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Christopher Columbus departed Spain on August 3, 1492 with three ships, the Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria. His goal was to find a new route to China and India by sea. The low-tech ships were powered by sail and crews navigated according to the stars above. At 2:00 AM on October 12, 1492, [...]
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I plan to enjoy the beer pictured above tomorrow night in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Guinness cans and bottles now have hi-tech plastic widgets inside that inject a stream of bubbles into the beer it is opened. A cold Guinness Draught tastes great so their widget is one hi-tech invention that I will not object to. However, [...]
Have an old-fashioned and safe New Year’s Eve! S.P. Gass The Low-Tech Times Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, “script”, “facebook-jssdk”));