Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category

Extra-Wide Contact Lenses

Posted on the August 29th, 2008 under Misc by Ryman

Extra wide contacts

Extra wide contacts

Part of cosplaying aside from creating your costume, is styling your hair and makeup. Now with the availability of extra-wide contact lenses, you can now change your iris to anime-style.

It seems that a few companies are now starting to produce Extra-Wide Contact Lenses which give you that deer-caught-in-the-headlights wide irised look. Ranging from prices between $30-$50 a pair, depending on the company you purchase from.

There are a few companies which are offering these Extra-Wide Contacts, both Geo and Dueba will ship the pair right out to you when ordered from Shopping Times. So if you’ve been looking for the right costume for the next anime convention, you might be in luck.

[via coolest-gadgets.com]

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Famous Sci-Fi Weapons

Posted on the July 16th, 2008 under Misc by Ryman

Weapons we see in movies are way cooler the more stronger and powerful they are. But that coolness ends there, since in today’s technology, these wondrous tech will someday bring about the end of us. Cracked.com has made a list of 5 Famous Sci-Fi Weapons that are in actual development, or already developed.

Laser

Now, Boeing’s already doing a few interesting things with laser technology on a smaller scale (like mounting devices to Humvees and using them to detonate bombs from a safe distance. They can also put a bigger one in a jumbo jet and use it to destroy incoming ICBMs from hundreds of miles away. But those are hardly death rays, right? They’re reassuring defensive measures designed to protect our brave men and women!

That’s where the Advanced Tactical Laser comes in.

Designed to engage (that is, utterly destroy) ground targets, the ATL is a weapon fitted to an aircraft like a C-130 transport plane. From 10,000 feet up and five miles away, this 40,000-pound, megawatt-class, chemical laser will melt a hole through a tank.

Read more at Cracked.com

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10 Most Horrible English Words

Posted on the March 26th, 2008 under Misc by Ryman

Not really horrible, but long English words. Have a sample of The Most Horrible English Words written by CHAN LEE PENG.

Honorificabilitudinitatibus
The word consists of 27 letters. This word appeared in the script of Shakespeare titled “Love’s Labour’s Lost”, which means “invincible glorious.”

Floccinaucihihilipilification
The word comprises of 29 letters. It means “act or habit to deny the value of some particular things.”

Read the rest at writinghood.com.

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