Ayo

Residence hall at the University College in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Modernizing Africa was the theme of Life Magazine, May 1953. The story highlighted the words: European faculty, British architects and educated elite.

I imagine this is the University of Ibadan that my dad attended… I wonder what it looks like now.

“We used to call them Super Chickens. Now they are once again...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:16:56 -0500

“We used to call them Super Chickens. Now they are once again Super Eagles,” said another supporter in the capital, Abuja, dressed from head to toe in his team’s colours of green and white. Fireworks flickered across the sky as celebrations continued into the night. “We are champions,” said David Oji, another follower, tears streaming down his face, “For once we are the best at something good.” (via African football: Nigerian heroes | The Economist)

Eisbären Berlin v Kölner Haie by toksuede on Flickr.Hockey is...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:30:05 -0500

Eisbären Berlin v Kölner Haie by toksuede on Flickr.

Hockey is such a blur.

Manchester United v Fulham by toksuede on Flickr.offside! p.s....

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:30:20 -0500

Manchester United v Fulham by toksuede on Flickr.

offside!

p.s. Ryu Voelkel takes the best soccer pictures!

Audio

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:11:03 -0500

azspot: xkcd: Identity

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:20:20 -0400

azspot:

xkcd: Identity

ESPN - OTL: Lionel Messi, Here & Gone - E-ticket

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:08:53 -0400

ESPN - OTL: Lionel Messi, Here & Gone - E-ticket:

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Endeavour Ferry Flight (201209190019HQ) by nasa hq photo on...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:29:11 -0400

Endeavour Ferry Flight (201209190019HQ) by nasa hq photo on Flickr.

"when people focus on a score rather than on improvement, they develop a fixed idea of their..."

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:25:51 -0400

“when people focus on a score rather than on improvement, they develop a fixed idea of their intellectual abilities. They come to see school not as a place to grow and learn, but as a place to demonstrate their intelligence by means of a number”

- Why Students Cheat on Tests — New York Magazine

"The more profound truth behind friend clutter may be that, as a general rule, we don’t handle..."

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:18:51 -0400

“The more profound truth behind friend clutter may be that, as a general rule, we don’t handle endings well. “Our culture seems to applaud the spirit, promise and gumption of beginnings,” writes the sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot in her absorbing new book, Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free, whereas “our exits are often ignored or invisible”. We celebrate the new – marriages, homes, work projects – but “there is little appreciation or applause when we decide (or it is decided for us) that it’s time to move on”. We need “a language for leave-taking”, Lawrence-Lightfoot argues, and not just for funerals. A terminated friendship, after all, needn’t necessarily signal a horrifying defeat, to be expunged from memory. One might just as easily think of it as “completed”.”

- Facebook and Twitter: the art of unfriending or unfollowing people | Technology | The Guardian

via randomberlinchick

Protect Your Textbooks

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:08:24 -0400

fakescience:

Are you protecting your most important textbook?

“Derrick Rose breaks into tears at the adidas D Rose 3...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:53:00 -0400

“Derrick Rose breaks into tears at the adidas D Rose 3 launch (by theassociation)”

Poor guy, I wish him a full recovery

this is innovation.

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:29:00 -0400

this is innovation.

fun music for a captivating video

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:25:00 -0400

fun music for a captivating video

Rest in Peace, Rocket Man - Rebecca J. Rosen - The Atlantic

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:24:05 -0400

Rest in Peace, Rocket Man - Rebecca J. Rosen - The Atlantic:

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