Michael Doornbos

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11 Sep, 2009

Nanogirls

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Funny| Strange| video

This is just … yeah.  See scientists can have fun!
You know you were just thinking “I like it when the girls stop by.  To my lab.”
Come on, you know you were.

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26 Aug, 2009

The surprising science of motivation

Posted by: mike In: Think| video

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.

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18 Aug, 2009

Do you want to date my avatar?

Posted by: mike In: Comics| Cool Stuff| Funny| SciFi| Strange| video

The Guild just gets better by the minute:

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10 Aug, 2009

Craig Ferguson “figures it out”

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Think| video

Thanks to @julie_Thorn for this one:

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As we all know, any aliens we encounter will want to eat us which makes for good SciFi.
Was that Elizabeth Mitchell I saw?  Sweet.

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27 Feb, 2009

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Think| video

Yes, you do have 10 mins today to watch this and you need to.  It’s okay, Facebook still will be there when you get finished watching.
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Netflix Inc Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy said on Wednesday it plans to offer its online streaming service on a stand-alone basis.
“We’re likely to do that in the foreseeable future,” McCarthy said at the Jefferies 5th annual Internet and Media conference in New York.
via Netflix To Offer ‘Streaming Only” Plans .

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Straight no Chaser, 12 days of Christmas(Live). Buy it here
Listen to the whole thing, it just gets better as you go along.

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04 Dec, 2008

Don’t forget to sing and dance along the way

Posted by: mike In: video

This is easily worth 2 minutes of your time today:



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