3 month ago
nelson : Olympic ages caches - Someone goes delving in Baidu's cache of Chinese government websites, confirms the gymnasts are 14
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10 month ago
philgyford : Charlie's Diary: Youth of today - I love things like this, reminding those of us a little older what the world is like from a young person's point of view. (via Mildly Diverting)
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14 month ago
philgyford : Johnaugust.com » Quitting, and the age question - "It’s not harder for an older writer to start. It’s just easier to quit." Replace "writer" with pretty much any profession. Harsh truths.
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gleuschk : YouTube - Me: Girl takes pic of herself every day for three years - I thought it would be stupid, but it just got more enthralling as it went along
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34 month ago
deusx : globeandmail.com : Better living through video games? - "Canadian researchers are finding evidence that the high-speed, multitasking of the young and wireless can help protect their brains from aging."
jkottke : Gamers show a "similar pattern of high performance in resisting irrelevant impulses" as bilingual people - Gamers show a "similar pattern of high performance in resisting irrelevant impulses" as bilingual people. "Maybe those kids who play video games and who are also bilingual will be the best of older adults at filtering out distractions." (via sjb) [via]
plasticbag : Better living through video games? - Apparently being bilingual or playing a lot of computer games keeps your brain responsive into your sixties allowing you to focus on specific things without getting distracted...
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Andy Baio : Face Transformer Java applet - excellent and bizarre algorithmic morphing
plasticbag : Face transformer - I can't believe I didn't bookmark this at the time - upload your photograph, and then you can feminise it, make it look older or younger or of a different race, etc...
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