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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 20 2008 | pc magazine, history, computers
    End of an Era:  PC Magazine Goes Out of Print « SmoothSpan Blog

    I wouldn't quite say I grew up on PC Magazine the way I grew up on the Cosby Show or Bon Jovi. Nonetheless, I was a fan of PC Magazine for quite awhile.

    Quoted: PC Magazine may have simply fallen out of touch with that Early Adopter/Influencer crowd that I enjoy being a part of. Ironically, Bill Machrone, the founding editor of PC Mag, is still around and doing the kind of hands-on work with computers and electronics that I craved from PC Mag and that vanished from its pages.

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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 16 2007 | history, bangladesh, news, weather
    Bangladesh - History of Cyclone Damage in Bangladesh - thedailygreen.com

    Sad. Unfortunately, this is a relatively common occurrence in Bangladesh with the a) low-lying land, b) proximity to water, and c) incredibly dense population (150M people in a space smaller than Iowa).

    Quoted: In 131 years, Bangladesh has lost 200 million people to 80 cyclones, according to a tally by Chinese state-run media.

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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 15 2007 | india, development, churchill, franklin roosevelt, history
    india’s debt to franklin roosevelt « think…

    Didn't realize that Roosevelt may have been influential in India gaining its independence.

    Quoted: “You mentioned India,” he [Churchill] growled.
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    “Yes, I [Roosevelt] can’t believe that we can fight a war against fascist slavery, and at the same time not work to free people all over the world from a backward colonial policy.”

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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 16 2007 | women, presidents, history, funny, journalism
    John Quincy Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    If you're ever on Jeopardy...

    Quoted: Though the story may be apocryphal, Adams is supposed to have been the first President to give an interview to a woman. Adams had repeatedly refused requests for an interview with Anne Royall, the first female professional journalist in the U.S., so she took a different approach to accomplish her goal. She learned that Adams liked to skinny-dip in the Potomac River almost every morning around 5 a.m., so she went to the river, gathered his clothes, and sat on them until he answered all of her questions.

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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 20 2007 | history, u.s., education, facts, bill bryson, made in america, books
    35 historic facts about America you probably never learned in school

    These are from Bill Bryson’s book, "Made In America".

    Quoted: McDonalds accounts for almost 50% of all meals purchased outside the home.

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    0 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 30 2006 | toread, history, books
    Amazon.com: People's History of the United States : 1492 to Present (P.S.): Books: Howard Zinn

    Recommended by a friend.

    Quoted: Howard Zinn infuses the often-submerged voices of blacks, women, American Indians, war resisters, and poor laborers of all nationalities into this thorough narrative that spans American history from Christopher Columbus's arrival to an afterword on the Clinton presidency.

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    5 starsmohit | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 15 2005 | history, computing
    Hard Disk de 1975 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    This is an amazing 500KB hard disk from 1975.

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