As mentioned a little while back, I am putting the blog on hold and writing a book.
O.k. I didn’t do such a good job of that (as the latest posts can testify) but that hasn’t stopped the book from coming along nicely.
They can read be read here.
I’d love to get some feedback on what I’ve [...]
December 18, 2008
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Doh, Examples of Work, Int Poly, My World, Poli-Fi, Sci-Fi, Sci-Non-Fi, advice, africa, art, asia, business, curious, drugs, environment, europe, friends, funny, gaming, government, history, iPhone, internet, iraq, latin, media, middle east, money, myth, nerd, ninja, oil, pirate, random, religion, robot, sad, sex, tech, terror, us, war . Tags: Add new tag, Like a Thief in the Night, Mathematical and Psychological Proof of God, Philosophical Meanderings, Robot Pirate Ninja: The Book, Some nutjob hearing voices, The First Book . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 3 Comments
This is something of a follow-up to my post the other day regarding World War II and the Great Depression. In that post I made the point that a significant portion of the economic success the U.S. enjoyed from World War II to, well, now, was due to the fact that after WW2 the U.S. [...]
November 20, 2008
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, My World, Poli-Fi, Sci-Non-Fi, advice, africa, asia, business, curious, europe, government, history, latin, middle east, oil, us . Tags: AI, C. Thomas Fingar, china, Economic Downturn, Global Trends, Global Trends 2025, india, National Intelligence Council, russia, Seeing the Future, Singularity, The Singularity . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 3 Comments
First question….
And the second….
November 19, 2008
Categories: My World, art, asia, cool, europe, friends, funny, internet, latin, media, middle east, mobile, nerd, performance, robot . Tags: Howto: Matt, Matt, Where the Hell is Matt . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 1 Comment
I put together a video of an argument last night that I would like to share with you.
If you are a youngin’ and completely lacking in historical context, here’s a bit of it…
That’s it for now, as I went out and about after finishing the video and [...]
November 16, 2008
Categories: Doh, My World, Poli-Fi, President 08, Sci-Non-Fi, africa, archaic interfaces, asia, bullshit, business, china, europe, government, history, latin, media, middle east, oil, robot, tech, us, war . Tags: 1944, Bretton Woods, Global Economics, great depression, iraq, iraq war, The Great Depression, The War of Choice, U.S. Economics, War Destroys Values, World War 2, World War 2 fixed the great depression, world war ii . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 1 Comment
I don’t know if you heard, but yea. It’s a different world today.
And I’m very, very happy about it.
As I mentioned previously, this was a pretty big deal for me and a whole lot of folk.
As a quick note on the jocular title of the post….here’s the stats.…
It turns out that saying Americans “retired” McCain [...]
November 5, 2008
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, My World, Poli-Fi, President 08, africa, asia, cool, environment, europe, friends, government, internet, iraq, latin, middle east, money, us, war . Tags: 9/11, Abortion, Arizona, Ballot Initiatives, Barack Obama, California, Catholics, darfur, Elections, Euthanasia, Florida, Gay Marriage, Hussein, Income Tax, Michigan, Missouri, Mormons, Obama wins presidency, President Obama, World Opinion . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
peace.
November 4, 2008
Categories: Doh, My World, Poli-Fi, President 08, africa, asia, business, environment, europe, government, internet, latin, media, middle east, ninja, oil, robot, tech, us, war . Tags: Baracak Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, Why I'm voting for Barack Obama . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 2 Comments
Amidst the launch of Google’s own Android mobile operating system, the company is bringing its Google Earth software to the iPhone App Store. As reported by our sister site News.com, the iPhone version replciates much of the desktop application’s core experience, downloading imagery from Google’s servers as the perspective shifts and dotting the map with [...]
October 27, 2008
Categories: My World, Sci-Non-Fi, advice, africa, archaic interfaces, asia, cool, europe, iPhone, internet, latin, media, middle east, nerd, ninja, robot, tech, upgrade . Tags: cool as hell, google earth, iPhone . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Below you will find a video I made regarding the current economic crisis. I explain where I think it came from, what happened, who profited, who lost, why, what we can do, and who should pay.
That is here…
The rest of the World This Week October 5, 2008 show should be up [...]
October 8, 2008
Categories: Doh, Examples of Work, My World, Poli-Fi, President 08, africa, asia, bullshit, business, environment, europe, government, internet, latin, media, middle east, money, ninja, pirate, robot, tech, us . Tags: Barack Obama, Economic Analysis, Economic Crisis, John McCain, US Economic Collapse, Video Updates, World This Week by Wah . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 2 Comments
Vote Obama or McCain: Global Electoral College | The Economist.
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There’s a nice application over at the Economist that gives a feeling of how the world would vote if the concept of the United States’ ”electoral college” was exported to the entire world.
Unsurprisingly, they favor the guy who is more their color.
Which is to say, blue (and off-white, [...]
September 30, 2008
Categories: My World, President 08, Sci-Non-Fi, advice, africa, asia, cool, environment, europe, government, history, internet, latin, middle east, movie review, nerd, ninja, pirate, random, robot, tech, us, war . Tags: Barack Obama, Blue Planet, earth, Economist, John McCain, mars, Polling, Red Planet, science, Stretching Metaphors . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Slyly withholding the name, McCain mentioned that the guest, who is 31, has been married for 15 years and has children who are 14, 12 and 10 years old.
McCain continued, saying, “One of his most famous songs, I know you’re very familiar with, ‘Gasolina’ ” — here there were gasps of surprise from the crowd [...]
August 27, 2008
Categories: President 08, friends, funny, government, latin . . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
The Associated Press: NASA warming scientist: ‘This is the last chance’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world’s only hope is drastic action.
James Hansen told Congress on Monday that the world has long passed the “dangerous level” [...]
July 8, 2008
Categories: My World, Poli-Fi, Sci-Non-Fi, africa, asia, business, environment, europe, latin, middle east . Tags: environment, g8, global warming, international politics, squabbling . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 2 Comments
Venezuela’s Chavez predicts oil could reach $200 a barrel — South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he expects oil prices to keep climbing and predicts they could reach $200 a barrel.
It isn’t the first time the Venezuelan leader has mentioned that benchmark– though he hasn’t said when it might be reached.
Chavez [...]
June 16, 2008
Categories: Doh, business, latin, oil, us . Tags: chavez, lists, oil, oil prices, venezuela . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
