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Monday, January 21, 2013

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Drexel Introduces Kiosk that Dispenses MacBooks

Now | Drexel University: Drexel University introduced a 24-hour, self-service vending machine located in the W. W. Hagerty Library that will dispense MacBooks for use by students, faculty and staff. Drexel is the third university on the East Coast to introduce the kiosk, which holds up to 12 MacBooks that could be checked out free by anyone with a Drexel ID for five hours.
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Table Saw Safety: Why the British Think We're Crazy

www.popularwoodworking.com: Over the holidays, I saw the same question asked on both an American and British woodworking forum. The poster had received a new table saw for Christmas, had no experience and wanted to learn how to use the saw safely.
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6 Ways to Focus Without Taking Adderall

CollegeCandy – Life, Love & Style For The College Girl: It’s pretty evident that Adderall and other prescription ADD and ADHD medications are everywhere on college campuses. Whether you’re getting it via script from your health center, the frat guy who thinks he’s a dealer, or your best friend, these drugs are abused all over the country. When I was younger there were only a handful of kids my age that had a prescription for Adderall or Ritalin, and now it seems every other person I know has it.
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This Mind-Boggling Installation Breaks The Laws Of Physics--Or Does It?

Co.Design: business + innovation + design: Supermajor--the art piece, not the group of corporations--takes you by surprise. The installation is set up in a darkened room, with a single bulb casting a flickering light over six vintage oil cans. One of them has a rent in it, and a honey-colored oil pours out onto the white pedestal below. At least that’s what we expect it to do. But thanks to a complex optical illusion, the oil seems to be moving back into the can.
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5 Things I Learned About Australian Theater

The Producer's Perspective: I’m writing this blog on my last night in picturesque Sydney, Australia. I fly back tomorrow. And somehow I’ll arrive earlier than when I left. So weird. I mean, I get why that happens, but I’ll just never get over how bizarro-world it is. Anywho . . . I had an awesome time in Australia, and as I always do when I travel to foreign lands, I tried to pick up a few of its theatrical uniqueness so we could all learn from them.
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1 comment:

Jason Lewis said...

I think it's great to see the differences between theatre here in the states and in other locations such as australia like in this article. Many people don't get the chance to explore and see the differences in theatre in other locations. We never realize just how different theatre can be in other locations so reading this article really put that perspective in place for me and I'm sure a few others as well. I feel like knowing that theatre is different everywhere you go is so inviting and makes me want to just go out in the world and experience it all. Also knowing this just makes you realize just how limitless theatre is. Theatre is whatever you make of it and I think that is what is so beautiful about theatre. You create it and you revolutionize it.