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Why Men Can't Have It All Recently mycompany, Break Media, conducted a six-month study focused solely on men. Thestudy included both qualitative andquantitative components, surveyed 2,000men and was focused primarily on

defining "What it means to be a man in2012." As a married father of three kids, Ifound the results to be relevant and inmany ways therapeutic, as they made merealize that many men are struggling withthe same issues I am.New Masculinity, New Social Systems

[VIDEO] Deadspin:Sports fan 45,507 viewsSlow Perception, Analyze, Sample, Remix

Beautiful People Are Boring[STUDY] As scientists find that  attractive people tend to beconformist, you have to agree that ugly has more fun. Beauty is boring. And the evidence is piling up. An

article in the journal PsychologicalScience now confirms whatpartygoers have known forever: thatbeauty and charm are no moredirectly linked than a high IQ and atalent for whistling.

 A Music-Making Interface ThatRiffs On The Rubik’s Cube MusixCube is a fantastic illustrationof this point. A conceptual thesisproject by Hauke Scholz, theMusixCube, as you may haveguessed, is a riff on the Rubik’sCube. But rather than unraveling thepuzzle, tapping and twisting itssurfaces takes you down a strange,fun path of musical creation.Play, Analyze, Sample, Remix,Future of Music, Hack Design

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Men and Women Can't Be"Just Friends" New research suggests that there may be sometruth to this possibility—that wemay think we’re capable of being“just friends” with members ofthe opposite sex, but theopportunity (or perceivedopportunity) for “romance” isoften lurking just around thecorner, waiting to pounce at themost inopportune moment.Modern Relationships

Meet Memoto: The DiscreetCamera That Records Your Life In30-Second Intervals Memoto, aStockholm-based startup inspired bythe Quantified Self movement, istaking a stab at this opportunity witha postage-sized camera that wearerswill carry around with themconstantly. It snaps a photo every 30seconds, keeping a visual trail of your everyday life.Memory Management, ScreenCulture

Electronics Brand LaunchesComputer Designed Especially forWomen Fujitsu has announced thelaunch of a new computer in Japanaimed at female users. The ‘Floral Kiss’Ultrabook was developed under the

direction of female employees and aimsto bring elegance to PCs.  It is availablein three colors: Elegant White, FemininePink, and Luxury Brown. The top casehas a gold trim and features a flip latchthat can easily open the display, “evenby users with long fingernails.”Warm Tech

#deservesafollow Marty Hurney #happymonday Tour de France 

#Panthers#GKMC #RED Cam Newton Windows 8 #Frankenstorm Eid

Mubarak #HurricaneSandy John Sununu GDP Windows 8 

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• 10.26 Cloud Atlas Premiere

• 10.29-30 WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit

• 10.31 Halloween & NYC Village Halloween Parade

• 11.5-17 F.A.T. Gold Exhibition

• 11.6 - Presidential Election

• 11.7 Stress Awareness Day

• 11.10 NYC Craft Beer Festival

[VIDEO] Lena Dunham: Your First Time 275,456 viewsShock & TransgressPower Woman

[VIDEO] HOW TO PICK UP A GIRL AT THE GYM10,813,847 views Absurdism,The Real Thing

[VIDEO] Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card tricklike no other29,4781 viewsTangible Intangible