Sunday, October 26, 2014

Top scientists react to the game "2048"

One of my favorite games ...

Merry-go-rounds

Merry-go-rounds, i.e "carousels", owe their origins to Medieval jousting. Jousting was gradually replaced by "carousels", meaning "little battles", where horse riders would play games of skill while riding in a circle. The first pretend carousel was created for children in France in the early 18nth century.


Friday, June 6, 2014

Paris in the Twentieth Century

because "the engines of war" have become so efficient that war is inconceivable and all countries are at a perpetual stalemate.

Friday, May 16, 2014

Mel Tormé - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In a scene in the 1988 Warner Bros. cartoon Night of the Living DuckDaffy Duck has to sing in front of several monsters, but lacks a good singing voice. So, he inhales a substance called "Eau de Tormé" and sings like Mel Tormé (who in fact provided the voice during this one scene, while Mel Blanc provided Daffy's voice during most of the cartoon).[4]:p. 176