Wrap that Rascal! Asia’s Cellphone Condoms

Travel anywhere in Asia, and one thing will become immediately clear: it’s the cellphone capital of the world.
In Beijing or Tokyo, practically everyone is carrying. And not just the candaybar and flip phones familiar to most Americans: Asia is the home of the hottest and most expensive smartphones on the planet. Millions of them.
So perhaps [...]

A Gallery of Television Sets from 1928 Through 1981

Fun Forever has a great photo gallery of television sets from 1928 through 1981, including some gems from the former Soviet Union. <Insert Yakov Smirnoff Joke>
Link [Fun Forever]

100 Years Ago Most Women Washed Their Hair Once a Month

Life in 1907 sounds pretty grim.
 The average life expectancy in the U.S. Was 47 years old.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. Had a bathtub .
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City Cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and [...]