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February 25, 2015
What It's Like Being Stuck On A Container Ship During An Epic Port Breakdown
Lost in the discussions over labor and concerns over delayed shipments to and from Asia: the people who sail with all that stuff.
For customers in the fashion, electronics, and retail industry who have been forced to cope with the Giant Port Shutdown of 2015, it's been a stressful few months. Although employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union came to a tentative agreement last week, more than 20 ships are still waiting offshore in what the Port of Long Beach's CEO has described as an "amazing" and "epic" backup of shipments.
The Future Of Zoos Is Being Nice To The Animals--Not Making It Easy To Watch Them
Zoo exhibits are being redesigned for the animals' physical and psychological well-being. As the trend continues, zoos may one day be unrecognizable.
For a decade, Winky and Wanda were the Detroit Zoo's only Asian elephants. In the summer months they would kick around in the dirt of their limited outdoor enclosure. During Detroit's long winters, they were confined indoors, their soft feet rarely leaving the hard concrete.
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Use This Giant Hula Hoop To Selfishly--But Awesomely--Get Personal Space
A creative campaign for a British nature nonprofit reminds jaded city dwellers what it feels like to have more space.
A typical advertisement for a nature nonprofit is plastered with forested mountains or fields of flowers. But when a London designer was given the assignment to reconnect city dwellers with nature, he took a different approach: Instead of showing idyllic vistas, he reminded people what it felt like to have more space.
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The 25 Best Companies For Interns
Why Facebook holds the first-place title for the second year and what the rest of the best companies offer well beyond making copies.
You won't see interns at any of these 25 companies fetching coffee, doing data entry, or providing mind-numbing support work. The top internship programs in America in 2015 instead provide eager students and recent graduates real-world experience alongside talented coworkers and superiors.
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Watch This Designer Build A Chair By Hand In 5 Minutes
Swedish designer Jenny Nordberg makes quick work of the manufacturing process.
Jenny Nordberg doesn't need much time to create her furniture. The Swedish industrial designer's latest collection features handmade pieces that were all put together in less than five minutes.
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No One Takes Graphic Designers Seriously
"Hello, can I redesign your logo? Yes that will be £100,000 for a squiggle."
Hollywood thinks graphic designers are idiots. Or at least that's the impression you get from this supercut by Ellen Mercer and Lucy Streule, graphic design students at Central Saint Martins in London. The video stitches together TV and film clips of characters deriding the profession. The condescension is palpable: graphic designers are either portrayed as assholes or a dithering dimwits. When other people talk about graphic designers, it's even worse. "My aunt was a fantastic photographer," says a female doctor sympathetically to a presumably dying patient who just told her about his self-perceived design talent. Perhaps the funniest and most scathing bit is David Mitchell of the British TV show Peep Show, who sarcastically imitates a graphic designer he finds out is dating his crush. "Hello, can I redesign your logo? Yes that will be £100,000 for a squiggle," he deadpans.
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Americans Think Geniuses Are Men: Inside Our Contradictory Attitudes On Brilliance
More people think Donald Trump is a genius than Bill Clinton. And 15% of people think that they are a genius themselves.
Quick, picture a genius. Your reflexive image is probably a man with wild hair who works, isolated, in a cluttered room. An Einstein or a Beethoven or a Da Vinci.
February 24, 2015
The Dumbest App In The World Just Made Itself Pretty Useful
The new Yo: Smart, curated push notifications.
At first glance, it seemed like a joke. Or rather, it was a joke. When a little app called Yo launched last summer, its hyper-simple functionality left most people intrigued, amused, or annoyed: All Yo does is send and receive messages containing only the word "yo." What's the point?
Waffle House Wants In On The Sharing Economy
The stuff-hauling app Roadie has locked down a deal to provide free waffles and southern hospitality to in-transit Roadies.
Roadie, the "grab my stuff on the way" gig delivery app launched earlier this month, is hoping to attract more drivers with a new partnership with Southern megachain Waffle House. While drivers who use the app to deliver packages to other Roadie users already earn a modest fee for their work, the new Waffle House deal will also allow them to claim free drinks.
This (N)SFW Version Of "Power Rangers" Will Destroy Your Mind, Childhood, Productivity
Director Joseph Kahn has dragged the '90s franchise into a dark, dark place. That's a very good thing.
You know that kitschy Power Rangers series you knew as a kid? Yeah, that will never be the same. And you have director Joseph Kahn to thank for it.
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