By combining different ideas and some of your skills, you can shortcut the 10,000 hour rule as popularized by author Malcolm Gladwell in his bestselling book "Outliers: The Story of Success" (2008) according to hedge fund manager and entrepreneur James Altucher.

When the volcanoe Mount Tavurvur erupted in Papua New Guinea on August 29, 2014, one onlooker calmly uttered the words "Holy smoking toledos!", when the sonic boom hit them. I just love the expression!

The behemoth Mount Tavurvur belched out a thick tower of ash thousands of feet into the skies above the island of New Britain early Aug. 29, and Australian taxi driver Phil McNamara got a front row seat to Mother Nature's show.

McNamara and his wife Linda were vacationing in the area when he heard that the volcano was ready to spit out its fury. The Queensland couple made a "spur of the moment" decision to get onto a hotel boat and take a closer look.

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But the couple had no idea that their touring boat would be impacted by the blast. The shockwave from the eruption can be seen rippling across the earth and skies, flinging clouds out of the way before hitting the boat with a thunderous roar.

Be sure to lower the sound on your speakers:

Music magazine NME has put together a great list with the 100 best songs of the 80s.

Ah, the 80s. Whether you were donning your finest spandex and getting tiddly on Cinzano or putting on the leathers and devil-fingering to Guns'n'Roses, it'll still go down as the most diverse, eclectic and extravagant decade in recent cultural history. We had New Order and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, U2, Prince and Cyndi Lauper, Springsteen, INXS, Bananarama, Duran Duran and the list goes on. Here, however, we whittle down a decade of societal decadence and political decay into the 100 tracks that defined it. Words: Ben Hewitt, Matthew Horton, Priya Elan.

And to make our lifes a bit easier, they have compiled the entire list on Spotify.

"This is Sweden" is a short produced by the Swedish Institute in collaboration with the production company B-Reel that showcases the different facets of life in Sweden.

With the help of typography expert Ksenya Samarskaya, Hopes and Fears' Gabriella Garcia guides us through the rich landscape of typography on Broadway.

Broadway is easily America's most famous thoroughfare. Starting in lower Manhattan at Bowling Green and running the entire length of the island, it strings together some nine to fifteen neighborhoods—depending on who you ask—before bleeding over into the Bronx, serving as a cross-sectional study of the City's diversity in ethnicity, utility and design. As the Main Street of Manhattan, Broadway exhibits a catalogue of lettering—from neon lights to mom-and-pop shop signs, from theater marquees to building names. Join Hopes&Fears as we tour the typography of Broadway.

Featured image: Morningside Garage's sign with a similar type to Neuzeit Grotesk, 112 La Salle Street.

Built in 1880, the coffee house Café Sperl has never been modernized and is one of Vienna's authentic establishments, making it a precious little gem.

Via Jungle in Paris.

From Oregon-based mountain lovers North Drinkware, the beautiful handblown pint glass "The Washington Pint" with Washington's highest peak Mt. Rainier molded on the bottom.

The Mt. Rainier Coaster:

Watch the making of "The Oregon Pint" with Mt. Hood on the bottom:

Via Cool Material.

It was sort of refreshing to stumble upon low-quality footage with something that doesn't look staged – an Italian driving instructor got pranked by a professional stunt driver and got one crazy ride.

Watching Aidan Tanner's visuals of New York City Subway's underground in the short "6563" coupled with the mysterious music by KRUPA, is like having a hypnotic experience.

Via Fox 5.

I have come to appreciate the "You're Not You When You're Hungry" ads for the chocolate bar Snickers over the past years. In a recent one, actor Willem Dafoe reenacts Marilyn Monroe's famous skirt scene in the film "The Seven Year Itch" (1955).

Watch the original scene:

Via Viral Viral Videos.