Archive for December, 2006



After watching this documentary by the BBC called “Parallel Universes,” I have some questions that I felt were unanswered by the documentary.  I’m sure that in order to completely understand the theory I would need a firm grasp on the mathematics and physics that are at work here, and that would require me to change […]

I will be the first to say that I would help my mother out when she needs help with something.  If she needs some money, I would lend it to her without asking any questions.  She rarely does ask me for money, but her financial siltation is very grim.  Quite a while back her and […]

Thanks to the magic of UNICODE characters, you can make your text appear from right to left instead of left to right:
There are special characters in UNICODE to achieve the RTL. One such character is the Mirroring character. The property of mirroring character is that it makes Left to Right Text, Right to Left just […]

Ms. Dewey is a talkative search engine

Ms Dewey is a search engine that features a woman that says random things about whatever your search query is.  To really get her started, go to the website and search for “blockbuster video.”

Is College a High-Stakes Gamble?

Conventional wisdom would lead you to believe that college is essential for one to earn more money. However, seldom does one consider the cost of a college degree. The argument in this article is that generally those who go into the workplace after graduating high school tend to earn more overall than college […]

NASA to build Moon base by 2024

NASA has revealed plans to build a permanent outpost on the lunar surface by 2024.  Construction will begin in 2020 shortly after the United States’ return to the Moon.  Most likely the base will be built on or near one of the Moon’s poles because there is better exposure to sunlight, especially at the southern […]

Tired of squinting at small text on a webpage? Tired of trying to determine where one paragraph ends and another begins? Well, so are the Information Architects.  I can’t agree more with what they have to say about text on webpages.  The readability of a webpage is one of the first things I […]

First I should say that if you are reading this from my blog (http://www.codyg1985.com), I usually don’t write blog entries pertaining to my personal life. I have also not been posting very many blog entries on here at all until recently. Still, I figure that writing what’s on my mind will help me […]