Death Ray

YES!!!!

This kid is great.  He clearly enhanced the destructive capabilities of his death drone by doctoring the targets, but I love it.  I also like that he wore safety goggles in the video, as this drone's laser is not safe to be around.

2015 Psychic Predictions

This year, I predict...

• The popularity of Facebook will have peaked.  Another popular social media site make great advances in popularity.
• Fidel Castro will die.
• A terrorist attach will occur in the United Kingdom causing dozens of casualties.
• There will be multiple accidents with drones injuring people in the news.

Let's see how I did with 2014...

• There will be a major natural disaster in Asia, causing great damage
• In December, over 160 thousand people were evacuated in Malaysia due to flooding.
• Fidel Castro will die
• I was close, Fidel Castro was absent from the limelight in 2014.  In January 2015, unconfirmed rumors of his death are sweeping the interwebs.
• Hilary Clinton will strongly signal, if not declare, her intent to run for president
• Hilary did not make any strong signals in 2014
• The stock market will rise, perhaps by as much as 10%
• The DOW was up over 20% and the NASDAQ was up ~10% over 2014.
• Content streaming will surpass broadcast media, with more viewers/top shows
• While I couldn't find any direct numbers, this article suggests that my prediction might come true in 2015.  I'm a little too early.
• Scientists will make significant progress in understanding the nature of dark matter
• The European space observatory made a potential significant breakthrough in detecting dark matter in 2014.

2014 Predictions

Here are my psychic predictions for 2014...

• There will be a major natural disaster in Asia, causing great damage
• Fidel Castro will die
• Hilary Clinton will strongly signal, if not declare, her intent to run for president
• The stock market will rise, perhaps by as much as 10%
• Content streaming will surpass broadcast media, with more viewers/top shows
• Scientists will make significant progress in understanding the nature of dark matter

Electric Cars

One disappointing thing about going to electric cars is that you won't have those huge car explosions in movie car chase scenes anymore.

Just a thought.

Robot Apocalypse

If you don't think the robot apocalypse is coming soon, you should take a look at the videos below. You may want to start thinking about what life will be under our robot overlords. The scariest video is the last one. Not only do you have to be worried about what academics and DARPA are up to, but you also need to watch what your kids are doing with their LEGOs.

Don't Ask Obvious Questions

During a recent visit to my parents, I noticed some sweets in the kitchen. I am concerned for their health, especially my diabetic Dad.

"Mom, why are there Reese's® Peanut Butter Cups in the refridgerator?"

"Because your Dad likes them cold."

Of course.

Puppy New Year!

Happy New Year. Has it really been a year since my last post? Perhaps my New Year's Resolution should be to blog more often.

Lately I've been distracted by my energetic puppy. The best training advice I've seen so far is "you can only get a dog to do something you want by offering it something it wants". Lucky for me, my puppy will do anything for a few kibbles.

I've also become more aware of litter. I've always been disgusted by the bottles, wrappers, etc. that I see strewn along the path. But now I see so much more. When walking the puppy, it finds little pieces of trash to eat that I never noticed before. I spend as much time pulling little bits of paper and who-knows-what out of it's mouth as I do walking.