April 7, 2008 
We've become spoiled.
Every day, we have come to expect more and more knowledge, more progress, faster computers, terabytes of storage space.
Human society hasn't always been so enlightened.
The barbarian hordes eventually conquered the last bits of the Roman Empire in the ... continue reading...
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Today's FamilyFirst pick will take about eight minutes to watch. But when it's over, you will view the world that you live in differently.
The pick is a film that takes place somewhere in Asia.
Its star is an elephant, one of several who have been trained to do some pretty amazing stuff.
Th... continue reading...
April 4, 2008 
Writer Jules Verne, in his 1874 book The Mysterious Island, made this statement:
"I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensi... continue reading...
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OK, just the facts, ma'am.
The facts are these: Firefox rocks. It has also taken back a big chunk of the web browsing that Internet Explorer stole away beginning in 1995.
Prior to that, we either used Mozilla, Netscape, or even AOL's browser.
But Ie was packaged into Windows 95 and subsequent ve... continue reading...
April 2, 2008 
Scientists ply their trade dangerously.
You see, many of their theories and explanations defy logic.
They also sometimes go contrary to public opinion.
But since their ideas are based on experimentation and observation, this means that what they surmise may change with further enlightenment.
T... continue reading...
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Today's FamilyFirst site will make you go hoo-yah!
Then, somewhere along the line, they will probably get shut down.
That's because you get to watch full-length movies online! FREE!
No doubt, the MPAA is having a conniption fit. But for now, at least, today's FamilyFirst pick, RainLinks, will let y... continue reading...
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Today, i stumbled upon this coll little game that you just might slightly addicting.
It's called Miniputt.
If you've ever played miniature golf, it will be quite familiar to you.
But you'll have to play it a few times to get the feel for just how hard the strokes are when you take the... continue reading...
March 29, 2008 
Okay, gang, it's time to get back to the roots.
The internet is made of HTML. CSS is also a more and more dominant part of the mixture.
You need to at least know the basics of this stuff.
I insist. ;-)
Today's FamilyFirst pick provides a sandbox for you to play in, and learn something about th... continue reading...
March 28, 2008 
Carnegie Hall. Home of classical music performances extraordinaire.
And in today's FamilyFirst video, home to possibly the most amazing harmonica solo you've ever seen.
I play a little blues harp myself. It doesn't sound good, according to my friends.
Just imagine what my enemi... continue reading...
March 27, 2008 
Ah, the good earth.
The fact is that it's easy to be an organic gardener. Where once it was an expensive proposition, it has become downright affordable, thanks to competition, and the expansion of more and more businesses into the field.
Today's FamilyFirst pick is called Dirtworks. Here's their mi... continue reading...
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