Archive for September, 2007
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Braiiiiiiiiiiins….
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes
Okay, here’s a terrifying thing straight out of a bad horror flick. A brain eating amoeba that infects in ponds and lakes, and kills in two weeks. Infection starts with a headache and stiff neck, and by the end hallucinations and erratic behavior.
It’s bad enough on its own, but for a game, you could ramp […]
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
A Young Jedi in New York
A Jedi Order Establishes a New Temple — in Lower Manhattan
By Charles Graeber 09.24.07 | 2:00 PM
General sun wants coffee with a double shot of espresso. General Kalius A’dar will take a black iced tea. Cyran Oghma is all set, thanks. “Anything else, you guys?” Master Flynn asks the others assembled. As the founder of […]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Young hunter, 11, bags a monster porker
Interesting. There’s your proof for a ‘dire boar’ right there…
clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk
Confronted with a pig the size of a pick-up truck, most youngsters would turn tail and flee.
But 11-year-old Jamison Stone is too keen on his sausages for that.
The boy from the wilds of Alabama is said to have pursued the monster porker for three […]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Spectacular formation remains a puzzle
Here’s another one of those weird landmarks that is just crying to be featured in a game. “THe aliens are landing WHERE? Where’s that?”
clipped from www.darkroastedblend.com
The Richat Structure, Oudane, Mauritania, is not really a structure but a huge circular formation (50 km in diameter - 30 miles), that resembles an eye when looked […]
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
Does your familiar need some armor? Maybe these guys can help…
Real kitty battle armor (they also have armor for mice, etc.)
clipped from jeffdeboer.com
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Space hotel aims for 2012 opening
This is another great setting for a game. Now, imagine this crossed with the end of the age in the Mayan calendar in 2012 and watch the fun begin!
clipped from www.engadget.com
Pricey Galactic Suite space hotel aims for 2012 opening
Believe it or not, booking a hotel in space may become a reality sooner rather than later, […]
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
How Bronze Age man enjoyed his pint
Interesting… And more proof of the ancient wisdom of the Irish.
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
Two archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments seen around Ireland may have been used for brewing ale.
Fulacht fiadh - horseshoe shaped grass covered mounds - are conventionally thought of as ancient cooking […]
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
What a wonderful site for a game…
http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/multimedia/2007/09/gallery_hoteltomo?slide=1&slideView=10
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Beyond Wikipedia…reference sites you can'’t do without
clipped from dailyrevolver.com
Bartleby
Citizendium
Answers.com
ePodunk
Encylopedia Britannica
Scholarpedia
JSTOR
Oxford English Dictionary
Wikiseek
WikiMindMap
Online Education Database - This is a strange site, and I’m not quite sure what to make of it - but this link lists over 100 specific search and research tools, often relevant to specific subjects.
MathWorld - if you have the great misfortune of having to […]
