For those with a lot of time on their hands or in my case a lot of homework that needs to be procrastinated then you must read this epic tale of friendship, betrayal, corruption, and deceit. This is the story of one man setting out to pull off the biggest scam MMORPG history. Or at least in Eve history. Or at least in his history. It is also quite humorous.
Nature’s Nuclear Reactor
This is amazing! A natural nuclear reactor has been discovered in the African country of Gabon in 1972. It has only recently been determined how it worked.
From the article:
“[R]iver water trickling into uranium-rich bedrock acted like the control rods in a modern reactor, increasing the efficiency of fission and causing the uranium to produce a chain reaction. The reaction released heat that boiled the water. Once all the water was gone, the fission fizzled out, preventing a meltdown. Gradually, more water trickled in and the process started anew.”
Built in Pizza-order Function in ‘Everquest II’
Sony has built in a pizza-order function into ‘Everquest II’ because you know… sometimes it’s just too hard to get up and order it over the phone.
Instead users can click on the online pizza ordering option that’s available from within the game, and get a Pizza Hut pizza delivered to their mom’s basem… er… I mean, to their apartment.
(via DavidFlores QL)
My Photostream
I love flickr.com! It’s a fancy photo sharing thing. Here are my RSS 2.0 and Atom Photostreams.
Pierced Glasses
If you stick a barbell through the bridge of your nose and screw prescription lenses to it you should probably expect some criticism.
A news article about the pierced glasses:
To make pierced glasses, James Sooy first got a bridge piercing and allowed it to heal completely. Then he got prescription lenses – also about $75 – and enlisted help to attach them to the piercing with special screws. The total cost was about $160.
I Never Really Liked You Anyway Telus
What is with Skype.com? Everyone is talking about it and I’m thinking it could possibly be the end of my horrible long distance nightmares. I’m told that it costs approximately $16 Canadian for 10 hours anywhere in North America and most of Europe. Nice. Not that I have anyone in Europe to call.
"Did you get a copy of the Memo?"
Lightsaber Effect in YOUR Own Movie
It’s a how-to guide for adding the famous Star Wars Light Saber effect into your own footage. Very cool effect and maybe something I’ll use this summer if I get the New Media Movie Making Camp job again.
(via BoingBoing)
Sandtastic
Here is an image that I took in Disney’s California Adventure a couple of years back (December 2002).
The reason I bring it up is because I stumbled upon some more great images of sand sculptures. Their webpage could use a revamp, but the images are great.
The True Story of Audion
Cool story about a two person company and their software that almost became iTunes.