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“Never spend your money before you have it.”

– Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825

I read this a few days ago, and went to McDonald’s this past weekend. I couldn’t help but think about some of these numbers…

Click the image to view all the facts! They get more disgusting as it goes on!

via I Am Bored

Who is using which sites? This infographic from Flowtown breaks it down nicely. One thing that surprises me is how few 18-24 year olds are using LinkedIn, but perhaps that’s just relative to the amount of other folks using it.

via Cool Infographics

After watching some stop-motion animations recently at the Bentley Film Festival, I recalled this amazing stop-motion video that I believe @mada716 had sent over a while ago. I cannot wait to have some time and purpose to try something like this! I can only imagine the patience this took!

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Ionz has created an interface that allows you to create your own infographic to represent who you are. I’m not sure if I would have gone with the same 9 categories, but it’s a really cool concept! [In the top right corner you can change to the British flag so you don’t have to read it in Portuguese, I mean unless you want to.]

One thing I’d love to see here was a more detailed breakdown of how I spend my time and what I use for transportation. I mainly use a car, but sometimes I use public transportation or my new bike. I also spend more than 12 hours online [slightly shamed]. Well, I guess this will give you a little insight into who I am…

via Cool Infographics

It is wise to bring some water, when one goes out to look for water.

–Arab proverb

“I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.”

W.C. Fields

P.S. I survived the #aquapocalypse

Can Staples.com read minds? Perhaps they somehow monitor buying patterns in the area?? Or it’s just a big coincidence.

Back in my day I built some pretty impressive forts within my living room. I’ll see if I can dig up some images of them next time I’ve got some free time in my parents’ basement. For now, check out some of the Couch Cushion Architectures that the folks over at the Build Blog have found. They’ve given each one a grade and commented about some successes and failures of each. I wonder what they would think of mine…  (Update: apparently the first post was so popular, they included a Part 2).

Here are a few of the ones they found:

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“Cause I love that dirty water. Boston, you’re my home.”

The Standells

A ‘catastrophic’ rupture hits region’s water system [Boston Globe]