Monday, December 13, 2010

Creative History

Just A Few Things The Vikings Invented That Most People Aren't Aware Of
-the first recorded use of the music was in njalssaga
- the world's first synthesizers and music recording technology
-internet
-cell phones
-ipods
-the industrial revolution
-movable type
-assembly lines
-ipads
-existentialism (cf. Gunnar)
-nihilism
-science
-fireworks
-paper
-the english language
-the electric keyboard
-lamination
-modern map making
-GPS
-brussels sprouts
-pagination
-tables of content
-the concept of an index at the back of a book
-the automobile
-the submarine
-blogs

2 comments:

Elisa said...

It's really too bad that the vikings get so little credit for their contributions to modern society. Few people realize that they invented recorded music nearly 1000 years before the phonograph.

Alyneee said...

This isss...a joke, yes?