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21st century is here… it’s now computer warfare!

Georgia Under Online Assault | Danger Room from Wired.com (192 hits)

Here is an interesting link to check how safe are restaurants in San Francisco:

• http://dphwww.sfdph.org/eh/Violations/Loc_Search.asp (294 hits)

Have fun

Source: http://siliconvalleyfrogs.com/ (193 hits)

The first know sound recording was done nearly 150 years ago… Check this link:

• Physicists convert first known sound recording (273 hits)

Then you can listen this:

• http://links.sfgate.com/ZCVZ (139 hits)

Thomas Edison in wikipedia

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison (224 hits)

List of the 1093 U.S. patents of Thomas Edison… inspires respect…

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Edison_patents (200 hits)

Here is a new interesting article from the New York Times.

Mr. Steger, 51, a self-described geek, has banked more than $2 million. The $1.3 million house he and his wife own on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean is paid off. The couple’s net worth of roughly $3.5 million places them in the top 2 percent of families in the United States.

And the funniest part:

Most mornings, he can be found at his desk by 7. He typically works 12 hours a day and logs an extra 10 hours over the weekend.

I think it really show the mentality of people here. I wish I was this guy, not for the working time (I’m almost like him… ) but for his net worth

• The post on the New York Times (81 hits)
• Top 10 millionaire counties (236 hits)

A man approaching his 78th birthday is asking $10 million for an island located in San Francisco Bay, which he has been trying to sell for more than six years, according to a report by the Associated Press (147 hits). He bought the property in 1964 for $49,500.

• Google maps  (127 hits)

 
Parisians can sign up for a one-on-one scuba lesson in an outdoor pool located at the base of the Eiffel Tower. “The lessons last about 30 minutes and include a how-to demonstration, safety lecture, as well as the swim,” reports the AP.

(60 hits)

• Eiffel Tower Hosts Scuba-Diving Lessons (200 hits)

(57 hits) Interesting article on yahoo…

• Aquafina labels to spell out source – tap water – Yahoo! News (125 hits)

Tags: Englishgeneral (110 hits)

Manhattan real estate agent Tom Postilio said there is a waiting list of seven or eight people hoping to pay $225,000 for one of five private parking spaces that has been approved in the basement of 246 West 17th Street, a 34-unit condo development scheduled for completion next January.

The building at 246 West 17th Street with the $225,000 parking spots has two-bedroom, 2-1/2 bath 1,717-square-foot units listed for $2.2 million. That works out to $1,281 a square foot, while parking spot costs about $1,500 a square foot.

• http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/070712/071207_parkingspots.html?.v=4%20 (117 hits)