Hulleye Comes By!

good ol doug’ adams in 1999.

1) Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal;

2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it;

3) anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.

i don’t know how many of you are/were yo-yo fans growing up but i’ve been fascinated by them since i was a kid. my favourite yo-yo was the midnight duncan and over the years i’ve become pretty good at yo-yo tricks and learnt that it’s not just a toy to fool around with but requires skill, dexterity and coordination. but not quite as good as this guy.

remember when i wrote about inventions? well the smithsonian mag is running articles about something even harder. innovations. they’re running a list of the top innovators of current times. i’m so happy to see david attenborough on the list.

via 3quarksdaily.