Bodies:
When I was in Las Vegas last week I went to Bodies the Exhibit, and I must say this ROCKED!!! There were stellar models made from real human bodies in all sorts of positions. This exhibit takes a linear look at the body, by dividing it systemically. The exhibit starts with the Skeletal system, then Muscular and so on. The detail of each model was truly epic. Each vein, nerve, and Aveoli bundle were perfectly in tact. I would say this exhibit is a must see 9.5 out of 10. I was fascinated by each anatomical structure as I saw it encased and perfectly preserved in either a jar or on a human body. I must say after taking Anatomy and Physiology this exhibit was even more interesting. In short this thing was straight up cool.
A Short Video About The Exhibit:
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Repost - Addicted to Digg.
Repost from - adiggted
I'm an addict. Are you?
1) Digg is the first place you visit online. Bonus points if it's your homepage.
-The first place I visit every time, I even have it on my phone.
2) You check Digg more than once a day because you're scared you're going to miss out on a great story if you leave it until tomorrow to check again.
-I check Digg on my freaking phone for crying out loud!! I check it at least 30 times a day. It's gotten to be ridiculous.
3) You visit Digg so much that the newest story is STILL the newest story the next time you visit.
-Happened twice today
4) If you don't have access to a computer for a few days, you'll still go back twenty or thirty pages through articles to make sure you've not missed anything important while you've been gone.
-I do this too the problem is you can't easily troll through the upcoming articles after their life has ended. Digg talk for can't do it enough.
5) You never need to check the "Top in 24 hours", "7 Days" etc. pages. You've already seen every story on there as they were being dugg.
-I looked at it once and I had clicked on every single link.
6) You've browsed Upcoming Stories because you want to make the first funny comment on that article you've found and get people to digg you up more.
-I do this more now that I've been on digg for a year. It makes me feel good.
7) You increase the size of the Upcoming Stories cloud text because you want to make sure you read every single article title.
-I would, but I just RSS feed everything to my everything so I know when a new article hit's the front page the second the feed is updated.
8) You feel kind of honoured if Kevin Rose joins in a comment thread that you're part of.
-Heck yes I would be honored.
9) You feel like Kevin Rose has become your personal friend, even though you've never talked to him.
-He and I go way back, way back.
10) You like digging up/digging down every comment for an article. It just feels better when all those thumbs are finally greyed out.
I hate seeing red and green it's all Grey for me.
11) It really bugs you if you get dugg down, regardless of what you've said.
-Especially if it was pro-firefox.
12) You go back and check for replies to your comments more than once. In fact, you check daily.
-Daily? Try Hourly.
13) You feel really downhearted when no one replies to your comment or diggs you up.
-Well it hurts a little, yeah.
14) You kind of hope people will think you're cool enough to view your profile and visit your personal website via it.
-I hope, but I know it's not true.
15) You wish more of your real life friends knew about and were addicted to Digg as much as you are.
-Exactly!!! Why isn't everyone else as addicted as I am?!! Digg.com Freaking Rocks!!!
I'm an addict. Are you?
1) Digg is the first place you visit online. Bonus points if it's your homepage.
-The first place I visit every time, I even have it on my phone.
2) You check Digg more than once a day because you're scared you're going to miss out on a great story if you leave it until tomorrow to check again.
-I check Digg on my freaking phone for crying out loud!! I check it at least 30 times a day. It's gotten to be ridiculous.
3) You visit Digg so much that the newest story is STILL the newest story the next time you visit.
-Happened twice today
4) If you don't have access to a computer for a few days, you'll still go back twenty or thirty pages through articles to make sure you've not missed anything important while you've been gone.
-I do this too the problem is you can't easily troll through the upcoming articles after their life has ended. Digg talk for can't do it enough.
5) You never need to check the "Top in 24 hours", "7 Days" etc. pages. You've already seen every story on there as they were being dugg.
-I looked at it once and I had clicked on every single link.
6) You've browsed Upcoming Stories because you want to make the first funny comment on that article you've found and get people to digg you up more.
-I do this more now that I've been on digg for a year. It makes me feel good.
7) You increase the size of the Upcoming Stories cloud text because you want to make sure you read every single article title.
