A Mind Is Like A Parachute. It Doesn’t Work If It Is Not Open.

I answered 11 of 12 questions correctly!  What’s your score? 

What does “URL” stand for? What was the first widely popular graphical Web browser? Which university was the first on Facebook?

Test your knowledge of technology and the web by taking our short 12-question quiz. When you finish, you will be able to compare your “Web IQ” with the average online American based on the results of our nationally representative survey of 1,066 adult internet users. 

Click here to take the Web IQ quiz

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” — Galileo Galilei (born February 15, 1564) http://stuf.ly/2kA06Nd

Google Cardboard review

Cheap, mobile virtual reality that's a cinch to make

VR + DIY = Google Cardboard.

Instagram rolls out 60-second videos starting today

Instagram announced on Tuesday that it will soon begin rolling out 60-second video capabilities for its users, “one step of many you’ll see this year” according to the company’s blog post. The app currently has a maximum duration limit of just 15 sec… http://dlvr.it/KwFP3t

Head out somewhere dark and enjoy the show! 📷: Casey Horner/Unsplash/ScienceAlert https://ift.tt/2vxGpA7

“The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It”

The sunset as incredibly beautiful. It glowed through the spindly winter branches. They were reaching for the vivid sky, same as I. There is something captivating about forest sunsets, trapped beneath the trees. You can’t see the full splendor, but you see enough to know it’s there. I ran through the forest to get a clearer view, but it wasn’t until we topped the mountain that the real artistry unfolded. It was certainly a sight to behold.

Venice is on the to-do list for 2017! 

From an unpublished story on Venice in the wintertime, moored gondolas in the Grand Canal in front of a flooded Piazza San Marco with Santa Maria della Salute Church in the background - 1952. (Dmitri Kessel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #1950s #Italy #Venice