My parents just got back from France, and I've been keeping all my dad's photos and commentary as they navigated the world. Check out their adventure below! The adventure begins. We made it. We saw the Eiffel Tower as we were flying in. The airport is huge and modern and very clean. No problem finding our ground transportation. They were waiting for us at the airport. We came directly to the boat, had lunch, and...
I just watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead on Netflix Instant tonight. That in itself is pretty incredible for a number of reasons. I'm crazy cheap but decided I was sick and tired of hearing all about how amazing Netflix is and not being able to experience it for myself. That and they came out with a new pricing model today, so I decided to give it a try. All I have to say is...
Discovering the unique charm of Ramune, Japan's iconic carbonated drink I had marble soda for the first time last night and I loved it. So the gimmick is there is a marble inside the soda...get it...marble soda? The marble doesn't actually come out of the bottle, but as you're drinking it, you think you'll swallow it. You can see the blue marble about 3/4 of the way up the bottle in the photo above. What...
Nikola Tesla was an inventor and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He is best known for many revolutionary contributions in the field of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On his birthday last week, Google dedicated a logo to honor his contribution to the world of science. In reading through the article, I liked a quote from Tesla about Thomas Edison: "If Edison had to find a needle in a...
We had lunch at a Thai food restaurant today, and they gave him a styrofoam cup of water with a straw. We have tried having him drink with a straw in the past, but today he figured it out and there was no stopping him. Remember those “crazy straws” growing up? I can't wait to give one to Tyler some day. We'll stick to the boring 'ol regular straws for now, but we were pretty...