No random facts today.

I’ve realized a while back that I tend to post facts based on my mood. I’m not in a good mood.

Can you say, “COMCAST SUX?!”

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Don’t worry, my mood’s quite a bit better today. Nothing beats some good ol’ uplifting music.

Random Fact: MLC, or Multi-Level Cell technology is used to produce cheaper and higher capacity SSDs and memory cards, but are notorious for wearing out faster than their SLC (Single-Level Cell) variants.

Thoughts & Opinions

Ask me what my favorite band is any day, and I’ll probably say Owl City.

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Random Facts (Only three today) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For a time, one of the most popular recording formats for home videos were small DVDs that were roughly around 3 inches in circumference.

These aforementioned discs weren’t able to be loaded in the slot-loading drives that were common to Apple’s computers at the time, as the loading mechanism wasn’t able to properly latch onto the disc.

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Random Fact:
With a compatibility pack installed, Microsoft Office XP can still actually open and edit modern docs perfectly fine. Guess who uses a thrift-store copy of Office XP for offline editing?

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Let’s have some dubstep Tetris. Why? Because dubstep Tetris.

Random Fact: Often times, it’s possible to tell a phone’s build quality simply by weighing the phone. Typically, the heavier the phone is, the better built it is. Just look at the Nokia bricks, for example.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Fact....fact....hmmmm....I need a fact.

Oi, I Know!

Did you know that Final Destination was originally an idea for an episode of The X- Files?

But was rejected by the show.

Before then getting it's chance on the big screen!

Hee, nailed it!

Chess is a very valuable game for children. It develops their strategic thinking, improves their concentration and self-confidence. It is also a good way to help them better understand the world and the people around them.

Chess is very beneficial for kids. it develop the skills of critical thinking, concentration, observation, memory and patience.

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Random Facts~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Early designs of the Raspberry Pi prototype were based on ATMega microcontrollers instead of the Broadcom SOC that they are today.

Faster-than-light travel by conventional means is physically impossible without things like quantum entanglement to help along the way.

There’s a USB adapter for just about every game controller imaginable.

The Nintendo Switch is the first Nintendo console to utilize an Nvidia GPU.

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AMD K6 > Pentium

Random Fact: Clock-for-clock, many of AMD’s earlier CPUs such as the K6 and Athlon were actually faster than Intel’s own offerings, and so AMD adopted the “PR-Rating” system, which compares the speed of the CPU directly against a competing Intel model, while in reality running at a lower clock speed.

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At least only one of my eyes don't see well.

Random Fact: In order to build the Hoover Dam, the Colorado River had to be diverted through the canyon walls, which ended up taking the majority of the work and time involved in the dam's construction. The rest was just digging down to bedrock and filling the place with a crapton of concrete.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Guess who broke their glasses by simply taking them off today?

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I'm not sure about this too much, but I've taken notice to obvious changes in my own voice as I got older, the most noticeable since recently. I spoke about this a year or two ago, I think, but your voice constantly matures, deepens and gets more distinct as you get older, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that a few changes will take place.

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Productivity rates? What is this productivity that you speak of?

Random Fact: My kindergarten teacher was racist. Guess who switched schools ASAP?

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

At this point, I'll just say that the US has a loooooong way back to the top once Trump's out. There's deals to fix, Nazis to punch point out, agreements to re-agree to, climate to un-change, and overall, everyone just needs some time to heal.

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Random farts facts~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WITH EXTRA SARCASM!

Farts are smelly.

Farts are stinky.

Farts are all of the above when one does it in a tent on a hot day filled with multiple people.

Don’t light farts on fire. They are flammable.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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GRAB YER FLAMIN' HOT FINGER-CRACKERS! LIMITED EDITION COLLECTIBLES ON SALE FOR -50% ON!

Random Fact: In the "Sonic the Comic" series, Dr. Robotnik, AKA Dr. Eggman, was formerly Dr. Ovi Kintobor, the reverse of "Ivo Robotnik", Dr. Eggman's name. How did he become Eggman? He got fused with a rotten egg. How? Apparently future Sonic travelled back in time to purposely turn the guy evil because his evilness somehow both saves and destroys the world. Somehow.

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I swear, Oracle, if you label another release of Java as "i586" and instead give me an i686 binary, I'm gonna be very, very annoyed.

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Ye.

Random Fact: The next time a major total solar eclipse will occur in the US is 2024, followed by 2045.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I was second in line to get eclipse glasses today, and not only did I get a pair, but since I was one of the earliest in line, there were also pinhole projectors, phone camera filters for the eclipse, and 3d-printed souvenirs for the eclipse. They handed one of each to me.

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At least I have a spare pair of glasses.

Random Fact: before LEDs became prominently used in displays for household electronics like DVD players and stuff, VFD displays were instead used. VFD standing for "Vacuum Fluorescent Display". Basically, the panel was pretty much a flattened vacuum tube that glowed.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Battery cases for phones are very nice.

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DON’T DROP IT, LINUS!

Random Fact: The first computer mouse ever invented was basically a brick of wood with a button on top and wheels on the bottom. Seriously.

Thoughts & Opinions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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This blog is the meaning of life.

Random Fact: Before their downfall, 3.5” floppy disks were occasionally shipped as “DMF” disks, which stored around 1.63 or so megabytes, rather than 1.44.

Now, let’s take a look back at my very first blog post.

Original post

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