Archive for January, 2008
Marketing Freeze Dried Water
I first thought of the idea of freeze dried water while on a camping trip with a friend. We had just hiked about eight miles along a mountain trail, and had found a nice clearing in the woods to pitch our tent. My friend had brought with some freeze dried beef stew and some freeze [...]
The Invention of the Steam Engine
It’s common knowledge that modern civilization was forged in the factories of the industrial revolution. And these factories themselves were powered by the steam engine. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that steam engines ushered in the modern age. But where did the steam engine come from? Who was the inventor of this “mover [...]
Driving on Ice
In many northern states the winters are so cold that the lakes freeze right over. In Minnesota, Michigan, and Maine, the ice in these lakes can freeze two to three feet deep. When the ice is that thick it becomes possible to actually drive a car or truck across the ice. While driving on ice [...]
When the Clock Got Sick
Once upon a time, in a land not too far from where you live, there was a bank whose outside clock was the talk of the town. Clocks usually don’t cause people to talk about them, unless they’re not working right. This clock wasn’t working right at all. The clock was a digital clock, meaning [...]
Ellen the Eagle Needs Glasses
Ellen the eagle first suspected that she needed glasses the day that she swooped down out of the sky and grabbed a small lawn chair to carry back to her hungry children. When she arrived back at her nest, perched high atop a cliff, her oldest son said, somewhat sarcastically, “Great. Another lawn chair for [...]
Patty the Pigeon
Patty was the type of pigeon who always had a sense of adventure and an active curiosity. She lived in a brick hole near the top of a building near Union Station, in Washington D.C. Patty loved watching the trains come in and go out of the station. She loved the clackety-clack sound of the [...]
An Ordinary Mother
Katrina Katrinka was like any other ordinary mother with two kids, a stationwagon, and a 6O foot tall crane in her back yard. The crane just showed up one morning. A construction company was building an apartment building down the street. One day the company went bankrupt, and left their crane in Mrs. Katrinka’s back [...]
The Great Ping Pong Ball Experiment
The Nile river is the longest river in the world. It starts out in Lake Victoria, in the middle of Africa, and flows nearly four thousand (4,000) miles north to the Mediterranean Sea. Lake Victoria, where the Nile starts, is the second largest fresh-water lake in the world. The only lake that is larger is [...]
