Btw...

...this video kinda sucks. Just wasted 5 minutes of my life watching it. Only right I spend another 5 blogging on how over-hyped it is. I guess anything with Beyonce and Lady Gaga in it will be heavily promoted though. On another note, how many guys other than J you know have gotten to feature in a video with B? Lady Gaga should feel special....lol (j/k...I hope)

The CGI was cool..but nothin to lose your mind over. However, In the words of my man Riley from Boondocks...."That beat is AAIGHT!"

The World's Hardest Riddle?

So I stumbled onto this a few minutes ago. To my knowledge its a pretty old riddle (4+ years?). That said, the most interesting fact was this: "97% of Harvard graduates can not figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten students were able to figure this out in 6 minutes or less." So if you haven't heard it before, enjoy. If you have...then you know how funny this is. Lol...

I turn polar bears white

and I will make you cry.

I make guys have to pee

and girls comb their hair.

I make celebrities look stupid

and normal people look like celebrities.

I turn pancakes brown

and make your champane bubble.

If you sqeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop.

Can you guess the riddle?

And the answer is...No

No point in bursting your brain over an old, useless riddle. However, the 'rhyme and reason' behind it is simple; You can be too smart for your own good. Think about it. Humility and acceptance of one's knowledge is what lead the group of kindergarten students to the answer and, and the lack thereof, led Harvard students further and further away from it. After reading that riddle, a 5 year old focuses on the last line: "Can you guess the riddle?" There is no "Can you guess what I am?" or "What is the answer to the riddle?" statement, which is really the key to the riddle. To arrive at the correct answer, one must understand what is being asked...a rather important life lesson in itself. A Harvard student, or any other person with some level of education, would most likely search for more cognitive clues and some word play, thereby insisting that there must be some link between all the clues, when there really isn't (Although you will see a lot of wild theories such as air, pressure, etc.) nor is a link between the clues even requested.

I must admit...pretty interesting

URL: http://able2know.org/topic/73046-1

URL: http://able2know.org/topic/73046-1

If you haven't heard...STOP SNITCHIN'!!!

I saw this clip a while ago and shared it with Laurence. Just stumbled on it while organizing some bookmarks. All that to say, DO NOT, I repeat...DO NOT talk to the police. Under ANY circumstances. Its crazy how they can manipulate a case with a simple conversation.

d|^_^|b...

I should be sleeping.....but DAMN, this shit right here, this shit right here, this shit, right here....

(Click Title for download)

Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune

This brand-new, completely unreleased studio album features 12 previously unreleased studio recordings totalling over 60 minutes of unheard Jimi Hendrix. Ten of these recordings were made between February and May, 1969, as the Jimi Hendrix Experience set out to create the sequel to their groundbreaking 1968 double-album Electric Ladyland. The album features “Valleys Of Neptune,” one of the most sought after of all of Hendrix’s commercially unavailable recordings, and includes exciting 1969 arrangements of the classic signature songs “Red House,” “Fire,” and “Stone Free.” Also includes unheard studio versions of Hendrix’s inspired interpretations of “Bleeding Heart” (Elmore James) and Cream’s “Sunshine Of Your Love.” Mixed by Eddie Kramer, the engineer for all of Hendrix’s albums throughout the guitarist’s lifetime. Produced by Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, and John McDermott, the team behind all of the acclaimed Jimi Hendrix CD and DVD releases since 1996.

Label: Sony
Genre:
Quality: VBR kbps
Time: 62:02 min
Size: 85,9 MB

Tracklist:
01 03:47 Stone Free
02 04:04 Valleys Of Neptune
03 06:23 Bleeding Heart
04 07:32 Hear My Train A Comin
05 02:58 Mr. Bad Luck
06 06:47 Sunshine Of Your Love
07 04:18 Lover Man
08 05:52 Ships Passing Through The Night
09 03:12 Fire
10 08:23 Red House
11 03:49 Lullaby For The Summer
12 04:57 Crying Blue Rain

So far...I've only established 3 tracks as 'goodness gracious' (I've been back and forth doing thing while listening) but I know most will be fire. The Sunshine of Your Love and Fire covers are pretty good as well. I'll update sometime tomorrowIf you aren't much of a rock n' roll person, you'll still appreciate this collection of unreleased tracks.

p.s. The chords in the guitar solos of Red House are...

