Saturday, November 27, 2010






Explanation: Have you ever seen an aurora? Auroras are occurring again with increasing frequency. With the Sun being unusually dormant over the past three years, the amount of Sun-induced auroras has also been unusually low. More recently, however, our Sun has become increasingly active and exhibiting a greater abundance of sunspots, flares, and coronal mass ejections. Solar activity like this typically expels charged particles into the Solar System, some of which may trigger Earthly auroras. As this year unfolded, the above timelapse displays of picturesque auroras were captured above Tromsø, Norway. Curtains of auroral light, usually green, flow, shimmer and dance as energetic particles fall toward the Earth and ionize air molecules high up in the Earth's atmosphere. With solar maximum still in the future, there may be opportunities to see spectacular aurora personally over the next three years.

http://vimeo.com/tittentem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auroras
http://www.adidap.com/2008/04/09/a-guide-to-aurora-photography
http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1



Aurora Borealis timelapse HD - Tromsø 2010 from Tor Even Mathisen on Vimeo.






YOU WOULD THINK SOFTWARE GIANT MICROSOFT COULD ENGINEER A FLAWLESS CHESS GAME! FORGET ABOUT IT! THESE IDIOTS CAN'T EVEN DESIGN A CHESS GAME WITHOUT FLAWS! HERE ARE VIDEOS (SHORT) OF THE GAME AS I PLAYED IT!
http://archive.ideum.com/portfolio/chess_software
http://www.photographyblogger.net/32-magnificent-chess-pictures/
HERE IS A QUICK REVIEW OF WHAT ANOTHER PLAYER EXPERIENCED;

Sacred - Dec. 10, 2009
This game SUCKS big time. I play chess and have for years. This game will try to say there is a tie when it is losing - how convenient = not! E.g. All the computer has left is the king and I have my queen, rook, king and pawns... so obviously I can check mate it and instead it ends the game prematurely (right when it is losing) and gives the lame excuse it is "a draw". Ya right = sore loser. In another game when I tried to move my pawn forward two squares it wouldn't allow me although this was a first time move which you're allowed to do. Another time, I moved my pawn beside the computers pawn so we were side by side and the computer moved its pawn diagonally to the square in front of mine and removed my pawn - a completely illegal and illogical move. Again, this happened at a crucial point in the game... right when the computer was losing. Coincidence? I think not. It is like the computer is a sore loser and will do anything to ensure it doesn't lose, even breaking the rules. This game is BS - don't waste your time if you are a real chess player. Sheesh!


Lil Kim Disses Nicki Minaj,Lil Kim’s Black Friday lyrics are a hot topic since Lil Kim disses Nicki Minaj with the song. You can watch a video clip below to hear the Lil Kim Black Friday lyrics. Do you think that Lil Kim disses Nicki Minaj with the words to this tune?

Warning: Before watching the video below of Lil Kim’s Black Friday lyrics, make sure to turn down your speakers or wait till the kids are in bed…little ears don’t need to listen as Lil Kim disses Nicki Minaj and uses some “choice” vocabulary.

You can view the Lil Kim Black Friday lyrics here…they aren’t family friendly enough to post!

Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj are definitely trading blows, and they aren’t setting a very good example for kids on how to settle their differences amicably!

Watch out, Nicki Minaj! The Lil Kim Black Friday lyrics, video takes a few big fat jabs at the rising newcomer. It is clear that Lil Kim wants everyone to know that she is not one to be messed with.

The war of words are getting downright nasty. With Kim’s latest release, Minaj is probably working on a comeback as we speak.

In part of the lyrics of Black Friday, Kim raps, “It’ll be a murder scene, I’m turning Pink Friday to ‘Friday the 13th. I hate you Lil’ Kim clone/clown, all this buffonery, the sh– stops now … We all know your last name is what got you your job, you’s a put together gimmick, something like a collage.”

Minaj has frequently been compared to Kim and Minaj wasn’t having any part of that! After Kim took some jabs at Minaj, on a radio interview Minaj says she isn’t backing down! She told Hot 97, “She just really jumped out the window. You gotta be careful when you pick fights. That’s what I’ve learned in this business; you just never know. I think people get me mistaken for a real Barbie. They forget where I’m from, and if I have to revert back, I can and I will. So don’t play with me.

Young Justice Animated Series, Tonight marks the one hour world premiere of the new animated series Young Justice on the Cartoon Network! The Blot can’t get over how much super hero animated goodness is on TV right now, and Young Justice is on the top of my must watch list. The Young Justice comic book, by Peter David and Todd Nauck, was one of my favorite DC comic books during the late ‘90s/early ‘00s and I still miss reading it today. The book’s strong ensemble cast was one of the best youth books ever written (in my honest opinion).

From my understanding the new Young Justice animated series is not really based on the comic book so much as re-appropriating their characters for the show. Sadly, it’ll feature Dick Grayson and Robin and Wally West as Kid Flash, making this show much more like a junior Teen Titans than Young Justice. It’s also weird to find out the show’s newest character, Aqualad, will also be the team’s leader. Aqualad just made his debut a few months ago in the DC Comics bi-monthly comic book Brightest Day.