SO JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE I GET INTO MY NEW BLOG TOPIC... ME AND MY PHOTOG WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING PRINTS OF SOME OF MY WORK... I WAS JUST WANTING TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU ON CERTAIN PICS YOU THINK ARE TOP NOTCH AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PRINT OF...MAYBE A FAVORITE OF YOURS?? LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK......
NOW ON TO THE NEW BLOG....
RANDOM AND INTERESTING FACTS
Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.
Airplanes
* The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
* A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers first flight (120ft).
Aluminum
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didnt rediscover aluminum until 1827.
Automobile
George Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.
Coin Operated Machine
The first coin operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century AD.
Compact Discs
Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
Computers
* ENIAC, the first electronic computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, and had 17,000 tubes. By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster.
* From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day.
* The first modern computer (i.e., general-purpose and program-controlled) was built in 1941 by Konrad Zuse. Since there was a war going on, he applied to the German government for funding to build his machines for military use, but was turned down because the Germans did not expect the war to last beyond Christmas.
* The computer was launched in 1943; more than 100 years after Charles Babbage designed the first programmable device. Babbage dropped his idea after he couldnt raise capital for it. In 1998, the Science Museum in London, UK, built a working replica of the Babbage machine, using the materials and work methods available at Babbages time. It worked just as Babbage had intended.
Electric Chair
The electric chair was invented by a dentist, Alfred Southwick.
E-Mail
The first e-mail was sent over the Internet in 1972.
Eye Glasses
The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West.
Glass
If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass that glass is more apt to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made of thin glass.
Hard Hats
Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
Limelight
Limelight was how we lit the stage before electricity was invented. Basically, illumination was produced by heating blocks of lime until they glowed.
Mobile (Cellular) Phones
As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head.
Nuclear Power
Nuclear ships are basically steamships and driven by steam turbines. The reactor just develops heat to boil the water.
Oil
The amount of oil that is used worldwide in one year is doubling every ten years. If that rate of increase continues and if the world were nothing but oil, all the oil would be used up in 400 years.
Radio Waves
Radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 18,000 km away than in the back of the room in which it originated.
Rickshaw
The rickshaw was invented by the Reverend Jonathan Scobie, an American Baptist minister living in Yokohama, Japan, built the first model in 1869 in order to transport his invalid wife. Today it remains a common mode of transportation in the Orient.
Ships & Boats
* The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
* The worlds oldest surviving boat is a simple 10 feet long dugout dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse Holland in the Netherlands.
* Rock drawings from the Red Sea site of Wadi Hammamat, dated to around 4000 BC show that Egyptian boats were made from papyrus and reeds.
* The worlds earliest known plank-built ship, made from cedar and sycamore wood and dated to 2600 BC, was discovered next to the Great Pyramid in 1952.
* The Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 BC.
* Oar-powered ships were developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BC.
* Sails were first used by the Phoenicians around 2000 BC.
Silicon Chip
A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
Skyscraper
The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to describe an 11-story building.
Sound
Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
Telephones
There are more than 600 million telephone lines today, yet almost half the worlds population has never made a phone call.
Television
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television in 1926 in Soho, London. Ten years later there were only 100 TV sets in the world.
Traffic Lights
Traffic lights were used before the advent of the motorcar. In 1868, a lantern with red and green signals was used at a London intersection to control the flow of horse buggies and pedestrians.
Transistors
More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
VCRs
The first VCR, made in 1956, was the size of a piano.
Windmill
The windmill originated in Iran in AD 644. It was used to grind grain.
World Trade Center
The World Trade Center towers were designed to collapse in a pancake-like fashion, instead of simply falling over on their sides. This design feature saved hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives on Sept. 11, 2001, when they were destroyed by terrorists.
(TAKEN FROM: http://olyvia.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/interesting-amazing-facts-about-technology/)
CELL PHONE FACTS
~There is now one cell phone for every two humans on Earth. That's 3.3 billion active cell phones on a planet of some 6.6 billion humans in about 26 years.
