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The Top Videos of 2016
Some seriously good videos are included in this list from Vimeo.
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Anti Stress Cube
Every Stress Cube comes with six dynamic fidget features, Switch, Flow, Swivel, Compress, Soothe and Twist. Each feature is specially designed to settle uneasiness and keep you focused and stress free. Switch allows you to turn on your attention and… Read More ›
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WORLD WAR THREE, BY MISTAKE
President Jimmy Carter’s national-security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, was asleep in Washington, D.C., when the phone rang. His military aide, General William Odom, was calling to inform him that two hundred and twenty missiles launched from Soviet submarines were heading toward… Read More ›
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Happy Christmas
It’s time to stop updating the site for a few days and to spend time with my family. Whatever you are doing over the holidays, I hope you have a wonderful time and are with the ones you love. Will… Read More ›
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The world’s smallest snowman
The World’s Smallest Snowman stands less than 3 microns tall. The snowman was fabricated from three 0.9 micron silica spheres stacked with the use of electron beam lithography. The eyes and mouth were cut with a focused ion beam while… Read More ›
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Podcasts you should be listening to
*The Ezra Klein Show — Thoughtful, deep conversations between Vox Media editor-in-chief Ezra Klein and guests about news, politics, literature, or whatever rabbit hole Klein wants to go down. This recent interview with Patrick Brown, founder of the plant-based-burger startup… Read More ›
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Watch Collecting In The Digital Age
Love the production of this video, and of course the subject matter.
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Photographing Solar Power Mirrors in a desert
Reuben Wu first saw the sprawling solar farm a few years ago flying from Chicago to San Francisco. “I was startled by how bright it was,” he says. “It looked like a fake sun.” He finally visited the place in… Read More ›
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The goal used to be to make the best computers in the world
What happened at Apple, to be honest, over the years was… the goal used to be to make the best computers in the world. And.. that was goal one. Goal two, we got from Hewlett-Packard actually which was ‘we have… Read More ›
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2016
I don’t really know what to say about 2016, a year which has already been written off as one of the worst ever for many people. I guess the only thing I can do is write about how it has… Read More ›
