KILLER QUOTES — ABOUT BEER
• When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. — Henny Youngman
• Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. — Often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, but there is no evidence he said it.
• Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. — Dave Barry
• To some, it’s a six-pack, to me, it’s a “support group.” — Leo Durocher
WORLD’S OLDEST WEBCAM WAS ALMOST SWITCHED OFF FIVE YEARS AGO _ The world’s oldest webcam was nearly shut down five years ago this month. The San Francisco FogCam is named for the shrouded view it offers of the San Francisco State University campus where the cam’s creators were taking classes. It was launched in 1994. (LINK) After the media covered the pending shutdown of FogCam, the university decided to step in to “preserve and run it indefinitely.” Fogcam is the oldest continuously operating webcam in the world. The first-ever live webcam that actually pre-dated the Internet was the Trojan Room Coffee Pot cam. It was invented by researchers at the University of Cambridge, hoping to make their afternoon caffeine fix a little more convenient. Many of them worked in different labs on different floors, making it impossible to tell if their trek to the coffee pot would leave them dismayed to find it empty. When they connected the cam to the Internet in 1993, tech enthusiasts around the world grew fascinated. It retired in 2001.
MOST DANGEROUS JOBS _ The Bureau of Labor Statistics National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries shows there are around 4,000 fatal injuries each year. These are the most dangerous professions in America.
1. Logging workers – Fatality Rate: 97.6 (per 100,000 full-time workers)
2. Fishers and related fishing workers – Fatality Rate: 77.4
3. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers – Fatality Rate: 56.9
4. Roofers – Fatality Rate: 51.5
5. Refuse and recyclable material collectors – Fatality Rate: 44.2
