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Miscellaneous

Required Reading – NYTimes on Electromagnetic Pulses and Brain Power

The University of Sydney is experimenting with series of electromagnetic pulses directed into the frontal lobes. Hooked up to the machine, 40 percent of test subjects exhibited extraordinary, and newfound,…

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Miscellaneous

Happy Pi Day

…I should celebrate by having a contest of who can recite the most approximate value of pi. The winner gets what else, but a pie! What will you do for

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Miscellaneous

Update (or pointless post – whichever you prefer)

I haven’t been feeling the greatest lately. I feel a little behind in school and just not my usual happy self. I think it’s just one of those days though….

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Sport

All Your Bases Are Belong to Us

The following video from ESPN is a testament to why we play sports and that there is hope for humanity. I’m not much of a baseball fan myself, but rest…

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Miscellaneous

First Day of Winter

It’s been so dark out lately that I was just wondering when the first day of winter is. Well it turns out its today; also the shortest day of the…

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games

African Name Game

Think you know the world around you? Try naming all 53 countries of the African continent in 10 minutes, in my latest naming game: 53 African Countries in 10 Minutes….

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Miscellaneous

The Internet is full of Idiots

…couple. How can he be so sure? Well he’s going to write them himself. (Read More) Paul’s next article is titled, “I’ve invented the greatest compression algorithm ever”, and as…

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history

The Hippies

…Crowley is merely one of the 85 people and objects featured on the cover. The commentary also claims Sgt. Pepper’s was “the greatest masterpiece of the psychedelic era”. As any…

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friends

Mr. Harper Goes to Washington

…stories are already flowing: “The street right outside of my workplace is closed off because [Prime Minister] Stephen Harper is coming to the White House. There was a little protest

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space

Chinese Rocket Hits the Moon

…launched in 2014 to test out technology needed to bring samples back from the Moon. That mission, launched on a Chinese Long March 3C rocket, sent a spacecraft looping around…