Tag: history

How Fan Loyalty Changed Throughout the World Cup / World Cup Footballs Throughout History

Congrats Germany! A couple final World Cup links… How fan loyalty changed throughout the World Cup World Cup footballs throughout history A cool fan-made video does a great

Friday Fun Link – You’re Getting Old

Great site to show you a bunch of details and trivia based on how old you are.

In One Or Two Sentences, Why Are You An Atheist?

Recently Reddit’s /r/atheism sub-reddit had a question asking users for a one or two sentence explanation for why they’re atheists. I’ve got a lot of reasons but my

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and

Friday Fun Link – Normandy D-Day Landing Sites: Then and Now

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link per se but the concept of taking photos of D-Day landing sites then and now is definitely interesting CBC has

Music Monday – “How I wonder where you are”

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” as a history of recorded music… “Twinkle Twinkle” – Scott Brandlee

CMV: There’s Nothing Wrong with Language Death and Attempts at Revitalizing Dying Languages Are A Complete Waste of Time and Effort

I’ve got numerous sub-Reddits that I love including one called Change My View (r/changemyview) where people pose their positions on sensitive (and not-so-sensitive) topics and ask others to

Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

This is beyond cool. I love Carl Sagan and how he puts life into proper perspective… http://vimeo.com/22582065

What Fact Do You Accept Intellectually Even Though It Still Feels “Wrong” To You?

Lots of cool answers in this AskReddit question… There are perfectly nice, reasonable, intelligent people who disagree with my political opinions. You can get from North Korea to

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