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The Hunt For Gollum

2009-11-22T23:53:00.001-06:00

This film is amazing! An almost 40 minute film based on the J.R.R Tolkien Lord of the Rings trilogy, this film tells the story of Aragorn on a quest to find gollum. See more information on the website as well as the youtube description bar to the right of the player. (Note: Entirely made from a group of people who are fans and are not affiliated with anyone related to Tolkien, or the film adaptations.)

"8-bit trip" - A lego animation on youtube

2009-08-26T00:01:00.001-05:00

Wow, this is just amazing. This obviously took a lot of work. In the video description, it says it took "1500 hours." Now that's a lot of work! It really paid off though. Things like martial artists kicking (all in lego) and pong. Enjoy.

Swine Flu, pigs not even infected?

2009-05-02T20:55:00.004-05:00

Short and sweet article about swine flu:

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Swine Flu and Vaccinations

2009-04-29T13:51:00.003-05:00

Swine Flu Article by Dr. Mercola

This is a good article to show that you should be rather skeptical about this whole "swine flu" situation. Of course you should be aware of what's going on... Rather than ramble on about it, I'll leave it to you to read it and see what you think. Though I will say this: I am inclined to believe with Dr. Mercola, and he's got evidence to back up his statements. Screw Big Pharma and anyone involved. Also, I believe the media is trying to scare us. Though that shouldn't come at any surprise to anyone reading this.

North Korea launches missile supposedly for putting up a satellite

2009-04-04T22:08:00.004-05:00

North Korean missile launch

The article basically speaks for itself.

Quick summary: The article talks about Japan, South Korea and the United States warning Pyongyang from launching any missiles because they claim it's violating a ban issued in 2006. N. Korea claims the missile is to put a satellite into the air.

A few informative Dr. Mercola Articles

2009-03-15T16:35:00.014-05:00

Please note: I have come to realize that Mercola articles are not fully viewable without a free account. I would encourage those that are interested in articles such as the ones below to sign up for a free account.

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The above link regards avoiding flu shots by taking vitamin D orally. There should be a video at the top. Mercola also discourages the use of flu shots, saying that most of them have things in them that you don't want to be putting in your body. Another very important distinction brought to a viewer's attention is that people die more from pneumonia, rather than the flu itself.

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This article linked to directly above, regards High Fructose Corn Syrup, yet again. The article discusses studies done by companies to debate the negative effects of HFCS basically saying that it is "okay in moderation." Mercola says otherwise. If you want more information, the fourth link on this post shall tell you about a technique used to stop addiction to soft drinks (which have HFCS), if that is something you are struggling with. I have also previously reported on HFCS, so if you missed out on those, please review the archives of this blog for the other article(s).

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The name of this article pretty much speaks for itself: "Simple change could reduce obesity in U.S. by 20 percent." This article talks about advertising during children tv programs, and its connection to obesity in children.

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This article is about the power & benefit of music on the human body, particularly when doing exercise (like running in a marathon.)

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Turbo tapping is a form of EFT (explanation is within the article) used to help a person stop an addiction; particularly in this case, soft drinks. This method doesn't cost you a dime, supposedly.

Lincoln photo recovered?

2009-03-10T23:54:00.003-05:00

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From yahoo news. I happened to see this article when I was on yahoo.com (Wasn't even searching for anything on yahoo.) Rather interesting article about, perhaps, the last taken photograph of Abraham Lincoln.

Sleep Problems? Maybe this page can help.

2009-02-10T14:51:00.005-06:00

http://www.medicinenet.com/sleep/article.htm

I found this link thanks to the book "What Color is Your Parachute? 2009", by Richard Nelson Bolles. This page "Your Guide to Healthy Sleep," as it says at the top of this article. Thought I would share it, could be beneficial to you. I know it's definitely something that I should be looking into.

Is your printer really out of ink?

2008-11-29T10:37:00.003-06:00

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How deceptive. Printer companies *may* (notice I said may not will) be ripping you off, making you buy a new cartridge for your ink-jet when you really don't need one just yet. That is, your printer may read "empty" for your ink cartridge, when in actuality there is still quite a bit left over to use.

Industrial toxin, melamine

2008-11-29T10:29:00.005-06:00

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The above is a link to an article about something called melamine. Check it out. I hope it is useful. Just another one of those shocking eye-openers.

Images you probably think were "photoshopped" or otherwise doctored

2008-11-21T00:54:00.010-06:00

15 images you will not believe aren't photoshopped

15 MORE images...

I didn't really believe these were real until I saw the original links the person posted along with these pictures. Number 6 (from 15 more images) I thought was for sure "photoshopped", but if you watch on the youtube video you'll see that it isn't fake. Well, for those of you who have already seen the bird before... well nevermind then. Nothing to see here.

Mutant/Unexplained "powers?"

2008-11-21T00:10:00.005-06:00

Mutants? Super Powers?

