Marshall Brain, the man (I almost said brain, but the pun was so bad it hurt) behind HowStuffWorks, recently posted a nice, short presentation about how to make a million dollars. Basically, save $5 a day or start a business and become an entrepreneur.

I saw Marshall Brain speak once about his entrepreneurial endeavors and thought he was an interesting guy. During a lull in the speech when he was talking about HowStuffWorks, he asked the audience to ask him how something works. Someone asked about a hair dryer and Marshall really lit up describing all the details of such a common appliance. To this day, hair dryers and toasters still remind of his description of the nickel-chromium alloy called nichrome that's used in their heating coils.