Steve Jobs, who received a Walkman from the Sony head, Akio Morita, himself, chose to dissect it piece by piece, understanding the machinery behind it. Twenty years later he debuted the iPod, his own version of the portable music player, which had a hard-disk at that time.

• The day after Thanksgiving was a natural time for shoppers to head into town and hit the department store. Most families were still together from the prior day’s feast, and few middle-class folks were required to work.
• Big-city shopping districts were anchored by d...

• Let the pasta cook in a large pan with salted boiling water for it to move around and have flavor.
• Don't add olive oil anymore because that won't prevent it from sticking together.
• There are many versions to the spaghetti bolognese but in Italy, the pasta and the sauve are...