Update: Hear My Train A comin and Ships Passing Through the Night added to 'goodness gracious' list

BHM: The Facts (Recap)

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines."

- Charles de Gaulle

If you best describe that statement as elitist, maybe you're not into leadership...:-/ just sayin...

But off that...

I decided to blog the entire series of the BHM facts just to have them all in one place for any and everyone to visit at their leisure I wont post 101-1, but I will provide links to each post...so basically this is a hub-thread of sorts. I've already discused my displeasure in the celebration being forgetten in the the rigamarole that is February. Between V-day, Obama's health care proposals, Tiger Woods, and the Winter Olympics there just wasn't effort put towards promoting the month properly. And it wasn't a money issue; 'corporations' KNOW how to use anyone and anything to increase their own financial gain. Ironically, thats pretty much what Black History Month is all about. But I digress...there are still more black males in prison/dead than in college, and, sadly, the HIV numbers are still increasing. Al Sharpton and Tavis Smiley were supposed to do something together but...well, lets just say not even Rodney King could have been a successful mediator between these two. At least they still "love" each other though...(See audio clip below)

Smh...those two are something else

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The BHM-Hub

Part 1 - "The Firsts"

Part 2 - "Little Known"

Part 3 - "Record Breakers"

Part 4 - "Inventions and Discoveries"

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So that's that....enjoy

Btw, Spring Break for me begins tomorrow (classes cancelled Friday). So far, most of my profs have been significantly more agitated on a daily basis and somewhat unreasonable with assignments and grading. With that in mind, all I'm hoping for is that the wives/girlfriends/significant others of my professors really handle things and take care of business over the week...

...lol

Thats all for tonight people...E signing out.

My inspiration?

Well at least he would be if I didn't have to start job hunting in a month...

This clip is toooo funny...I'm tempted to quote some lines and spoil it. But nah, I'll relax.

101 Black History Facts (Part 4) - Final chapter

Wassup everyone? Hope all is well and everyone is blessed. First off, my apologies for the tardiness. I was supposed to post this yesterday but my schedule and workload conflicted. On the bright side, it was not in vain. Struggled through a project for the past week and finally got it all together today. A rather nice "W" for me along the way....but off that...

Welcome to part 4 of "Learn Your History," the final part of the BHM series. We're already in March, but we're going to drop this anyway. During my fact-finding mission to gather material for this series, I found out the origin of February being the selected month. According to The history Channel, "Black History Month began as 'Negro History Week,' which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. It became a month-long celebration in 1976. The month of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln."

Pretty interesting fact. Not knocking Honest Abe, but he was more pro-union than he was anti-slavery...as was nearly all those who supported the abolishionist movement. In actuality, the union feared that the South's power, via the slave trade, would put them in a position to..........um, let's address that another day...

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101 Facts: 26-1

"Inventions and Discoveries" aka The Most-Known Unknowns

Fact #26

David Crosthwait Jr. (1898 - 1979) an expert on heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, holds 39 U.S. patents and 80 international patents pertaining to heating, refrigeration and temperature regulating systems. Crosthwait created the heating system for New York City's Radio City Music Hall.

Fact #25

Henry Blair (1807 - 1860), the second African-American to receive a patent, invented a corn seed planter in 1834 and a cotton planter in 1836. Blair could not read or write and signed his patent with an X.

Fact #24

Joseph Lee (1849 - 1905) invented a bread-making machine that mixed the ingredients and kneaded the dough in 1895.

Fact #23

Henry Brown created what is now known as a "strongbox", a metal container to store money and important papers that could be locked with a key in 1886.

Fact #22

L.P. Ray invented the dustpan in 1897.

