A Little Friday File Fun (11/23)
This week marks the anniversary of one of the most powerful presidential speeches ever given. But what if President Lincoln had had PowerPoint for his Gettysburg Address? MORE at http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/sld005.htm
The greatest TV characters you’ve never seen. MORE at http://www.wgal.com/slideshow/14281223/detail.html?taf=lan
Historian John Richter has discovered two images that appear to show Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg in 1863. MORE at http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-11-15-gettysburg-images_N.htm
Believe it or not, back in the 1970s, Smith; Frank J. and Smith; Donald J., filed for – and received – a patent on their “Method of concealing partial baldness.” This method of styling hair to cover partial baldness using only the hair on a person’s head required “dividing a person’s hair into three sections and carefully folding one section over another.” You might think of it as the “comb-over” – the patent is online at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4022227.PN.&OS=PN/4022227&RS=PN/4022227
– – – In Sonning-on-Thames, Berkshire, UK, tensions have flared up between Vic Moszczynski, 51, and his neighbors over his extravagant holiday display – – – some 22,000 lights worth – – – You can see it at http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_03/003MoszczynskiDM_1000x513.jpg
– – – In Ames, Iowa , police are looking for the driver of an SUV – – – who, about 2:30 in the morning, drove around a set of railroad crossing guard barriers – – – and hit a westbound train – – – which spun the SUV around – – – and into the path of a second, eastbound train – – – the SUV – – – which was reported stolen shortly before the accident – – – is, as you might expect, a total loss – – – you can see it at http://www.kcci.com/2007/1121/14657942.jpg
– – – Near Hillsboro, Iowa , Jesse and Jennifer Kellett, as well as their two children, were trapped in their house – – – as it was swept off its foundation – – – by the collapse of a nearby grain bin – – – the bin, about 100 feet in diameter, 90 feet high, and containing more than 500,000 bushels of corn – – – sent a tidal wave of corn into the house – – – nearby residents in the town of 200 said they could hear the bin’s rivets giving way, sounding like machine-gun fire – – – and farmers miles away reported feeling the ground shake – – – you can see it at http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=7385616&nav=1sWADpCb