Remember selecting a college major based on avoiding Friday classes and any math beyond the Pythagorean theorem? Regrettably, that might not have been the brightest idea if you put a big emphasis on the size of your paycheck. PayScale has come out with its annual ranking of undergrad college degrees by salary, and it looks …

That golden icon is embedded in our brains whether we like it or not. Wouldn’t it be good to finally know what it means, if anything? Well, at first, the arches were only an architectural feature of the restaurants. In 1962, however, McDonald’s looked to modernize its logo and realized that when viewed from the …

A Photoshop gradient is an easy way to enhance a solid-coloured background and add a little touch of polish to any design. If you have no idea how to make a one, check out this huge collection of free gradients for your designing pleasure. Get the goods at You The Designer. More useful web design …

Most couples announce impending bundles of joy with a phone call or Facebook status update, but one duo of parents-to-be decided to go a decidedly nerdier route and notify the world of their successful union of sperm and egg with a Star Wars-themed video. Behold, the most nerdtastic “we’re expecting” announcement of all-time. Full story …

Whether or not your site is aesthetically pleasing should be one of the last things you think about when you think about making the best possible website for yourself or your organization. Sixty-seven years ago, Maslow proposed the idea of a psychological hierarchy of needs for humans: first physiological needs like breathing, food, water, shelter; …

Kids from Cambodia to Kenya to Columbia love soccer, but too often children in poverty stricken areas have no choice but to play with an improvised homemade ball that can fall apart or hurt little bare feet. Korea-based design studio Unplug Design wanted to address this problem and bring the game of soccer to kids …

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but only a select few images are powerful enough to say something about an entire generation, or an era in history. Here are thirty photographs that changed the world. See a few below: See all thirty game-changers at Photography Schools Online. More on photography.

Though there are many ways to laugh, from giggles to guffaws and from chuckles to cackles, it turns out that we humans laugh at the strangest things. It’s more than just the latest David Sedaris book or episode of “Saturday Night Live” that has us doubled over — only about 90 percent of our laughter …

Usually the best thing about a trip to Costco is free samples, or maybe a bathtub-sized tub of cheeseballs, but one prankster in Sacramento decided to mix up the warehouse club shenanigans. Rob Cockerham noticed that the price stickers at Costco looked quite generic (read: easy to duplicate) and whipped up his own with entertaining …

Stereotypical views paint Japan as a tiny island nation crammed from shore to shore with people living one on top of the other. But similar to most regions, there are more gaps on the map than you’d imagine. Creepy abandoned theme parks, destroyed U.S. Air Force bases, remnants of a closed-down factory—you get the idea. …

Maybe it’s just me, but after a few days in Oslo, I’ve detected a trend in how women are depicted in Norway. And by the way, can I write a good headline or what? This is the icon on the women’s restroom at Alex Sushi. Kim Alltorp (seriously) sent me this picture to add to …

For anyone who has transformed an oven into a shoe closet or owned a futon that served as a bed/couch/dining table, you know how a small living space requires large amount of creativity. Hong Kong-based architect Gary Chang transformed a tiny 344 sq. ft. apartment into what he calls the “Domestic Transformer,” an amazing space …