I wanted to read another book on my Kindle (I got it on Prime Day and I love it) and Mark Zuckerberg told me to read this. Okay I will!  The book (author Smil) opens with a bunch of definitions from notable old people for the word energy and goes straightaway into a very broad and kind of random history lesson of sorts of past...

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^^^^^^^^ I have for you the intro of my Netflix Cat game. Looks cute right? And the game code writing is going ... it's hopefully going somewhere. There are major debugging problems that I have to deal with. But here is what it looks like so far. I'm sure a lot of stuff will change by the time the game is ready. When...

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The body reacts and acclimates to the cold in a number of ways. Our bodies shiver and our teeth chatter. Goosebumps form. All this is done by the little almond in our brains (the hypothalamus- responsible for thermoregulation) to make sure that we keep warm when the weather outside is frightful. Now as the temperature outside gets cooler, the old people in your...

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Mochi waffles have been gaining more and more popularity here in the west coast. My favorite mochi waffle is served at Cha Eighteen, a mini tea shop in the Santa Anita Westfield mall in Arcadia. It is sooooo good. Very warm and chewy. Screenshot of Yelp image gallery of Cha 18 There are actually two different types of mochi waffles: a moffle and...

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Grands! Pilsbury biscuit dough (the canned stuff) happened to be on sale at Albertson's. I bought a bunch and I decided to make pizza biscuits over the weekend. I made a few variations of pizza biscuits, but the base is the same. THE BOTTOM BASICS! 1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray (parchment paper is expensive so...

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A lot of people have heard of Schrodinger's cat, but not many know the purpose behind the thought experiment. Schrodinger came up with a thought experiment A cat is placed in a box with a Geiger counter, a hammer, a radioactive substance, and a vial of poison. Once the radioactive material decays, the Geiger will detect and trigger the hammer to smash the...

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My sister has a dog that she is just crazy about. His name is Charlie and he is a dachshund/beagle mix.  Photos of Charlie (he is really photogenic, not like the Taiwan mountain dog who refuses to be in any pictures) And because my sister is crazy about her dog, the month of October means Halloween costume making time for the dog. She made Charlie...

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I went to another concert Friday (10/2) to see Counting Crows. The venue was at the Verizon Amphitheater (now renamed Irvine Meadows).  The venue is very big and requires a bit of walking before getting to the stage, this sign is just a little beyond the entrance with maybe another five minute walk before reaching the stage Citizen Cope (Clarence Greenwood) was the opener....

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