Here is a fact that has apparently been lost in the dustbin of history: our Pledge of Allegiance was created in 1892 as a promotional gimmick for the Chicago World’s Fair celebration in honor of the quadricentennial of Columbus’ arrival in America. It was a big event and the U.S. government made plans for [...]

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I have been playing around with CSS again. Those of you who have been here before may have noticed that the site interface has been re-designed. I do hope that it looks better at 800×600 and 1024×768 resolutions (and in IE) than the old one did.
I have implemented a theme switcher (it’s on the lefthand [...]

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Over 50 people were killed and 700 injured on Thursday July 7, 2005 when four bomb explosions ripped through three subway trains and a double-decker bus in what appears to have been a coordinated terror attack during London’s morning rush hour. A previously unknown group, calling itself the “Secret Group of al Qaeda’s [...]

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Slingbox, created by Sling Media of San Mateo, California is a brick-sized device that routes live television over broadband to a portable device anywhere in the world with no subscription fees. Several stores were sold out of the $250 Slingboxes the very first day.
Slingbox is an example of place-shifting technology, which is part [...]

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On this Fourth of July, let us remember what took place on this day 229 years ago by reading or re-reading the Declaration of Independence. I even have a printer-friendly version.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and [...]

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