Maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised that Central Park’s land value is estimated at $528,783,552,000. I mean, it is a huge land mass in one of the most expensive cities in the world. But I don’t know, 1 billion in itself is already a lot to wrap my head around, and to think that Central [...]
My last email must have struck a particularly amusing chord with some of you when I listed ‘Twinkies’ as one of the things I missed most about home, because just today I received my second jumbo-sized box of Twinkies (the first one, here)! How lovely! This time, the box of delicious treats comes courtesy of [...]
It might be because you started watching TV at too young of an age! From Yahoo! News (with emphasis added): CHICAGO (Reuters) – Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence, according to a study released on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT The roughly 40 percent increase [...]
Remember those in-ear headphones from Deal Extreme that were VERY VERY cheap? Well, they came in today and I really can’t complain. They were $1.99 USD with free shipping! I wasn’t expecting much really. They do what they do. They don’t feel absolutely comfortable, but they certainly do a great job of bootlegging the actual [...]
I think history often forgets about the smaller individuals who have changed the face of our landscape today. One of these individuals is Dorothy Counts, one of four black students chosen to integrate various high schools in North Carolina. Dorothy Counts was taunted by, spit on, and harassed by other white classmates during her first [...]
I know it’s not perfect, but this was still fun to do. It also might be hard to see the effect here because I had to resize the photo after I finished it so that it would fit on this page. When I get a better photo to work with I’ll re-visit this tutorial. Try [...]
