Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
Scientist and Inventor
The Genius Who Lit the World
Happy Nikola Tesla Day!
Check out this comic at The Oatmeal for a little humorous background information. Fair warning that it contains some colorful language references… mainly in reference to Thomas Edison.
If you prefer a little more scholarly reference from the Tesla Society, try this.
Nikola Tesla discovered or invented many of the things that make modern life possible including AC (Alternating Current), Radio Waves, Hydro-electric power and held many of the patents that went in to transistors… all of which contribute to your ability to read my ramblings in this post on your computer. The life accomplishments of an 86-year-old virgin! Sheesh!
Anyone that doesn’t think the proposed stormwater project on the west side of Culver is required should talk to this guy stranded in the middle of Lake Shore Drive. Granted, plowing through a flooded street with water that tops the sidewalk on either side could be worthy of a Darwin Award, but generally this isn’t what you expect in town.
As discussed previously here, we went to the Run For Your Lives event in Knightstown last weekend to watch our nieces Sarina and Samantha do the 5k zombie obstacle course with Sarina’s sister-in-law, Katy. They had a good time running and we had a good time watching. Aside from 5 kilometers of running through fields, woods and creeks, there were various obstacles such as a smoke filled room with electric shocks, monkey bars over slime pits, ladders, slides and, Oh by the way… ZOMBIES!