Status: RETIRED HERO A three-time all-star and one of the greatest pitchers in Houston Astros history, Roy Oswalt had humble beginnings. He pitched at a small high school and scouts brushed him off as being too small to be a good pitcher. However, one scout for the Houston Astros saw his potential and he was […]
Who is the best-rated author on Amazon?
Amazon.com ranks its book sales hourly. They used to rank authors publicly, but they seem to have removed that functionality from their website. I was curious who the current best authors are, so I did some basic number crunching. I looked at the top current (August 2021) best-selling authors and added up their star ratings […]
Copywriting App
Copywriting is one of the most lucrative forms of writing. It’s the art of writing marketing text for advertisements. In copywriting, there are many tricks of the trade, pitfalls to avoid, and best practices to follow. There are many apps out there that help writers strengthen their writing and avoid common stumbling blocks in writing. […]
Sports Team Manager Game with Random Events
When it comes to video games, I like a good strategy game or simulation where I can tinker with things and see the effects. Back when I was younger and time was more abundant, I played baseball simulation games. These were games where I could act as the owner of a baseball team and draft […]
Troy Tulowitzki
Status: RETIRED HERO Troy Tulowitzki had talents as a shortstop comparable to some of the greats—such as Cal Ripken Jr., Derek Jeter, and Alex Rodriguez. However, he was injury-prone and rarely played more than 140 games in a season due to various ailments. Tulowitzki was selected to five All-Star games, won two Silver Slugger awards, […]
4D Media Library
Imagine if you could upload all of your photographs, videos, and sound clips to the internet cloud, then navigate through them across space and time within a virtual environment. Now imagine if everybody in the world could upload their multimedia files to a single virtual environment for anyone to view. It would become a massive […]