Blog of Josh Hall

“Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.”

– Horace Walpole

The Antikythera mechanism dates back to 150 BC by the Greeks.  It was a device that was built to calculate celestial positions with high accuracy.  Here it is recreated with LEGO gears.

Pittsburgh is confirmed as the filming location for the new batman movie!  I’m stoked.  This is one of the biggest movies to be filmed in Pittsburgh for a long time.  I’m also noticing that Anne Hathaway is slated to be in the movie…I wonder what that means for Kallie…people are going to be extra jumpy about sightings.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11095/1137149-348.stm

You don’t tuck in tshirts or polo shirts.  They’re not designed to be tucked in, they’re designed to be a little more comfortable.  This is especially true if you have a big ol beer gut.  Why the eff would you tuck in your shirt to accentuate your belly?  That’s just disgusting.

Ball pits are awesome.  Maybe I could tie in a play room that would have the ball pit and the soft cushy surface there.  Surprisingly, I think the balls for ball pits are pretty cheap, and I don’t think a room would be all that difficult to make  The only thing I would see is them getting dirty and having to somehow wash them all eventually.  Kids would love it, and I would too.

related:  http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/02/27/ballpit-phase-ii/

http://gawker.com/5750105/spray+on-skin-a-demonstration

We have skin in a can now.  some guy gets 2nd degree burns on a Friday, they scrape some stem cells from him, spray them on his wounds, and he’s all healed up with barely any scars by Monday.  It’s like the coolest use of an air spray gun.  Reminds me of an old kids toy with a airbrush station, where you loaded up the paint, pumped it a few times, and airbrushed on some paper.  If you still have one, you can just heal yourself at home!

Yeah, I know, it’s called a “skin gun” – now get your minds out of the gutter.