May 2011
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“You see, there’s responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up...”
– East Of Eden (via thatkindofwoman)
Is THIS the future of customer service (3 Sweden)... →
Shopping online. With an real human assistant. On the other side of the screen. Video-chat-kind-of-online-shopping. Hm.
mediafuturist:
Read more here
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love it when the embassy gives you wrong information and it ends up messing up your travel plans. not allowed to board, missing my flight, booked another one and still unsure if I will be allowed to take that one. Also, lost the whole day traveling to and from airport - and ending up at the exact same spot. Government officials suck. big time. They really should learn to just do.their.job.
“With the tremendous acceleration of life, we grow accustomed to using our mind...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche in Human, All Too Human, quoted by Irredenta. (via mills)
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Workers rolling in money →
More companies should do this.
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5 May 2011. An American University has induced ten per cent of its staff to ride to work by offering them the folding stuff—$50 dollars for every 30 commutes.
By the end of this year the Oregon Health & Science University will have handed out more than A$170,000 through its Bike Incentive Program.
Bike commuters can get up to $50 cash for...
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The next 6 months should bring an answer. Until then, let’s try and make things better. Better than ever. Quality time is what I say.
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Life's fears
Sometimes you realize how things that have been a part of your life for basically forever are not as strong as they seem. You assign people in your life a role and perceive them like that - a friend, boyfriend, dad, neighbor…. You get used to that role, adopt it somehow and don’t often give it a second thought. And then all of a sudden there’s words of medical tests and/or other...
Sex on the brain: Orgasms unlock altered... →
Orgasm is a special case of consciousness /…/ there is more than one route to orgasm, but they may also have revealed a novel type of consciousness - an understanding of which could lead to new treatments for pain
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sadhippos-deactivated20110922 asked: great blog!
Missing my Tompkin. A lot.
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Tooled-up T-cells take the fight to cancer →
emergentfutures:
Our immune systems have evolved an impressive arsenal of molecules that target and destroy tumours. Now, Darrell Irvine at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues have found a way to upgrade this native artillery.
Immune cells called cytotoxic T-cells swarm over and demolish cancerous cells inside the body. Unfortunately, many tumours emit a mysterious chemical...
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