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Joseph Y. Choi | Toronto, ON

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My monthly Metropass that I purchase through the volume discount program was sitting too neglected. At most, it saw one trip per day.

So as of last week, I decided to take the TTC to work in the morning again.

This morning at Kipling Station, I sat down near a door so I have something to lean against. And sitting beside me was a copy of Metro that probably forgot to get off at its stop.

As people slowly filled in the train, I started feeling uncomfortable each time someone walked by looking for a seat. This newspaper is taking up a human seat (sorry, newspaper) and what if these people think that it’s my newspaper?

No, people! It’s not mine, it was already there. I’m not being selfish but then I don’t want to move this newspaper away NOW and suggest to everyone that it was my newspaper taking up a seat for an entire five subway stations.

So I was really glad when a girl walked in, moved the newspaper, sat down, and started reading it.

Phew, now I can stop worrying.

I’ve finally got myself a bookshelf!
Also I have tiny trees on my wall

jonyiveredesignsthings: Jony Ive redesigns Garage Band. Credit @Claus

jonyiveredesignsthings:

Jony Ive redesigns Garage Band.

Credit @Claus

New study finds that reading fiction increases one's comfort with ambiguity 

Are you uncomfortable with ambiguity? It’s a common condition, but a highly problematic one. The compulsion to quell that unease can inspire snap judgments, rigid thinking, and bad decision-making.

Fortunately, new research suggests a simple antidote for this affliction: Read more literary fiction.

A trio of University of Toronto scholars, led by psychologist Maja Djikic, report that people who have just read a short story have less need for what psychologists call “cognitive closure.” Compared with peers who have just read an essay, they expressed more comfort with disorder and uncertainty—attitudes that allow for both sophisticated thinking and greater creativity.

“Exposure to literature,” the researchers write in the Creativity Research Journal, “may offer a (way for people) to become more likely to open their minds.”

(Source: sometimesagreatnotion)

Hm, yeah I guess Toronto kind of works as a New York substitute.

thecomposites: Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto Face it, he’s more interesting than most fictional characters. Little Brother Magazine in Toronto is a good friend of The Composites. This week they’re launching an anthology of Rob Ford themed fiction, and you can find more about it on their site. The Composites draws Rob Ford.

thecomposites:

Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto

Face it, he’s more interesting than most fictional characters.

Little Brother Magazine in Toronto is a good friend of The Composites. This week they’re launching an anthology of Rob Ford themed fiction, and you can find more about it on their site.

The Composites draws Rob Ford.

So… THIS happened…

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A formula to determine our Market Data invoices’ cash amount on a monthly basis. It took me five hours to write, which is literally ten times longer than I expected (30 minutes).

This can’t be happening!

Is next week going to be totally amazing?

Adobe’s Kuler now has an app, and it finds colour swatches automatically for you using your camera!

wnycradiolab: Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010.  Apparently the number of colors doubles every 28 years!

wnycradiolab:

Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010.  Apparently the number of colors doubles every 28 years!

This is what made me watch Arrested Development.

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How to Dance Properly to Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’
- Yasha Wallin shared in Creativity, Dance and Music

When paired with Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” Soul Train—the revered dance show that started in the 70s—has never felt more relevant. Now if only I could learn to dance like this.

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nprradiopictures:

April showers bring May flowers. But in this case, the blossoms are too small for even a bumblebee to see.

Engineers at Harvard University have figured out a way to make microscopic sculptures of roses, tulips and violets, each smaller than a strand of hair.

To get a sense of just how small these flower sculptures are, grab a penny and flip it on its back. Right in the middle of the Lincoln Memorial, you’ll see a faint impression of Abraham Lincoln. These roses would make a perfect corsage for the president’s jacket lapel.

Growing the gardens is similar to making crystals with a Magic Rockkit.

The flowers sprout up spontaneously when a glass plate is dipped into a beaker filled with silicon and minerals (specifically, barium chloride). Then Wim Noorduin at Harvard coaxes the salts to spiral and swirl into smooth, curvaceous shapes, like vases, leaves and petals.

‘Nanogardens’ Sprout Up On The Surface Of A Penny

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Wim Noorduin/Harvard University

Long-distance Jenga… Where I order my moves to be done. I won both rounds!

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