Archive for the 'General' Category

25 Million in 99 Days

Thu Feb 17 2005

Top 25: Innovations

Fri Jan 21 2005

CNN Has published top 25 innovations of the last 25 years.

The Internet

Cell phone

Personal computers

Fiber optics

E-mail

Commercialized GPS

Portable computers

Memory storage discs

Consumer level digital camera

Radio frequency ID tags

MEMS

DNA fingerprinting

Air bags

ATM

Advanced batteries

Hybrid car

OLEDs

Display panels

HDTV

Space shuttle

Nanotechnology

Flash memory

Voice mail

Modern hearing aids

Short Range, High Frequency Radio

One last, long campout for ‘the Star Wars guy’

Sun Jan 16 2005

Star Wars fan Jeff Tweiten camping out for 139 days for last installment of “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith,” which opens on May 19, 2004 in the United States. He lives on a periwinkle blue, fold-out futon on the sidewalk in front of the Cinerama Theatre in downtown Seattle. He also […]

“How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and The World” book at Wal-Mart

Tue Dec 28 2004

A quote from the book “Since Wal-Mart opened two superstores thirteen miles from Grand Saline, Texas, half of the retail businesses in Bill Quinn’s once-thriving hometown have closed. But dismantling the American dream wasn’t enough for this retail Goliath, and now Wal-Mart is aiming for world domination. If you’ve ever wanted to fight for the […]

iPod Photo

Tue Oct 26 2004

Apple has announced the iPod Photo, essentially the same as the latest edition of the iPod but with a 2.0″ 116,000 pixel 65K color LCD monitor and the software capability to display images as well as play music. The iPod Photo can also be attached to a TV for on-screen display via a special cable […]