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Video by Michel Gondry.

• Condoleezza Rice was one of Chevron’s directors from 1991 to 2001.

• The number of deaths from cancer has been decreasing lately.

Nikola Tesla was convinced that he could build power transmission towers to provide free wireless electricity for the entire planet, and he began building a demonstration tower in 1901. Wardenclyffe Tower was intended to transmit communications and power. However, JP Morgan withdrew his funding, and the tower was never completed.

This video shows a demonstration of the high voltage wireless transmission Tesla was experimenting with. The demonstration is at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

They say you learn something new every day. Today I learned three:

• There are 60 lobbyists for every 1 member of Congress.

• It will cost Apple about $245 to manufacture a $500 iphone.

• Ze Frank’s real name is Hosea Frank, and he’s going to make a movie.

A million dollars would be a 4″ high stack of $1000 bills. A trillion dollars would be a stack 67 miles high. The US deficit would be 60 of those stacks.

:: Doug Casey | The Most Important Number in the World

Goggles is a cool flash game that lets you fly over images from Google Maps. The arrow keys steer and adjust your altitude. It’s a good way to look around without wearing out your wrist from panning the Google Maps picture. There’s a menu of major cities and instructions to start it with any location of your choice.

It even shows your plane’s shadow. I just wish it could fly higher.

The creator, Mark Caswell-Daniels is available for work. His hosting costs have to be high. He’s not allowed to say it, so I will: make sure you notice his advertising, but don’t click on too many and get him banned.

:: Goggles

This house was built buy three people in four months for about £3000.

Their website has more photos, plans, and documentation of the construction.

:: A Low Impact Woodland Home