Minecraft 1.8 Is Out

Today, they released Minecraft 1.8, at least part of it.  The next update will feature the other part of it.  People all over the world from New Zealand, to the America's are gearing up and getting their Diamond armor and Pick Axes ready to go.

The challenge?  Enderman.  Notch added Enderman to the game.  These guys are supposed to be a creeper type of mob, but what ever you do, don't look at them.  As long as you aren't looking at them, it's as though you don't even exist, but if you do look at them.  Be ware.  They'll become angry and get aggressive.  Also, they have the ability to teleport to you.  If you do make them aggressive, the only way to hold them off so far, besides trying to kill them, is to keep your mouse pointer over the mob, when you get far enough away, it'll teleport closer to you.  This will increase the excitement and rush for Minecraft players.  This adds a whole new level of game play.

We finally have floating islands.  Yep, a way to build in the sky.  Floating Fortress anyone?  You have to build a portal to the Nether in order to build a portal to the Skyland.  Here's how it works, first, build a Portal out of Obsidian to get to the Nether, then go into the nether and collect some Glowstone.  Once you have enough Glowstone, you can create a portal to the Skyland.  This should be an interesting game play feature.  I can see people already making 1.8 videos.  There are so many cool features being added, such as Minecarts being able to be used as Boats.

Many people have already updated their Minecraft, while many others are at work, or at school and can't wait to rush home.  We know what the first thing they'll be doing when they get home will be.  Updating their games of course.  In fact, I'm off to update mine as well.

Hurricane Irene - Why All The Fuss?

Ever notice how much hype there was over this storm?  Irene I mean.  She's caused a lot of confusion and misinformation if you ask me.  Also, why do they have to take a storm and drag it out on the news.

Breaking News: Hurricane Irene has made landfall.  Please, that's not breaking news.  Ever notice how most of the time, Breaking News, isn't breaking news at all?

I know that I'm not the only one that gets frustrated with this sort of thing.  What about you?  Do you get frustrated with the fact that the News media thinks we're stupid or something?  Well, they must think we're stupid.

One news media station even goes as far as playing the same stuff over and over each hour.  With very little change if any throughout the day.  Seriously?  Are you guys that stupid?  I mean, who really wants to sit there and listen to news on the storm for an hour?  Who wants to sit there and listen to news on a murder case for an hour?  Who wants to sit there and listen to the news of war for an entire hour?

I just have one question.  What new things are they showing us?   Not much really.  I think it's time for the Newscasters and News Media in general, to "Grow Up."  On top of that, what's with these idiotic weather forecasters, stepping out in Hurricane force winds.  Yeah, you won't catch me out there.  These idiots can have their stories.

Thoughts and questions?  I've got lots of them and I'm sure you do as well.

Why People Should Recycle

Facts
1) 70 percent of the garbage in America is recyclable.
2) Only about 32 percent of our trash is actually recycled.

That means, that another 38 percent of our trash can still be recycled.  If 30 percent of our garbage isn't recyclable, and we have 38 percent that is not being recycled.  That means, that over half of our garbage going into dumps, is NOT being recycled.  This could have a negative impact on the environment.

I'm guilty myself of throwing away plastic and paper.  If we didn't throw away so much plastic and paper, our Garbage bags would take forever to fill up.  Therefor, reducing plastic use even more.

We as a whole, need to take responsibility for our own actions.  Even on a low level such as recycling metals, plastics, and paper can have a huge impact on our lives.  This will not only save our resources for future generations, but it'll cut down on our oil use as well.

(This part taken from About Environment

Overall, the two scientists estimate that meeting U.S. demand for bottled-water—assuming the 2007 consumption rate of 33 billion liters—requires energy equivalent to between 32 million and 54 million barrels of oil. The energy required to satisfy the global thirst for bottled water is about three times that amount.



So, as you can see, our part is just as important for the use of plastic.  Not as many people recycle that should be.  This is something that we can all do to help.