Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Top 10 Most Unique Restaurants In The World



1.       Ninja , New York City—consists of a maze located inside of the restaurant leading guests into their dining room, along with Ninjas dropping down from the ceiling to take your order

2.       Heart Attack Grill, Las Vegas—treating their customers as patients and referring to their orders as prescriptions with servers dressed as nurses. Any customer weighing more than 350 pounds eats for free

3.       Modern Toilet, Taiwan—dinner is served to customers in porcelain toilets

4.       Cabbages and Condoms, Bangkok—decorated with condoms hanging from the light fixtures this restaurant was created to help spread the awareness of HIV

5.       Baggers, Germany— serving customers with speed using  touch screen computer menus and a spiral conveyer belt located in the center of each table delivering each meal directly to each customer

6.       Dinner in the Sky, Belgium—this dining experience takes place 150ft in the air above the ground

7.       Clothing Optional Dinners, New York—a restaurant where the choice of clothing is considered optional

8.       Opaque, U.S.A—with locations in San Francisco, San Diego, and Santa Monica this restaurant serves their guests in the dark

9.       Ithaa Restaurant, Maldives—dinner is served within an aquarium, while guests enjoy their meals they can observe sharks and tropical fish swimming all around them


10.   El Diablo, Spain—meals are grilled over a real live volcano

Thursday, December 26, 2013

New Year’s Eve Traditions From Around The World

• At exactly 12:00 midnight, step forward with your right foot to represent starting the new year off with your right foot forward

• Wear brand new pink underwear to attract Love

• Wear white to scare away bad spirits

• Jump 7 waves for good luck—one for each day of the week

• Eat a spoonful of lentils at midnight for a year filled with work and money

• Sweep your house thoroughly to remove bad energy

• Walk around your block with an empty suitcase for a year full of travel

• Eat a grape with each bell strike at midnight for prosperity 

• Bang pots and pans as loud as you can

• Write down a wish on a piece of paper then burn it and throw it into a champagne glass, and drink it before 12:01


What's your favorite New Year's Eve tradition?

Android vs. Apple -- Which works for you?

The ongoing feud within the digital world since Apple’s 1st release of the iPhone has been, iPhone or Android? Which is best and why?

Working as a Project Manager within the digital industry, one thing I noticed is that all of the developers I work with do not own any personal Apple devices, nor do they wish to. 

That being said, I have decided to bypass all public opinion and dig a little deeper as to why those who make programs for Apple devices, such as developers, choose not to even own their own Apple device and this is what I found…

1. Limited Sharing Capabilities
iOS applications allow you to share content with only a select few such as Mail, Facebook, Message, and Twitter. With Android applications your sharing capabilities are endless, you can share through any installed application, unlike Apple.

2. Keyboard Alternatives
iOS devices only offer one standard keyboard option, but as for android devices there are various different keyword options that can be utilized.

3. One of a Kind
With iOS, what you see is what you get and there is not much room for customization. Android allows you to customize your device to fit your specific wants and needs, you have the ability to install various themes and layouts based on personal preference, without limitation.

4. Musical Freedom
iOS devices require the use of iTunes for downloading music onto your device. Android devices allow you to download music from wherever you want and however you please, without utilizing any mandatory program in order to do so.

5. Applications Galore
Android devices have a much larger selection of applications to choose from then Apple devices have to offer within their app store.

Which do you prefer and why, Apple or Android?

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Mary Jane for Christmas

Yes, it's true...earlier this month New York State Legislators announced a Marijuana Legalization Bill. State Senator Liz Krueger and New York Health Assembly Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried put up a very convincing and persuasive argument as to why NYS should pass the bill to legalize the recreational use of Marijuane.

Now, I know many of you are shaking your head and others may be nodding their heads in compliance, but the truth of the matter is our economy is in an extremely fragile state and the passage of this bill can and will boost our economy approximately 400 billion dollars every year thru the taxation of this commercial production.

One particularly strong argument made by Senator Krueger, alcohol and tobacco are no more or less as dangerous of a substance as Marijuana, yet we all have been raised on the notion that Marijuane is bad for you and rots your brain. Well guess what? Alcohol and tobacco kill millions each year, Marijuane doesn't kill you.

A neuropschpharmatologist from Columbia University shed light on this matter based off of his 15 years of research on the effects of Marijuane and it was specifically stated that the use of Marijuane has been very much exaggerated over the years through the media. Very similar to the media attention brought to the use of alcohol prior to legalization. 

In addition to these findings, it is statistically proven that the illegal distribution of marijuana is the #1 crime leading young individuals to be arrested and prosecuted in NYS. This issue can be controlled through government regulation of this substance, which will help to keep more of our younger generation off of the streets and out of prison, while at the same time boosting our economy from many angles.

It's a tough argument to compete against...tell me why alcohol and tobacco, both substances I have lost many family members to, is legal but Marijuane is not?

I bet there are millions of comments to my last remark, but none of which will have any firm grounds to stand on being that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous and life threatening than marijuana could ever be...