Microsoft’s ad campaign has seen some wild, and unconventional turns since the original Bill Gates/Seinfeld commercials. While those made me die a little on the inside, the latest ads at least make sense. They’re still hokey, but that at least have a point to them. The latest ‘Rookie Challenge’ ads feature a 9 year old vs. a90 year old, 8 vs. 80, and 7 vs. 70. They compete by using different functions for Windows Live Gallery. A program that Microsoft is really trying to sell to the people.

Kind of feel bad for the Windows engineers. I’m sure when they were learning computer engineering in college, this isn’t what they thought they’d be doing. Allen is my favorite competitors, mostly because I hope I’m like that when I’m 70.

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While fast food type eating might not be good for the body, one man decided it could be better for the environment. That line of thinking is what led to the Vegawatt. A machine that reuses, and recycles vegetable oil used in deep fryers.

The premise of the VegaWatt is very simple. It turns used vegetable oil into clean heat, and energy. This eliminates the process of having to dump the oil, and just create a new batch. Once the vegetable oil has been recycled, it can provide 10-25% of a restaurant’s energy usage.

The device is about the size of a standard refrigerator, and provides some other benefits besides environmental impact. If you empty up to 70 gallons per week into the VegaWatt, you could end up saving around $800/month for energy bills. On top of your energy saving, you’ll also be eligible for income tax credit.

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Easily my favorite character from the Marvel Universe of comics, is a relatively unknown character, Deadpool (compared to Spider-Man, X-Men). If you’ve read any of his comics, you’d know why there’s such a cult following for him.

He’s kind of a spoof of comic books. Not that he himself is a spoof, but his stories and his character tend to make fun of the morally saturated plots found in most books. Deadpool himself is an enigma, with an interesting multi-dimensional characterization. He’s a very torn person, as Wade Wilson, who really puts on a whole new personality as Deadpool. As Deadpool, he’s a wise cracking, very dark comedic assassin. One of the great things found in the Deadpool comic is he continually broke the fourth wall and does so in a way that made the series very unique.

Ryan Reynolds is playing Deadpool, in the new Wolverine: Origins movie. When I first saw the trailer, I like many others were shocked at his inclusion. What was even more shocking is that it looked like the character of Deadpool would be portrayed without his costume. Which I don’t understand, considering his costume is such an important facet of his character. Unlike Wolverine who is often showed without his yellow/blue tights, Deadpool is only really ‘Deadpool’ with his costume on.

A lot of my fears about the character were put to bed, by this recent Ryan Reynolds interview. I came away impressed by Reynold’s dissection of the character, and the fact this movie would be about Deadpool’s origins as well makes sense. Since Deadpool comes from the Weapon X program, showing him opposite of Wolverine is a must. If they do a Deadpool movie however, his costume has to be included. I think Reynolds agrees.

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As we continue to discover ways to clean the energy sector of our country, more and more companies are devising solutions. One technology being researched is called Magnetobaric Power. The company, Catalyte is based in Mass.

Here’s an interesting video about the technology behind MBP, along with a summary of Catalyte…

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