Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla. Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. There's an old movie from the 80s on Netflix Instant Queue right now about Tesla: The Secret of Nikola Tesla. It's corny and full of bad acting, but it paints a fairly accurate depiction of his life. The drunk history of Tesla is quite awesome, too. History.com has a great article about Edison and how his douchebaggery had a chokehold on American cinema.
Research Libraries UK Earlier reports April 2011 RLUK Library Trends report Heading for the open road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications March 2011 Can Going Without Money Hurt the Economy? One Man's Quest to Be Penniless Daniel Suelo is 51 years old and broke. Happily broke. Consciously, deliberately, blessedly broke. Galway Public Libraries Blog: Desmond O'Grady: The influence of Libraries on his writing The late Desmond O’Grady’s account of the influence of Limerick City Library, (and its librarian, Bob Herbert,) on his writing life. Once I settled into the routine of boarding school life at Cistercian College Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, during my Intermediate Examination year of 1951-52, when I turned sixteen years of age, I apprehended and began to appreciate and enjoy reading the required poems on my English course. That in turn bloomed out to the stimulation and getting of personal satisfaction from writing such pieces as regular class assignments and short essays of appreciation on poetic content and form, along with the personal effect on me of individual poems.
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Where White Man Went Wrong Indian Chief ‘Two Eagles’ was asked by a white U.S. government official, “You have observed the white man for 90 years. You’ve seen his wars and his technological advances. You’ve seen his progress and the damage he’s done.” The Chief nodded in agreement.
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22 Websites that are Beautiful and Useful Here at WDL, we like to keep you inspired by showing you beautifully designed websites every week with our web design inspirational lists. Today we decided to go a different route, and instead of picking a single “theme” of examples, we gathered examples of websites that are inspiring and useful for web designers. We gathered different tools and skill sharing websites to show you so you can be inspired and also discover a nice tool/service. From free lessons to learn how to code to monthly memberships to help you to learn more about design, in this post you will find here 22 examples of inspiring and useful websites.
Radical Sharing Works: This Guy Lets the World Use His Starbucks Card for Free (UPDATED) - Business Download this image to your phone, take it to Starbucks and scan it at the cash register: It'll get you a free coffee. It's part of a radical experiment in sharing that's teaching us something about mobile money in the process. "It's been extremely uplifting," Jonathan Stark tells GOOD. About one month ago, Stark posted the barcode image for his personal Starbucks card online, for anyone to use. Surprisingly, it still has money on it. Stark was researching broadcast mobile currency—how to transfer money or pay for goods with your phone.