Update: The video has been pulled but you can still find great Figh Club mashups on YouTube. via youtube.com I love Mashups! The Dust Brothers with Tyler Durden from the Fight Club soundtrack, taking on Harry Potter. Pure Awesomeness. Two of my favorite lines: “Imagine that your pain is a white ball of healing light.” “From where you are now [...]
July 19, 2009
Image by Tac Anderson via Flickr I wonder if it’s the same for everyone that writing helps inspire and inform your thinking. I know thoughts lead to words and words lead to actions but it seems like action then also lead back to more thoughts. It’s cyclical. The best advice I ever got about being [...]
June 23, 2009
Who knew? How The Internet Affects Your Brain | Sherweb blog Browsing Makes You Smarter A 2008 study conducted by the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA found that middle-aged and older adults who spent time browsing the web not only boosted their brain power but also could help prevent cognitive decline such as Alzheimer’s [...]
June 11, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Morning rituals are important to the way we work. I thought this one by WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg was interesting. The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg, Leading Your Company Article – Inc. Article In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for [...]
June 7, 2009
Image via Wikipedia It amazes me how much great content there is out on the Web. Take some time and educate yourself instead of just watching brain numbing stuff. TED Talks Demystified for Teachers | The History Teacher’s Attic TED Talks sorted by discipline. tags: TED, tedtalks, k12, education, presentations, video, hyper Intelligent Video: The Top Cultural & Educational Video [...]
June 1, 2009
Image via Wikipedia There is an amazing article over on New York Magazine. I took note’s in Diigo as I went and then exported them here. You’ll see highlighted sections, annotations and comments all in line below. The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation — New York Magazine Herbert A. Simon wrote maybe the most concise possible description of [...]
May 31, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Something I’ve always wondered about is why do some people’s minds seem to be busier than others? The obvious answer is that some people posses a level of intelligence others don’t. That may explain why some people are able to do more amazing things than others it doesn’t explain why some people just [...]
May 25, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Oh wow, does this ever sound familiar. Maybe Steve’s ADHD too? “My brain races too much, so even if I’ve listened to everything somebody said, unless you show that you’ve digested it, people don’t think they are being well heard. Sometimes you really don’t hear because you’re racing. It’s just the way [...]
May 12, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Can’t you do both? MBAs vs. Entrepreneurs: Who Has the Right Stuff for Tough Times? – Bill Taylor – HarvardBusiness.org “Causal reasoning is based on the logic, To the extent that we can predict the future, we can control it,” she writes. That’s why MBAs and big companies spend so much time on focus groups, [...]
May 5, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I don’t know if this makes me feel better or worse. Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. - Albert Einstein If Einstein struggled with math then there’s hope for me. If Einstein struggled with math and was still able to do everything he did, what the hell’s [...]
May 3, 2009
An Unschooling Manifesto to me this just shows that not everyone learns different. education should not be a one size fits all thing. tags: hyper, school, education Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
April 28, 2009
Image by Tac Anderson via Flickr There is just something about the tactile act of writing things down. Typing doesn’t do it for me. It has to be a pen and paper. Close the Book. Recall. Write It Down. – Chronicle.com Two psychology journals have recently published papers showing that this strategy works, the latest findings from a [...]
April 22, 2009
Image via Wikipedia People like this make it harder for people like me to get medication. Every time I move to a new area or start seeing a new Dr I get grilled and am guilty until I can convince them of my legitimate need. It’s also why I can’t get a prescription for longer than [...]
April 20, 2009
My thoughts and prayers are with Mr Hawking and his family. Something many people may not know about Hawking is that he is also a great children’s author. Along with his Daughter Stephen authored George’s Secret Key to the Universe. My kids (even my 4 yr old) sat enraptured to the book as my wife [...]
April 20, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I swear this was my answer the first time I heard the question: Round Manhole Covers, or: If Richard Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft :: hebig.org/blog Q: Why are manhole covers round? A: We have to look at what is under the cover to answer that question. The hole below the cover is round [...]
April 17, 2009
Image via Wikipedia While I don’t agree with all of Nietzsche’s philosophy, I kind of like this quote: “The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” - Nietzsche Related articles by Zemanta Mayhem, Movies, Mormons and Mashable – Twitter Trending Topics (tacanderson.com) Successful [...]
March 18, 2009
We think a lot. It’s what we do, all the time. I don’t think people ever think nothing. But how much do we think about thinking? How often do we think about the way we individually think? Metacognition – Wikipedia I mean we’re all a little different. None of our brains are hard wired exactly the same [...]
March 17, 2009
It happens to everyone I guess but it happens to me regularly. I can’t get to sleep. I know why and I usually have tricks to help me get there. Tonight it didn’t work. The problem? My brain won’t shut off. It runs non-stop like a generator producing enough energy to electrify the rest of my [...]
March 11, 2009
Image via Wikipedia 16 Great Music Add-Ons for Firefox These are very cool. The problem I have is that I don’t listen to much music via the Web. I mostly listen to my iPod. tags: music, Firefox, addons, hyper Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Related articles by Zemanta All Hail The iPod Touch (gigaom.com) Pandora Makes [...]
March 3, 2009
Image by Tac Anderson via Flickr Mind Hacks: Doodling Increases Focus and Recall “People may doodle as a strategy to help themselves concentrate,” said study co-author Jackie Andrade, a University of Plymouth psychologist. “We might not be aware that we’re doing it, but it could be a trick that people develop because it helps them from wandering [...]
July 23, 2009
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