Specialization is for Insects.
The average person knows the basic stuff about solar energy, for example, what it is and the fact that it’s considered better for the environment than other forms of energy. Almost every country in the world has at least 2 percent of energy that is solar energy; however, there are several facts about solar energy [...]
That title may be upsetting to some but it gets my basic point across. We live in a world, not just the “first world†where our lives and destinies rely on our ability to communicate with each other. If you distill this concept, it’s really always been that way. Our ability to directly communicate via [...]
I’ve seen a few decent writeups on the History of the Internet, but this short video crams a working history into about 8 minutes that anyone can follow. Now, it will start using some funky technical terms like TCP and IP, but they introduce it in such a way that I think almost anyone can [...]
This three-minute promotional video from Digital Equipment Corporation produced in 1994 sure takes me back. At that time people were using 14.4kbps Modems to dial into an Internet service provider and read pages on the Web. And the number of sites was only in the hundreds or possibly thousands. Compare that to today… there are [...]
Here’s a question I received from a reader: Can you recommend a good hard drive sweeper? I need to clean up my PC at work… been surfing the net a little too much. Well yes. Yes I can…
On October 8, 1993 CBS ran the following news article entitled A network called ‘Internet’. It’s fascinating to look back at the early days, and I recall them very well. In fact, by the time this video aired I had been online for years, and had even been selling PCs with modems and Internet connectivity [...]
People routinely ask about my favorite software so, I’ve decided to gather all my top picks in one place to make every one’s life a little easier. All of the software listed here is free for personal use, meaning: Any of this software can be installed and used at absolutely no charge, forever. There is [...]
According to CNN, who is quoting Netcraft – the Neilson’s of the Internet world – the Web just topped the 100 million domain name marker. Additionally, Time Magazine says that Technorati is claiming that 100,000 new blogs are created each day with over 1.3 million posts added daily.
“Ancient” Internet TV News Special from 1993
On October 8, 1993 CBS ran the following news article entitled A network called ‘Internet’. It’s fascinating to look back at the early days, and I recall them very well. In fact, by the time this video aired I had been online for years, and had even been selling PCs with modems and...
Americans Spend More on Mother’s Day than the top 50 Poorest Nations Entire GDP
I found this fascinating. A few weeks ago we celebrated Mother’s Day here in the US, and when I was watching the news they reported that Americans will spend $2.5 Billion on jewelry, and another $3 Billion taking moms out to eat. And there was more money to be spent in other categories...
US State GDPs VS Other Countries
We often hear about how the US is such a consumption oriented country. We’ve got the fattest people, we pollute the most, we’re spoiled… yeah, yeah, whatever.
But here is an interesting way to look at the economic impact the US plays on the global economy. You see, comparing the Gross Domestic Product of...
Stock Exchange Record Setting Downturn
Today the New York Stock Exchange had a record setting day… in a very bad way. Without warning and in a period spanning just one minute, the market lost a combined $60 Billion in just the top 30 blue chip companies. That’s with a “B” folks.
The Associated Press said the following:
Stocks Have Worst...
