10 useless facts:

Never knew why, i just like random humor, hope you like it too, cause i'm going to write 10 completely random facts!
Here they go:
1. Grass is always green, unless there's something wrong with it.
2. When you press the "off" button on any device that has an "off" button, the device will turn off.
3. Some doors can be opened both ways.

4. Water is awesome.
5. This is the useless fact number 5.
6. Blogging takes more time than i thought it would.
7. Red paint smells like blue paint.
8. You can't lick your own elbow (i tried).
9. If you stop breathing, you will stop ageing, but you will die instead.
10. Gravity is a b*tch.
After a whole load of thinking I've concluded that i can do this more often. You can expect more useless facts in the future!
Take care

Regards
Miroslav

Why comment on blogs?

You're probably wondering (most of you already know) why should you leave a comment on a blog that's not even interesting, that you've visited only once and not intending on coming back, that's not about the thing you've searched for in the first place.
Well, i'll tell you a couple of reasons why you should leave comments!
1. Your comment is valuable to the writer.
2. You're helping the writer write about something more interesting.
3. If you leave a constructive critic, then the writer will write better, and more fulfilling his writing will be.
4. You will get an answer to your comment, probably a word of thanks or something kind.
5. You can use your comment to advertise your own website/blog.
6. You let the writer know that there are people who are reading his blog, and that he's not doing it for nothing.
7. Comments are just awesome, okay?
8. You might realize something in the process of writing a comment and you might feel happy about it.
9. Just leave the damn comment...
Pretty Please!


Regards
Miroslav

Pepsi!

Ah, I've always liked Pepsi. Even when i had to choose between free [enter soda name] and not-free Pepsi, I chose Pepsi even if i had to pay!
Don't know why, but i think it goes back to when i was little. We didn't have much money, and every bottle of Pepsi was god-given, so maybe i learned to cherish it and be grateful, so it tasted so much better. Maybe i'm just wrong and i really like it because of it. Sure, i know it's bad for the health, but i don't consume it that much that i should be afraid. Maybe one bottle every other week.
Still, Pepsi is cool!
If you'd like, you could leave me a comment and tell me what drink you like!
Best regards
Miroslav

Mid-class gaming mouse!

Ok, ok, i know mid-class equipment doesn't appeal to anyone, but still, not everyone has the money to buy top-class stuff. So, today i talk about a gaming mouse from A4-Tech, the X7 series!

This is the mouse i own, and i must say, it's a pretty good mouse!
It has a 3x click button (the orange button at the front)
Maximum of 2500dpi. You can change the speed with the button before the scroll wheel. (600dpi, 800dpi, 1200dpi, 1600dpi, 2000dpi, 2500dpi). The button changes color to show which setting it's on. There are also two navigational buttons at the left side of the mouse that are programmable with the software that comes with the mouse.
Overall, the mouse is good for fps games due to high precision laser it has, and also for MMORPG games due to high dpi settings available. Of course there are much better mice for gaming than this, but for what it's worth it's pretty cheap!

Randomness at it's best!

A little bit of engineering...

Few days ago, i stumbled across a nice little video about differentials, in cars. Only then i realized that i didn't know much about them. And this video really explained a lot. You might have known that first cars had only one-wheel drive, which means the car's engine was only powering one wheel. Still, there was a problem which was obvious when the car was turning. The wheel that wasn't powered was actually "slowing" the car. After a while a two-wheel drive was invented. It was much better at turning than the previous one, but still had a problem. The thing is, when you're powering two different wheels with one engine, you are actually making them turn together at all times. So, both wheels are rotating at the same speed, always. That is a problem when turning. If you're turning left, for instance, the left wheel travels a shorter way and thus rotating slower, and the right wheel has to rotate faster and travel a bit more than the left one so it can keep up. Because both wheels are locked together, this causes sliding, which can break the wheel or slow down the car. So, a device needed to be invented to allow both wheels to rotate freely. This device was invented and is now called the differential.

What it does is, it allows the engine to power both wheels while letting them turn like both of them were powered separately. This greatly reduced sliding, and prevented possible damages to the engine and wheels.

If you would like to know how it works, here's a video that i watched

Reviewer! (Older game review)

This time i talk about Stronghold Crusader!
This game is absolutely addictive! I just can't stop playing it once i start. It's that good.

The game puts you in medieval ages with knights and castles.
It's an RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game, in which you can build castles, harvest resources, make great armies and of course you can plan your assaults on the enemies. There are 2 campaign trails you can play. They're called Crusader Trail 1 & 2. There is also an option for skirmish battles if you want to test out your opponents in a 1v1 battle. At the every start of a battle you get a keep (In skirmish battles it's usually a small house-like keep, but in a campaign it can be more castle-like) and one stockpile tile, where your workers can drop off resources, and they actually show there, so you can see what you have and how much. You can always make more stockpile tiles (up to a maximum of 10).
You also get some starting resources like gold, stone, wood and food. You can make loads of different structures to gather resources like Stone Quarry for stone, Woodcutter's Hut for lumber, Iron Mine for iron... etc. You can also produce food with Apple Farm, Diary Farm, Wheat Farm (wheat can be milled in a Mill to make flour which is used to bake bread), Hops Farm (hops is used to make ale in a Brewery which is used by Inns to make your people happier!). You can also build Hunter's Huts so they can hunt animals for food, but not every map has animals on it. As you can see, you must keep your people happy or they will leave your castle, in which case your buildings will stop producing goods. There are many ways to make your people happy and you will see them once you play the game.
On the other side, where the peaceful things stop, war begins! Once you settle your castles' defenses and goods, you must train an army to defeat your opponents. You can hire mercenaries or build your troops the old fashioned way by making weapons and armors. It's your choice!
The game also has an expansion, which is called "Stronghold Crusader Extreme" in which all of the warfare is brought to a new level by allowing players and computer opponents to make more units (up to a massive proportions) and allowing them to "cast" special abilities once some time has passed.
So, get the game now and you will find yourself experiencing lots and lots of fun, and i'm speaking from my own experience!
Best regards!
Miroslav