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POPSCollection of Outstanding Newspaper Designs Resources and further references: * Society of News Design Every year The Society for News Design selects “World’s Best-Designed Newspapers”. * NewsDesigner.com Weblog about newspaper design. * Newspagedesigner.com Newspagedesigner.com was started in order to give news designers of all levels and locations a chance to share their work and ideas, a chance to get feedback and a chance to get noticed. * Newseum.org The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised. * InnovationInNewspapers.com
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POPSThe Tao of Boredom "To understand the limitation of things, desire them" (Tao Teh King). And then the silence.....!
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POPSIs Language a Window into Human Nature? the way it parses the world around us, the way it uses shortcuts and assumptions would have served our hunter-gatherer ancestors well, but it is less than perfect for dealing with some of the problems we face in the 21st Century.
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POPSHow the Truth Gets Framed by the Camera Photo caption: Thomas Hoepker, who took this photograph on September 11, 2001, later wondered, Was the picture "just the devious lie of a snapshot, which ignored the seconds before and after I had clicked the shutter?" (Photograph by Thomas Hoepker, Magnum Photos)
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POPSStudy: 95 percent of all e-mail sent in 2007 was spam The point is that collective intelligence is likely better than an individualistic approach to combating spam. When we start pining for the "good ol' days" of junk mail and telemarketing, we clearly need to find solutions. Filtering probably isn't going to cut it.
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POPSBritain's favourite word is love, actually Although love was the top choice overall and the number one choice for women, antidisestablishmentarianism was the top choice for men and the ninth most favourite word on the list. Regionally, Welsh contributors favoured the word "cwtch" (cuddle) and Scots favoured "numpty" (an abbreviation of "numbskull"). I have my own set of favorite words and I've always been interested about other people's favorites. What is your favorite word?
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POPSA Nation’s Passion Lives in a Rivalry of Green vs. Blue An Ateneo alumnus brought the obsession to the NY Times. I'm bringing the craze to Clipmarks. Here's to being a 'blue-blooded' Atenean: If Ateneo wins Sunday’s game against the University of St. Thomas, it will face La Salle for the fourth time this season, in the national semifinals. Ateneo has won two of their three meetings this season, games decided by a total of 6 points. The Ateneo Blue Eagles won last Sunday against gracious opponents, the University of Sto. Tomas Growling Tigers. I have respect for the team whose coach helps our players to their feet each time they crash near him. Another La Salle vs. Ateneo game is coming on Thursday. Oh yeah!
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POPSFlowchart: Medieval sexual decision making for penitentials In his book "Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe," James Brundage creates a truly fantastic flow chart explaining when one can and (mostly) cannot engage in the physical act of love. At the time, a lot of Christian theology basically took the form of lists of things one wasn't allowed to do, so this flow chart probably isn't far off from the real decision making process prescribed by the church.
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POPSUniversities Struggle to Fill Classrooms in Japan The rapid graying of Japan’s population has already been felt in other parts of society, including the lower rungs of the nation’s education system where hundreds of half-empty elementary and high schools have closed or been merged over the last two decades. But it has only recently begun to affect higher education. Japan’s postwar baby boom started earlier than America’s. As a result, according to census statistics, the number of 18-year-olds in Japan peaked at 2.05 million in 1992, when the baby boomers’ children were entering universities, and has fallen steadily, to 1.3 million this year. Estimates show it dropping to 1.21 million in two years. This year, as a result, nearly a third of the nation’s 707 public and private four-year universities cannot fill all of their openings, according to the Education Ministry and university groups. Roughly half of college-age Japanese attend universities.
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POPSSuicide Food What is Suicide Food? Suicide Food is any depiction of animals that act as though they wish to be consumed. Suicide Food actively participates in or celebrates its own demise. Suicide Food identifies with the oppressor. Suicide Food is a bellwether of our decadent society. Suicide Food says, “Hey! Come on! Eating meat is without any ethical ramifications! See, Mr. Greenjeans? The animals aren’t complaining! So what's your problem?” Suicide Food is not funny.
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POPSStudy Of Countries I do not claim that sites such as this are the be all and end all of research regarding any given country. But still they are fairly comprehensive. If any given country or nation intrigues you then I recommend further research. If this site creates a even greater thirst for knowledge then I will have done something useful.
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POPSMahfouz’s grave, Arab liberalism’s deathbed The Arab world's passage from progressive secularism to conservative religiosity in the last fifty years is illuminated by the work of Egypt’s greatest writer, says Tarek Osman. More at the source. Tarek Osman gives an interesting reading of culture and the text.
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POPSEmail Etiquette 101 Sending e-mail is almost like picking up the phone and having a conversation nowadays, but how can you be sure you're using it as you intend and without offending anyone? Not so much about not 'offending anyone' but being more considerate to people we are bothering. The web is mostly shared space and we all need to be less annoying.
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POPSShare the Love, Why not? A romantic endeavor against the dowry system. I love the picture at the end of the article: the caption says, "No need to worry."
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POPSThe Myth of Prodigy and Why it Matters Science writer, Malcolm Gladwell, debates the worth of placing so much attention on childhood prodigies and whether the notion of childhood prodigy hasn't been romanticized beyond it's importance. Our romanticized view of precociousness matters. When certain kids are singled out as gifted or talented, Gladwell suggested, it creates an environment that may be subtly discouraging to those who are just average. “In singling out people like me at age 13 for special treatment, we discouraged other kids from ever taking up running at all. And we will never know how many kids who might have been great milers had they been encouraged and not discouraged from joining running, might have ended up as being very successful 10 years down the road.”
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