November 2009
A man in Belgium was thought to be in a coma for...
ohyeahfacts:
They call it “locked in.” You can hear, see and think, but your inability to respond to anything leads to a vegetative state diagnosis. The patient is basically trapped in their own body.
Biggest. Fear. EVAR.
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Here’s where I go against the [reddit] crowd and say that I’m not a big fan of...
– Ryan North, aka Dinosaur Comics Guy (via inky)
GMH →
givesmehope:
When my mom was dying of cancer, my dad had to keep working to keep his health insurance. His midsize company has a program by which employees can transfer paid time off to one another. A person in HR sent out an email explaining his situation. Within 3 hours, my father had 12 weeks of paid vacation. Strangers’ sacrifices GMH.
Man Trapped In 23-Year 'Coma' Was Conscious →
shaanmichael:
An engineering student thought to be in a coma for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it has emerged.
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matthewb:
Jarred Bishop’s new project is a song-a-day Tumblr utilising recent support for extracting album art from uploaded tracks. Simply brilliant, from the jewel case design to the single-character unicode URL.
The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia →
mrgan:
I just Instapapered many, many of these.
Just Sayin Gurl (#340)
delbertshoopman:
If you ever completed and then posted your results from a ”What Twilight character are you?” quiz, anywhere on the internet… I’m not going to date you. GET REAL LADIES!
Whiteboard
clientsfromhell:
After presenting a new design for a company website, the owner leaned over, asked if she could suggest some changes to the layout, got out a black marker and started drawing the changes on my MacBook’s screen. I was stunned.