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Memories of a simpler time

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Everyone that knows me knows I that love technology, and I love it a lot.

I’m the type of person who is always chomping at the bit to see what new innovation pops up next to make our lives easier or more fulfilling.

But truth be told, as awesome as modern technology is, it has some serious downsides as well. And in my humble opinion, one of the most serious downsides of the bunch is how it has impacted the lives of today’s children.

When I was a youngster the world of technology revolved around a “dumb” TV that had no remote and picked up just two channels, a staticky AM radio, a “turn-table” record player (or if you were lucky, a cassette tape player/recorder) and a landline rotary telephone that was tethered to the wall by a short cord…  [Read more…]

Awesome Video: Highlights of one man’s “thru-hike” of the Appalachian Trail

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At roughly 2,200 miles in length, the Appalachian Trail is the longest hiking-only foot path in the world.

Thousands of adventurous souls take to the trail every year, but only a relative few have the stamina, will and desire to make the hike all the way from the AT’s trailhead at Springer Mountain in Georgia to its end point at Mount Katahdin in Maine (or vice-versa).  [Read more…]

Video: How they built skyscrapers without cranes in the 1910s

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The rise of skyscrapers in the early 1900s forever changed the skylines of major cities in the United States, and soon after cities in other parts of the world.

Today we take the science and precision engineering behind these giant structures for granted, but back in early days of the 1910s they were on an entirely different level.  [Read more…]

Video: The amazing difference in the sizes of the objects in our solar system

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I have always been fascinated by the night sky and the objects that exist beyond our wonderful planet. And as you probably know, the number of objects that exist in the known universe is simply beyond human comprehension.

Just inside our own solar system there are numerous objects that vary greatly in size, from the tiniest asteroid to the sun, the massive star that holds all the others in place with her incredibly strong gravitational force.  [Read more…]

Which is wider, the continent of Australia or the Moon?

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When we look up into the night sky and see the full moon glowing like a huge ball amongst the stars, it’s easy to imagine that our closest heavenly body must be quite large.

Well, truth be told, it is. The diameter of the moon is 1/4 the diameter of Earth, making it rather large indeed.

But here’s a fun fact for you that might be somewhat hard to believe, but it’s true…  [Read more…]