The Daily Beast crunches the numbers for America’s 55 largest cities, ranking their brainpower from first-to-worst. How does your hometown fare?
America’s Smartest Cities: From First-to-Worst
| October 27, 2010
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School ‘Snow Days’ Ruined By The Internet
| October 27, 2010
Thank you internet, thank you very much for completely ruining snow days.
With the Ohio Department of Education looking on, the Mississinawa Valley Schools in Darke County will try to replace days off for snow and other inclement weather with online learning.
Klimcentrum Bjoeks, Groningen, the Netherlands
| October 26, 2010
Our country is as flat as a pancake, we have no mountains nor rocks to climb. So we need to be inventive if we want to practice climbing. This tower is a steel and wood construction, 37 metres high, with an overhang of 11 metres.
Lady Gaga first to reach 1 billion views on YouTube
| October 26, 2010
How to create a stronger password – Video
| October 25, 2010
After 31 Years, Sony Ends Production of the Walkman
| October 25, 2010
Sony’s portable tape cassette player — a revolution when first released in 1979 — has finally reached the end of its production life:
The final batch was produced in Japan in April, and no more will be produced as soon as the current run is sold out. Just over 200 million cassette Walkman players have been sold over the years since being first introduced in 1979.[…]
The Walkman is widely credited with pioneering the concept of personal, portable audio beyond the radio. It helped spur on the cassette as a popular format and also maintained interest in albums. Interest only began to fade in the 1990s when the Discman took over, and saw a more definite end when the iPod was in sight.
