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  • ➟ That Hair

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    Pretty sure this look is more “crazy homeless girl” when viewed outside the studio.

    Link [oh! you pretty things]

  • ➟ A Microsoft Employee’s Guide to Humor

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    Microsoft thinks having a good sense of humor is an important “competency” for any employee to have, and has a page to help “improve proficiency” and avoid overdoing it. It also grades a person’s funniness on a four-level scale.
    Dilbert is listed under Recommended Readings.

    Where to find humor. There are topics that can be near universally humorous. Misers, bad drivers, absent-minded people, anything that is understood worldwide as the human condition. What’s a ridiculous situation you’ve been caught in lately? There are funny things in the workplace. The jargon of it, memos, ironic rules. And there is always the news. Humor that unites people rather than puts down people or groups is always safe.

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  • ➟ Henry Kissinger on Lee Kuan Yew

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    High praise for the founder of modern Singapore, from Nobel Peace Prize-winning former American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, in the 2010 Time Magazine list of the world’s 100 most influential people.

    There is no better strategic thinker in the world today. Two generations of American leaders have benefited from his counsel.

    Link (via @davechua)

  • Since You Asked

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    I think I do a good impression.

    Just wanted to mention a great birthday gift I got today, a signed copy of Cary Tennis’ Since You Asked. Cary is Salon.com’s resident advice columnist, and a damned good one. Certainly the best I’ve ever read. The book is a collection of his responses, which are unfailingly thoughtful, inspiring and human, even when they don’t have any solutions to offer.

    Buy the book from Cary’s own site here (he even signed the receipt, adding “Enjoy!”) or from Amazon via the link below.

  • ➟ Super Mario Crossover

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    It’s hard to believe you can play a game this awesome for free, in your browser. Programmer Jay Pavlina spent over a year recreating the entire Super Mario Bros. game, with playable characters from other NES-era classics.
    I just powered through World 1-1 as Mega Man, shooting Goombas with my arm cannon, and machine-gunned the hell out of World 1-2 as Bill from Contra. Also available: Samus Aran from Metroid, Simon Belmont from Castlevania, and Link from the Legend of Zelda.

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  • ➟ Canon EOS 550D: Jackie Chan Edition DSLR

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    via en.akihabaranews.com

    Exclusively for the Chinese market, with just 2,010 units available. Each camera comes with Jackie Chan’s signature printed on its body, case, and neck strap. There is some serious leaf-smoking going on up there in Canon China.

  • ➟ The Geocities-izer

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    Enter a URL and this script will render any modern website in the unforgettable style of Geocities homepages circa 1996. I tried it on this blog and got an eye-searing yellow and white mess of Comic Sans and animated arrow GIFs, complete with an Alanis Morrisette MIDI file. It’s like they’ve actually seen my old Geocities page!

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  • ➟ The History of Libraries Through the Ages

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    via zencollegelife.com

    A comprehensive (for a blog post) look at the longstanding correlation between the availability of libraries and the flourishing of human culture. On a related note: check out my friend Peishan’s new biblio-centric blog, Shelf Conscious, which I helped name. The very talented Jussi Edlund of Supershapes barfed out a sweet logo for her in just under ten minutes.