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The Week's Links: September 11, 2015

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • These Elegant Sculptures Measure Atmospheric Conditions owl.li/RQWbb
  • 30 Questions to Ask Your Kid Instead of “How Was Your Day?” — The Synapse owl.li/RQW7C
  • Is Silicon Valley in Another Bubble . . . and What Could Burst It? owl.li/RQPll
  • Go Hike the Mendenhall Ice Cave Before It Melts — STARTUPS + WANDERLUST + LIFE HACKING owl.li/RPWXY
  • ◉ Worrying About Stuff Is a Sign of Intelligence owl.li/RPThe
  • The Physics of How That Star Wars BB-8 Toy Works owl.li/RPVZv
  • Your Creative Calendar: 97 Things To Do, See, And Hear This September owl.li/RPWv7
  • How to Photograph a Giant Humpback Whale as It Waves Hello owl.li/RPVYR
  • How does a bicycle stay upright? owl.li/RPWgC
  • ◉ A Classic: Saul Bass Pitch Video for Bell System Logo Redesign - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/9/6/…
  • This Safari extension circumvents certain techniques used by Google and Facebook to track link clicks. owl.li/RPVIt
  • The Vivid And Daring Visual Identities Of Airlines During The Jet Age owl.li/RPWbU
  • Are These Gorgeous Opening Images The Key To "Mr. Robot"? Creator Sam Esmail Explains owl.li/RPW0H
  • The mysterious origins of punctuation owl.li/RPRwU
  • The future of typography in Web design owl.li/RPRw1
  • ◉ Stop Trying To Be Creative owl.li/RPTcB
  • The Reinvention of Black: As the means of creating the color black have changed, so have the subjects it represents. owl.li/RPRsE
  • This is what 365 days without a vacation does to your health owl.li/S0vNq
  • What to Do When Someone Steals Your Art - HeyDesign Magazine owl.li/RPRvt
  • Lance Wyman’s Visual Storytelling owl.li/RPRqm
  • The changing shape of logo design owl.li/RPRv7
  • ◉ The World Of Professional Creativity - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/9/6/…
  • 5 Things Your Brain Needs More Of Every Day owl.li/RPQA6
  • The Emotions That Make Us More Creative owl.li/RPRuc
  • The evolution of online advertising (and why it’s dying). — THE MBD* BLOG owl.li/RPRxR
  • Design is like an Iceberg. Inside Information Architecture. owl.li/RPRt4
  • New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online & Makes Them Free to Download and Use owl.li/RPMfQ
  • Pixar In A Box Teaches Math Through Real Animation Challenges owl.li/RPMeN
  • ◉ Polite Robots Show Glimmer Of Self-Awareness owl.li/RPT8S
  • The 10 Algorithms That Dominate Our World owl.li/RPM3U
  • China Has Approved Its First Gay Love Story owl.li/RPMdy
  • Life of an astronaut - Jerry Carr owl.li/RPM1a
  • How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins owl.li/RPMcv
  • How to live passionately—no matter your age owl.li/RPLZx
  • ◉ Sooner or later, the critics move on - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/9/6/…
  • These Century-Old Stone "Tsunami Stones" Dot Japan’s Coastline owl.li/RPM6B
  • I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it owl.li/RPMo6
  • Love and Ambition: Advice from the Latin Poets owl.li/RPM4U
  • A 1980s Commodore PC has controlled this school district's A/C for 30 years owl.li/RPLXU
  • A list of creative exercises for creative teams owl.li/RPIiO
  • ◉ The New Audience: John Lasseter owl.li/RPT7L
  • How 17 famous companies got their quirky names. owl.li/RPHyh
  • Agency creatives: Wake up and smell the algorithm - Digiday owl.li/RPIhQ
  • Fantastic: 2 Kinds of People owl.li/RPCfx
  • The search for ideas owl.li/RPIeJ
  • Hawks Act as Unwitting Muscle for Hummingbirds owl.li/RM3up
  • ◉ Franklin Leonard: The Realist's Guide To Changing the World - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/9/6/…
  • Jim Henson documentary owl.li/RPHBk
  • The art of stillness in the Japanese wilderness owl.li/RPLYD
  • 3 ways good design makes you happy owl.li/RPHz6
  • Leadership advice from the Dalai Lama owl.li/RLy9H
  • 10 mysteries that physics can't answer... yet owl.li/RLmHw
  • The History of Cartography, the “Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever,” Now Free Online owl.li/RLfRq
  • Does Reading Literature Really Beef Up Your Brain? owl.li/RLga9
  • One Japanese Company Makes Half Of The World’s Zippers smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one…
  • New York's greatest design icons: from Macy's balloons to the Yankees logo owl.li/RLg16
  • Girl, 12, achieves maximum Mensa IQ test score | Society | The Guardian owl.li/RLfH5
  • How One Runestone Suddenly Reappeared After Being Lost for 300 Years owl.li/RLfYU
  • The varying wavelengths of colors owl.li/RLNJH
  • A Living Typeface That Actually Grows in a Petri Dish owl.li/RLfVF
  • Your Creative Calendar: 97 Things To Do, See, And Hear This September owl.li/RPWat
  • What’s the smartest piece of advice you ever got? — Dear Design Student owl.li/RLbJr
  • The 4 Phases Of Developing Your Creative Voice owl.li/RLbF6
  • Let Louise Fili guide you through the boulevards of Parisian typography owl.li/RKyfo
  • The Evolution of Magazine Covers owl.li/RKSzs
  • The Ever-Evolving Craft Of Copy owl.li/RKxDE
  • Is Spec Work Evil? 12 Agency Execs Discuss the Unchecked Problem  owl.li/RKHRR
  • How Illustrations Made A Comeback in the #FoodPorn Era owl.li/RKxxL
  • Why the Wingdings font exists owl.li/RKHhS
  • 15 Microprints Hiding in United States Currency owl.li/RLfx8
  • The Next Revolution in Photography Is Coming owl.li/RKF1F
  • Design Is Problem Solving owl.li/RKu0Z
  • Ellen Lupton’s top ten favorite typographic posters of all time owl.li/RKtSK
  • ◉ Before there was Photoshop owl.li/RyLnB
  • Use The Right Work Tool For The Right Purpose owl.li/RIiTp
  • Longform: the podcast about writing that uncovers the story behind the headlines owl.li/RKqMP
  • How To Write an "About Me" Page That Gets You Hired owl.li/RIiON
  • Design Thinking Comes of Age owl.li/RIlp0
  • American Chess May Finally Emerge From The Shadow Of Bobby Fischer owl.li/RIc5o
  • The Last Audio Cassette Factory owl.li/RIlfZ
  • Debbie Millman on fear, time, and terrifying learning owl.li/RIk9G