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Heroes Season 3 Predictions
Just to get them out there before the season starts, I have two theories/predictions.
Clare and Syler have a son named Noah.
Matt is Peter and Nathan’s half brother.
Now to see if I am right.
Grenactics
Grenactics - The art or act of skillfully fraggin one’s opponent with the use of grenades or other compact explosive devices that are thrown by hand or projected such as grenade launchers, pipe bombs, plasma grenades, etc.
The term originated during a Quake 2 deathmatch.
It is short for grenade tactics.
The way the grenade bounced [...]
Site Revamp, Why Not
I am going to revamp the site again to readjust the focus a little bit. I may change the layout again, but I am not sure. I will still keep a lot of the existing content, but want to expand a little more into my interests to make the site a better window into my [...]
The Enhanced 2008 Olympics
I know that China had been struggling to get everything perfect for the Olympics, I don’t think they made the best decisions with their opening ceromony.
First, the cute child singing the Chinese national anthem wasn’t singing. Nine year old Lin Miaoke who was seen singing “Ode to the Motherland” was actually lip-synching while seven year [...]
Invisibility cloak
I just read an interesting story on CNet News about the further development of materials that could make people or things invisible.
Ok, what people see are not the actual objects or people, but the light being absorbed of reflected off those things. So we see light. The University of California, Berkley with U.S. Army [...]
Robotic Jelly Fish
A company in Germany called Festo has created two different types of robotic jelly fish: the AquaJelly and the AirJelly
The AquaJelly uses an electric drive and as the programmed intelligence to emulate swarming behavior. It has a translucent, water tight body and eight tentacles, which are used to move through the water. It has a [...]
Alcoholic Root Beer
A couple times I have tried my hand at making home made root beer, both from extract and raw ingredients. I have since come to the conclusion, I suck at making home made root beer. The extract works great, but I don’t really have the time or patience for it since to get it to carbonate [...]
Pirate Booty
I gots me some pirate booty now. I picked up a couple reales aka pieces of eight.
I got a 1717 Spanish silver 2 reales coin off eBay and it is a pretty one. Then when I was getting ready to pay for it, I saw a 1682 Spanish silver 2 reales.
This is the 1717 [...]