Archive for the News Category
Plane Crash in Tripoli
by the Captain - May 13, 2010 As everyone probably already knows, a 10 year old Dutch boy was the only survivor of a plane crash at an airport in Tripoli on Wednesday. The plane crashed on its decent to land, and rescuers were shocked to find anyone one alive in the wreck. Today, I was in the bo
Tweets sealed in Time
Just think: Thomas Jefferson sold 6487 books to the Library of Congress, his entire personal library, in 1815. A Hefty and impressive collection in his time. Today, Twitter logs approximately 50 Million Tweets a Day. Is all of it as vital and informative as what can be found in the Jefferson Collect
Happy 98th Birthday
March 12th is the 98th Birthday of Girl Scouts, and yet another reason why I LOVE the month of March. On March 12th 1912, Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scout in Savannah Ga after working with the Girl Guides in England. Off the Wiki: The Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA)
Oscar Night Meh.
Okay. I'm not really all that excited about the Oscars. I feel like the soul has been taken out of the whole event, not just this year, but in General. Not to mention, 10 Best Picture Noms? Am I going to watch tonight? Yes. The reason: Steve Martin. I LOVE Steve Martin. Funny, Plays the Banjo and
Oh!Lympic Mascots: Miga, Quatchi, and Sumi
As the Winter Olympics come to a close, I found myself feeling like I missed something. THE MASCOTS! I'm sure if we were in Vancouver, we'd see the Mascots of the Games everywhere, but we don't hear anything about them from the TV Coverage. Which all the time and money spent on developing the Masc
Farewell David Tennant
Now, I know what you're thinking from the title of this post, but don't fear David Tennant is alive and well. The reason, for those of you that don't know, that this is a farewell to David Tennant is that tonight (in the U.S.) aired the final episode of Doctor Who starring David Tennant as the Docto
10 Red Darpa Balloons
MIT Wins!!! https://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/default.aspx It ONLY TOOK THEM 9 HOURS! See a little of their set up on their website: http://balloon.media.mit.edu/ SO COOL! Okay I'll stop geeking out.. DARPA: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is holding "The Darpa Chal
Spotted Dick grows up, and now goes by Richard.
The classic dessert known affectionately as "Spotted Dick" is undergoing a name change, to "Spotted Richard". So, what is it!? According to wikipedia: Spotted dick is a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit (usually currants) commonly served with custard, and a standard part of E
News from…. well all over we guess.
Welcome to the News section of our new site. As most of you probably guessed this is our news section. If you didn't guess it then you are most likely the only trained gorilla in the world that can use a computer and if that is the case, Hello to you Coco. From this page or our soap box we can sho
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