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Way cool

I was searching on YouTube under the term ‘octopus vs.’ … Way cool.

Glenn Beck mentions Poughkeepsie

Near the end of this segment Beck says: “Special thanks to Domino Dan, coming all the way twice (we had to postpone him yesterday) from upstate New York to put up all these dominos and leaving early from the Poughkeepsie — you work at stop and shop? up in Poughkeepsie. Thanks Dan.”
Poughkeepsie is not upstate!!! Why [...]

We are living in exponential times

Thought I would share this little video; pretty interesting stuff huh? We truly do live in exponential times. With the increasing aggregation of increasing information, mostly due to modern inventions like the internet and personal computer, It almost makes the future seem unthinkable.
We have very few images of our ancestors, yet our children and [...]

Baldwin and Huckabee make a visit to Lynchburg!

So today (actually it’s now 1 a.m., so I guess yesterday) has been an eventful day at Liberty University. I was very surprised to see Mike Huckabee and Stephen Baldwin speak in convocation!
Had I known beforehand, It would have made getting out of bed a lot easier. These convocation things can be a bore and [...]

The world’s first computer was a love poet!

Here’s an interesting fact. The world’s first computer, the Manchester Mark I, created random love poems at one point!
Otherwise known as “Baby,” Manchester Mark I was built in Manchester University in 1949. A man named David Ward discovered the program originally created by Christopher Strachey (one of the scientists working on “Baby”), and made it [...]

It’s a winter wonderland

I apologize for not posting much on my blog lately, as I’ve been pretty busy with a lot of stuff. I think at my current work load I will only be able to put up 2-3 large blog posts per week, but that should change when I get more free time.
Today has been wonderful so [...]

The size of our universe

It’s hard to imagine it all, isn’t it?

Pandora Internet Radio is flipping sweet!

OK, so I’ve been hearing people talk about this Pandora internet radio thing for a couple of years now. One of my professors even keeps it on while he is lecturing, but I never really realized how great it was until I tried it out myself!
Basically, you can create unique radio stations based on artists/songs/genres [...]