What better way to take shed some fresh light on the whole creationism vs. evolution debate than by forcing one side to see the merits (and faults) of the other through the paradox of telling the opposite story?

Vancouver Film School students Marcos Ceravolo and Ryan Ulrich created Duelity, a Freaky Friday-esque take on natural history. The switch up plays out as the creationist theory is presented through the scientific findings of the General Organization of Development (G.O.D.), while the evolutionary theory is given through an impassioned biblical oratory complete with Darwinism illustrated in Vatican-ish stained glass.

The video comes in three versions: “Creationism,” “Evolution,” and then the total brilliance and exact execution of the project really shines when you watch the third version — “Duelity” — where both stories unfold simultaneously in a split screen.

Sao Paulo has its share of large chain bookstores — among them FNAC and Saraiva — that don’t rival Barnes & Noble or Borders nearly so much in the annoyance factor, probably because they’re not on every block. Those latter conglomerates have a way of making me feel numb after about 2 minutes inside. But I’m seeing more and more specialty book retailers pop up, a few of them I’m coming across by chance. One of these is Toc na Cuca, whose minimalist design first intrigued me. Their newly opened space in my boho neighborhood of Vila Madalena is delightfully simple, airy and quiet, with white walls and occasional splashes of orange accent, surmounting to an ideal background to hang out and browse the store’s surprisingly abundant imported art books on architecture, fashion, street art, food and hobbies. In fact, since 1991 this bookseller (whose original location still operates in another part of the city) has been the art-book supplier for Sao Paulo’s others bookstores, but going to the source directly means Paulistanos can save up to 30% on titles like Friends With You Have Powers! or anything hard to find within this grand metropolis. Make a note to check out the beautiful space, in an old transformed house at 345 Rua Aspicuelta, if you’re around these parts and getting to know the neighborhood anyway.

In case you were temporarily detained during the Apple Keynote today, you should know the the new MacBook Air (shipping in two weeks) is so thin it slides inside an envelope. Weighing only 3 pounds, it's a mere .76 inches at its thickest point and at it's thinnest is a shocking .16 inches. Innovations in the screen and keyboard, the two areas that cause the bulk in most laptops, allowed them to slim it down so much. A 13.3 inch wide LED display saves room and battery life, while the full-size backlit keyboard's ambient light sensor alters the keyboard's brightness depending on how dark your environment is. Like when surfing porn…

(Ahem.)

The enlarged trackpad has built in the ease-of-use innovations from the iPhone and iPod Touch: pinch and drag with two fingers to automatically zoom in and out and use the good ol' finger-swipe technique to scroll through websites in Safari. Their new port hatch fits into the smooth design and clicks open when you need headphones or the USB. Then, you can shut it when you don't.

In order to ditch the optical drive, they've created Remote Disc so you can wirelessly download CD or DVD software from other Macs in the vicinity. Basically, you jack their drive for a while so that you don't have to carry around your own. If you want to backup your files, the new Time Capsule uses OS X Leopard's Time Machine to not only automatically, but also wirelessly send your stuff to an external drive. You can forget about the FireWire, too. When you open up your new Air, the Setup Assistant helps you wirelessly download iTunes, iPhoto, and all your other treasures from your old Mac. Long story short: no wires. Ever. And that, friends, is pretty sexy.

The visually-conscious (or sometimes visually obsessive) among us see it everywhere: bad color combos, heinous spacing, over-sized logos, and — eww — excessive use of bad typefaces.

Now the design-minded have the means to take control… if taking control means slapping a sticker on a poster and running back to the Mac. Design Police's downloadable Visual Enforcement Kit gives you a series of offense-marking stickers to gleefully place on bad kerning and other layout tragedies whenever you see fit. These five comprehensive pages of design-geek glory cover the gamut of offenses from ‘Do not use clip art!’ to ‘turn off the CAPS LOCK.’ My personal fave is ‘Hire a copywriter.’ Amen.

If this is making any sense to you so far you're probably a design geek, maybe even that particular sub-species: the typophile. If you're curious as to your own design/font geek status then here's an easy litmus test — if you find the ‘Comic Sans is illegal’ sticker amusing, then congratulations. Now get to stickering.

Via notcot

We know you're an NES superstar. You can recite the Contra cheat codes without flinching, you've conquered King Koopa thousands of times; heck you've even punched out Mike Tyson in under a minute, making him look positively Spinks-esque. You may not be a world-class athlete, but you let your thumbs do the talking and we think it's about time you receive the recognition you deserve. Take heed, Masters of Metroid and Lords of the Legend of Zelda, your endless hours mastering your craft will not go unrecognized. Thanks to the Console Wars I pin from Supermandolini, we dub thee Commander of the Controller. While you may not deserve a gold medal for your power pad prowess, that doesn't mean you can't wear your gaming success on your lapel… or your sleeve…or wherever you choose to put this Nintendo controller pin commemorating all of your epic battles in Marioland.

While there are plenty of worthy charities to give your hard earned dollar to, many people are reluctant to share their monetary wealth simply because they themselves aren't exactly flying high above the poverty line. Fortunately, for those folks, Free Rice doesn't ask for money…they merely ask you to use your knowledge of vocabulary to feed the hungry. The sister site of Poverty.com has two goals, to provide English vocabulary to everyone for free, and to help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. They combine these two aims masterfully, asking the site's visitors to guess the meaning of a certain word. A correct answer automatically donates 20 grains of rice. Not only can going to the site make you feel good about your big brain, but it'll also make you feel good knowing that you used your big brain helped someone less fortunate. So stop reveling in your own torpor and visit FreeRice.com