01.29.07

Latest Photo

Posted in Personal at 9:42 pm by Jeff

Here is our family photo from Kyle’s 5th birthday (January 28th).

Those disobedient children…I keep telling them to stop growing and they just aren’t listening!

01.03.07

Pat’s Predictions

Posted in Politics and Issues, Faith and Practice, Culture and Ideas, Humor and Sarcasm at 11:12 am by Jeff

Pat Robertson is at it again. He says the Lord told him to expect a massive terrorist attack in the United States in late 2007. Says Pat:

“I have a relatively good track record,” he said. “Sometimes I miss.”

In May, Robertson said God told him that storms and possibly a tsunami were to crash into America’s coastline in 2006. Even though the U.S. was not hit with a tsunami, Robertson on Tuesday cited last spring’s heavy rains and flooding in New England as partly fulfilling the prediction.

Seems to me that Pat throws his darts at a blank wall and then goes and draws bulls-eyes around them…

01.02.07

TriPong Anyone?

Posted in Science and Technology, Culture and Ideas, Business and Economy at 1:23 pm by Jeff

At a recent retreat with some class-mates, I was reminded just how much I stink at ping-pong (though I still enjoy playing). Now someone has invented 3-player ping-pong, so I can get beat by two people at once!

Inventor creates ping pong for three

But the more interesting part of the article gets minimal treatment:

His spatial relativity theory involves the String Theory, the Big Bang theory, quotes from Albert Einstein and something Boyd calls the “elemental particle.” It is, he contends, the smallest possible piece of physical matter in the physical universe.

He claims that if he could break down space into these basic particles, they could be used for electricity.

. . .

Boyd is seeking investors to build a prototype spatial energy converter to test his theory, which he said could have energy, medical and military-industrial applications.

“This should be easy to disprove,” he said, “But if we are correct, we’ve revolutionized physics and the electric grid as we know it won’t be needed anymore.”

Now that could get interesting. But I can’t find anymore information on this guy or his theory. Probably junk science anyway. Oh well.