Fact #21

C.B. Brooks invented the street sweeper in 1896. It was a truck equipped with brooms.

Fact #20

Sarah E. Goode (1850 - ? ) invented a bed that folded up into a cabinet in 1885. Contrary to popular belief, she was not the first African-American woman to receive a patent, but the second.

Fact #19

John Love invented the pencil sharpener in 1897.

Fact #18

Andrew Jackson Beard (1849 - 1921) invented the "Jenny Coupler" which allowed train cars to hook themselves together when they are bumped into one another. The device is still used today.

Fact #17

Alexander Miles of Duluth, Minnesota patented an electric elevator in 1887 with automatic doors that would close off the shaft way, thus making elevators safer.

Fact #16

Lonnie G. Johnson (1949 - ), an engineer who performed spacecraft system design for NASA, invented the Super Soaker water gun - the number one selling toy in America in 1991.

Fact #15

Joseph Winters invented a fire escape ladder in 1878.

Fact #14

Lewis Howard Latimer invented the carbon filament for light bulbs in 1881.

Fact #13

Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852 - 1889) invented the Shoe Lasting machine, which connected the upper part of the shoe to the sole, a painstaking process that was usually done by hand. This invention revolutionized the shoe making industry.

Fact #12

Thomas J. Martin patented a fire extinguisher in 1872.

Fact #11

Dr. Charles Drew (1904 - 1950) discovered techniques to store blood and developed blood banks. (featured in left-side of heading picture)

Fact #10

Lewis Temple (1800 - 1854) revolutionized the whaling industry with his invention of the toggle harpoon in 1848.

Fact #9

Granville Woods (1856 - 1910) invented numerous devices relating to the railroad including a system of overhead electric conducting lines, air brakes and a telegraph system that allowed communication between moving trains. (Successfully sued Thomas Edison over patenting rights and was later offered a position in the company...hmm)

Fact #8

Frederick Jones (1892 - 1961) held over 60 patents with most of them pertaining to refrigeration. His portable air conditioner was used in World War II to preserve medicine and blood serum.

Fact #7

George T. Sampson invented a clothes dryer that used heat from a stove in 1892.

Fact #6

Mark Dean (1957 - ) along with his co-inventor Dennis Moelle created a microcomputer system with bus control means for peripheral processing devices. This invention allows the use of computer plug-ins like disk drives, speakers, scanners, etc...

Fact #5

James West's (1931 - ) research in sound technology led to the development of foil-electret transducers used in 90% of all microphones built today and in most new telephones being manufactured. West holds 47 U.S. and more than 200 foreign patents on microphones and techniques for making polymer foil-electrets. He was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame in 1999.

Fact #4

George Carruthers (1939 - ) invented the far ultraviolet electrographic camera, used in the 1972 Apollo 16 mission. This invention revealed new features of Earth's far-outer atmosphere and deep-space objects from the perspective of the lunar surface. Carruthers was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame in 2003.

Fact #3

Otis Boykin (1920 -1982) invented electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the control unit for a pacemaker.

Fact #2

Garrett Augustus Morgan (1877 - 1963) invented, among many other things, a 3-way automatic stop sign, which he sold to General Electric. It was used in the U.S. until the 3-light traffic sign was developed. (also invented the gas mask prototype, featured in right-side of heading picture)

Fact #1

Elijah McCoy (1843 - 1929) invented an automatic lubricator for oiling steam engines in 1872. The term "the real McCoy" is believed to be a reference about the reliability of Elijah McCoy's invention.

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This was a lot of fun and really informative, especially in this last post. I challenge everyone of black decent to make certain things a part of Black history and not the future. Unfortunately due to the powers that be, many perceptions as well as realities will never change. But there are others that can. In the past and in the present, so many contributions are made and have been made and we never hear about them...nonetheless, lets try to make history everyday, no matter what your skin color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, etc. At the end of the day....we're all one people.

"All good things come to an end; what better reason to aim for greatness"