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The Week's Links: November 24, 2012

All the links posted on social networks this week:

  • 10 Ways Travel Is Getting Better 
  • People Have Been Using Stone-Tipped Spears For Way Longer Than We Thought 
  • We Can Only Process Thirty Smells at a Time 
  • Watch the World’s Oldest Working Computer Turn On 
  • Happy Kids Are More Likely To Grow Into Rich Adults 
  • The History of Boredom: You’ve never been so interested in being bored 
  • In Space, Flames Behave in Ways Nobody Thought Possible 
  • McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Guide to the Meaning and Usefulness of Punctuation Marks.  So great.
  • Building a Design-Driven Culture 
  • 3 Big Insights From Today's Top Design Thinkers 
  • Tim O'Reilly: 9 TEDTalks That Stretched My Mind 
  • Ray Kurzweil: Are you still you if your brain is enhanced with neural implants? 
  • Love this: The Biblio-Mat, for old and unusual books 
  • Harry Potter spell book makes augmented reality magic 
  • Neuroscience gets behind the mask of Greek theatre 
  • Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web by The Oatmeal. What he said. 
  • Design Salary Guide - by Coroflot 
  • Creative & Marketing Salary Information – The Creative Group 
  • AIGA | Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 
  • O Brave New World That Has Such Apps In It! Shakespeare Goes Social 
  • 8 math talks to blow your mind 
  • How the Beatles' Yellow Submarine gave rise to modern animation 
  • “Education provides the foundation of our global possibilities. We design this well, and the whole world changes.” 
  • The Syncing of the Screens 
  • The History of Beaujolais Nouveau Day: From the French Countryside to the Thanksgiving Table 
  • Mother Birds Teach Their Eggs a Secret ‘Feed Me!’ Password 
  • The Science Behind These Amazing Photographs of the Human Eye 
  • The $.99 itunes rental this week is a great documentary about creativity, innovation and the world's best restaurant. 
  • Why Do People Hate Dissonant Music? (And What Does It Say About Those Who Don’t?) 
  • Creativity Top 5: November 20, 2012 
  • The Physics of Flocking 
  • What Studying Einstein’s Brain Can And Can’t Tell Us 
  • The Creativity Awards Report, 2012
  • What Girl Talk And Cover Bands Teach Us About the Biology of Surprise 
  • Introducing Mind Lab: The all singing, all dancing, interactive psychology class 
  • The Most Amazing Race: Reverse-Engineering the Brain 
  • Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning 
  • 9 Mind-Blowing Technologies Changing The Film Industry’s Future 
  • Gorgeous Fractal-made Flowers 
  • Original Creators: Biomechanical Surrealist H.R.Giger 
  • Esquire To Make Print Magazine Interactive Through Netpage App 
  • Tod Machover invents instruments, robot operas –- oh, and Guitar Hero 
  • Nokia Hires Orchestra To Create New Ringtones 
  • An App That Turns Any Surface Into An iPhone Keyboard 
  • On using funny videos to start serious classroom discussions 
  • How To Use If-Then Planning To Achieve Any Goal 
  • 10 TED talks about the beauty — and difficulty — of being creative 
  • The Breathtaking Colors of Iceland's Landmannalaugar Region 
  • 11 Artists Doing Amazing Things With Recycled Materials 
  • As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living