Harnessing the wind is something that humanity has been doing for a very long time. The earliest example is the sailboat, developed independently all over the world; the sailboat uses the force of the wind to move a boat over the water.
via www.chacha.com
Ever wonder how Apple Computer became the industry icon it is today? How and why is it that a simple computer manufacturer could endear itself to its customer base so well that some researchers feel that Apple fans are not only just a cult but bordering on religion? It's not hard to see why certain Apple products are revered so highly among customers, as Apple has been fortunate enough to quite literally revolutionize an entire product category itself more than once in recent history.
But where did it all begin?, let's start from Apple's beginning and take you through the present day, with this easily digestible infographic. via hothardware.com
As a tribute to XKCD’s ‘Map of Online Communities’, flowtown.com have decided to re-create our own, updated version of this map. The numbers are taken to reflect many new developments in the social networking communities, including Facebook surpassing Myspace as the preeminent online community:
via www.flowtown.com
This map shows the global state of the planet in relation to forest fires in "real time".
via firefly.geog.umd.edu
States are taking on more debt. Here’s your state’s burden per capita.
via money.cnn.com(click here for an interactive map)
Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th president of the United States, celebrated his birthday on August 4
via en.rian.ru
Aurorae are in the news due to the recent coronal mass ejection. The plots on this page show the current extent and position of the auroral oval at each pole, extrapolated from measurements taken during the most recent polar pass of the NOAA POES satellite. "Center time" is the calculated time halfway through the satellite's pass over the pole.
via www.mcwetboy.net more www.swpc.noaa.gov
A visual history of Search and what it took, who it took, to make it possible to find stuff on the web. Starts in 1994 and goes on up to Google’s dominance.
via ppcblog.com