Petrichor
Psychology graduate student & educator. Marionette maker, rubber stamp carver, amateur seamstress. Mostly, I ride my bicycle, drink cups of coffee, read, intellectualize, and am redundant - even when I feel witty. This space is for displaying lovely, amusing or enlightening images and concepts I come across.
Reblogged from teachingliteracy
This is adorable and entirely too symbolic of a generational shift.
(Source: petapeta)
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I perceive value, I confer value, I create value, I even create – or guarantee – existence. Hence, my compulsion to make “lists.” The things (Beethoven’s music, movies, business firms) won’t exist unless I signify my interest in them by at least noting down their names.
Nothing exists unless I maintain it (by my interest, or my potential interest). This is an ultimate, mostly subliminal anxiety. Hence, I must remain always, both in principle + actively, interested in everything. Taking all of knowledge as my province.
"Susan Sontag on the compulsion to write lists.
via Brain Pickings.
Reblogged from allthingslibrary
Public libraries in an infograph. Happy National Library Week!
(via How Public Libraries are Cherished and Challenged - The Savvy Book Marketer)
Reblogged from laughingsquid
Invisiplug, Wood Grain Power Strips That Blend In With Wood Floors
These look like Bender to me.
Reblogged from proofmathisbeautiful
Neurons Could Outlive the Bodies That Contain Them
Most of your body is younger than you are. The cells on the topmost layer of your skin are around two weeks old, and soon to die. Your oldest red blood cells are around four months old. Your liver’s cells will live for around 10 to 17 months old before being replaced. All across your organs, cells are being produced and destroyed. They have an expiry date.
"Technology in the classroom is here to stay. Consequently, it is time for educators to begin to have more sophisticated conversations about best practices and to explore the inherent challenges. The learning potential of educational technology is infinite, but as with every learning tool, platform, or approach, educators need to sift through the tensions and talk about the challenges and trade-offs. It’s time to give educators encouragement to apply critical thinking to technology without the fear of being labeled a Luddite."
Reblogged from teachingliteracy
Getting Real About Educational Technology (via world-shaker)
“In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea…”
Newest stamp is a nod to a childhood favorite.
![Hangover cures from various countries.
via [Design Taxi]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5a8fbcab49365eb14f70e09d4c1076c/tumblr_ml80j1CxSu1qaoeavo1_500.png)
Reblogged from ilovecharts
FYI: It’s legal in 34 states to be fired for being gay. via Upworthy
What?!
Reblogged from explore-blog
XKCD mashes up all of North America’s subway systems into a single giant map. Pair with Transit Maps of the World.
This is magnificent.
The Flaming Lips Are Making a Whole Album With Ke$ha | Vulture
Reblogged from popculturebrain
Yuck. This is the worst.
