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Interesting Stuff…

Solar Lightbulbs Could Replace Kerosene Lanterns Laser Shoots Down Drones at Sea Batteries that recharge when you shake them Dogs Automatically Imitate People Why Dogs Sneak Food When We’re Not Looking Solar-Powered iPhones Around the Corner?

Sunday August 1st, 2010 in Cool Stuff, Information | No Comments »

Seen The Invisible Gorilla Video?… This One’s Better…

See A Lot More On This Subject HERE…

Real Old – Real Cool Beer Trucks…

It just seems that there was more caring to put so much style into a truck.

Sunday July 25th, 2010 in Cool Pics, Cool Stuff, Information | No Comments »

Jim Siemers – 1947-2010 – Shipfitter – R.I.P.

James Lee (Jim) Siemers quietly slipped from this life into eternity on July, 9th 2010 after a valiant battle with cancer… He has always been… And ever will be…  My Friend. Jim was a shipfitter.  Jim was one of the few people on planet earth that can make thousands and thousands of tons of steel […]

Tuesday July 20th, 2010 in Essays, Information, Uncategorized | No Comments »

You’re My WHAT??? – Relationship Chart…

Have you ever wondered exactly how you were related? Are you confused with terms like “once removed”? Follow the chart to determine your genetic link to your cousin. To find the relationship of two persons (we’ll call them “A” and “B”), find person “A” in the row to the right of the Common Ancestor; then […]

Tuesday July 20th, 2010 in Cool Stuff, Information | No Comments »

Workplace Bullying – An Epidemic?

According to a joint study by the polling firm Zogby and the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI), an employee-advocacy group, nearly 50% of the U.S. workforce is either a victim of or a witness to bullying on the job. In California, a scientist committed suicide after what she had described as years of mistreatment by an […]

Monday July 19th, 2010 in Cool Pics, Information | No Comments »

Tiny Shinnecock Indian Tribe Finally Gets Recognized – I Wish My Grandad Had Lived To See This.

From the UK Guardian: Almost four centuries since their first contact with the white man and after a 32-year court battle that has just ended in victory, the tiny Shinnecock tribe has now been formally recognised by America’s federal government. The decision means that the Shinnecock, numbering some 1,300 members, many of whom live in […]

Sunday July 18th, 2010 in Information, Videos | No Comments »

What’s A Chinese Wal-Mart Got That Your Local Wal-Mart Doesn’t?…

Apparently… Lots. Wal-Mart is a  seriously different place in China… Corkscrew-Balloon’s got a whole raft of Chinese Wal-Mart shots HERE.

Thursday July 1st, 2010 in Cool Pics, Cool Stuff, Information | No Comments »

Green Tech Lights the Way In Haiti… A Chance To get It Right.

Not many societies get a chance to start from scratch… Haiti gets a chance to put in alternative energy on a wide scale. This week, an unexpected store opened in rural Haiti. Inside, the items for sale include solar panels, solar-powered lamps, and ultra-efficient stoves. In a country where nearly 70 percent of the people […]

Thursday July 1st, 2010 in Cool Pics, Cool Stuff, Information | No Comments »

Why You Shouldn’t Use Hotel Room Glasses…

Find Out HERE

Wednesday June 30th, 2010 in Information | No Comments »

Quotable Quotes…

“Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.” – Tartakower (1887-1956) “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

Monday June 28th, 2010 in Cool Stuff, Information | No Comments »

Man Builds A D.I.Y. Nuclear Reactor In Brooklyn… Seriously.

From the BBC… By day, Mark Suppes is a web developer for fashion giant Gucci. By night, he cycles to a New York warehouse and tinkers with his own nuclear fusion reactor. “We have people in the whole gamut [building reactors] from physicists to electronics people to car mechanics to even one janitor” Richard Hull […]

Thursday June 24th, 2010 in Cool Pics, Cool Stuff, Information, Videos | No Comments »