Pick of the week

A Darwinian theory of beauty [Video: 15:34]

A great video from TED of Denis Dutton talking about his provocative theory on beauty. 'We find beauty in something done well' he says and there's no doubt this is true for the visual approach taken to get across his ideas. It'll put a smile on your face, kick your brain into gear and quite possibly make you addicted to TED videos.

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2013 Sony World Photography Awards [Gallery]

Life is beautiful.

Via Daring Fireball

Thursday [Video: 7:18]

Thursday is "an everyday love story set in the not so distant future [that] sees blackbirds battling with technology, automatic palm readers and power cuts."

Valentine's Day [Wiki article]

Learn about the origins of Valentine's Day with Wikipedia. Apparently, during Geoffrey Chaucer's day (that's the High Middle Ages by the way) 'twas when the day was linked to romantic love, because there was a tradition of Courtney Love. Oh, hang on, that should be courtly love. Cripes! There's a whole article on that, too... ain't Wikipedia grand?

Hearts [Video: 0:45]

A short video of hearts. Lots of them. Lovely.

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