(”Put Your Feet Up . . . “; courtesy of jelene>)
Take a break from watching the news and reading about the $700 billion bailout; sometimes you just have to tilt back your chair, put your feet up, and simply take a “creativity break”. The debate on whether the “Community Reinvestment Act” caused the current subprime lending crisis will still be going on when you’re ready to reconnect with the “real” world.
Here are ten web sites to visit when you just want to do some leisure reading, or get some inspiration:
1. The Arrow of Time: On June 17th, every year since 1976, this family photographs each of its members to stop, for a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by.
2. Fresh Logic: An interactive Atlas that allows you to zoom into any place in the world.
3. To Do List: If you’re tired of looking at your own “to do list”, you can look through this collection of other people’s to-do lists.
4. One Sentence: True stories told in one sentence. Here are some examples:
- “Everyone knows me as Jessica, but he knows me as the girl who actually wept with him when his frog died.”
- “As I woke up from my nap to find written on my feet ‘This is my momma and you can’t have her,’ I realized that my child is very, very strange.”
- “She saw the horror in his eyes as the dentist realized he had just cemented both his thumbs to her lower bridgework.”
5. Neatorama: Random, interesting stuff.
6. Post Secret: People send in postcards anonymously revealing their secrets.
7. Snarf’d: More random, interesting stuff (an eclectic compendium).
8. Springwise: Lots of great entrepreneurial ideas.
9. Drawn: An illustration and cartooning blog.
10. Cassette From My Ex: People sharing memories of mixed tapes from relationships in their past.
A great site that I mentioned in a previous post is foundmagazine.com. There’s also Stuff On My Cat for cat lovers and Stuff On My Mutt for dog lovers. And, of course, you can always find something good on TED.com.
Are there any other interesting web sites or blogs that you visit when you need inspiration or a creativity break?
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译文:
获取创意： 翘起你的椅背，把脚跨起来
暂时从7000亿美金援助计划的新闻中喘口气吧。有时候你只需要翘起你的椅背，把脚跨起来，就能获得一个“创意”。关于“社区再投资法”是否引起了当前的次贷危机的讨论，在你准备好要同“真实的”世界再联系的时候，才会继续。
下面有十个网站的地址，当你只想要做些休闲式的阅读或得到一些灵感的时候，你可以访问下这些网站。
1.The Arrow of Time: 从1976年开始，每年的六月十七日，这些家庭中的每个成员都要拍照，留住这短暂的瞬间，标记时间的流逝。
2.Fresh Logic: 一个交互式的地图，可以让你拉近放大来看世界上的任何一个地方。
3. To Do List: 如果你疲于查看自己的“任务清单”，你可以通过这里的收藏看看别人的“任务清单”。
4. One Sentence: 一句话讲一个真实的故事。以下是些例子：
“在别人眼里我是杰西卡，但在他眼里，我是那个当他的青蛙死掉时，会同他一起哭泣的女孩。”
“当我从小憩中醒来的时候，发现我的脚上写着 ‘这是我的妈妈，你不能拥有她。’ 我意识到我的孩子非常非常地奇怪。”
“当那个牙医发现他刚刚把自己的大拇指和下假牙架粘合在一起的时候，她从他的眼里看到了惊恐。”
5. Neatorama: 随意的，有趣的东西。
6. 邮递的秘密： 人们把他们的秘密用明信片不具名地邮递出去。
7. Snarf’d: 更随意，更有趣的东西 （ 经挑选后的较简略的）
8. Springwise: 非常多的创业灵感
9. Drawn: 一个关于插图和漫画的博客。
10. Cassette From My Ex: 人们分享记录过去种种关系的混合磁带里的记忆。
我之前的帖子里曾提到过一个非常好的网站，就是 foundmagazine.com . 那里有爱猫的人写“我的猫”，爱狗的人写“我的狗儿” 。还有，肯定的，你总是可以在 TED. Com 上发现一些好的东西。
有没有别的有趣的网站或博客，在你需要灵感和创意的时候，你曾经访问过的？