When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below [...]
I’m no big Star Wars fan, but this was so well done that I had to share it with you. No matter how bad your horrible $6.75/hour job is going, it will never be this bad. So brighten up: [Source: Milk and Cookies]
Would you steal a car!? If it was as easy as downloading a movie, yeah. There is a big difference between piracy and stealing. The biggest problem with piracy is how easy it is to do it. There is also relatively low risk of getting caught due to the high number of individuals who do [...]
US News, the most accepted university ranking system in the U.S., has released their list of top U.S. colleges for 2009. Here are the top 25 alongside their official score and tuition: 25: UCLA US News Score: 79/100 University Tuition: In-state – $7,034; Out-of-state – $26,102 23 (tie): University of Virginia U.S. News Score: 74/100 [...]
I just bought my school books for the semester and only paid $149 on all my books–that’s four textbooks and six novels! Here is how I did it: Before We Begin Before we begin, you need to understand that buying textbooks from you school’s local bookstore is probably the craziest thing you can do if [...]