The pieces below are from the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station, on display until the end of this year, December …
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