By ADAM HIMMELSBACH FORK UNION, Va. — Kelli Whitescarver did not see traffic bottle up on Interstate 95 until it was too late. She lost control of her black Ford Explorer, which smashed a guardrail, flipped onto the driver's side and dragged her left arm on the pavement. Whitescarver, 21, had been on her way home to Richmond on Nov. 2 after visiting her sister in North Carolina. Instead, she was on her way to the hospital to have her left hand amputated. During Whitescarver's three-week stay at…
For Christmas, my mom and dad got me "The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember." Kevin Rose just tweeted about the video above. "In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War. This is a video clip of the exchange between Mr. Rogers and Senator Pastore, head of the hearing. Senator Pastore starts…
A little reminder for everyone all the time, but especially after the holidays going into New Year's resolutions time...
For instance, I know a lot of people were up in arms about Google Street View. If you are not familiar with Google Street View, it is basically a car with a camera that drives down streets and takes 360 degree images of everything. So if you go to Google Maps you can type in the address of your home, and you may have a Google Street view of your entire street/community, which I thought was cool. It helped that I had just mowed my lawn and had…
My AT&T contract was finally up, so I went to Best Buy yesterday and got myself an iPhone. While I'm still in the learning phase, I can already tell this device is going to fundamentally change how I interact with technology. Case in point: Last night I needed to visit a new location. I had printed directions to use with my car's GPS, but in my rush, I left them at home. No problem! I simply pulled over at a gas station, took out my iPhone, and Googled…
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