The happy muslims who confuse you
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »When columnist Mona Eltahawy talks about the Islamic world, she often has to compete with the usual stereotypes of e.g. "angry bearded muslim men": I love the way she makes people think by confusing them.
Beauty of people
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Nothing sums up the title of this blog ('Beauty of people') better than the portraits of random strangers that Danny Santos took: They are also on his Flickr photostream.
Blog permalink structure
Monday, January 24th, 2011 Posted in Wordpress | No Comments »I just changed the permalink structure from the blog to /%post_id%/%postname%/, based on the advice of Robert Rolfe (to improve search engine rankings). I used the Permalinks Migration Plugin for Wordpress from Dean Lee. Make sure that your hosting provider meets the requirements ...
Why man creates
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »This 1968 animated short documentary film from Saul Bass on the nature of creativity is titled Why man creates? It was presented as A series of explorations, episodes and comments on creativity: The edifice Fooling ...
Japanese Crystal Ball Performer
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Okotanpe (more on his Youtube channel and his personal website) did this contact juggling in Yoyogi park in Harajuku, Tokyo:
The dark side of Barbie
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Photographer Mariel Clayton made these scenes 'Because I hate Barbie': More...
Paper transformer
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »For the kids on a rainy Sunday afternoon: Unbelievable Paper Transformer All you need is paper, scissors and some tape
Rice Krispiehenge
Friday, January 21st, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Artist Brock Davis made Stonehenge from Rice Krispies: And for those of you with a sweet tooth: Let's go to the 'Chocolate World Heritage' exhibition in Hong Kong before it melts: Here's the real thing:
The Kings’ Dessert
Thursday, January 20th, 2011 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Or, how to create 16.000 honey strings in two minutes. This guy in Namdaemun Market (Seoul, Korea) is a real salesman: One commentator wrote below the Youtube movie: No matter what I do in life I hope I end up as happy as ...
