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by Mike DeVine  May 12, 2012 5:59 pm

This guy has apparently figured out every last detail- right down to the porkbarrel spending from Congress- to make building a bonafide, functional USS Enterprise a reality in under two decades. I have no idea how feasible his ideas are, save one- his theory of using nuclear reactors as the propulsion and power sources makes total sense. What environmental risks are there from nuclear meltdowns in the vacuum of space? For that matter, can a reactor even overheat if it's surrounded by absolute zero?

In Star Trek lore, the first Starship Enterprise will be built by the year 2245. But today, an engineer has proposed – and outlined in meticulous detail – building a full-sized, ion-powered version of…
by Mike DeVine   12:33 pm

Robert Downey Jr. ‘didn’t understand, didn’t get’ The Dark Knight – Blastr

Not everyone drank the Dark Knight Kool-Aid. Four years ago, while promoting his first stint as Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. had some choice words for the Caped Crusader. He wasn’t a huge fan of the Batman sequel and didn’t get the hype surrounding it.

by Mike DeVine  May 11, 2012 11:12 pm

R.I.P. Carroll Shelby, one of the greatest automotive minds in history, and a true American icon.

Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89….
by Mike DeVine   12:32 pm

This is actually pretty damn hilarious. If only our students spent as much time chasing real women as they do coding imaginary ones….

RITPORN.com.

by Mike DeVine   9:33 am

The creator of Cloudberry Kingdom shares his techniques for his procedurally-generated level designs. It’s a great inside look at one of the most difficult concepts to master in game development.

 

How to Make Insane, Procedural Platformer Levels

Gamasutra

via How to Make Insane, Procedural Platformer Levels.

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Hey! I'm Mike, this is my blog. and my dream is to use my middling tech skills to make the world a better place (not in the techno-libertarian, "the world is a better place if I get mine" sense, but in the actual, "I want to help" sense).  

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