Events

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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Thoughts

Congrats to Rich Price

Just found out he went to Midd, my alma mater. His song, “I’m on my way”, was featured on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. Way to go, Rich! Here is the link.

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Reviews

The Big Story

Kirk Douglas is hilarious in this parody stop-motion animation of himself. Great fun! Here is the link.

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Thoughts

Old postcard of armless driver

Boing Boing has a scanned in postcard of Frank E. Fithen, a man who lost his arms in a railroad accident as a boy. The postcard is from the early 1900s.

Armless driver

Quoting: “Mr. Fithen since that time has accomplished many difficult feats, such as writing, dressing and undressing himself, swimming, bicycle and unicycle trick riding, and above all he operates, drives and controls his own 6 cylinder 60 horse power ‘Oakland’ car. Fithen’s best time to date is 58 miles an hour.”

Wow! (Really, I’m serious! This is pretty cool!) Here is the link.

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Thoughts

Woman, 82, gets ticket for slow crossing

In LA, an old woman got a $118 ticket for crossing the street too slowly. She was cited for being an obstruction to traffic. Reporters observed that crossing and said even high school students had to run across the street in order to make it to the other side in time. Hey, let’s give a hand to Officer Kelly of the LAPD, for being such a caring fellow… See link for details.

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