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GamesArchive for April, 2010
April 15th was a traumatic day. Not only did it mark the day citizens of the United States had to turn in their income tax forms, but also it was the final day of support for the original Xbox on Xbox Live. Microsoft cut the old consoles out of the online platform. If you want to play online with an Xbox, you’ll need a 360 to do so. One of the casualties of this decision was Halo 2′s online multiplayer feature — something some players are unwilling to give up.
You Asked: What happens to water if it’s not allowed to expand when frozen? — Tony, Cut Off, La. Marshall Brain Answers: In nature, or in your kitchen freezer, water expands when it freezes. It gets about 9% bigger. This video gives you a dramatic demonstration of what happens when water freezes in a closed [...]
Mother’s Day Gifts that Help Other Mothers
by Molly Edmonds | April 27, 2010
Last night, I attended a concert that benefited two Nashville-based organizations: Thistle Farms and Magdalene. It was a pretty moving experience; Thistle Farms and Magdalene are programs that help women with histories of prostitution and drug addiction, and some of the women were on hand to tell their stories of survival. Many of the program members have sad stories of sexual abuse, domestic violence, jail time and homelessness in their past. But Magdalene and Thistle Farms provide inspiration for how we can help individual women and transform entire communities.
A blog post on Urban Semiotic attempts to point out that there’s no such thing as coincidence. We humans tend to construct coincidences to amuse ourselves or to seek solace in the idea that there is some all-knowing being tittering behind his wizard’s sleeve as he sets up impossible scenarios to play out and watches us react like the comic strip version of Little Orphan Annie when she’s startled.
This video has been getting a lot of buzz and attention this week because it demonstrates a cruise missile launch system hidden inside a normal steel shipping container: Typical articles covering the video include: – A cruise missile in a shipping box on sale to rogue bidders – Club-K Container Missile System Defence experts say [...]
I recently wrote an article about the Sentinelese, who are, arguably, the most awesome people on the planet. Chances are pretty good, however, that you’ve never even heard of them. So just what makes them so crazy-cool and how have they been secretly keeping it under wraps all this time? Well, it’s the fact that they’re one of the last few remaining isolated tribes, and they firmly intend to stay that way.
Say you have a heavy concrete structure or a big boulder on your property and you would like to get rid of it inexpensively. It is too big and too thick for a sledge hammer or a jackhammer. You could use dynamite or maybe primacord, but this requires special permits and training. Plus the neighbors [...]
Here is the ad: IS DAT SUM COMPUTERS!? After reading the ad, the obvious question is, “Is that a good price for a machine like that?” Probably not. If you look at the Dell Alienware Aurora, the base price is $1,299 and includes the same processor as the one listed in the ad. After adding [...]
If you are a fan of all things NASA, this video is absolutely fascinating. It is 30 seconds of real time from the Apollo 11 Saturn V launch, but it has been extended to over 8 minutes because it was shot at 500 frames per second. And it has a erudite narration that explains what [...]
Carbon dating is a way of determining the age of organic matter up to 50,000 years old. But how does it work? Listen in as Allison and Robert explore the uses of carbon dating, as well as the controversial artifacts dated by this method.
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