Brains can’t handle all our Facebook friends

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WE may be able to amass 5,000 friends on Facebook but humans’ brains are capable of managing a maximum of only 150 friendships, a study has found.

Robin Dunbar, professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University, has conducted research revealing that while social networking sites allow us to maintain more relationships, the number of [...]

About Danny MacAskill

A Stunt Cyclist’s Tour de Fence

Published in the NYTimes

By CAROL WALLACE

Published: December 28, 2009

EDINBURGH — Like his fellow Scot Susan Boyle’s entry into show business, the stunt bicyclist Danny MacAskill can divide his life in two: before his YouTube video and after.

Read the entire article on the NYTimes @ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/sports/global/29cyclist.html?_r=1

TED -> Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

5 Best And Colorful Collection Of Dual-Screen Wallpapers

CLICK HERE for  5 Best And Colorful Collection Of Dual-Screen Wallpapers

August 15, 2009 @ Smashing Apps

Go look through the huge collection of beautiful and inspiring
dual-screen wallpapers. Everyone appreciates all those talented designers
who create these excellent wallpapers with their efforts, imaginations
and creativity to give us a chance to use these artistic wonders on our
desktop screens and [...]

Countdown to the BTA’s 2009 Bike Commute Challenge

Who’s team is going to bag this year’s Bike Commute Challenge?

Tuesday is the first day of September and the first day of the BTA’s 2009 Bike Commute Challenge. We hope that you’ll join us again in the friendly competition to see who can bike to work more.  [...]

Welcome to the Cardboard Tube Fighting League

From Make: and its article on the Cardboard Tube Fighting League check out the San Francisco branch of the Cardboard Tube Fighting League (CTFL) http://www.tubeduel.com/sf.

Further information, or not, is attached from the website.

The CTFL was created out of a desperate need to better train and arm citizens [...]

TED: What leads to success -> 8 words in 3 minutes

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html