Interesting article I found thanks to someone on my facebook. I don't much care for the the way the person wrote the article but it's an interesting article nonetheless. I particularly like the one about the Swiss man who's got a jet pack. Pretty awesome!

Lack of a good night's sleep causing memory loss? Other problems?

2008-11-03T21:24:00.006-06:00

Circadian Clock, memory, and sleep

I found this Dr. Mercola article talking about getting good sleep and how if you don't get enough sleep, this can cause you to forget stuff you learned the previous day. There's also some great links in this article, so if you're curious about it, check 'em out. If you find this article useful, I would forward it to people you know, especially if you know they are having problems with sleeping or with too much GABA, etcetera, etcetera. There's also other information too, it's not just about memory loss.

Improv Everywhere Group

2008-10-11T01:18:00.004-05:00

A friend of mine told me about this youtube video that he found from this group based in New York city, New York called Improv Everywhere. This group basically does street pranks, or maybe what you could call 'surprise missions.' Basically they go around and do things that people don't know they are going to do, calling them 'missions' according to the text in the beginning of each video. For example, the first video I saw (and the one my friend showed me which got me interested in the group) is of this huge group of agents who are told by the leader that at a specified time they will all just freeze in place like as if someone were to pause a movie and the characters appear frozen. Of course people are wondering what's going on; it's kind of funny but at the same time kind of eerie because people just stop what they are doing. The location in this one is Grand Central Station in New York.

Anyway, they seem to have some interesting ideas, sort of a spin on the 'you're on candid camera' thing. You can check out more videos and learn more at their website, here. They have their videos up on the site itself using something called revver, but they also (obviously) have an official youtube account with which they use to post their videos as well.

LOL - Lots of Laughs

2008-09-22T01:03:00.007-05:00

LOL wow this is funny stuff. I don't know if anyone is familiar with engrish.com, but it gives you some well needed laughter when you're having a bad day for one thing. Anyway, this site is really hilarious with all the improper translations over in the Asias. I think it's mainly a site for Japan and China, but I can't be sure. They recently updated the website, and there's now a convenient link for "most popular engrish" on the left-hand navigation. There's 100 of them. Sure to give you some laughs. I hope you enjoy this site as much as I have.

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High Fructose Corn Syrup a hurtful substance?

2008-09-16T11:53:00.011-05:00

Well I've got a lot of information here for those that care to be informed about foods with HFCS. High Fructose Corn Syrup has been around since at least the 1970's, and is not something that should be in our food or in our drinks. I did a research paper on HFCS for college, and I've heard so much about it, that no amount of media tricks will fool me into believing that it's safe to use. Which leads me to this article below by Dr. Mercola:
Mercola Article on Media Brainwashing about high fructose corn syrup

Now is as good a time as any, so I feel that I should share my research along with my research paper in PDF form. Please do not steal my paper and claim it as your own! Here it is:

Nuttin' But Stringz from AGT September 2008

2008-09-04T21:42:00.006-05:00

Man, I don't know if anyone who is reading this blog has seen America's Got Talent, but this year's episodes have been phenomenal (of course there is the bad acts too, but there were so many good acts this year to make up for them) and I just watched the September 3rd's episode where the 10th contestant was Nuttin' But Stringz. Anyway, these guys are just fantastic... But don't take my word for it, see for yourself right here:
America's Got Talent: Nuttin' But Stringz

I don't know how long NBC will keep this clip up, but I recommend watching this... These guys brought tears to my eyes the first time I watched it. They're simply amazing, it's like a mixture between hip-hop and classical or something. Basically, it's these two brothers who play violin as there act and just blow away the audience.
I hope you enjoy(ed) it as much as I do.

Cell phones - More data showing that cell phones are dangerous

2008-08-28T12:11:00.007-05:00

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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/08/26/cell-phone-dangers-what-they-don-t-want-you-to-see.aspx?source=nl

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Above is a video and a link. The video is a youtube video about brain cancer. The link is to Dr. Mercola's website where there is an article about cell phones (but not JUST cell phones, wireless phones and possibly other devices) and how dangerous they are to human beings. This is just crazy; and I bet the U.S.A. (that is, our media and gov't) will refuse to acknowledge it for as long as possible. I'm planning on getting a cell phone, but after everything I've read and heard about, I'm going to be careful.. For example, you can buy Dr. Mercola's BlueTube Headset for cell phones. Basically, we should not have these radio producing devices next to our head! If a person does so, it should be for a short amount of time.

Another article showing cell phones are harmful to your health

2008-08-09T12:05:00.007-05:00

Well, here we go again.... More proof that cell phones can and do affect human beings. Cell phones (or portable phones in your house, or even laptops!) emit radio wave radiation which is harmful to people. The best thing to do is to use Dr. Mercola's air tube headset (he sells a product called the "BlueTube Headset") when talking on a cell phone, or using the speaker phone when possible, or simply not using the phone at all. (Fat chance of that, right?) Well don't take my word for it, read this article from Dr. Mercola, which is where I got the information:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/08/09/why-children-and-teens-should-stay-away-from-cell-phones.aspx?source=nl

There is a lot more information in there and is quite interesting. At the time of this writing, I still do not have a cell phone, and I'm feeling like it's a good thing too! If I do get one, I'd like to get one of those bluetube headsets and try to limit use.

In conclusion, I just thought I would share this information with people I know (or even not know) so we can be more informed and so that we can take care of ourselves accordingly.

Waterproof Substance Allows Electronic Gadgets to be Submerged in Water!

2008-07-29T21:32:00.009-05:00

http://www.switched.com/2008/07/27/gadget-waterproofing-process-defies-water-reality/

Hey all, check out this article my friend showed me (thanks David); it even has a video to show it off. Anyway, it's about this waterproof coating of some sort that you put on electronic gadgets such as cell phones... For example, you can stick a cell phone in the water and it will not be damaged at all! Quite amazing. I'm sure you may be skeptical, as I am a little bit. Technology is crazy isn't it?
Possible fake? I don't know. The video is pretty convincing.

Harmful sunscreens and bug-sprays - also, the sun is good for you!

2008-05-27T10:29:00.002-05:00

http://products.mercola.com/summer-survival-kit/?source=nl

Here's a good article from Dr. Mercola on sunscreen and bug-spray. Worth noting if you go outdoors a lot during summer and have mosquitoes bugging you and being exposed to the sun.

Voxelstein 3d

2008-04-26T22:07:00.004-05:00

This is pretty neat... --WARNING: Right off the bat warning... If you absolutely hate old graphics or graphic technology and have to have "eye candy", you will certainly not enjoy this.-- Otherwise, it's pretty neat. Obviously the guy still has a long way to go (at the time of this writing), but it is sort of a Wolfenstein 3d clone (actually, it pretty much is a clone - has the same sounds and everything).
Features include:
-Knifing the environment to make holes (like, to get out of your cell, you have to knife the "bars")
-Actual 3d world unlike Wolf3d (heh)
-Time bombs (or C4 basically)
-German Stick Grenades
-And more

Link:
http://voxelstein3d.blogspot.com/2008/04/v-o-x-e-l-s-t-e-i-n-3-d.html

Kudos to NamelessPlayer from TTLG Forums for sharing this with everyone. ;)
(From the thread Freebies for everyone!) So yeah, thought I'd just share this.

Star Wars IV: A New Hope

2008-03-29T17:37:00.003-05:00

Okay, I was looking around on youtube and was watching some tutorials, and came across this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byqCLKUmQaI&NR=1

This is really cool! If you don't want to do the telnet thing (I don't blame you if you don't) I found at the beginning that it gives a link to the actual guy's website, which is asciimation.co.nz - now, if for some reason this site goes down, or you are afraid to go there because it has a weird url, just type in asciimation on google or something. Anyway, to get to the point, this is a "movie" made in ascii that remakes Star Wars Episode IV as a text based video. Of course, its not the whole movie, and they change the dialogue a bit it seems, but its pretty neat in itself that someone could make something so elabarate like this. Anyway, I hope you enjoy, its pretty neat.

Diet soda is linked to heart disease and obesity - Worse than regular soda

2008-02-27T19:08:00.006-06:00

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/2/23/diet-soda-now-linked-to-heart-disease.aspx

Dr. Mercola is great... My mother had sent me to his site a while back, and that was how I found out about him. He has tons and tons of articles, and if you sign up for his newsletter, he will email you about health related things. I learned about this article recently, and now, as you might find for yourself as well, that you are doing yourself a disfavor if you drink this stuff. Luckly, Im young and have never had diet soda. I always go with regular soda. I try to avoid it nowadays though, I'm certainly not a heavy soda drinking by any means at all. I hope whoever reads this will learn something, and will pass it on to friends and family.

Hi I'm new to blogger - decided to get a blog

2007-12-04T01:14:00.000-06:00

Oops, should have posted this first... Hi all you people out there! I'm just someone who wants to be helpful to others and post stuff that can be beneficial.. Also of course, to post blogs about life and whatever else.

Safely Remove Hardware Tutorial

2007-12-04T00:41:00.002-06:00

This video was made in hopes that it would help people have a quick and easy way to access safely remove hardware. I have this on my USB drive for easy access. That's the main reason for me having it, but it may be convenient if you are in the same boat with people where the icon doesnt show. There is also another way of doing this. Simple do start, run, and then type in what I had in the shortcut box. You could also create a batch file.
Here's a page that shows the command: http://ask-leo.com/safely_remove_hardware_where_did_the_icon_go_how_do_i_safely
_remove_hardware_without_it.html

You may be wondering, why do I need to do "safely remove hardware"? Well, windows may be using some resources and its the best way to tell windows "hey, im done with this device please remove it safely". There is a chance of corruption from what I have read. Don't believe me? just look it up for yourself.