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Math Break (II): The QAMA Calculator

Thanks to Ilan Samson, J. Salcedo and Ebay I've got a QAMA Calculator.

QAMA is the calculator that thinks only if you think, too.
QAMA stands for Quick Approximate Mental Arithmetic.
More here: http://www.qamacalculator.com/

Math Break (I): Exchange rate graphs

Interesting stuff: Rotate 180º, Horizontal Flip.

my·o·pia noun \mī-ˈō-pē-ə\: a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects

Cool Lego creations

The question the world is now asking

«Hey all I'm new to the forum but have been going to this site for years now.

I have gotten up to step 45 on the Sopwith Camel and been having problems. I followed what they wanted but the default position of the back flaps are sticking up instead of even like it should be. I figured out the rubberband attached to the window is a problem but there isn't much I can do since this is how it's supposed to be built. 

Any help would be great or if anyone else has had this problem too»

Kirbymonster at bricksetforum.com

More to follow soon...

This blog will be closed for a much needed vacation

ir·rev·o·ca·ble /ˌiˈrevəkəbəl/ Adjective Not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final. Synonyms irreversible

Summer Reading 3: Boom

"Becky tinha 16 anos. Ainda me lembrava do tempo em que andava de totós e tinha pósteres de póneis na parede do quarto, não mais do que um ou dois anos antes. Depois houve qualquer coisa que deu para o torto no cérebro dela. Começou a ouvir death metal e deixou de lavar as axilas."

Summer Reading 2: Superfreakonomics (last chapter only)

"If the capuchins were so quick to turn to prostitution as soon as they got ahold of some money, just imagine how quickly the world would be overrun with monkey murderers and monkey terrorists, with monkey polluters who contribute to global warming and monkey doctors who fail to wash their hands. Future generations of monkeys, of course, would come along and solve these problems. But there would always be something to fix--like the monkey’s pigheaded insistence that all their children ride in car seats..."