Storm Front

 

The Future is Now

One of the great conveniences of the modern world is the battery. It allows us carry energy almost anywhere. Down the hall, into the yard, out in the woods, into the mountains, in the sky, in space, under water . . . well you get the idea.

And on of the great inconveniences of the modern world is the battery. It makes us think that we can take energy anywhere. Down the hall, into the yard, out in the woods, into the mountains, in the sky, in space, under water . . . well you get the idea.

They are forever running out of power (like last night at Barnes and Noble in my truck, or when Mark and I were spelunking about a quarter of a mile underground and my flash light died) or worse they lose enough energy to dim a bit and you replace them with new ones and in short order you have 74,658 half spent batteries laying around the house.

Well maybe, just maybe we have a solution in the future. (sent to me by Breakdaddy!)

The Super Supercapacitor | Brian Golden Davis from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.

Word of the Day -- Comestible

Those fans of Monty Python will surely recognize this word from the Cheese Shop sketch.  "...Cheesy comestibles."

Comestible simply means edible.  Did you expect "comestible" to be a noun meaning "food"? You're probably not alone. As it happens, "comestible" is used both as an adjective and a noun. The adjective is by far the older of the two; it has been part of English since at least the 1400s. (In fact, one of its earliest known uses was in a text printed in 1483 by William Caxton, the man who established England's first printing press.) The noun (which is most often used in the plural form, "comestibles") dates only from 1837. It made its first appearance in a novel in which a character fortified himself with "a strong reinforcement of comestibles."

Levels

Starting Fires

Literally. When the zombie apocalypse starts the world will necessarily suffer the loss of basic services . . . which in place of basic you should probably insert essential. Here's a very slow talking video on how to start a fire using a hand drill.

Daily Cosplay

Iron Man 3

Coming soon!

Word of the Day -- Excoriate

Excoriate is a great word.  It means to wear off the skin of or to censure scathingly.  It first appeared in English in the 15th century, comes from "excoriatus," the past participle of the Late Latin verb "excoriare," meaning "to strip off the hide." "Excoriare" was itself formed from a pairing of the Latin prefix "ex-," meaning "out," and "corium," meaning "skin" or "hide" or "leather." "Corium" has several other descendants in English. One is "cuirass," a name for a piece of armor that covers the body from neck to waist (or something, such as bony plates covering an animal, that resembles such armor). Another is "corium" itself, which is sometimes used as a synonym of "dermis" (the inner layer of human skin).

Armor Up

Romeo Models

The Papal Bull

The Papal Bull is a letter or document that carries the signature of the Pope; its name is derived from the lead seal that mark's the document, the "bulla." It has a variety of meanings now but originally meant nothing more than a document put forward and signed by the Pope. By the 13th century it began to adopt a more formal meaning; the lead seal was only used on more important documents. Now it is only very particular documents that carry the Pope's title Episcopus servus servorum Die...the Servant of the servants of God.

The Unsettling Dark

On the horizon, where worlds collide, rides the wrath of gods. Their rage is upon one the other, wholly indifferent to the wants and designs of man.