~The first cell phone made it into consumer's hands in 1982.
~More than 1,000 cell phones are activated each minute. Yes, each minute. Of every day.
~A mobile phone is designed to operate at a maximum power level of 0.6 watts. A household microwave oven uses between 600 and 1,100 watts.
~Cell Phone usage in the US has increased from 34 million to 203 million in the last ten years
~There is an estimated two billion cell phones world-wide, which means about 4.5 billion people go without.
~A 2004 MIT survey said that cell phones was ranked as the one invention that people hate the most, but cant live without. It beat out the alarm clock and the television!
~38% of people thought it was ok to use a cell phone in the bathroom.
~Americans average 13 talking hours a month with the 18-24 age group averaging 22 hours.
~A Sprint survey said that 2/3 people used their cell phone backlight to find something in the dark.
THIS ONE IS HILARIOUS!
OK NOW OFF THE TOPIC OF CELL PHONES HERE ARE THE DAILY DOSE OF FUNNIES FOR YOU TO LAUGH AT!
OK REALLY.... ARE PEOPLE THIS STUPID WHEN BEHIND THE WHEEL??
WOW THESE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING SPORTS... WATCH OUT...
BLOOPERS FROM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAYS
AND LASTLY HERE ARE SOME SONGS FOR YOU... THE FIRST SONG IS A NEW FAV OF MINE.... I AM SORRY BUT EEN IF YOU DONT LIKE KANYE WEST.... YOU CAN NOT DENY THE FACT THAT THIS GUY CAN PRODUCE SONGS AND MAKE SOME SUPER NEAT MELODIES.......AND BEATS
<------- LOVE THIS GUYS VOICE!
HOPE YOU GUYS ARE ALL HAVING A HAPPY MONDAY.... IS IT JUST ME OR DO MONDAYS SEEM TO DRAG ON AND TAKE FOREVER?
MUCH LOVE... TALK SOON
NOW ON TO THE NEW BLOG....
RANDOM AND INTERESTING FACTS
Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.
Airplanes
* The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
* A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers first flight (120ft).
Aluminum
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didnt rediscover aluminum until 1827.
Automobile
George Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.
Coin Operated Machine
The first coin operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century AD.
Compact Discs
Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
Computers
* ENIAC, the first electronic computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, and had 17,000 tubes. By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster.
* From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day.
* The first modern computer (i.e., general-purpose and program-controlled) was built in 1941 by Konrad Zuse. Since there was a war going on, he applied to the German government for funding to build his machines for military use, but was turned down because the Germans did not expect the war to last beyond Christmas.
* The computer was launched in 1943; more than 100 years after Charles Babbage designed the first programmable device. Babbage dropped his idea after he couldnt raise capital for it. In 1998, the Science Museum in London, UK, built a working replica of the Babbage machine, using the materials and work methods available at Babbages time. It worked just as Babbage had intended.
Electric Chair
The electric chair was invented by a dentist, Alfred Southwick.
The first e-mail was sent over the Internet in 1972.
Eye Glasses
The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West.
Glass
If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass that glass is more apt to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made of thin glass.
Hard Hats
Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
Limelight
Limelight was how we lit the stage before electricity was invented. Basically, illumination was produced by heating blocks of lime until they glowed.
Mobile (Cellular) Phones
As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head.
Nuclear Power
Nuclear ships are basically steamships and driven by steam turbines. The reactor just develops heat to boil the water.
Oil
The amount of oil that is used worldwide in one year is doubling every ten years. If that rate of increase continues and if the world were nothing but oil, all the oil would be used up in 400 years.
Radio Waves
Radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 18,000 km away than in the back of the room in which it originated.
Rickshaw
The rickshaw was invented by the Reverend Jonathan Scobie, an American Baptist minister living in Yokohama, Japan, built the first model in 1869 in order to transport his invalid wife. Today it remains a common mode of transportation in the Orient.
