Blog of Josh Hall

Hello clouds, thanks for the weather

Hey raven, thanks for the feather

How do you do, tall, tall trees?

By the way, thanks for blocking the cold breeze

I want to thank you rain, for the seas.

And I thank you flowers, for making me sneeze

And dear mountains, how high you stand.

Thanks breaking up the boring flat land

And to the sun, thanks for rising

And to the thunder, thanks for surprising

And darkness, even though I sleep in you

You deserve thanks for setting the mood

My dear water, thanks for flowing

And all the grass in the fields, thanks for growing

And I thank all the animals that prowl

For every pounce, every attack, and every growl

And now that I have thanked all of you

For all you did, and all you do

I would hope you return the thanks to The Creator

Because He deserves thanks from someone greater.

If your boss organizes lunch, they’re paying.  Especially if they do not solicit your input on location.

You knew someone was going to do it eventually.  Back in 2009, British Television host, James May, and a group of volunteers set out to create the house in the UK.  Sure, they made sure it had a solid wood frame structure, but everything else is all LEGO.  There was something about James actually living in the LEGO house for a couple days, but I’m not sure that really happened.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203654/Thousands-Top-Gears-James-May-helping-hand-Lego-brick-house.html

http://www.geeksugar.com/House-Being-Built-Entirely-Out-Legos-Wood-UK-4389253

http://www.jamesmaystoystories.com/

Never completely trust what a computer tells you.

The reason is, computers are made by humans.  Humans lie, they can be stupid,  and they are prone to errors.  These 3 points go viral when inputted into a computer and subsequently released onto the internet.  Some people say that computers, the internet, and Google are making us all more stupid.  I say, that people who are already stupid are just proving it more frequently, because information is so readily available to them as a result of computers, the internet, and Google.

Example:  http://unitedcats.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/this-october-has-5-fridays-5-saturdays-and-5-sundays-all-in-one-month-it-happens-only-once-in-823-years

It’s been long  enough out of the original Napster era and RIAA filing extravaganzas that we can revisit this and see if there has been change.  In fact, there’s probably even room to take it a step further away from even acquiring music at all.  Some people may rely solely on places like last.fm, pandora, satellite radio, and grooveshark for their music needs.  Who needs to spend any money at all?

A practical use for LEGO in the data representation arena. Colors are used to show countries and adding the to the depth of the cartogram to show emigration and immigration to countries. See, I can do useful things with LEGO too!
http://infographicsnews.blogspot.com/2011/02/cartogram-done-in-real-3d.html