Capitalism

Do You Know What This Is?

It's a hard disk drive back in 1956... with 5 MB of storage. In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first 'SUPER' computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored a 'whopping' 5 MB of data.

 Do you appreciate your 8 GB memory stick a little more now?

Thanks and a heads-up to John F.

If You Think The TSA Lines Are Long...

Happy Thanksgiving

Web Cam From Silverdale, WA

Dr. Dale Ireland lives in Silverdale, Washington

and regularly shares his time-lapse photography

with a local television station, KING 5.

Making The Best Of What You Have

Watch Keenan lip-synch Katy Perry's Teenage Dream.

Read a little bit of the story behind Keenan.

Impressive Street Bike Skills

Watching this video makes one wonder how many

broken bones has this man suffered.

Almost Gone

The Top Words And Phrases Of 2010

Why does it not surprise me that the top phrase is "Anger and Rage". From those first sightings of the town hall meetings, this anger and rage stood out...and to me, NOT in a good way.

Check out the other phrases and words.

What If The Largest Countries Had The Biggest Populations?

Go to this site to view a larger map.

15 Story Hotel Built In 6 Days

Now this is what you call a pre-fab.

Do You Know The Age Of Your Tires?

Find out how to tell the age of your tires.

Mark Jenkins Street Art

Check out Mark Jenkins street art from around the world.

JFK on Life.Com

There are many great photos of John F. Kennedy

and his family at Life Magazine's website.

Drinking On A Budget

Fall Back

It is almost time for the clocks to fall back. 

This year it happens on November 7th.



A Monthly Check To You

Actroid-F

Robots are becoming very life-like. Check out this robot...

being called the "world’s first true Android".

Sleeping With The Fish

A trip to the Maldives just got more enticing.

Happy Halloween

A clever animation.

Tuck In That Shirt

Be Sure To Stay In The Court

15 Amazing Roman Aqueducts

The Romans constructed numerous aqueducts to serve any large city in their empire, as well as many small towns and industrial sites. The first Roman aqueduct was the Aqua Appia, built in 312 BC during the Roman Republic. 

Check out some of these marvels.

A Beautiful Flower On A Dangerous Tree

When you see the flower,

it is hard to imagine it would turn into this.

When Chefs Get Bored

Thanks and a heads-up to Harriet M.

Not Your Usual Ski Jumping

Some beautiful slow motion shots of

"snowboarding manuevers" on skiis.

Agility and Strength

These four men from Great Britain put on quite a show.

New Use For Helium - DO NOT TRY AT HOME

These chaps have found a new way to use helium.

I do not recommend anyone to try this dangerous feat!!!

A Billion Dollar Home And A Staff Of 600

You would think spending a billion dollars on a home

would give you a beautiful place to live. In this case,

I think "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

For an earlier insight on this project, check out this site.