Advent BlogThis is a 2003 Christmas Advent blog with an RSS feed. If you subscribe to it, you'll get one Christmas-related story or factoid a day from now until the holiday!Sun Nov. 30: Is Christmas the Mother of Invention- November 30, 2003 We often think of the US Space Program as being the driving force behind many popular products and technologies, from Tang to the nonstick coating Teflon. But Christmas, as it is a massive commercial force as well as a religious holiday, has also sparked its share of innovation. As an example, the two-bladed prong that is the end of most electrical cords in the US actually got its start as a connector used to make it possible to string together multiple strands of Christmas lights: The...http://www.cadence90.com/blogs/christmas.html#107039604493996267 |