Even as little as seven years ago, trying to obtain video on the Internet, much less watching a movie, was a complete nightmare. With much of the Internet still on dialup, it could take hours to download even a three minute music video, days for a feature-length film. Furthermore, the video-watching...
TimaeusBy Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Persons of the Dialogue-SOCRATES- CRITIAS- TIMAEUS- HERMOCRATES Socrates. One, two, three; but where, my dear Timaeus, is the fourth of those who were yesterday my guests and are to be my entertainers to-day? Timaeus. He...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
The great thing about the iPhone is that while it is an extraordinary phone with some extraordinary features, there are also an umpteen number of super cool third party apps available which can help you do just about anything you can imagine with your iPhone. This list discusses some of the coolest...
How to watch live TV online using internet streaming.
As many people move away from standard cable and do all of their TV and movie watching online, the demand to watch events like the Super Bowl online increase. But many events are not legally available to watch online. So the question of whether you can watch the Super Bowl online is really whether...
A new dinosaur extinction theory has been introduced by British researchers. A team of scientists lead by Gregory Price from Plymouth University studying fossils in Norway at the Arctic Svalbard discovered that a severe change in the Atlantic Gulf Stream during the Cretaceous Era caused sea...
A considerable portion of blood is contains platelets which are fragments of megakaryocytes, the cells in the bone marrow. After stimulation by a specific hormone known as thrombopoietin, the platelets come away from the megakaryocytes and enter the blood stream to circulate. On entering the blood...
The MeditationsBy Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E.Translated by George Long Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and...
As expected, Michael Jackson's memorial on 7th July drew a gigantic number of internet users and it quickly became one of the most watched online events of all time. The live streams were aired on a huge number of websites and social networks ( Popcrunch had a list of some of the most reliable...
