The suspense leading up to the release of one of the most anticipated video games ever is at an all time high. With daily updates at the SSB Brawl website, much has been revealed but not all the questions have been answered. Will Sonic make a cameo in the game?, who is the final [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Super Smash Brothers Brawl: The Suspense Builds
Posted in Nintendo Wii, SSB, SSB Brawl, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Video Games, Wii on August 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Codebreaking, Ciphers & The Art Of Encryption
Posted in Ciphers, Codes, Cryptography, Encryption, Unsolved Ciphers, Zodiac, Zodiac Killer on August 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
No matter where you look, history has been filled with secrets. Codes, hidden messages, and cryptograms have appeared in every nation and in nearly every situation. Utilized by the world’s greatest leaders to fool the enemy, and some of the most notorious criminals of all time, ciphers have proved to be both helpful and [...]
Top 10 Strangest Animals Ever
Posted in Animals, Bizarre, Funny, Humor, Nature, Strange, Weird on August 20, 2007 | 12 Comments »
This creature is most probably the creation of an environmental problem. Children at a nursery in Weston-super-Mare, England spotted the three headed frog hopping in the garden.
Source: BBC News
The blog famous cyclops kitten, Cy was first thought to be a joke photo manipulation. Living only for a day, It had only one eye and [...]
10 Extinct Candy Bars You’ve Never Heard Of
Posted in Bathroom Reader, Candy, Food, Fun, Interesting, Obscure, Old, Weird on August 19, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The following is reprinted from Uncle John’s Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader.
These tidbits come from Dr. Ray Broekel, “candy bar historian” and publisher of a newsletter called the Candy Bar Gazebo.
THE AIR MAIL BAR. Introduced in 1930 to honor the first airmail flight in the U.S. – in 1918, from Washington, D.C. to New York City. Ironically, [...]
Spore: The Science of Making Worlds
Posted in Gaming, PC, Spore, Video Games, Will Wright on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you pay any attention to the gaming industry, chances are you have heard of Spore. Lead designer Will Wright has been in the process of crafting the revolutionary Spore for nearly 5 years. A huge peak of anticipation has begun to form as gamers wait for Spore to finally be released. What’s all [...]
Pandas Need Guns
Posted in Animals, Comedy, Funny, Humor, Pandas, Pictures on August 17, 2007 | 45 Comments »
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Posted in Creativity, Education, Schools, Sir Ken Robinson, TED on August 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Awhile ago I saw a video on the TED conference website. Here is the video if you would like to watch it:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66
It is a speech by Sir Ken Robinon entitled: “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” The talk really struck me, and I had to sit down for a minute and ponder just what Robinson was [...]
Fun With Palindromes
Posted in Fun, Language, Linguistics, Palindromes, Wordplay on August 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an awesome site dedicated to the mighty palindrome (phrase that reads the same backwards and forwards)
“I prefer pi.”
http://www.palindromelist.com/
Personal Anxiety Test
Posted in Anxiety, Life, Psychology, Stress, Tests on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Simple test that measures your stress level and personal anxiety. Excessive stress is terrible for the body, mind and soul; find out your results after taking this quick and painless test.
http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/anxiety_abridged_access.html
Personal Stress Test
Posted in Interesting, Life, Psychology, Stress, Tests on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Check out these picture tests you stare at and they tell you how much stress you have. Criminals see them moving around madly, children and seniors see them as staying still. Find out what you see when you look at them.
http://www.personalitytest.net/funtest/stress.htm
