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The Week's Links: May 8, 2015

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • Penny Black: the turbulent history of the short-lived stamp http://owl.li/MyWhw
  • The World's Loneliest ATM is in Antarctica http://owl.li/MyS5K
  • Inside the Inflatable Hospital That's Saving Lives in Nepal owl.li/MyW1T
  • Mark Twain stories, 150 years old, uncovered by Berkeley scholars owl.li/MyS13
  • Stunning Total Solar Eclipse Observed Over the Arctic owl.li/My7hA
  • ◉ Paris / New York owl.li/MvasS
  • David Ogilvy Outlines His Weaknesses in This 1970s-Era Memo owl.li/My1ZV
  • How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text owl.li/My773
  • How Dentsu Climbed to the Top owl.li/My1Jv
  • ◉ Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!) - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • How Ideo Redesigned Monday to Be Less Awful owl.li/My4EH
  • The Location of This Book's Story Changes, Depending on Where You're Reading It owl.li/My1wq
  • Inside the School Silicon Valley Thinks Will Save Education owl.li/My33y
  • Breaking News: Federal Court Rules NSA Bulk Data Collection Illegal owl.li/MEj8Z
  • Some icons are verbs, some icons are nouns: Getting fluent at the language of iconography owl.li/My2Sp
  • Better than GPS: a history of cartography in 12 amazing maps owl.li/Mvmgs
  • ◉ How Facebook Is Changing the Way Its Users Consume Journalism owl.li/Mvang
  • Artist Turns Spider Webs Into Haunting Sculptures owl.li/Mv937
  • The World’s Weirdest Library owl.li/MuWrv
  • Should some plays be seen and not read? owl.li/Mv1yg
  • ◉ The Story of Art - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • How To Make Your Kids Smarter: 10 Steps Backed By Science owl.li/MuW1w
  • The iPhone's Slo-Mo Video Has Become a Dancer's Best Friend owl.li/Mv0SG
  • This Idea Must Die: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast owl.li/MuV2X
  • Tracking the Evolving Brain of the Young Musician owl.li/Mv0yo
  • 17 Things We Know About Forgiveness owl.li/MuXxC
  • "Mad Men" Creator Matthew Weiner's Reassuring Life Advice For Struggling Artists owl.li/MuPK0
  • Presidential doodles owl.li/MuPBE
  • ◉ Oliver Burkeman: The Negative Path to Happiness and Success owl.li/Mvagc
  • Artist Turns Spider Webs Into Haunting Sculptures owl.li/MsyOL
  • A Field Guide to the American Sandwich owl.li/MuBRT
  • ◉ A History of the World in 100 Objects - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Winners of the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards owl.li/MsfEz
  • The Man Who Makes the World’s Funniest People Even Funnier owl.li/MuBHt
  • Council Set to Create a Cultural Plan for New York City owl.li/Msdvh
  • The Time A Newspaper Stared Down The Country's Largest Advertiser owl.li/MuTDi
  • Getting Vaccinated Will Soon Be As Easy As Putting On A Band-Aid owl.li/Muvny
  • A Short History of Love- The Book of Life owl.li/Mu61M
  • Le Corbusier, the man, the modernist legend owl.li/Msdrj
  • Shakespeare's Globe confirms new artistic director owl.li/Msdpq
  • ◉ Sleep is More Important than Food owl.li/Mv9LC
  • 5 Key Ingredients for a Great Motion Design owl.li/MsaK7
  • TV Producer Brian Grazer on How to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone owl.li/Msddw
  • ◉ The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • While You Were Offline: Don't Let Robots Guess Your Age owl.li/Msax4
  • The Greatest Dance Number Ever Filmed owl.li/MscPD
  • Creativity Top 5: The Best Brand Ideas of the Week April 27 - May 1, 2015 owl.li/MuuIF
  • Writing collaborations: "The creative process ... was slightly disastrous." owl.li/MrQNm
  • Infographic: The Fascinating Evolution Of Car Brand Logos owl.li/MscNT
  • Oliver Sacks, Before the Neurologist’s Cancer and New York Times Op-Ed owl.li/Msdtu
  • Why the Best Designers Don't Specialize in Any One Thing owl.li/MsaRq
  • Why the Arts Are Key to Dementia Care owl.li/MrQtz
  • Watch a Supercut Tribute to Spike Jonze's Stunning Cinematography owl.li/Mp0J2
  • Elon Musk's Grand Plan to Power the World With Batteries owl.li/MoVho
  • Terrible: House Science Committee guts NASA Earth sciences budget owl.li/Mp0Gw
  • The Weird, Wild World of Micro-Nations Where Anybody Can Be King owl.li/MoUZD
  • This Art Is Cool: Imagining a Dystopian Sweden Full of Robots and Dinosaurs owl.li/Mp0CC
  • Twilight of One-Hour Photo, America’s Fastest-Fading Business owl.li/MoUQz
  • 15 Things You Might Not Know About 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' owl.li/Mp0z1
  • Silicon Valley Then and Now: To Invent the Future, You Must Understand the Past owl.li/MrQql
  • Hahaha vs. Hehehe owl.li/MoWGd
  • 'World's best teacher' does not believe in tests and quizzes owl.li/MmnUg
  • Breathtakingly Detailed Large-Format Photographs of Opera Houses Around the World owl.li/MmnTi
  • 5 Seriously Dumb Myths About Copyright the Media Should Stop Repeating owl.li/MmefS
  • ‘Dutch Skies’, A Gorgeous Time-Lapse of the Varying Landscapes of the Dutch Countryside owl.li/MmnSf
  • How Chewing Gum Prevents Songs From Getting Stuck in Your Head owl.li/Mme8J
  • ‘Drone Aviary’, A Short Film That Explores the Idea of Drones as Protagonists owl.li/MmnPf
  • Reclaiming the Power of Play owl.li/Mme4R
  • 5 Things App Designers Could Learn From Walt Disney owl.li/MmfEu
  • For a Healthy Heart, You May Have to Eat More Cheese owl.li/MmnXZ
  • Top 200 Art Collectors 2015 Part One -- artnet News owl.li/Mmeqx
  • What I Almost Called My Play- Writers on the Titles They Didn’t Use owl.li/Mi4eZ
  • ◉ Sleep is More Important than Food owl.li/MaK6A
  • 8 Psychological Tricks of Restaurant Menus owl.li/MeLc0
  • ▶ Why neutrinos matter - Sílvia Bravo Gallart owl.li/MfwiU
  • Chemical Attraction: Why Mosquitos Zone In On Some People, But Not Others owl.li/MeKpU
  • 400 years after his death, Shakespeare's sonnets live on in your smartphone owl.li/MfqUp
  • Lake Michigan is So Clear Right Now its Shipwrecks Are Visible From the Air owl.li/MeJ8T
  • Baudelaire, Balzac, Dumas, Delacroix & Hugo Get a Little Baked at Their Hash Club (1844-1849) owl.li/MfqS1
  • 7 Lessons in Storytelling, From Novelist, Screenwriter, And Filmmaker (Don't Call Him a Director) Alex Garland owl.li/MmarH
  • This journey was nearly 4 billion miles — and took 10 years owl.li/Mf334