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Nov. 18, 1883: Railroad Time Goes Coast to Coast 1883: U.S. and Canadian railways adopt five standardized time zones to replace the multiplicity of local times in communities across the continent. Everyone would soon be operating on "railroad time." Noon on a well-made, properly paced sundial is whenever the sun is highest right there Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 18, 1883: Railroad Time Goes Coast to Coast 1883: U.S. and Canadian railways adopt five standardized time zones to replace the multiplicity of local times in communities across the continent. Everyone would soon be operating on "railroad time." Noon on a well-made, properly paced sundial is whenever the sun is highest right there Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 2, 1883: The 'L' Comes to Chicago ... Indoors 1883: The world's first elevated electric railway in the world makes a trial run. It's in Chicago, of course. It's indoors, and it won't last, but the idea will. New York City began elevated railway service in the early 1870s, running in Manhattan on Ninth Avenue and Greenwich Street. I Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 2, 1883: The 'L' Comes to Chicago ... Indoors 1883: The world's first elevated electric railway in the world makes a trial run. It's in Chicago, of course. It's indoors, and it won't last, but the idea will. New York City began elevated railway service in the early 1870s, running in Manhattan on Ninth Avenue and Greenwich Street. I Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Aug. 26, 1883: Krakatau Erupts, Changes World ... Again 1883: Krakatau volcano in the Dutch East Indies roars to life with a volley of ever-increasing explosions. It will culminate the next morning with the loudest explosion in human history. Krakatau (aka Krakatoa) had been rumbling and sending up puffs of ash since May 1883. The erupt Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Aug. 26, 1883: Krakatau Erupts, Changes World ... Again 1883: Krakatau volcano in the Dutch East Indies roars to life with a volley of ever-increasing explosions. It will culminate the next morning with the loudest explosion in human history. Krakatau (aka Krakatoa) had been rumbling and sending up puffs of ash since May 1883. The erupt Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 20, 1820: One Whale Exacts His Revenge 1820: The whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. The Essex was an aging vessel from Nantucket, which at the time possessed the largest whaling fleet in Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 20, 1820: One Whale Exacts His Revenge 1820: The whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. The Essex was an aging vessel from Nantucket, which at the time possessed the largest whaling fleet in Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 5, 1893: A Design Star Is Born 1893: Raymond Loewy, one of the founders of modern industrial design, is born. His vision of streamlining will shape a century. Loewy's classic designs include the Coca-Cola bottle, the sleek-sided 1929 Gestetner duplicating machine, the Pennsylvania Railroad's streamlined S-1 Locom Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 5, 1893: A Design Star Is Born 1893: Raymond Loewy, one of the founders of modern industrial design, is born. His vision of streamlining will shape a century. Loewy's classic designs include the Coca-Cola bottle, the sleek-sided 1929 Gestetner duplicating machine, the Pennsylvania Railroad's streamlined S-1 Locom Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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West Coast ports working after day-time strike - Reuters West Coast ports working after day-time strikeReuters - 41 minutes agoBy Jill Serjeant and Bernard Woodall LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ports along the US West Coast, including the country's busiest port complex in Los Angeles, were shut most of Thursday as some 10000 dock work Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Nov. 26, 1894: Cybernetics Pioneer Norbert Wiener Born 1894: Norbert Wiener is born in Columbia, Missouri. A child prodigy, he goes on to become one of the 20th century's most famous mathematicians and the founder of the discipline of cybernetics, the study of self-regulating systems. Norbert's father, Leo Wiener, was a lecturer (and late Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 26, 1894: Cybernetics Pioneer Norbert Wiener Born 1894: Norbert Wiener is born in Columbia, Missouri. A child prodigy, he goes on to become one of the 20th century's most famous mathematicians and the founder of the discipline of cybernetics, the study of self-regulating systems. Norbert's father, Leo Wiener, was a lecturer (and late Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 4, 2008: What could possibly go wrong? E-voting technology has come a long way since the 2000 U.S. presidential election, when voting equipment problems erased an estimated 1.5 million votes during one of the closest elections in U.S. history.But pro Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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'$100 Laptop' Goes On Sale In Europe On Nov. 17 (AHN) (AHN) - Residents of 27 European nations will be able to purchase their own inexpensive XO laptop starting Monday, thanks to an initiative to increase donation of laptops to school children in developing nations. - Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:47:39 GMT Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Barack Obama's campaign goes prime time - Los Angeles Times New York Daily NewsBarack Obama's campaign goes prime timeLos Angeles Times - 42 minutes agoBarack Obama's campaign has purchased a half-hour of prime airtime on CBS, Obama spokesman Jen Psaki confirms. The campaign plans to air a special on CBS at 8 pm on Wednesday, Oc Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Nov. 6, 1928: All the News That's Lit 1928: The New York Times begins flashing headlines to pedestrians outside its offices at 1 Times Square, using an electronic news strip that wraps around the fourth floor of the building. The Motograph News Bulletin, or "zipper" as it was known informally, was a technological marvel of Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 6, 1928: All the News That's Lit 1928: The New York Times begins flashing headlines to pedestrians outside its offices at 1 Times Square, using an electronic news strip that wraps around the fourth floor of the building. The Motograph News Bulletin, or "zipper" as it was known informally, was a technological marvel of Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Intel slated to launch first Nehalem chip on Nov. 17 Intel has scheduled the launch of its first Nehalem chip for Nov. 17, which also will be the day several PC makers begin shipping desktops running the new processor.Steve Smith, vice president and director of op Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Nov. 10, 1983: Gates Opens Windows a Bit Early 1983: Microsoft chief Bill Gates unveils the Windows operating system for PCs. Don't hold your breath waiting until you can buy a copy ... unless you can hold your breath for two years. Gates, Microsoft's president and board chairman, held an elaborate event at New York City's pos Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |