Archive for 2010

An oldschool tour through the original Id Software Studio

An oldschool tour through the original Id Software Studio

Such a classic piece of our culture. The importance of what these men did changed the world forever, definitely something that should be watched and appreciated.  As a side note for those of you in the dark: The founders of id Software met in the offices of Softdisk developing multiple games for Softdisk’s monthly publishing. [...]

BOTB Series: Sexiest Songs of All time (Non-electronic)

BOTB Series:  Sexiest Songs of All time (Non-electronic)

Today I had an urge to listen to Wicked Game by Chris Isaak, without a doubt the more sensual song in the world to me.  If at any time there was a baby-making anthem this would be it.  But instead of simply saying ‘This is the sexiest song of all time’ making a post about [...]

Take a moment to be touched: Radiolab Moments

Take a moment to be touched: Radiolab Moments

If you haven’t heard it yet I am thoroughly addicted to a Radioshow / Podcast out of New York on the NPR called ‘Radiolab‘.  A show worthy enough of their own post for sure so I won’t get into how amazing it is but I found this video on their site today that brought a [...]

Not Accepting the anger of others

Not Accepting the anger of others

Buddha was walking into the city market one day and near the city entrance an old bitter man was sitting on a box glaring at Buddha, who carried a bright smile on his face. At the sight of him this old man started cursing Buddha up and down, left right and center, telling him how [...]

Toyota and Ford in a Canoe Race

Toyota and Ford in a Canoe Race

A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American  company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River .  Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak  performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to [...]

A Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

A Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan has written on of the greatest speeches I have listened to in my time and I am listening to it again for the upteenth time as I write this post. It has a way to inspire you, to humble you, to lift you up and to ground you all at the same time. [...]

Mount & Blade – Go Grab it!

Mount & Blade – Go Grab it!

http://www.taleworlds.com If you haven’t tried Mount and Blade go out and do so.. it is a great concept made by a great indie company that is addictive as hell.. The combat is the best in any fantasy game I have played, the strategy is fantastic, the entire gameplay setup is something that I have never [...]

10% Devotion Project: Days 6 – 9

10% Devotion Project: Days 6 – 9

A bit of a delay here with this post, I’ve taken to the whole video casting thing however it’s been a real pain in the ass as of late.  Mainly due to the fact that the equipment I have to record myself is absolute garbage for the task at hand.  The hues are way off [...]

Being an Athletic Vegetarian Woman(Part 2): Carbs

Being an Athletic Vegetarian Woman(Part 2): Carbs

Well in the first part of this series we discussed protein and what you as a Vegetarian Athlete can do to ensure your body has exactly what it needs and just how much that is.  Today we are going to go over a topic that certainly has received the bulk of the press when it [...]

10% Devotion: My 10 passions and where they stand

10% Devotion: My 10 passions and where they stand

Part of having more quantitative measurements of the effects of this experiment is starting it off with a quantitative understanding of what my baseline is so that I can quantitatively compare it to quantitative results taken at the end of the study.   Phew, I knew I could get that word in a sentence 4 times! [...]

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