Category: deep thoughts
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A Hole
A breakup isn’t just physical separation from a person. It’s cutting off the opportunity to form new memories together, and to refresh old ones. Memories are half of who we are, so when we form a lot of them together we literally become a part of one another. When we stop forming them, it changes…
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Light and Dark in Daily Deals
Dealfind.com, one of those daily deal Groupon clones that everyone got sick of, often posts questionable deals. Some are only useless or frivilous (oh hi Justin Bieber tooth brush), but others are actively deceptive. One such deal was for a “Crystal Bala Bracelet With Magnetic Hematite Beads.” While careful to avoid specific health claims, they…
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Nostalgia as the Downfall of Mankind
A while ago, Peter Jackson showed a small audience some scenes from his upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit. With The Hobbit, Jackson is pulling a Cameron and trying to advance the very nature of filmmaking. It was filmed at 48 frames per second (fps), which is double the usual 24 fps of movies today. That…
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