After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion, that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, in California an archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: ‘California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.’ 

One week later, ‘The Lakin Independent, a local newspaper in Kansas , reported the following: “After digging as deep as 300 feet in his pasture near Deerfield, Kearney County , Kansas , Bubba Mitchell, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Kansas had already gone wireless.”

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A jock and a geek applying for the same job.

The boss said, “Boys, you need to take a test before you can get this job.”

So they took the test and the next day they came back to see who the boss chose. “Well,” he said, “Both of you got the same score except I’m going to choose the geek.”

The jock complained, “Don’t you think that’s prejudice or something?”

“Well,” the boss said, “Let me tell you what happened. Both of your papers were right all the way through until the last question came up, and the geek answered ‘I don’t know,’ and then when I looked at your paper, you answered, ‘Me either’.

Princess Leia

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Typographica, the excellent blog for typographical nerds, has just relaunched on WordPress with a great new design by Chris Hamamoto. Asked why they switched from Movable Type to WordPress, Stephen Coles replied:

For me, it seemed an obvious switch given WordPress’ wide adoption in recent years. We’ve often had trouble getting assistance with MT, whether it’s documentation or expert advice. Because WordPress is so common, the help resources and useful plugins are simply much more accessible.

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Simply put, a portrait is a representation of a person.They usually focus on a person’s face, mood and expression.

Traditionally portraits were sculptures or paintings however, in modern times, a photograph is the most recognized way of taking a portrait.

In most cases, the subject looks straight at the camera in order to engage the viewer.

In this article, we’ll be giving you simple techniques to help you take portraits and also self portraits, to make the very best of your photos.

At the end of the article, you’ll find a showcase of great portraits and self portraits that you can use for inspiration. Link

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A Point of View

Barbara Walters of Television’s 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.

She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands.

>From Miss Walters’ vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime the women now seem to walk even further back behind their husbands, and are happy to Maintain the old custom.

Miss Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, ‘Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?’

The woman looked Miss Walters straight in the eyes, and without hesitation said, ‘Land Mines.’

Moral of the story is…. (No matter where you go)

… BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE’S A SMART WOMAN.

Thank you Cats