Movie Review: Spread

August 13, 2009 @ 10:36 pm

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My movie reviews are pretty shallow all around, so don’t expect me to say much about this film except that it was just “ok” and that I really, really, really think Margarita Levieva is gorgeous. That’s all. Would I buy the DVD? Probably not.

And don’t be fooled by the chirpy tune of the trailer either because the film doesn’t pace itself quite as quickly as the trailer does. In fact, most of the movie was pretty slow and the only thing getting me through was seeing Margarita pop up on screen.

Watch the trailer for the film below.

What does WD-40 stand for?

July 23, 2009 @ 7:20 pm

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According to the New York Times article on the death of John S. Barry, the man not responsible for the invention of WD-40 but the ubiquitous sale of the product, the name WD-40 stands for “water displacement, formulation successful in 40th attempt”.

Back in 1953 at the Rocket Chemical Company, it took employees 40 attempts before they figured out the perfect solution for a rust-prevention spray. Cool. I didn’t know that despite using WD-40 for just about all of my life.

Puff Daddy simulates the spread of disease through a cough

April 28, 2009 @ 12:45 pm

The University of Louisville Hospital has a unique robot simulator named Puff Daddy that can show doctors and patients how germs can spread through a simple cough. Puff Daddy spews out a vapor-like substance of “germs” when it coughs and when a black light is turned on, the germs glow and show just how far that one cough has spread.

Puff Daddy’s main goal is to teach doctor’s how better stop the spread of airborne diseases like swine flu which can be spread from person to person by a sneeze or a cough.

British scientific study finds that happiness really is contagious

December 8, 2008 @ 11:08 am

The British Medical Journal has found — via a scientific study — that being around happy people really does make one happier!

The study was based on the idea that a person’s state of mind could spread over time from one person to the next in a social group. I think I’ve always known this, but it’s always good to have scientific proof.