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Earth Day is today

From Gizmag: “April 22, 2006 Today is Earth Day, when millions of people worldwide will participate in events to show their concern for the planet’s environment and natural resources. The official web site lists an array of ways in which you can meaningfully involve yourself and your family and Yahoo! has also assembled a comprehensive micro site that helps people take simple steps to slow climate change. Environmental experts warn that greenhouse gas emissions will lead to disastrous consequences unless the earth’s inhabitants make lifestyle changes…” Here’s the link.

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The New iMac G5 Intro

Here is the link to a video introducing the sleek new G5 back in 2005.

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The Return of Steve Jobs (1997)

A video of Steve Jobs’ return to the helm of Apple in 1997. Here is the link.

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Tarzan chimp celebrates 74th birthday

Who’d think it? The chimp who played in the 1930’s Tarzan movies is still alive and well – okay, he’s now diabetic – but he still lives! He just turned 74, and he’s the oldest chimp in the world. Amazing! See link for details.

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Google publishes National Archives videos

Remember all of the old newsreels people used to see at the theater, before movies? Okay, so you don’t… but if you saw any old movies, you might have seen it there… Well, Google is working with the National Archives to put all of those old videos on Google Video. They already have about 120 of them up. Here they are. This is cool! They’re bringing back a part of our history that was simply not accessible to the majority of the population until now. It’s a wonderful thing. Here’s the article where I found out about it.

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