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Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959) was a prolific and popular poet who wrote over 11,000 poems, was syndicated in over 300 newspapers and even had his own radio and TV show. You can read more of his uplifting and feel-good poetry at his Poetry Foundation page.

For those keen-eyed readers out there, you’ll notice that this isn’t the first appearance of my ‘Running Man’. His road to transformation began in a comic I did nearly two years ago featuring a quote by Stephen Fry.

More Zen Pencils poetry adaptations:
MAYA ANGELOU: Phenomenal Woman
WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY: Invictus
C.P. CAVAFY: Ithaka
TAYLOR MALI: What Teachers Make

Thanks to Kevin and Renu for submitting this poem.

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Google Searches everywhere have been flooded with ponies for a few years now, and someone on Imgur decided to see what pops up when you drop a "Is [pony]" in. Some of the results are pretty ridiculous, and some a little bit anti-politically correct, but all are worth a laugh or two.

If you are curious, get them all below!


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A new installment of Bronies 2 is out, this time with a really cute story. A long time ago Lauren Faust babysat a little girl named Chrissy and used to draw for her. In this episode the two get to together in a touching reunion.

Check it out after the break!

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This Japanese company has a 300-year technology plan that includes telepathy and emotional machines!

Apparently, this company viewed ‘Star Wars’ as a blueprint.

In 2010, Japanese telecommunications company Softbank announced their new plan for future growth. However, unlike most companies, they did not give a three, five, or even 10 year plan.

Instead, the industry giant laid out their plans for the next 300 years.

Softbank believes that, by 2018, electronic circuits will be more advanced than the human brain. From that point they will grow exponentially, outperforming the brain by a factor of 100 before the middle of the century.

To capitalize on these predictions, Softbank is planning projects that will, in their words, bring “the brain computer to life”. These include machines that can translate languages in real time, robots that can learn to love, computers that can invent machines, medical technology that will expand human life to 200 years, and telepathic devices that sync with the brain.

According to Softbank, the singularity is near. Only time will tell if they’re right, but if they are, it will certainly be a marvelous 300 years.

That is, as long as they don’t change their name to Skynet.

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Cartoonist Michael Leunig points out the irony:

(Thanks to David for the link)

It is absolutely amazing what you can do with paper, patience, and practice! We really need more paper ponies. Hop to it guys!

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My Little Pony PaperArt - Main 6

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Using bond money, Chattanooga, Tennessee created Internet speeds 200x faster than the US standard!

And I can't even get my cat videos to play properly.

Thanks to a substantial bond and stimulus initiative in 2008, Chattanooga, Tennessee became one of the first cities in America to offer Gigabit Internet.

Unlike standard forms of broadband Internet, where most users have access to around five megabytes per second (mbps) for downloading content, Gigabit services offer users at least 1000 mbps.

To put that in perspective, Gigabit users can download an HD movie in less than ten seconds, while it will take the average American over 20 minutes. This means that, in Chattanooga, users signed up for Gigabit Internet get speeds that are 200x faster than the national standard.

Thankfully, other cities are following Chattanooga's example. Google Fiber, a competing Gibabit Internet service, is currently available in Kansas City, Austin, and Provo, with plans to expand into Portland, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, San Antonio, Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Raleigh-Durham.

Currently, though the United States is home to most major Internet corporations, it only has the 26th best Internet speeds in the world. Perhaps that fact will change as Gigabit services become more available.

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