Wally Walington of Flint, Michigan thinks he knows how Stonehenge was built using simple techniques. Watch the video and be amazed as Wally uses what he calls “the forgotten technology” to move massive concrete blocks by himself.
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What is Seem Carving you ask? This new software doesn’t just scale your picture, it actually creates more picture when upscaling and intelligently deletes selected areas when shrinking. Better to view the video and see it in action than try to explain it with words. Best of all it’s FREE to use!
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Robert A. Heinlein Quote
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Lazarus Long, Time Enough For Love
According to Jeff Shaara in his book Civil War Battlefields
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The truth is hard to comprehend
It seems that when we get a myth in our head it’s hard to replace it with the truth!
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a flier to combat myths about the flu vaccine. It recited various commonly held views and labeled them either “true” or “false.” Among those identified as false were statements such as “The side effects are worse than the flu” and “Only older people need flu vaccine.”
When University of Michigan social psychologist Norbert Schwarz had volunteers read the CDC flier, however, he found that within 30 minutes, older people misremembered 28 percent of the false statements as true. Three days later, they remembered 40 percent of the myths as factual.
Here’s one of many good ones: 10 Most Bizarre People on Earth
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Incredible High Detail Panoramas
Company uses extremely high-resolution gigapixel digital photography to capture panorama stills. Intended for use in motion picture visual effects as background images. Take a look at the video of samples of effects created with the images.
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Site Helps You Give It Away
To help curb the amount of junk we send to landfills, this site offers a community forum to give your stuff you don’t want to someone who does. Great concept!
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Uses for Wood Ash
This Old House Magazine gives 10 uses for wood ash. One in particular interested me. I have a pond in my backyard that tends grow algae during the hot summer months. According to the article, “One tablespoon per 1,000 gallons adds enough potassiumm to strengthen other aquatic plants that compete with algae, slowing its growth.”
As I browse items on ebay, I’m always chagrined at some of the people who tend to gouge on shipping charges in order to increase the bottom line on low cost items. Here’s one for ya, how about almost $1,000,000 to ship two washers worth 38 cents! Guess who paid for it, Uncle Sam or better yet, you and me the taxpayers!
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