-I would, but I just RSS feed everything to my everything so I know when a new article hit's the front page the second the feed is updated.
8) You feel kind of honoured if Kevin Rose joins in a comment thread that you're part of.
-Heck yes I would be honored.
9) You feel like Kevin Rose has become your personal friend, even though you've never talked to him.
-He and I go way back, way back.
10) You like digging up/digging down every comment for an article. It just feels better when all those thumbs are finally greyed out.
I hate seeing red and green it's all Grey for me.
11) It really bugs you if you get dugg down, regardless of what you've said.
-Especially if it was pro-firefox.
12) You go back and check for replies to your comments more than once. In fact, you check daily.
-Daily? Try Hourly.
13) You feel really downhearted when no one replies to your comment or diggs you up.
-Well it hurts a little, yeah.
14) You kind of hope people will think you're cool enough to view your profile and visit your personal website via it.
-I hope, but I know it's not true.
15) You wish more of your real life friends knew about and were addicted to Digg as much as you are.
-Exactly!!! Why isn't everyone else as addicted as I am?!! Digg.com Freaking Rocks!!!
Saturday, December 23, 2006
The Beatles Love:
Yesterday I got back from Las Vegas and seeing the Beatles Love Cirque du Soleil Show. I have to say this show is amazing!! The lighting, music, and on screen visuals all work very well to complement the action on stage. This show was an exhilarating journey through the Beatles life and times. There were underlying themes of peace, and anti-war movements that only furthered to perpetuate the immersing environment from the period. If your heading to Vegas any time soon this is a must see show.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Digg.com Gets a fresh New look, but is it all good?
The social news networking website, Digg.com got a refreshed look today after only a few months with it's previous look. The design pushes even more into the realm of Web 2.0 and Social Networking. It offers a rearranged home page, a slightly altered color scheme and most notably no increased functionality. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Digg fan and I use it all the time, but was this new look entirely necessary? I find the changed look slightly more jarring than appealing to the eyes. I found the relocation of the support bars to the right side and the top only made the user experience more confusing. Sure, users are still digging up stories, and writing comments, but is the site any better off? I say no. I would rather the Digg team focused on adding new and creative functionality than revamping a look that wasn't too bad to start off with. Most of my content for this blog comes form re-posts and research I do on Digg, so you must know this site and it's usefulness are of paramount importance to me, in fact that is why I care enough to say, "what the heck Kevin?" Digg was a great design before, allow functionality that automatically changes my content based on my Diggs and then we could think about a redesign.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Chex Quest!!!Thats right Chex Quest, for those of you who don't know (I feel bad for you) this is a game that came in some boxes of Chex Cerial way back in the day. We'll I was on Digg today and saw that the game is now open to the public, free of charge! Check it out here. The game runs in DOS and has graphics akin to the original Doom.
Download site.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Flipping through a wad of cash.
So, after a local fair I flipped through some cash, and well, see for yourself.
Ubuntu
Personal:
I have seen many types of injustice in my life, but one that I feel is unacceptable is forced poverty. Ubuntu is an African word that loosely translated means "humanity to others." That is something I believe very much in. If you want to help make a difference in the world check out the ONE campaign to fight poverty, or purchase product Red
Public:
Ubuntu is not only a word that means "humanity to others," but it's also a very popular version of Linux (an alternative operating system to Windows and Mac OS X). If you haven't yet had a chance to check it out I suggest you burn a live CD and check it out yourself from their website. This "revolutionary" operating system stems from the open source community that gave us such wonders as Firefox, Open Office, and Gimp.
I have seen many types of injustice in my life, but one that I feel is unacceptable is forced poverty. Ubuntu is an African word that loosely translated means "humanity to others." That is something I believe very much in. If you want to help make a difference in the world check out the ONE campaign to fight poverty, or purchase product Red
Public:
Ubuntu is not only a word that means "humanity to others," but it's also a very popular version of Linux (an alternative operating system to Windows and Mac OS X). If you haven't yet had a chance to check it out I suggest you burn a live CD and check it out yourself from their website. This "revolutionary" operating system stems from the open source community that gave us such wonders as Firefox, Open Office, and Gimp.
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