Web 1.0 was the best Web.
Yes, some people still blog! I have a collection of random things I’ve written about, big and small, since 2001.
I was driving around at work during the night and I got to thinking. Have you ever wished you could go back in time, with the maturity and knowledge that you have now, and done things differently?
Of course that would, in reality, create a paradox. You became the person you are because of the descisions and mistakes you made: you learned, or didn’t learn, from those mistakes and actions taken in the past. If you were to go back and change them, you would change who you are.
I’d like to take a moment to write about one of my passions. Space. The vast expanse of dark matter, galaxies, stars, nebula, planets, comets, asteroids… and things we’ve never yet seen. When you compare the region of space around Earth … or even our solar system, to the expanse of area around the galaxies closest to our own, we’re smaller than microscopic. The mind can hardly grasp the concept of how much space there is in the Universe. (There are several meanings to the world ‘Universe.’ The meaning I am using is all things in the infinite or finite space.) Of course the current theory is that Space goes on for infinity, that there is no end. That is only a theory… a theory, I’m afraid, that will not be proven true or false in my lifetime, nor anytime soon to come.
Ahh, the “Big Game” is here. Game after game, win after win, the two teams here truly deserve to be in this game. There has been much speculation from the sports writers, the news columnist, and general fans that the teams that are here do not deserve to be here. Seattle because they had an “easy schedule” and Pittsburg because their wins were “a fluke.”
Say what you will, hypothesise all you want. The teams that deserve to be here are the teams that win. Many may try to predict if it will be an exciting game: high scoring, close calls, lots of action… or a boring game: low scoring, dull plays, lopsided victory. You’ll never know how the game will play out until… the game has played out.
It’s that time of year when people make a great deal about groundhogs seeing their shadow or not seeing their shadow, winter lasting longer or not, etc.
Of course this tradition has no merit to it. The basis behind the idea is that bright winter days are the coldest (which is true). Therefore, if the groundhog sees it’s shadow, the winter will last another 6 weeks. (It is colder on sunny days in the winter because the clouds are not their to insulate the surface, allowing all heat to escape.)
Final Fantasy XI expansion pack Treasures of Aht Urhgan now has an offical release date: April 18. Additionally, they’ve announced another new job: Corsair. A Corsair is also known as a “Privateer” which is basicly a pirate with the legal backing of a government. (Privateer @ Wikipedia)
The Corsair looks to be similar to what previous Final Fantasy’s have called the Gambler class.
They’ve also released screenshots of the new Imperial City of Al Zahbi.
No, OGLE-2005-BLG-390L b is not a serial number. OGLE-2005-BLG-390L b is the most Earth-like planet discovered orbiting another star.
OGLE-2005-BLG-390L b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L and is 28000 light years from earth. It is situated in the Sagittarius constellation and is near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
This is the first extrasolar planet discovered to be similar to Earth.
However, the star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L is a cool brown dwarf which means it doesn’t give off much heat. Also, the planet is 2.5 times farther from the star than Earth is from the sun (380,000,000 km). This means the surface temperature be under -350°F.
This morning on Kidd Kraddick in the Morning, someone made an off-hand mention about making up a name that doesn’t mean anything. However Google DOES mean something. It’s a play on the word “Googol” (pronounced the same way) which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. This was to reflect Google’s aim to organize the internet into a large database to be searchable.
Below is what a googol looks like:
Of all the planets in our solar system, the one that has caused the most controversy is Pluto. When it was discovered Feb 18 1930 it was instantly classified a planet. Since then many have speculated if it truly was a planet, or just a larger asteroid. The debate continues today with scientest currently attempting to hammer out an agreement on what is and isn’t a planet. This “planet definition” will play a role in future discoverys as well as with Pluto. Currenlty that status of 2003 UB313 is in limbo until the definition of a planet is defined. (2003 UB313 was discovered on October 21, 2003. It’s current informal name is Xena. It’s one known moon is informally named Gabrielle. Yes… from the TV show Xena.)
With only two days left in 2005, a new Tropical Storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean… extending this hellish 2005 storm season one more storm. Tropical Storm Zeta formed at 25.0 N 36.9 W, about 1070 miles (1720 km) southwest of the Azores.
Had the storm formed just a few days later, this would’ve been Tropical Storm Alberto of the 2006 season. However Zeta is the 27th storm of the 2005 season, extending the record of the number of storms within a year.
Here comes the end of the year. 2006 is sneaking up on us and I usually like to reflect on what I did over the year. Here is what I found interesting about my life in 2005.
Uneventful January
January was pretty uneventful. The only thing of importance I had done was to sign up for Japan-Guide.com. I didn’t do anything with this account for quite sometime, but this site did lead to me getting to know 美和 (Miwa). That, however, wouldn’t be until November.