Archive for 2010
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)
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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! [...]





