An Predictable Calculator and a Loch Ness Monster August 29, 2009

Ahhh, if news couldn’t get any better. Sorry for the lack of updates, but there is so much going on that I can’t even update from my phone o_o; School is way too tiring…

Well, recently Academics have created a website which they claim will calculate the odds of you dying in the next 12 months. It was created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University DeathRiskRankings uses sets of public data to make the prediction based on your answers to a series of questions.
It takes into account your age, sex and location and compares this with statistics on 66 causes of death, including various illnesses, accidents and even murder rates, to work out your chance of survival. Personally, I don’t get it, but try and see if you guys can get it…
How will you die? Check out DeathRiskRankings.com and you can leave a comment on what will happen to you!

A security guard claims to have seen the Loch Ness monster … on Google Earth. Jason Cooke says the satellite image clearly shows the Nessie he has heard about in previous accounts and descriptions. The 12m figure can be seen as a head with a long neck, followed by two large flippers, and two minor flippers attached to a large body. While Loch Ness fans online are saying the image proves the existence of the monster … others claim it just looked like the wake of a speedboat. I would say its a speed boat, but honestly, how would the waves behind the “boat” show up. Maybe the Loch Ness does exist?!

Mermaids and Facebook Oh My! August 19, 2009

Hello, time for the awesome yet odd news of today.
Hundreds of people in Israel are spending their evenings looking for mermaids after a series of ‘sightings’ were reported. According to the dozens of people who claim to have seen the mermaid – but no one had a camera at the time – she appears just off the coast at around sunset. Now the town council of Kiryat Yam, near Haifa, is offering a 1 million dollars to anyone who can prove that she exists. Of course the town says is offering the reward purely for scientific reasons, and not because they hope the odd news might boost tourism. Those who claim to have seen the mermaid claim she does tricks and jumps out of the water like a dolphin.
The council added that a photograph will count as proof and that there is no need for people try to catch the mermaid. Awesome, I KNEW THEY EXISTED but hey, people will photoshop up a picture I swear… What else will the mermaid do? Sing and do tricks for food?

AND, it looks like Facebook is going to launch another project/feature very soon. The new feature will be called “Facebook Lite”. It’s going to look like Twitter, since Twitter is the most popular thing right now. Facebook acquired Friendfeed and a realtime search. Now, it looks like “Facebook Lite” is coming, because thousands of Facebook users have been chosen to test out Facebook Lite. And just as quickly, the message disappeared. It has been reported that the link does NOT work because I’ve tired and it just takes you back to the home page.

This is what the message looks like. Pretty awesome right?

Babies and Swine Flu? August 4, 2009

sorry for the lack of updates, but I will try to update daily from now on lol. School will start in about a week and 5 days and 4 nights, but you know what? I have to live it up… And also I have to go finish my projects which I never started on yet. oh shiz.

In other news: Babies are being taught how to use sign language to tell their parents if they are suffering swine flu symptoms. UK and American nurseries are being encouraged to teach children the basic signs for things like “hot”, “cold”, “pain” and “ill”. It is hoped that the children could use the 30 signs to alert parents that they may have swine flu, before they would otherwise know. The children are also shown how to communicate that they want ‘more water’ or even a ‘hug’ to make them feel better. I’m sorry, but if I have to memorize 30 signs to see if my kid is alright, I don’t know if I can handle it. Just imagine the other 30 signs to signal that their T.V. show is on? Oh Lord.

Also, have you ever wanted an e-mail address for MySpace? Well now you can. MySpace has just started rolling out the beta for their MySpace Mail program. It will come in waves, with all users having access within the next few weeks. I think it’s doing this because MySpace is failing right now. I used Facebook more than MySpace, but MySpace let’s you customize everything, which I like. More info here.

If you thought having more than one lover was bad for you, then you are correct. A wife and three other lovers got back on a serial love-cheat, by gluing the man’s to his leg, a court has heard. The married man is said to have been lured to a hotel by one of the women he was sleeping with and blindfolded and tied to the bed, but when the blindfold was removed Donessa Davis saw his mistress was joined by his wife … and two of his other lovers. Police say the women then pointed a gun at him, quizzed him about his infidelity and super glued his to his leg, leaving him in a rather sticky situation and call to room service. Wife Tracy Hood Davis is said to have persuaded love rivals Therese Ziemann, Michelle Belliveau and Wendy Sewell to join her in exacting revenge on her cheating hubby.