Initially conceived by Steve Wozniak (a.k.a. “Woz”) as a build-it-yourself kit computer, Apple I was the precursor to the immensely popular Apple II. Along with friend Steve Jobs, Wozniak sold 50 of the units to a shop in Mountain View, Calif. The suggested retail price: $666.
Make fun of me all you want, I think this treasure map feature is pretty damn slick. You can choose from other styles but they aren’t as cool as a treasure map.
People don’t read the small print these days. True story: This year, a software retailer in the UK added a clause to its standard contract asking each online buyer for rights to his or her immortal soul. Thousands clicked to accept the deal.
The firm, GameStation, didn’t know what to do with all these souls, so eventually wrote emails transferring the rights back to their original owners. (Surely the obvious thing to do would have been to sell them to the devil? I understand he’s keen on that sort of thing.)
All twelve of these beautiful famous castles in Canada are open to the public. Many of the these castle like buildings were constructed as hotels for the Canadian Pacific Railway and other railroads to entice wealthy tourists to travel along the railroads through Canada. A few of the castles were constructed as government buildings to house legislators and the rest were contructed as homes by wealthy Canadians.
A short entry – AP Photographer Charlie Riedel just filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana’s East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts to cap the underwater flow of oil, landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.
