Blog of Josh Hall

Forget the wheel chair.  Let’s move into cyborg territory with a system that can act as an exoskeleton and help you walk!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7582240.stm

Awesome stuff.  I can’t even begin to imagine the positive effect this will have on people.

"Adventure is just bad planning."

 – Roald Amundsen

I was talking to deirdre today on AIM, even though she’s just in my basement, and 2 sentences I wrote were the same length.  I love when that happens.

[12:05] S i x f 0 0 t 4: no loud noises in the morning
[12:05] S i x f 0 0 t 4: and yes, 12:05 is still morning

reminds me of an xkcd comic strip: http://www.xkcd.com/276/

I really should stop eating right before I go to bed.  I think I have crazy dreams as a result.  Last night had a few different dreams, but the scariest one was when a doctor told me I had thyroid cancer.  He said that he wanted to start radiation treatment right away.  I said I wanted a second opinion.  Later on I busted out into tears when I told my family what the doctor said.  They were all in shock.  It was very imprinting though, I woke up still confused if I had actually been told by a doctor if I had thyroid cancer.

 – There was this incident with an M80 one windy night where Travis held it behind his head ready to launch, i put my hands around it to block the wind, and Dallas lit it…

– When I stumble over my words or spelling of those words.

– The toilet.  I’m always amazed out how simple it is.  It dumbs it all down to 1 little lever.  Sometimes, you don’t even have to do anything at all if it has one of those lazer sensors.

– There’s a lot of innovative ideas that are born from stupidity or boredom…probably just better off youtubing "stupid idea".  That’d be far more entertaining.

– food for zoo animals?  If you can mess that up and the zoo animals can’t, you’re pretty stupid. 

Does the amount of food in your refrigerator matter in how much it runs?  Does an empty fridge use less energy because there’s nothing in it to cool?  I guess you can take that further and say does the contents of the fridge make a difference.  Does a fridge full of liquids require more energy than a fridge full of fruit?  I guess it all comes down to how much energy does it take to cool air…If I were to make a prediction, i would say a vacuous space would take more energy because a solid or liquid would act as an insulator…I googled, but couldn’t find anything…