This is both fascinating and funny, but also serious. If not handled properly, the power grid in Britain could collapse. The problem: when a big TV show ends in Britain (example here is “East Enders”), several million people get up out of their recliners and start electric teapots. They all do it at once, and [...]

In the United States, bicycles tend to be fairly rare. But in many European cities they are far more common. For example, bicycles are everywhere in Holland, as you can see in this video of bicycles parked at a Holland train station: See also This 4-story bike parking deck near the train station in Amsterdam. [...]

Back in December 1983, with the Apple Lisa in the marketplace and the Mac having been announced in October of 1983 (it went on sale in January 1984), Microsoft was quietly working on its own Windows system. Here is what appears to be the very first real review of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Windows 1983 pre-Version [...]

What makes a great steak? Here’s the answer: Raising the Steaks [See previous question]

On the one hand, we tend to think of the space shuttle as cool and futuristic. And the fact that it is “reusable” sort of fits with the whole green thing. But what if you look at its design rationally? This article… A Rocket To Nowhere …asks some interesting questions: Future archaeologists trying to understand [...]

Holographic discs are set to radically increase storage densities on plastic discs. This video describes a 300 GB disc the size of a DVD: Besides the density, the write speed is comparable to hard disk write speeds. 300 GB goes onto the disc in about 4 hours. Now there is talk of terabyte discs: Holographic [...]