Best Use of EyeToy Ever
Also, the song by Kid Cudi at the end is really awesome. Gave me the chills.
Open Mindedness
I have discussions with a lot of people about paranormal activities (from religion, personal experiences, etc) that I have a hard time swallowing. This movie has made my response infinitely easier as this is pretty much exactly how I feel.
Why Are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?
Here is an interesting article about why we have 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute. It also talks about how the day wasn’t always 24 hours, how to count past 10 using only your fingers, and all kinds of cool sciency/history stuff.
Americans Suck at Science
This article is depressing.
* Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun.
* Only 59% of adults know that the earliest humans and dinosaurs did not live at the same time.
* Only 47% of [...]
New, Faster Charging Batteries
Looks like we’re going to have faster charging batteries that take 1/18th the amount of time to charge. This means that:
A prototype battery made using the new technique could be charged in less than 20 seconds – in comparison to six minutes with an untreated sample of the material.
Most commercial batteries use a material [...]
A New Country, A New Land
Something that I’ve been intensely interested in the past couple of years is government and how it works (and more importantly, how it doesn’t). When I used to drive David Siems home from work, often times we would get to talking about what kind of government we would create if we were starting from [...]
