Category Archives: technology
Facebook: Looking back, and now
I joined Facebook sometime in the summer following high school graduation to keep in touch with friends and to transition to college by friending random NYU upperclassmen to ask them about the school, both in anticipation over attending it in a … Continue reading
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On creativity
I do not believe that you’re either born creative or not–creativity is just as much a state as it is a trait–nor do i believe it is impossible to enhance creativity. But a recent article in Scientific American discusses a … Continue reading
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A tribute to my toaster oven
I use my toaster oven so much that i feel like it deserves a tribute. My aunt gave her old Toastmaster to my mom in 1997, and we’ve been using it since. Actually, my mom uses a toaster because the … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #3: Visual culture
(image via my professor’s powerpoint) I was reading about the advent of electricity, when i came across an interesting idea: that lighting is a “powerful symbolic medium”. It never ceases to amaze me how powerful lighting is in the media … Continue reading
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Toys that try to be smart but end up failing miserably
courtesy of slashgear.com the article This toy that was designed to teach children environmentalism bothers me in so many ways. It’s not a product yet, just a prototype (as of 09/12/07), but here are all the things that i think … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #2: Push-button culture and thinking
In “Media in Ancient Empires,” Harold Innis says that the transition from tablet to papyrus writing, due to the mechanical differences between writing in stone and writing on paper, led to a “lightness” of thought⎯an increase in eloquence, observation, and … Continue reading
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There are four types of eyeglass frames: metal, plastic, plastic-metal, and ______.
There are four types of eyeglass frames: metal, plastic, plastic-metal, and ______. Continue reading
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