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April 24, 2013

New Research Study Suggests That Playing Tetris Can Fix Lazy Eye!

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A small study conducted by a team of doctors from Canada’s McGill University seems to suggest that playing the classic video game Tetris can actually be used as a treatment for the common medical condition amblyopia which is better known as lazy eye.
Lazy eye affects an estimated 1 in 50 children and it occurs when the vision in one eye does not develop properly and is often accompanied by a squint where the eyes do not look in the same direction.

If the condition isn’t treated in time, it can lead to a permanent loss of vision in the lazy eye, traditional treatment is to cover the stronger eye with a patch, so the weaker eye is forced into use. In order for the treatment to be effective, children must wear the patch for much of the day for several months and many find the treatment frustrating and unpleasant. Continue Reading

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January 15, 2013

Boyfriend Builds Girlfriend a Rainbow Igloo

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Igloo’s are perhaps one of the most awesome things you can build when there’s snow outside, but from now on no igloo you build will ever surpass this rainbow igloo.

When Daniel Gray went to Edmonton, Canada, with his girlfriend, Kathleen Starrie, for their winter break. An engineering student coming all the way from New Zealand, Daniel embarked on the amazing quest of building her this rainbow igloo in his time in Canada. Kathleen’s mother, Brigid Burton, wanted to give Daniel something to do (besides her daughter) while he was staying with them over the break. She had been saving these milk cartons filled with colored water since October and was keeping them in the freezer, knowing that Kathleen was planning on bringing Daniel home with her. The project took about 150 hours and 500 bricks, but in the end Daniel, along with some of Kathleen’s family and friends, was successful. Here’s a look at the process they went through in order to build the igloo.Continue Reading

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September 20, 2012

$180 For University Art Text With No Pics Because Of Copyright Clearance Issues

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Blogger Brent Ashley recently shared the somewhat shocking story of his daughter’s experiences at OCAD University in Canada. Ashley’s daughter is taking a class called “Global Visual and Material Culture: Prehistory to 1800.”

For this class, she was required to purchase a textbook for this class which costs a whopping $180. Now anyone who has been to university in the last few years or has children that have, know that the prices of textbooks are verging on the ridiculous, however in the case of Ashley’s daughter, it gets even worse.

She was required to pay $180 for this art textbook, that didn’t have ANY PICTURES. To see the pictures referenced, students would have to follow along online. Apparently the reason for this, so the students were told, is because the publisher couldn’t get the copyright permission sorted in time for the print run. Continue Reading

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July 1, 2012

Heather Benning Turns Farmhouse Into A Human Sized Dollhouse

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This is an abandoned farm house that Canadian artist Heather Benning converted into a human-sized dollhouse, without a wall on one side. ‘Dollhouse’ was created in 2005 when Heather was the artist-in-residence for the community of Redvers, Saskatchewan.Continue Reading

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April 26, 2012

World’s Coolest Treehouse Built Secretly On Public Land

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Joel Allen, a computer technician with no previous building or carpentry experience, has built what is possibly the coolest treehouse in the world. He calls it the HemLoft.

The only problem is since he didn’t have money to buy property of his own, he built it on public land, Crown land to be precise, in the forests of Whistler in Canada – which makes it entirely illegal.

He also just happened to build it overlooking a row of multimillion dollar homes.

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Allen searched for months looking for the perfect tree on which to build his egg-like shaped construction, which he tested first by building a scale model.

The following is what Allen had to say about his search for the right tree:

Finding that perfect spot on Crown land wasn’t so easy. I had an informal checklist of requirements, the most important ones being that it [be] within a reasonable distance to a road, yet out of sight and out of earshot of human traffic.

The other requirement was hard to qualify, but was of prime importance: the shape of the egg would need to suit the environment and be proportionate to the tree. I couldn’t explain exactly what that was but I figured I would know it when I saw it.

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After finding the ideal spot for his project, he spent years – and thousands of dollars – constructing his masterpiece in secret. He managed to keep the HemLoft secret for over three years, but now has finally decided to share his work with the world, uncertain of what is to become of his creation that he technically doesn’t even own.

Currently Allen is hoping to find some way to make the HemLoft legal, but given it’s location and proximity to the aforementioned luxury housing nearby, it’s doubtful he’ll be allowed to keep it.

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The ingenuity of the project is astounding, and the completed design is breathtaking. Just don’t show it to your kids, or they may never be satisfied with a couple of planks of wood in a tree in your backyard ever again.

(Via the Daily Mail)

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