#david pickett

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Azok a legjobb beszélgetések, amikor nem is emlékszel, miről volt szó, csak arra, milyen érzés volt.

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My favorite thing about Turtles All The Way Down is that the main character is taking Lexapro FINALLY SOMEONE IN A BOOK IS ON THE SAME MEDICATION I AM YESSSSSS

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The thought, would she like me if I weren't me, is an impossible thought. It folds in upon itself. But what I mean is would she like me if the same body and soul were transferred into a different life, a lesser life? But then, of course, I wouldn't be me. I would be someone else. The past is a snare that has already caught you. A nightmare, Dedalus said, from which I am trying to awake.

[uchicagoadmissions]

Chicago Pile-1: A Brick History

Beginning in October 1942, and led by the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, members of the classified Metallurgical Laboratory project worked to build a lattic...

UChicago alum David Pickett has made a career from his Lego animations. He gained success through YouTube with his channel Brick 101, but he’s made Lego films since he was a child, including several made with UChicago’s student film group Fire Escape Films. You can learn more about Pickett’s Lego career in this interview, or learn about UChicago’s opportunities for research with Argonne National Laboratory or Fermilab from the college website! 

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Volvo's Driverless Cars Confused by Kangaroos

Volvo’s Driverless Cars Confused by Kangaroos

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"On Sociological Images, David Pickett is tracing the history of gendering in Lego toys, from the early efforts to produce girl-sets and boy-sets before 1988, to the full-blown gendering watershed attending the release of the Pirates minifigs, which had definite "girl" and "boy" characters. It all went downhill from there, too. He's got two parts posted, with more to come. It's engrossing stuff."

Part I: Historical Perspective on the LEGO Gender Gap

Part II: Historical Perspective on the LEGO Gender Gap

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A Pretty Nice Nook

BOOKSHELF TABLE. I LOVE IT. One day I will own a place where every piece of furniture interacts with books. Oh man, love this so hard. Designed by David Pickett, Nook was inspired by the idea of a bookshelf crash-landing on a coffee table.

via Design Sponge