Iron Man

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-04/building-real-iron-man

Read it. It’s long, doesn’t get into details, but is still pretty damn cool. Of course, it’s only the beginning, but it’s nice to see some articles in Popular Science that are actually real, as opposed to future ideas and concepts, that weigh in equal or greater on the cool scale.

In other news, Harper’s is now open 8AM to 8PM, so some days I get to sleep in! Like today. Woot (Only the sun was in my eyes.

In other, other news, I got myself  cellphone. I’m on virgin mobile, so every minute of talk costs 30 cents, and that’s it. No other catches or anything of the sort. Except that after your prepaid minutes expire (Minimum of 15 that expire in 45 days) you lose your minutes unless you buy more. I did the math to figure out that the $25 prepaid card is the most cost-effective, and the $50 card is the LEAST cost effective. the $100 card is on-par with the $25 card, and the $15 comes in third place.

With the $15 card you need to spend 33 cents/day

$25 27/day

$50 42/day

$100 27/day

So everyone using Virgin Mobile who never runs out of minutes, you can be spending  $97 every year ($8 monthly) and saving $25 yearly by buying the $25 card instead. It might not be much, but it’s still money! (After 4 years that’s $100 you’ve lost)

My Number? (289) 441-1936, or A Twig: 11 Yen! (Read: (ATw) ig1-1Yen)