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The History of the Coca-Cola Bottle

In 1916, Coca-Cola began manufacturing the now famous contour bottle. The contour bottle, was designed not only for its attractive appearance but mostly as a way to protect the brand. The distinctive bottle shape was designed to assure people that they were actually getting a real Coca-Cola. Coca-cola wanted customers to be able to . . . → Read More: The History of the Coca-Cola Bottle

1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

I am headed to my brother’s house this year for Thanksgiving. For several years now Thanksgiving was held in my house. This year, my brother will fry up our turkey. I have lot to be thankful for and I will be thinking of those today.

Too many today are not . . . → Read More: 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

AOL Revams Its Logo

Next month AOL will spin-off from parent company Time Warner and will re-brand themselves as “Aol.”. Huh? In my opinion, this only takes a bad brand and makes it worse. Who were the marketing geniuses that came up with this? I am assuming this is an attempt to brand AOL as “hip”. No doubt . . . → Read More: AOL Revams Its Logo

My Parents Were Awesome.com

I was just visiting this very cool site, MyParentsWereAwesome.com were visitors can submit old pictures of their parents. I love these pictures; especially the photos of Moms and Dads from the Greatest Generation!

I wonder if my kids will ever post my picture on this site?

Thanks Donna for the link!

ClausNet 2.0

I am working late into the night here backup up the database for ClausNet. This weekend I am upgrading ClausNet to the latest version of InvisionPowerBoard. Cross your fingers!

I am really looking forward to the new features in IPB 3.0! The spammers trying to gain access to ClausNet have been relentless for the . . . → Read More: ClausNet 2.0

Stacking 117 objects on top of a single Lego block

Connecticut author and photographer Walter Wick stacked 117 objects on top of a single Lego piece for the Kids Gallery of the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. No adhesives, glue or hidden supports were used.

Wizard of Oz Deleted Scenes

Doing a little late night YouTubing and stumbled across this deleted scene from The Wizard of Oz.

Veteran’s Day 2009

I love the Google logo for today… To all those who have served to protect our freedoms. Thank you!

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” . . . → Read More: Veteran’s Day 2009

More fun with PowerPoint

I have been spending a lot of time in PowerPoint lately. Here is my latest using PowerPoint 2007 as an animation tool.

I love Vimeo!

I think I am becoming a Vimeo fan! I have these loaded on YouTube, but didn’t like the quality so much. Here are my latest videos now uploaded to Vimeo!

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