Adalgeirr's New Writeups

Don and Millie's (place)

2004-02-24T09:01:36Z

Don and Millie's is a fast food restaurant that specializes in hamburgers, they are a small chain with several locations in Omaha, and Lincoln, Nebraska. These are probably the best hamburgers available in a fast food restaurant, some might argue that they are a little greasy, but that just adds to the flavor. They also have many other items on their menu ranging from grilled cheese to taco salads. For beverages they serve Pepsi products, along with a variety of alcoholic drinks.

The restaurant's décor is that of a 50's diner, but not overdone, with some modern amenities such as TVs along the walls. There used to be both smoking and nonsmoking areas, however they have done away with that.

Service is a little slower than the normal fast food restaurant, such as McDonald's or Burger King, you are given a number and they call it out when your food is ready. This can take anywhere from 1-5 minutes, which might not be acceptable if you are in a real hurry, but in my…

Lessons in Life (idea)

2004-02-24T08:24:00Z

Lessons in Life

A short story by J. Ian Garner(That's me.)

It's a nice day today, Bob thought while he was walking down the street. He didn't have any particular destination, which was unusual for him. A strange compulsion had led him outside this Monday morning. The sun was raining down on the streets. Many of the spring birds were singing, together their notes seemed to create a minor chord. It was during this Monday morning walk that…

May 23, 2001 (idea)

2001-05-24T07:15:27Z

My girlfriend woke me up at 8:30 this morning. ): I've gotten used to waking up at 3 in the afternoon, so I was needless to say a little grouchy, I feel kinda bad about that. I went back to sleep and got up around noon and we hung out until about 3:30. At which point she left and my friends came over and we went to Gold's Gym to lift weights. We worked on chest today. Later, I go to my Tae Kwon Do school and find out it is closed today due to energy problems(whatever that means). After that I went to watch one of my friend's hockey games. Had a few beers with him afterwards and here I am now getting ready for bed.

normally aspirated (idea)

2001-03-26T02:24:36Z

A normally aspirated engine is one that uses no form of forced induction such as a turbocharger, supercharger, or nitrous oxide injection. It is synonymous with natually aspirated

Personally I believe that it is more difficult to get power out of a normally aspirated engine, but some would tell you that forced induction is an impure and dangerous way to get power.

Michael Faraday (person)

2001-01-24T17:27:48Z

Created electro-magnet at the Royal Institution in London. With this he discovered electromagnetic induction and the relationship between light and magnetism, called the magneto-optic Faraday effect. Also developed the concept of the magnetic field, and represented it with lines of force.

Introduced words we still use today to discuss electricity: ion, electrode, anode, and cathode.
The unit farad is named after him, it is a measure of capacitance, an amount of electrical charge.

Bop it (thing)

2000-12-26T04:53:49Z

A fun little game I think it is aimed at children. It is a bar a little longer than a foot in length with a large purple button close to one end which is for "bopping" at the same end a yellow knob for "twisting" and a slider at the other end for "pulling". The speaker(situated on the side of the button) will produce a beat and command you to either bop, twist or pull "it". As you progress the commands start to get closer and the beat quickens. The game is over if you do something that the speaker doesn't command you to do(you "bopped" when you should have "twisted") or you don't react quickly enough. After it ends the thing makes sounds that tell you how many commands you reacted correctly to,(A "bop" sound for one command, a "twist" sound for 10, and though I haven't made that far I assume a pull sound for 100).

It really is a fun little game that teaches concentration, and picking out rhythms in things other than music, and helps build reaction time.

They have come out with new versions of Bop it, such as Bop it extreme.