Showing posts with label Famous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Famous. Show all posts
Friday, February 22, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
15 Unexpected Origins of Famous Ideas
An apple falls on Newton's head, BAM -- gravity. Franklin puts a key on a kite, BAM -- electricity. Tesla harnesses said electricity, BAM -- Edison hoodwinks him and makes millions. Point is, you never know where famous ideas might develop from. We asked our readers to show us the gritty origins of some of our most famous inventions. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Photos of Famous Authors Playing in the Snow
Though we’ve been having an astoundingly mild winter here in our native New York City, we managed to eke out a white Christmas, and the snowy season seems to have begun in earnest. Possibly. We hope. But there’s no reason to stay indoors — when the seasonal flurries appear, even that most indoor-cattish breed, the author, sometimes comes out to play. In celebration of the long months of winter ahead, we’ve put together a little collection of famous authors out in the snow — skiing, playing with their dogs, or just wandering about. So yes, we’re taking a rather wide interpretation of “playing,” but bear with us. Check out some chilly writers after the jump, and if we missed a favorite photo, add it to our collection in the comments.
Photo Credit: Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.Ernest Hemingway. On reverse: “This is to re-assure you if you hear reports of another of your authors dying of drink.” Signed, “Ernest Hemingway, Feb 1927.”
Photos of Famous Authors Playing in the Snow
Though we’ve been having an astoundingly mild winter here in our native New York City, we managed to eke out a white Christmas, and the snowy season seems to have begun in earnest. Possibly. We hope. But there’s no reason to stay indoors — when the seasonal flurries appear, even that most indoor-cattish breed, the author, sometimes comes out to play. In celebration of the long months of winter ahead, we’ve put together a little collection of famous authors out in the snow — skiing, playing with their dogs, or just wandering about. So yes, we’re taking a rather wide interpretation of “playing,” but bear with us. Check out some chilly writers after the jump, and if we missed a favorite photo, add it to our collection in the comments.
Photo Credit: Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.Ernest Hemingway. On reverse: “This is to re-assure you if you hear reports of another of your authors dying of drink.” Signed, “Ernest Hemingway, Feb 1927.”
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
20 Tiny Changes That Would Ruin Famous Technologies
The technology that we use day in and day out went through years of development to get them as near-perfect as possible. We asked our readers to show us what would've happened if developers had shrugged, said "Close enough," and called it a day half way through the process. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...
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