I love quotes because they can be like good jokes – they can make you look at things from a different perspective and maybe even laugh. The following quotes from Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) US statesman, diplomat, inventor, and printer make me want to read a good biography on his life. He that waits upon fortune, …
You have got to try as its the first step towards failing and ultimately succeeding.
Electric cars are becoming trendy and more practical especially for the daily commute. http://www.cnettv.com/9710-1_53-23157.html?id=23157&tag=nbbc_mrssInteresting statistics in the video about the typical use of second vehicles and how this can be met with electric cars.
Paul Brandt was in Ottawa yesterday as part of the Operation Christmas Child tour generating some more good publicity for Samaritan’s purse. They had a segment on the CTV news showing him loading a truck with shoebox gifts on parliament hill from people like PM Stephen Harper‘s wife Laureen. Similar to his stop in Edmonton …
This is just a quick test to see if the interface is operational again.
Wired magazine had a feature on hydrogen fuel cells for cars a while back but this video provides a much better idea about what the car of the future will be like. Not difficult to imagine the possibilities for rent a car agencies and swap shops to put different bodies on the main car “skateboard”. …
Orleans_Fox, originally uploaded by Glen Sharp. Our back yard is a real nature sanctuary for us and well … nature. We have had rabbits, marmots, preying mantis, squirrels and now this red fox. Too bad I couldn’t get closer for a clearer shot. Technorati Tags: Nature
“With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility”–Uncle Ben to Peter Parker in Spider-Man Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: “With great power comes great responsibility.” This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I’m Spider-man. This does not just apply to power – it could also be said …
It is better to try.This is one of my favorite quotes: “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred …
Yesterday I learned from Guy Kawasaki’s blog that an annual conference called TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) was now making its presentations public as videos on the Internet. For an event whose intent is to get the best and brightest together to share ideas about doing good it seems only fitting that they spread the …