Ships & Boats
* The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
* The worlds oldest surviving boat is a simple 10 feet long dugout dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse Holland in the Netherlands.
* Rock drawings from the Red Sea site of Wadi Hammamat, dated to around 4000 BC show that Egyptian boats were made from papyrus and reeds.
* The worlds earliest known plank-built ship, made from cedar and sycamore wood and dated to 2600 BC, was discovered next to the Great Pyramid in 1952.
* The Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 BC.
* Oar-powered ships were developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BC.
* Sails were first used by the Phoenicians around 2000 BC.
Silicon Chip
A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
Skyscraper
The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to describe an 11-story building.
Sound
Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
Telephones
There are more than 600 million telephone lines today, yet almost half the worlds population has never made a phone call.
Television
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television in 1926 in Soho, London. Ten years later there were only 100 TV sets in the world.
Traffic Lights
Traffic lights were used before the advent of the motorcar. In 1868, a lantern with red and green signals was used at a London intersection to control the flow of horse buggies and pedestrians.
Transistors
More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
VCRs
The first VCR, made in 1956, was the size of a piano.
Windmill
The windmill originated in Iran in AD 644. It was used to grind grain.
World Trade Center
The World Trade Center towers were designed to collapse in a pancake-like fashion, instead of simply falling over on their sides. This design feature saved hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives on Sept. 11, 2001, when they were destroyed by terrorists.
(TAKEN FROM: http://olyvia.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/interesting-amazing-facts-about-technology/)
CELL PHONE FACTS
~There is now one cell phone for every two humans on Earth. That's 3.3 billion active cell phones on a planet of some 6.6 billion humans in about 26 years.
~The first cell phone made it into consumer's hands in 1982.
~More than 1,000 cell phones are activated each minute. Yes, each minute. Of every day.
~A mobile phone is designed to operate at a maximum power level of 0.6 watts. A household microwave oven uses between 600 and 1,100 watts.
~Cell Phone usage in the US has increased from 34 million to 203 million in the last ten years
~There is an estimated two billion cell phones world-wide, which means about 4.5 billion people go without.
~A 2004 MIT survey said that cell phones was ranked as the one invention that people hate the most, but cant live without. It beat out the alarm clock and the television!
~38% of people thought it was ok to use a cell phone in the bathroom.
~Americans average 13 talking hours a month with the 18-24 age group averaging 22 hours.
~A Sprint survey said that 2/3 people used their cell phone backlight to find something in the dark.
THIS ONE IS HILARIOUS!
OK NOW OFF THE TOPIC OF CELL PHONES HERE ARE THE DAILY DOSE OF FUNNIES FOR YOU TO LAUGH AT!
OK REALLY.... ARE PEOPLE THIS STUPID WHEN BEHIND THE WHEEL??
WOW THESE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING SPORTS... WATCH OUT...
BLOOPERS FROM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAYS
AND LASTLY HERE ARE SOME SONGS FOR YOU... THE FIRST SONG IS A NEW FAV OF MINE.... I AM SORRY BUT EEN IF YOU DONT LIKE KANYE WEST.... YOU CAN NOT DENY THE FACT THAT THIS GUY CAN PRODUCE SONGS AND MAKE SOME SUPER NEAT MELODIES.......AND BEATS
<------- LOVE THIS GUYS VOICE!
HOPE YOU GUYS ARE ALL HAVING A HAPPY MONDAY.... IS IT JUST ME OR DO MONDAYS SEEM TO DRAG ON AND TAKE FOREVER?
MUCH LOVE... TALK SOON
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and by the way, i love the song DECODE of Paramore, its my new fave this days, i listen to it a lot! ajahahahaha
kisses my dear and let me know how are you
Some sets really reach out and touch the soul; this was one of those sets. Ocassionally I find a set that moves past human sexuality to a place where nature and the human soul touch and become one. Such perfection can set every nerve on fire and then slowly calm them, allowing peace to flood the mind.
I know, I think too much sometime... ;-{)