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Transparent Aluminum – We can now build “glass” houses :)
0Just read an article on Makezine about a transparent aluminum-based ceramic. It can withstand a .50 AP bullet better than conventional laminated glass armor and one of the first things that came to mind was that it would be a great material to use to build a “glass” house. You wouldn’t have to worry about throwing stones anymore. Too bad that it is apparently very expensive.
Funny Videos
0Here are some funny videos I found surfing YouTube made by College Humor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc2AabXRkGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FABYGhzJ34
Article Explosion (articles I found interesting)
0Here are some articles that I again meant to blog about but I haven’t gotten around to them.
An article about research to use compressed air as a means to store energy.
Steam Punk
An article about a 35 year old man retaking the SAT to see how much knowledge retained/lost/gain over the years.
Retaking the SAT
An article about a 10 year old Civilization game.
10 Year Old Civilization Game
An article about Elaine Pagels’ book, Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation that explains how the book of Revelation is really talking about events current to the times when the book of Revelation was written.
Revelations Explained
Consistent Diet?
0I wonder what the health consequences would be for humans to have a consistent diet. I know that for the most part we feed our pets the same food every day and that there is normally an adjustment period for our pets if we change their diet. Would humans benefit from a more consistent diet e.g. only eating the same sandwich for each meal every day? It would also be interesting to know how consistent the diets of most people are. I don’t eat the exact same food every day but I also don’t eat that great a variety of food either. I rotate between the same half a dozen restaurants and cook the same few dishes.
Reducing Paper Waste
0I think restaurants need to change their receipt systems so that a tip line is added to the original receipt that is brought out. This would mean that they would only need to print a customer receipt instead of two additional receipts (customer and merchant) if a card is used. They could also add a check box if the customer wants a receipt and default to not printing one for the customer.
Catch Up Post
0Here are some funny/interesting videos I have found or been sent recently. I have been meaning to blog about them for a while but I haven’t gotten around to it so I decided to just put them all up with a small description for each.
Awesome video of Ken Block (professional driver) driving (drifting) around San Francisco.
Hilarious Korean workout equipment. I don’t know Korean but it looks like they are comparing their workout equipment to horse riding. I am not sure how good horse riding is for fitness.
I found some videos of a girl named Jacqueline who apparently is an awesome bass player. Here is one of many.
Cat walking down fridge (need I say more).
A magic trick done by a contestant on a TV show where magicians try to trick Penn and Teller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk5xfK0ovrk
Amazing Tron Dance performed by Wrecking Orchestra.
Birthday Bash 2012!!!!!!!!!!
0This past weekend I celebrated my 29th birthday with my friends at my parent’s “chateau” on Lake Travis. We made homemade pizzas using Home Slice Pizza dough and toppings everyone brought. It was some of the best pizza I have ever eaten.
We even tried to cut a watermelon in half using rubber-bands but I was too impatient to put on enough of them (you can see a video of some Koreans doing it in a previous post). Additionally some people were able to spend the night which was a lot of fun (haven’t had a sleepover in forever). We made breakfast tacos the next morning. It was one of my best birthdays.
Cool Breakdancing
0I just found a cool website call Floor Wars: International Breakdance Battle which hosts breakdancing battles. Below is a video of a recap of a 3v3 battle in Copenhagen Denmark in 2012.
New Page
0Just added the GIF page which has some GIFs I found on the internet.
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I wish I could have a fireworks display like this at my party on Saturday.