Stuff I’ve found online that you should think about checking out
I thought this picture was pretty cool. The company that makes wreaths from fresh Maine balsam for LL Bean has a campaign to make and places wreaths on the graves of those buried in our nation’s national and state veterans cemetaries. The above photo is a small portion of the 5000 wreaths that Worcester Wreath Company donates to Arlington National Cemetary.
You can learn more at Wreaths Across America.
This is not fair. In New Jersey we have stuff like medical waste, oily blobs and dead animals wash up on our beaches. On the Outer Banks of North Carolina, they have tons of Doritios!
Apparently a shipping container fell off a ship at sea and washed up on the beach in NC. Oh well, guess it’s too late to go grab some. 🙂
Check out some photos and an article courtesy of the Virginia Pilot.
Just in time for the start of the holiday season, here’s an article about the history of one of my favorite drinks eggnog.
As usual, I saw this one on the place for random food facts, Emerils.com.
This is the funniest picture I’ve seen all day. These turkeys were spotted at a train station in Ramsey, NJ. They appeared to be waiting for a train to get out of town for Thanksgiving. I’m sure glad I got my turkey from Acme already!
As we all get ready to create massive amounts of leftover turkey this week, most of us will be wrapping it in aluminum foil. Ever wonder which side of aluminum foil is the inside and which is the outside. Well, the truth is, it doesn’t matter. They’re both the same. Just another nugget of wisdom from the Emeril blog.
As Google Maps makes satellite imagery ubiquitous companies are apparently realizing that the have an opportunity for some free viral marketing campaigns. KFC has cashed on this by creating a huge Colonel Sanders logo in the Nevada desert.
Head over to AmberMac.com and take a look.
The beginning of the holiday season at Rockefeller Plaza in NYC conjures up images of the Christmas tree lighting, skaters at the rink and, of course, cranberry bogs. Wait, maybe not cranberry bogs. But this year there is a cranberry bog at Rockefeller center. Ocean Spray built an artificial cranberry bog for Chef Ming Tsai at 30 Rock.
Check it out in NY Magazine.
I heard about this in the Emeril blog.
Wow, I had no idea that making leather was such a crazy process! Thank god there are people willing to do this for a living to we can have quality leather goods!
Check out this BBC pictorial for a look at how it’s done in Marrakesh.
In the spirit of Halloween, carve a virtual pumpkin. Not useful, but fun for a few minutes.
I’ve long been a proponent of Mozilla Firefox. If you use the Internet, Firefox is the browser you should be using. (Check out Michael’s Guide to Spyware and Virus Prevention & Removal for more details).
Last week the new Firefox v2.0 was released. I haven’t had to much time to play with it, but it looks great. In celebration of this event, the Internet Explorer Team at Microsoft sent Mozilla a congratulatory cake. I don’t know what to make of this one. Was it a nice gesture, or does the black and white theme imply something else.
Well, either way, Firefox 2 seems to be kicking IE 7’s ass.