{"id":790,"date":"2014-08-10T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/08\/10\/geek-month-in-review-june-and-july-2014\/"},"modified":"2014-08-10T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T09:22:00","slug":"geek-month-in-review-june-and-july-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/08\/10\/geek-month-in-review-june-and-july-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Month in Review: June and July 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By J.B. Sanders<\/p>\n<p><Strong><em>June &#8211; Summer! <\/Strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airdog.com\"target=\"_blank\">Personal Drone Selfie<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nMeet the AirDog, a drone designed to let you photograph yourself, generally being marketed to the sports crowd, but so many other uses come to mind. <\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/06\/19\/lego-fusion\/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook\"target=\"_blank\">LEGO Fusion<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like playing SimCity, only when you add buildings, you prototype them in LEGO first, then take a picture of the prototype, and the virtual building springs up in your city. Wild.<\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/culture\/bounce-below-worlds-first-trampoline-park-abandoned-slate-mine-wales.html\"target=\"_blank\">Trampoline Park in Abandoned Mine<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nYeah, you read that right ,\u009d these nut cases strung trampolines all over this abandoned mine, added funny lights and made a theme park.<\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/environment\/dead-trees-and-fallen-leaves-near-chernobyl-aren't-decaying\"target=\"_blank\">Dead Trees Not Decaying Around Chernobyl<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nNot exactly because of Magic Radiation(tm) but due to the fact that a lot of the microbial life that should be busily helping the decay process along is gone.<\/p>\n<p><Strong><em>July &#8211; More summer! <\/Strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gereports.com\/post\/91250246340\/lettuce-see-the-future-japanese-farmer-builds\"target=\"_blank\">Indoor Farming Better Than Outdoor<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nJapanese scientist\/farmer (been a while since we could use that one) has setup a hydroponic farm using LED lights and a tighter-than-normal day\/night cycle to speed up production 250%.<\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/100785455\"target=\"_blank\">Futurama in 3D Live Action Video <\/a><\/Strong><br \/>\nWhat would Futurama look like if some geniuses (genii?) threw some computer time and some serious artists at it? Wonder no more! It would be cool if this were a test shot for a future MMORPG or something, right?<\/p>\n<p><Strong>Skeet Shooting With a Tank <\/Strong><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s it. You don&#8217;t need more than that. Just watch the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"373\" height=\"210\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Op8p8peMGTs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/tre\/6170042811288129\/6800977198193940\"target=\"_blank\">Geekiest Basement Ever? You Decide<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nGuy has over $500k in Star Trek memorabilia. Good grief!<\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/a-dramatic-260-foot-crater-has-mysteriously-appeared-in-1605939738\"target=\"_blank\">SciFi Writers, Start Your Engines<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nSo here&#8217;s an odd thing: giant sinkhole in Siberia. Sure, sure, nothing all that odd about that ,\u009d it seems like half the stories of sinkholes come from Russia (the other half from Florida). What&#8217;s odd about this one is that it&#8217;s HUGE, and might be more than a sinkhole. More like a crater, in fact.<\/p>\n<p><Strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2696953\/Mystery-hole-end-world-Siberia-solved-Crater-caused-rising-temperatures-not-meteorite.html\"target=\"_blank\">Siberian Mystery Crater Solved<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nTurns out some permafrost ground simply flash-melted. Also, some pretty spectacular pictures of Russian arctic tundra.<\/p>\n<p><Strong><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/3L76Q \"target=\"_blank\">Japan Getting Luxury Trains in 2017<\/a> <\/Strong><br \/>\nThey look like movie sets for that CyberPunk epic, during the bit where the hero is on a luxury train.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/john1.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/john1.bmp\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2629\" \/><\/a> <strong>About John:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>John&#8217;s a geek from way back. He&#8217;s been floating between various computer-related jobs for years, until he settled into doing tech support in higher ed. Now he rules the Macs on campus with an iron hand (really, it&#8217;s on his desk).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geek Credentials:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>RPG:<\/strong> Blue box D&#038;D, lead minis, been to GenCon in Milwaukee.<br \/>\n<strong>Computer:<\/strong> TRS-80 Color Computer, Amiga 1000, UNIX system w\/reel-to-reel backup tape<br \/>\n<strong>Card games:<\/strong> bought Magic cards at GenCon in 1993<br \/>\n<strong>Science:<\/strong> Met Phil Plait, got time on a mainframe for astronomy project in 1983<br \/>\n<strong>His Blog:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glenandtyler.com\/\"target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.glenandtyler.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.B. Sanders is back with the &#8220;Geek Months in Review&#8221;!  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