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Oct 18, 2013 ∞

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“Entree One” was the Tortilla Espanola with garlic & saffron aioli from James Tahhan. It’s made with McDonald’s eggs & hash browns, a mix of chipotle BBQ & honey mustard sauces, and was actually the most transformative dish of the night – you could tell it was McDonald’s ingredients, but it didn’t taste like anything on the actual menu.

McDonald’s invited chefs to transform the ingredients it uses in its burgers into fancy, gourmet dishes. For one night only, in NYC. Follow the source link for more photos.

Oct 17, 2013 ∞

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Hyper-realistic sculptures by Ron Mueck. Check out the rest of the photos on In Focus.

Oct 16, 2013 ∞

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Should you check your email? A flowchart.

Here is a flowchart to choose your religion, courtesy of Lazy Philosophy.

Oct 5, 2013 ∞

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There is a lake in Tanzania with a pH level so toxic, it essentially turns any animal that touches it into stone. Photographer Nick Brandt captures the horrific beauty of these petrified animals in his book Across the Ravaged Land.

(more info via Gizmodo)

Whoa.

Oct 3, 2013 ∞

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Fixed vs. growth mindsets.

Paul Mederos explains how to design for the growth mindset.

Sep 30, 2013 ∞

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Famous burger recipes courtesy of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Sep 30, 2013 ∞

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The link source redirects you to a Flickr album where you can see Japanese manhole covers. They are amazingly designed.

Sep 25, 2013 ∞

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A powerful, wealthy selfie. Bill Gates with Bill Clinton.

Contrast with the reason people didn’t smile in old photographs.

Think.

Sep 23, 2013 ∞

Thoughts on the new Quora app

The new Quora app for iOS 7 was fully redesigned to take advantage of the new navigation paradigm offered by the new OS. It’s beautiful and the new navigation is really interesting.

Some changes, however, were perhaps slightly too radical.

• It is not clear that the Quora button on the top-left corner is a navigation button. Its position might reveal its purpose, but maybe there should be an indication that this button is tappable.

• When you tap on a question, the back button now is on the bottom-left corner which is rather unintuitive. You can however swipe from left to right to go back.

So, Quora Product team, if by any chance you are seeing this, explain these changes.

Sep 20, 2013 ∞

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Cord tacos will solve the problem of unruly wires. Back it on Kickstarter and ship me one (please).

Sep 18, 2013 ∞

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This is a temperature chart for the last 11 000 years. It got hot rather quickly.

Sep 12, 2013 ∞

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Check out the rest of the 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest Winners at In Focus.

Sep 12, 2013 ∞

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This raft was used by Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl and five of his companions for a 4300 miles (almost 7000 kilometers) 101-days journey through the Pacific Ocean before smashing into a reef in the Tuamotu Islands.

Talk about a bonding.