Anay Ganesh

Today I learned that a lot of game developers tend to not work on their endings, because they think that endings aren’t important, for only a fraction of players will actually reach them. Consequently, a lot of good games end up not reaching their potential because they didn’t have a strong ending.

Today I learned about how clocks are related to fractions. When the clock shows you the time, it’s also showing a fraction of the 60 minutes in an hour.

Today I learned about the Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction event. The Ordovician Extinction killed of a lot of life on earth, especially cephalopods (animals related to squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, and nautiluses.). A lot of straight-shelled nautiluses, such as Orthoceras, became extinct. Jawless fish like Pteraspis and Hemicyclaspis also became extinct. However, this extinction paved the wayContinue reading “The Ordovician – Silurian Extinction”

Today I learned that the Unity Game Engine was originally a Mac OS only system but as of 2018 had been updated to many systems, including Mobile devices. I also learned that Unity uses C# as its implementation language. I then learned that Unity was developed in Copenhagen, Denmark.

I learned today about the Battle at Actium, Greece, and how that affected both the Roman Republic then thrown into war with Egypt and itself, and Cleopatra the Seventh, Pharaoh of Egypt and Queen of Syria, most famous for William Shakespeare’s play, Antony and Cleopatra, which is about the forbidden love between Cleopatra, who wasContinue reading “The Battle of Actium”

Danger in the Desert Author: Roger Cohen Publisher: Sterling Point Books Type/Genre/Subjects: Biography, Action, History, Adventure, Science, Paleontology, Archaeology Plot Summary: Paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews explores the Gobi Desert and discovers many dinosaurs familiar today, such as Oviraptor, Protoceratops, and Velociraptor. Andrews was raised in Beloit, Wisconsin, and worked as an authority on cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises)Continue reading “Book Review: Danger in the Desert”

Chapter Four An hour later, we were back in our lodgings at 221B, Baker Street. Holmes was playing the violin in his room, while I smoked some tobacco in the sitting-room. There was a peal at the doorbell, many knocks, and Sherlock Holmes rushing into the room. “Watson, do you remember the Baker Street Irregulars?”Continue reading “The Adventure of the Masked Sailor”

Chapter 3  “‘IM’ would stand for ‘Indian Mutiny’, then,” he remarked. “Mr. Holmes, do you have any motives?” asked Gregson, who was still surprised at how quick Holmes was at deducing clues. “Not yet, Gregson, not yet. However, I should think that this poor fellow betrayed some traitors to the government and that one ofContinue reading “The Adventure of the Masked Sailor”

Chapter Two A small dull house stood in front of us. The fair-haired form of Inspector Gregson of Scotland Yard suddenly stepped out of the front door and rushed toward us. “Mr. Holmes!” he cried. “Have you found any clues?” “None yet, Mr. Holmes. But Constable Walters found a dead chicken in the kitchen. WeContinue reading “Adventure of the Masked Sailor”

Chapter One It was at the end of the year 1878, after the singular case of Jefferson Hope, that I was suddenly woken by a loud ringing of the bell. I glanced at the clock. “Why, it’s not even six in the morning!” I exclaimed. I quickly dressed into my coat and came down intoContinue reading “The Adventure of The Masked Sailor”