Earning online pocket money
A couple of hundred dollars might come in handy, and if you don’t mind spending some spare time to earn it, these ideas might be the ticket. One way is to…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
The world’s coldest July day
One memorable day July 21,1983, the handful of scientists who stayed for the Antarctic winter at the Vostok Station woke to a brisk temperature of -126.6…
The miracle cleaner that gets rid of superbugs
Many hospitals are turning to the one disinfectant that reliably fights antibiotic-resistant superbugs. You might have heard of the miracle cleaner:…
We’re still in the folding dark ages, but new machines could help
It is the computer age. We can make a phone call, play a game, save a report, and send data to Japan with about four words to our smartphone assistant….
LED light traps
A Florida company is developing a technology that might control mosquitoes with light-emitting diodes (LED). Lighting Science Group is researching the…
Useful LED light
Lighted clocks sometimes have the drawback of being too light. But sometimes light is useful. Case in point the less-jarring, more gentle, wake-up light…
Annoying LED lights
Why does a fan need an LED light to indicate it is on? Wouldn’t you know the fan is on without a light? Fact is our lives are now filled with bright,…
5 facts about the Declaration of Independence
Fifty-six delegates signed the handwritten Declaration of Independence approved by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776. From that day, the document…
Declaration flyer becomes a treasure
After the Declaration was finished and signed in 1776, a printer named John Dunlap was asked to make 200 copies (some say 500) of the Declaration to be…
Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration and the slave trade
Thomas Jefferson was the chief writer and architect of the 1776 American Declaration of Independence but a committee he worked with changed or deleted…