November 23, 2006

Typing With Night Vision Goggles

Filed under: Photography, Writing - Ric @ 11:32 pm

 

Typing With Night Vision Goggles
Typing With Night Vision Goggles

 

Who Wakes You Up in the Morning?

Filed under: Time, Reflections, Photography - Ric @ 8:31 am

 

Who Wakes You Up in the Morning?
Who Wakes You Up in the Morning?

 

The bond between humans and dogs goes back tens of thousands of years (assuming that your religion doesn’t tell you that 10,000 years of human existance is reight out too lunch, but humour me). Dogs are our companions, they are are helpers in the hunt and in the collection of stray farm animals such as sheep. They guard us. They Love us unconditionally.

In modern times, Humans have discovered a new use for the canine wonder. Dogs are extremely regimented in their day, and this can be harnassed to replace the need for an alarm clock. Clocks have to be set, the mechanical kind have to be wound up. A Dog on the other hand will be in your face each and every day at the same time, regardless of whether or not daylight savings is in effect with one thing on their brilliantly focused canine mind… “Get up. I have to pee and where’s my biscuit?”

A Nickelodeon Birthday

Filed under: Almanac - Ric @ 8:06 am

It was on this day in 1889 that the jukebox made its debut at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. It consisted of an Edison Class M Electric Phonograph inside a freestanding oak cabinet to which were attached four stethoscope-like tubes. Each tube could be activated by depositing a coin so that four people could listen to a single recording at one time.

…made all that music available…

Eventually jukeboxes changed the music business. Many early radio programs refused to play country, blues, or jazz, so it was jukeboxes that made all that music available in taverns, restaurants, diners, and army bases.

From the Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor
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