Happy 40th Birthday, Big Mac

 

McDonald’s best-known burger turns 40 this year. Please click here for a few secrets behind those two all-beef patties and their signature accoutrements.

 

New Heroes Webisodes

 

NBC has brought online this promo for its upcoming “Heroes” Webisodes titled “Going Postal” that kick-off on July 14th. The three-part series kicks-off with “A Nifty Trick,” with new episodes rolling out on subsequent Mondays. It features Echo De Mille, a seemingly ordinary mailman with an extraordinary ability. Visitors to this year’s Comic-Con, will get a sneak peak at the epic conclusion at the “Heroes” panel on Saturday, July 26.

 

Apple Confirms 8 AM iPhone 3G Launch, Posts ‘Where to Buy’ Guide

One week after AT&T announced it would be opening its retail stores at 8 a.m. local time on July 11 for the launch of the iPhone 3G, Apple has confirmed that its own retail stores will do the same. A new message on Apple’s retail website reads “iPhone 3G Coming July 11 at 8 a.m.” In addition, the company has set up a ”Where to Buy” page for the iPhone, featuring links to find the nearest Apple retail store or AT&T location, a list of what customers should bring with them to purchase and activate the phone, and a brief overview of how to get their data ready to make syncing to the iPhone 3G easier.

Geek-Themed Cars

A geek, a car, a vision…here are some cool art cars that have been converted into something from another word. See them all here. (From SlipperyBrick.com)

 

15 Reasons Why Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever

Fred Rogers saved both public television and the VCR.

 

When the government wanted to cut Public Television funds in 1969, the relatively unknown Mister Rogers went to Washington. Almost straight out of a Capra film, his 5-6 minute testimony on how TV had the potential to give kids hope and create more productive citizens was so simple but passionate that even the most gruff politicians were charmed. While the budget should have been cut, the funding instead jumped from $9 to $22 million. Rogers also spoke to Congress, and swayed senators into voting to allow VCR’s to record television shows from the home. It was a cantankerous debate at the time, but his argument was that recording a program like his allowed working parents to sit down with their children and watch shows as a family. 

 

Read more facts about Mr. Rogers here. (From MentalFloss.com)