I'm the kind of person that is extremely slow to adopt new technology. It took me forever to adopt email as a regular communication method, and I'm just now getting used to the idea of storing all my memos and notes on a PDA rather than in a paper planner. So it comes as no surprise that I've held off buying a digital camera until now -- and that's only because my film-based model finally gave out... more.

If you want to be a real pianist, a selection of good piano books is really a necessity. You can spend as much time as you want to practicing scales, but it is simply not enough. If all that you do is practice your scales, you will probably get bored with playing piano, and when you get bored, your playing will suffer. Through using piano books with songs that you like, you can keep playing fun an... more.

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*** OLD ONE BUT APT*** Since we're all using Microsoft products here, I thought I'd just let you know these facts... Do you know that Bill gates' REAL name is William Henry Gates III? Nowadays, he is known as Bill Gates (III) where "III" means the order of third (3rd). So, what's so eerie about this name? OK, if you take all the letters in Bill Gates III and then convert it in ASCII code (... more.

1) Get inside the car and run a jumper wire from the brake switch to the horn, positive side. Use heavy guage wire(12 or better) with crimp hoop type connectors to insure a good connection. This trick will result in the horn honking everytime they step on the brakes. 2) An easy one: Take the distributor cap off and either remove the rotor or pull it off and replace it in another positio... more.

Entrepreneur Paul Garlick brought a touch of Gotham City to an East Yorkshire village this week when his £150,000 custom-built Batmobile made its first public appearance. The 130mph car is one of just three working models and it stunned passers-by when it was road-tested in Holderness. The vehicle took 18 months to build, is 6.5m (21ft) long and 2.5m (8ft) wide, and has a fibreglass bod... more.

This undated two picture combo provided by The Lancet, shows an unidentified 29-year-old man with tumors, left, and the same man, right, after a transplanted new lower face from a donor. Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. In papers from two of the world's three teams that have performed partial face transp... more.

Taj Mahal, the most popular of the seven wonders in the World has been recreated in LEGO with 5922 pieces. This is the largest LEGO ever dwarfing even the 5,195 piece Millennium Falcon. The structure is complicated as the physical size of the LEGO is comparatively small at 20" wide and 16" tall. The Taj Mahal (pronounced /tÉ‘dÊ’ mÉ™'hÉ‘l/ or pronounced /tÉ‘Ê’ mÉ™'hÉ‘l/) (Hindi: ताज à¤... more.

A truck driver heading to Gibraltar from Turkey on sat-nav ended up 1,600 miles adrift – at Skegness. Bird watchers at Gibraltar Point nature reserve looked on in amazement as his 32-ton lorry struggled along a narrow track. Driver Necdet Bakimci had nowhere to go except the North Sea at Lincolnshire in front of him. He was looking for Coral Road on Gibraltar in southern Spain. ... more.

The Dynamic Tower offers infinite design possibilities, as each floor rotates independently at different speeds, resulting in a unique and ever evolving structure The Dynamic Tower is environmentally friendly, with the ability to generate electricity for itself as well as other buildings nearby, making it the first building designed to be self-powered. It achieves this feat with wind turbines f... more.