http://www.battlemonkey.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:22:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Watch the Full Episode! This story prompted me to respond to one of the forwarded emails from my Pops. Mostly jokes, sometimes funny, but every once in a while you get one that is slightly off-color due to race, religion, and what not. What follows is my response to a bad ... http://www.battlemonkey.net/2008/07/my-rant-against-conservatives/ Finished reading Leonard Susskin's The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design. While giving a great deal of explanation of the Anthropic Principle and an in depth discussion of String Theory, the most astounding topic I encountered was the Holographic Principle. While offering scientific explanations to "weird" physical ... http://www.battlemonkey.net/2008/06/book-review-the-cosmic-landscape/ Thanks to all those anonymous people that voted "best to hang out with for a day" and "smartest" as a WEAKNESS! Not quite sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but I'll take the STRENGTHS either way ;) An email from Chainn, an application on Facebook: Your friends ... http://www.battlemonkey.net/2008/06/strengths-and-weaknesses/ DSC00010 Originally uploaded by njcalugar Went to the Red Bull Air Races on Saturday and Sunday. The air races were pretty neat, but the best part of the day was the Navy exhibition. They flew a F/A-18 Hornet over the crowd such that it was almost hovering vertically at very high thrust. ... http://www.battlemonkey.net/2008/05/dsc00010/ I tried several times a few years ago and sucked. Was hoping that if I got up, my snowboarding experience would help, but I couldn't do a thing. I need to get a BIG board to learn on...we're talking barge here. The highlight of my morning was the dolphins that ... http://www.battlemonkey.net/2008/05/another-attempt-at-surfing/ Just started reading a new book today: The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design by Leonard Susskind. I haven't gotten too far, but the book is basically a presentation of the Anthropic Principle. The Anthropic Principle challenges the conclusion that a deity must have designed this ... http://www.battlemonkey.net/2008/04/the-cosmic-landscape/ Watching the Cavs vs Wizards Game 1 and LeBron once again just hung in the air forever, and managed to flip it up at the last second for 2. So I had an idea for a Nike / LeBron commercial: How does he do it? Anti-Gravity Nike Boots! http://www.battlemonkey.net/2008/04/new-commercial-for-nike-lebron/ Not sure what I'm going to do with battlemonkey.net yet, but a blog seemed to be the easiest way to put up something. My ideas are: battlemonkey.net history Web Technology Blog Ramblings on stuff that interests me: Web Applications, Politics, Religion, Utopian Society, Futurism, Sports Any votes? http://www.battlemonkey.net/2008/04/hello-world/