Poor Yogi :(

Well, I decided tonight would be the PERFECT night to go through a canister of instant coffee, a bag of oranges, and a pineapple. You know what that means: Bears & How to avoid getting your head ripped off :D

Inspired by my article on how to train your bear, I decided to research more into how to not get mauled to death. To start off, I shall quote my favorite article on this one, "Don't be a tease." Avoid eating, leaving food around, or saying, "Na na! You can't catch me!" to the bear. Mr. Bear will get mad and maul you.

Time For Tickles!!!!

Next, make noise and don't be sneaky. As fun as it sounds to sneak up behind a bear and yell, "TIME FOR TICKLES!!!!" this only works for Katie. Remember, surprising a bear and forcing them into a fit of laughter is a great way to get mauled.

Our last and most useful tip would be to: When in doubt, use Bear Spray. For any and all other information, please watch this informative video:

Bessel Tractor Beams

Perusing the internet, I was reading articles on Light sheets and filming of living cells in 3d panes. From this, I started to learn about different forms of light and their effects on cells... which brought me to....

BESSEL BEAMS!!! Wooo!

Bessel beams are high-energy waves, synchronized so they will not spread out as they travel. Now, they are only theoretical, as they require infinite amounts of energy to create one.  The are fun to look at, as they are remarkably similar to "a ripple in a pond".

The fun part of these is that the synchronizing of the wave lengths provides for some awkward physics improbabilities. By synchronizing the flow of waves, you are able to create a small pull on the photon level from short distances. This is great for nano processing, but not so great for tractor beams that can lift you up and take you to the moon mole people :(

Facebook Privacy

I was browsing the internet and I discovered something rather fun. About a month ago, I quit facebook. I think I did this just in time.

You are now able to - as a facebook app developer - access all users' addresses and phone numbers. Yeah, you remember how you had to give them your phone number to verify your account? WELL, now it is accessible by EVERYONE. I wanted to test this, so I made a quick app and a fake profile. It works.

http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/446

Gruttopolis

I have been distracted from ... well.. getting distracted, I guess. Not a single tangent this month as I have been too busy with school and family. The closest I will get is a post on my website which I have started to work on (about 4 hours so far).

Gruttopolis is my new site, and it has a testing server (.net) and the release server (.com). We now have SSL encryption on the site and account / character creation is all done as well. I will be working on this at work when I get the computer with the software, otherwise when my new laptop gets here, I will be finishing it up on there between classes.

Filler

I needed a distraction to keep posting, so I decided to take one I forgot to post and use it now! Woo! Yay! Huzzah! .. I'm done now.

Gruttopolis. The glorious glory of GLORY! I have begun working on this site once again. Per sanity (and mutual desire for entertainment) my friend Michael Lange is going to start helping me with the game. Because of this, I fear I might have to start working and thinking about it consistantly. I have purchased a testing domain, upgraded my hosting, and life is all good. I've spent about 3~4 hours on it this week alone, so I might as well use it as a "I'm still alive and kickin'" post while maintaining my 20 minute tangents only thing. This post will be deleted once I have time for a distraction, yea?