Hmmmmmm, okay. I'm not really quite sure how to take this but hey, if this is the move the toy and game company Mattel plans to make then so be it. After all, it's just a game and those of us who grew up with the original Scrabble can just keep on playing that one.
The word game has been around since 1948, turned into a game show from 1984 to 1990, then returned to the small screen for a few months in 1993. Read More...
There are few big-wave surfers who’ve mad as much of a revolutionary impact on their own sport as Laird Hamilton has in a single career. Raised on Oahu by a single mother and later competitive surfer Bill Hamilton, Laird made his mark in the water at an early age. Aside from being credited with co-inventing tow-in surfing, he’s considered a pioneer of stand-up paddling and hydrofoiling, techniques once disregarded by surfer purists. Read More...
The first modern oil furnace with a high-voltage system for self lighting was unveiled in 1918. By the mid-1920s, demand for oil furnaces was high and rising. Being a liquid, oil flows and can be pumped, which made it inherently more convenient than the only practical heating alternatives at the time — wood or coal — both of which had to be moved by hand or shovel.
Today, oil heating is less popular than it used to be because of the low cost of natural gas. Read More...