Jason R. Fruit
stay-at-home father and computer programmer
Jason R. Fruitstay-at-home father and computer programmer |
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The progress in transportation over the course of the 20th century was amazing --- we went from horse-drawn carriages to routine space flights. A person's adult life could easily span from the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 to Yuri Gagarin's orbit of the earth in 1962.
Aircraft designer Geoffrey de Havilland was just eighteen years old in 1900, and not only did he see many of those changes, he participated in them. In his youth, he designed and built steam-powered cars, and when the first . . .
Read moreI saw this on Youtube and thought it had to be shared. It's a portable phonograph --- like a primitive iPod. Enjoy. Plus, it's the Quintette of the Hot Club of France.
Mmm . . . Django.
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