I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation to the event. And luckily, I accepted.
Hundreds of local creators, catalysts, entrepreneurs, artists, geeks, designers, thinkers and doers gathered together for a day, seeking to receive inspiration from the various guest lecturers.
TED (which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a global nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. TEDxDetroit was the third annual conference to take place in the city.
We are the X. The multipliers. The catalysts. The connectors. The amplifiers. We challenge the status quo. We come together to collaborate, to share fresh ideas and to find inspiration. We are optimistic about our future. We believe Detroit's best days lie ahead. We are the people who are making it happen. We believe that is an idea worth spreading.
If you've never been to TED, it's definitely something to experience.
NPR Sunday Puzzle for Sept. 25:
Think of a ten-letter occupation ending in "er." The first four letters can be rearranged to spell something that person would study, and the next four letters can be rearranged to spell something else that person would study. What is the occupation?
"As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.” ―JIM HENSON
Saturday would have been the 75th birthday of the prolific American puppeteer Jim Henson (Sept. 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990).
From Sesame Street to The Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock, Henson created dozens of characters beloved by children - and adults alike - all throughout the world.
In honor of this momentous occasion, the Jim Henson Company and Google have partnered to create an interactive home page Doodle. Here's a bit of the explanation behind the inspiration:
The Alphabet 2 is a creative video wherein "each character visually represents the meaning of the word itself. Playing with different techniques and materials into little and big spaces, but always focusing on Helvetica font's proportions."
In this case, I happen to have a fondness for the letter P.
Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records via Telegraph
The Telegraph has published an interesting collection of photos from the new Guinness World Records for 2012. Highlights include: the world's largest collection of 'Do Not Disturb' signs, the largest playable violin and the longest hair. And there's my favorite one:
Largest pizza commercially available (pictured above): On the menu at Big Mama's and Papa's Pizzeria in Los Angeles, California, USA, is an enormous 4 ft 6 in square pizza. Retailing at $199.99 plus tax, this mammoth meal can feed up to 100 people and can be ordered for delivery – as long as you give the pizzeria 24 hours' notice.
Here's one possible solution to the Sept. 4 NPR Sunday Puzzle (a creative two-week challenge):
Answer: "Did I cite operas I'd revere? Verdi's are poetic. I did!"
NPR Sunday Puzzle for Sept. 18:
Take the name of a well-known university in two words. Switch two letters in the respective words; that is, take a letter from the first word, put it in place of a letter in the second word, and put that letter where the first letter was. The result will name something you might take on a camping trip. What are the names of the university and the camping item?
What an ingenious idea! Child's Own Studio turns kids' drawings into custom, unique soft toys. No matter how awful creative the artwork, this company has an amazing ability to transform it into reality. > See many more of the drawings/toys at the COS Flickr page (via OhGizmo!)
Write a palindrome that contains the name of a famous person. For example: "No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon." Or "Ed, I saw Harpo Marx ram Oprah W. aside."
You can use the famous person's full name or just the last name, whatever you like. The object is to write the most interesting palindrome that contains a famous person's name, past or present. Any length is fine, short or long. Palindromes will be judged on their interest, elegance and naturalness of syntax.
"Charlie Brown is mostly me, that's why he often has that dumb expression on his face." —CHARLES SHULZ, from the unreleased documentary "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
During Girl Scout Cookie season, it's nearly impossible to exit the grocery store without purchasing a box. Or ten. I'm a Samoas/Thin Mints girl. How about you?
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