Need a creative boost? Try this napping hack from Thomas Edison and Salvador Dalí––research from this month says it actually works. The woman who successfully traded a bobby pin for a house. And Swedish towns are trying to reclaim their names from IKEA products.

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Links:

• Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí really works (Science Alert)
• Spark Creativity with Thomas Edison’s Napping Technique (Scientific American)
• Edison was right: Waking up right after drifting off to sleep can boost creativity (Science.Org)
• Just 10 Minutes of Moderate Running Can Boost Brain Activity, Study Shows (ScienceAlert)
• Salvador Dali (Hallmark Art Collection)
• From hairpin to house: woman who mastered ‘trading up’ realizes dream (The Guardian)
• 05/27/21 episode about the bobby pin project (Kottke Ride Home)
• Sweden reclaims place names from IKEA (CNN)
• Sweden wants to reclaim the names behind Ikea’s toilet brushes and trash cans (Fast Company)
• Discover the originals of Sweden (Visit Sweden)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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