Archive for December, 2007

fi yuo cna raed tihs…

December 19th, 2007 by Mike

“fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it”

via Lindsay Campbell, who makes the point that the faster you read the above text, the more accurate you get.

Dreams of Flying

December 11th, 2007 by Mike

This collection of photographs by Jan Von Hollenben is magical. Also makes me realize I don’t have a creative bone in my body.

Delfonics

December 10th, 2007 by Mike

Not the band (Sorry j.o.), but the store that carries these gorgeous pens I am coveting. The website is a huge tease though. It doesn’t appear that you can buy anything online and they only have stores in Japan.

Yeah… that’s wood.

My Mom’s on LinkedIn

December 5th, 2007 by Mike

And I had nothing to do with it! Welcome Mom - get your network on.