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Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics
Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics
Pictures help you learn words in new languages, but can they help you learn the meanings of words in English? Could they help remeber the meaning of words like Acersecomic, Biblioclasm, or Cacodemonomania? They help, but it’s still not easy.
Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics
Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics
Pictures help you learn words in new languages, but can they help you learn the meanings of words in English? Could they help remeber the meaning of words like Acersecomic, Biblioclasm, or Cacodemonomania? They help, but it’s still not easy.
The Twitter Political Index
Twitter is measuring its users’ sentiments about the top two US presidential candidates.
The Twitter Political Index is a daily measurement that evaluates the sentiment of Twitter users feelings about the candidates, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, relative to the more than 400 million Tweets sent about all other topics each day.
It will be interesting to see how the trend lines unfold over the next several months.
The Twitter Political Index
Twitter is measuring its users’ sentiments about the top two US presidential candidates.
The Twitter Political Index is a daily measurement that evaluates the sentiment of Twitter users feelings about the candidates, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, relative to the more than 400 million Tweets sent about all other topics each day.
It will be interesting to see how the trend lines unfold over the next several months.
One week in
56 great photos from the first week of the 2012 Olympics.
One week in
56 great photos from the first week of the 2012 Olympics.
Crazy Eyes
Russia’s Ivan Nifontov celebrates after defeating Japan’s Takahiro Nakai during their men’s -81kg bronze medal A judo match, July 31, 2012. (Darren Staples/Reuters) via The Big Picture.
I’d try to lose to the guy with crazy eyes as quickly as possible.
Crazy Eyes
Russia’s Ivan Nifontov celebrates after defeating Japan’s Takahiro Nakai during their men’s -81kg bronze medal A judo match, July 31, 2012. (Darren Staples/Reuters) via The Big Picture.
I’d try to lose to the guy with crazy eyes as quickly as possible.
Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?
Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?
Alex Williams:
As external conditions change, it becomes tougher to meet the three conditions that sociologists since the 1950s have considered crucial to making close friends: proximity; repeated, unplanned interactions; and a setting that encourages people to let their guard down and confide in each other.
I’m not 30 yet, but a lot of this article rings true already.