Some of the commenters on this video asked why anyone would waste 600 hours creating such a thing:

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But 5,173,197 people spent 7 minutes each watching it. Just counting the 43,189 people that liked it, he created 5039 hours of enjoyment. That's an 840% return on investment. I think any creation that gets even a 1 for 1 return of enjoyment time for ( Read more... )

I remember thinking when the real estate bubble crashed that home mortgages had always been touted as a safe investment, but human nature being what it is, that system had been exploited to the point of unsustainability. And the only "safe investment" remaining was the student loan, sold on the basis that it increased your earning potential and ( Read more... )

I had one of these Fisher-Price record players, and I loved it. When (not if) I get a 3D printer, I will have to track one down. I hope there are lots of downloadable files for these records by then.

3D Printing Plastic Records

Yes. Exactly.

Why I Make a Point of Telling People That I Don't Like Sports

This seemed especially insightful to me today, when I'm sleep-deprived from Gen Con.

The body is in charge, and won’t let you forget it for long

11am.
Carl: Are those cookies you're eating a late breakfast or an early lunch?
Colleague: Breakfast. They're oatmeal.

On weekdays, my alarm goes off at 4:51am. That gives me a snooze cycle to get one last snuggle in (or two or three, depending on how many times I hit the button) before I get up for my favorite part of the day.

The Happiness Project: Try Getting Up Earlier

I try to reserve this time for the projects I want to work on, usually game design. Sometimes I ( Read more... )

I finally picked up the XKCD: Volume 0 book (my Amazon order was $5 short of free shipping so I threw it in the cart), which is pretty awesome, and found the following comment on this comic:

"To everyone who did YouTube covers of this, I love you all."

So of course I had to go find some.

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Some days, this is very tempting. I may yet have to try it on the youngest.

Is This the Best or the Most Evil Parenting Trick Ever? [Internet]

However, when it's already a question of whether or not to obediently do the work assigned to you, there's a certain contrary motivation that's likely to make the kid say, "Screw this, if work is just the ( Read more... )

I've experimented with this myself, in traffic. It does seem to help.

Science Shows Smiling is Helpful When You're Stressed - Even if You Fake it