BookCase Chair

This is the coolest bookcase / chair ever. It even has a reading lamp and everything. There is also a wheel on the front for wheeling around the whole thing. I have a billion and a half books at home. Someone made this with me in mind. I want one. I could wheel it to class and always have the best seat.

Zombies make good pets!

Since the dawn of domesticated animal companions, people have argued which pet reigns superior. I've never liked these arguments much, as they are uninspiring and subjective. They offer nothing that I haven't heard a biljillion times. Today I'll explain how Zombies are superior to dogs AND cats.

DOGS

Dogs defend people: A well placed zombie in the front yard will both defend your house and deter criminals (You may want to put zombie on a shorter chain come Halloween to prevent outbreaks and lawsuits). BONUS! A nifty gnome costume, or antlers on your zombie and it could pass as lawn art.

Dogs save people: Zombies float. Thus they make good floatation devices for saving children from the middle of a surging stream. They'll even cling on to your child if they're unconsious.

Jesus had a dog: Jesus rose from the dead AS A ZOMBIE! Historically, he was the first zombie. What better form of flattery is there?

Dogs are "Man's Best Friend": A zombie could have, at one time, been your best friend.

Dogs can be taught tricks: Will your dog "heel" while on fire? I think not.

Dogs are good with children: Zombies absolutely love children. Children run slowly.

CATS

Cats have their own personalities: Have you not seen thriller? Those zombies got attitude!

Cats are clean: Zombies can clean up after themselves. Just tie your favorite vacuum or mop to their rears and watch as they mop up those nasty blood stains.

Cats are independent: You can leave your zombie in a closet (under the stairs) and it'll be waiting right there for you when you get back.

Cats can entertain themselves: Zombies don't need to be entertained, ever.

Cats can be litter trained: Zombies don't poop, do they?

Arguments against zombies

Zombies smell: - Lie
Zombies will eat you: - Another lie
Zombies make bad pets: - Obviously a government conspiracy propagated to promote dogs and/or cats.

Tell me why zombies make bad pets and I'll tell you why you're wrong.

Fellow Slackliner

While perusing some forums, I came across a slackliner from brussels. He is damn good. check him out. http://www.home.no/cirkus/videos.htm
Please note that in the videos, he's on a slackwire, which differs from a slackline.
A slackwire is exactly that, a wire that isn't taught. A slackline is nylon tubular webbing, and is bouncy. This is a slackline

Learning while you sleep

Hypnopedia: Learning in your sleep.
I came across this in a forum devoted to learning Mandarin. While I'm skeptical that it's functionality is practical, I can't help but wish that it works.

It reminds me of an episode of "Dexter's Lab" where Dexter falls alseep while attempting to learn French. The record skips and keeps playing "omelett du frumage" over and over. When he wakes up in the morning, all he is able to say is "cheese omelet".

Unfortunately, the results of testing of Hypnopedia seem to be counterproductive. I guess you mind needs that quite time to form memories. *sigh* Maybe I could recover sleeping time through multiphasic sleeping instead. That would be nice.

'Sploding cars

This has got to be the best road sign EVER!

Where can I get a car like that?

Game Mechanics

I've been looking around for good game mechanics that I can incorporate into my web based game. I haven't come across any that will work with an open ended system. I will likely have to create my own, which is going to take some time. I don't mind putting in time, as I've put in alot thus far. I was hoping to find something that has been tested by alot of people already though. Usually, the system will go be revised if something isn't working too well. That's the part I was looking to skip.

As a side note, I came across http://www.ajaxwrite.com which is a web based M$ word application. You can write up documents from anywhere through your web browser with the same functionality as MS word. Not a bad little tool.

Another side note

V for Vendetta

Yesterday, my girlfriend and I went to see "V for Vendetta" which was originally a DC comic by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. The character V is an embodiment of ideas. Yes, he is physically a man, able to be killed or harmed, as any man is. But he is also an idea, a vision of what should be, and what could be, if given the chance for this vision to grow. They never show V's face, which I feel is a good thing, as it doesn't matter who he was as a man. The movie does a much better job of explaining it than I feel I could.

I came across This good site regarding V. I think I have developed an interest in the comic because of the story. I usually dislike when comics or books are turned into movies. It's not the fact that they've been turned into movies, but that they are usually done poorly. It seems that with the flood of 'comic turned movie' films that have been coming out lately, that a few at least have done the original source justice. I'm glad that they made "V for Vendetta", as I may not have been exposed to the ideas that it presents otherwise.

Sometimes I come across a really great idea, or set of ideas that I would like to become part of who I am. These are ideas that I would like to take with me and have shape who I am and who I will become. Often these ideas are presented through books or word of mouth. Occasionally a good movie will leave me asking myself "Are you living your life the way you want, or are you living it the way that is easy?". The story of V did just that. I suppose "V for vendetta" isn't much different than Seven Samurai in that manner.

Two years ago, I was into reading koans. I liked them, and thought I had understood them. But I only really understood them in an intellectual way. You can't really intellectualize koans, just as you can't do the same with a joke. The understanding of the koan comes to you, from inside, much like the laughter comes from inside when hearing a funny joke. You don't intellectualize the joke, understand the humor and then laugh. The joke uncovers something and your body intuitively responds with laughter. When you feel a koan as being truth, you change. Sometimes the change is only temporary, if you're lucky it's permanent. This is why I am bringing up koans after talking about V. When you experience an understanding of a koan, only you change. The world around you is still the same. Your perception and reaction to the world is different, and that makes all the difference. Unfortunately, that perception change doesn't seem to last (at least not for most people, myself included). You aren't concerned with the brevity of the experience, because at that point, you know better than to worry, but you also know that everything will pass.

There are some ideas and experiences that you'd like to keep with you and have shape you into who you will become. The ideas in the story of V (maybe not so much the movie itself) is becoming one of those ideas. Hopefully it will stay with me long enough to shape me somehow, into a better, stronger person.