tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78499833357170710802024-03-12T17:50:29.115-07:00Building BatmanBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-30240521857162126912010-08-22T10:00:00.000-07:002010-08-22T10:05:33.624-07:00Taco BellYou might have already seen this but just in case you haven't, here it is:<br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T62i7a2HQQ4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T62i7a2HQQ4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="192" width="320"></embed></object>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-83728548077840239672010-08-12T08:51:00.000-07:002010-08-12T08:56:59.786-07:00Take THAT, Kevin Smith<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9vlLpXUyxw_-IRbs67O70_bILm2CRoIK4nT0fXeprQNlr1Ah45C0B0ipXu10rI1tXYgWbUrryaBwOeVWiYujSLlPqbKmHyDSU-3rO3e6_safUh60-MHoupLs_W3Dt9n86LXGOuSghVpM/s1600/pee.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9vlLpXUyxw_-IRbs67O70_bILm2CRoIK4nT0fXeprQNlr1Ah45C0B0ipXu10rI1tXYgWbUrryaBwOeVWiYujSLlPqbKmHyDSU-3rO3e6_safUh60-MHoupLs_W3Dt9n86LXGOuSghVpM/s400/pee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504552685429381170" border="0" /></a>I have nothing to say about this except that you might find <a href="http://www.letsbefriendsagain.com/">Let's Be Friends Again</a> a funny webcomic.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-40239677234974483832010-08-01T10:58:00.001-07:002010-08-01T11:10:47.958-07:00Under the Red HoodHas nobody seen "Under the Red Hood" yet? I've read all of two reviews. One over at <a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2010/08/batman-under-red-hood.html">Comics, Films, Kung Fu, and Whatever the Hell Else</a> and the other at <a href="http://dailypop.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/batman-under-the-red-hood-dvd-review/">The Daily P.O.P.</a> Both reviews were very positive which parallels my feelings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBNHZNhN-imjicekdUll_2ZhWeUy_05WwmynKuDsgBMHwbDKjrWo1yHyTQ9d0IzADhlmhI44YXNnTB3iolBe1XMdaaoQVBnQBvD5FAP00lbrMag-Hiva5H2CKjfCweDfmes1aM6GSVBaQ/s1600/RedHood.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBNHZNhN-imjicekdUll_2ZhWeUy_05WwmynKuDsgBMHwbDKjrWo1yHyTQ9d0IzADhlmhI44YXNnTB3iolBe1XMdaaoQVBnQBvD5FAP00lbrMag-Hiva5H2CKjfCweDfmes1aM6GSVBaQ/s400/RedHood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500505049576033842" border="0" /></a>The only bit of review worth doing I think is to disagree with them about is <strong> </strong> Bruce Greenwood. We all know Kevin Conroy is great. But I think Greenwood did a superb job. Although I have admit it wasn't this actor who convinced me that Batman didn't need to be played by Conroy: It was William Baldwin's version from "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths". Man, was he amazing.<br /><br />The other thing worth noting is that while the bulk of the movie maybe good but not brilliant, the climax scene is simply outstanding.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-83232080180529287612010-07-30T10:05:00.000-07:002010-07-30T11:30:58.043-07:00Becoming BatmanWell, I suppose it was inevitable but they've done it. Someone has finally made a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/becomingbatman#p/u/23/AZYc1G09c7E">TV show about my mission</a>. Yup...<br /><br /><br />...OK so it's on YouTube not TV.<br /><br /><br />...OK so it's not about me but it is about someone becoming Batman... Just like me.<br />And it does mirror my life exactly.<br /><br /><br /><br />...OK maybe not exactly... maybe...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/becomingbatman#p/u/23/AZYc1G09c7E">Just watch it, already!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqWSY9UYt1b3hR_UL0PXN_F-eBknNI4T-8bUvEEyUHgc2XmO9kvYtVm5X01OZanhQKIjxZ3zbAwxtyo9mgd13vbxmmGJ3Bnbp8udEt7rAQR4fZ2l3Ska8l0VoYWB7J7M2SNfQng07L-tm/s1600/bam.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqWSY9UYt1b3hR_UL0PXN_F-eBknNI4T-8bUvEEyUHgc2XmO9kvYtVm5X01OZanhQKIjxZ3zbAwxtyo9mgd13vbxmmGJ3Bnbp8udEt7rAQR4fZ2l3Ska8l0VoYWB7J7M2SNfQng07L-tm/s400/bam.jpg" alt="Goddamn Batman" title="The goddamn Batman, woman." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499760263680296242" border="0" /></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-21374867558860346612010-07-27T16:53:00.000-07:002010-07-27T17:06:57.612-07:00TriathlonI've have a new goal:<br />One September 19th I'll run a triathlon to demonstrate to myself that this summer's physical training should be considered a success.<br />I always thought triathlons were longer but I'll be<br />Swimming 500 m<br />Cycling 26 km<br />Running 5 km<br /><br />This makes it a "sprint"-triathlon. I'd rather try an "olympic"-triathlon of<br />Swimming 1.5 km<br />Cycling 40 km<br />Running 10 km<br />but this Triathlon doesn't have that as an option.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGRxdnrrkI_o57a7yBpfPSxHDMak0kqmdIYd9wrPsKldf6kaYTYZgE5nOGNjlRMQq30E5cKzE6CzV-UH3NcjzQw_QeC0y73F7njsPr-h_gWbDb3_uH_sQlrbo38V592zD7WslGwB1ocVQ/s1600/runbatmanrun.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGRxdnrrkI_o57a7yBpfPSxHDMak0kqmdIYd9wrPsKldf6kaYTYZgE5nOGNjlRMQq30E5cKzE6CzV-UH3NcjzQw_QeC0y73F7njsPr-h_gWbDb3_uH_sQlrbo38V592zD7WslGwB1ocVQ/s400/runbatmanrun.jpg" alt="Batman running" title="Run, Batman. Run!" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498740071824294050" border="0" /></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-30837020879642156592010-07-19T19:36:00.000-07:002010-07-19T20:15:52.963-07:00A blog after my own heart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5F53_WC3DCkfbMjNZeNzZCq4nKO21nTQbDWr6-L0krDQ7U8d2glIEEilygFluh11ijuc5DXjEKZsakRgr0ulBSvoZ3Gf0CZp9x_EX5Hw3bn4TVMFaHrNqtyBmMJ0w9UMM5yGRH-lwvcF/s1600/beat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5F53_WC3DCkfbMjNZeNzZCq4nKO21nTQbDWr6-L0krDQ7U8d2glIEEilygFluh11ijuc5DXjEKZsakRgr0ulBSvoZ3Gf0CZp9x_EX5Hw3bn4TVMFaHrNqtyBmMJ0w9UMM5yGRH-lwvcF/s400/beat.jpg" alt="Superman Beats Batman" title="It was inevitable." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495816556577616994" border="0" /></a>Now that's what I'm talking about! Remember when I used to do superhero-related <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/Fermi%20Problems">Fermi Problems</a>? Well check out this out: there's this blog called <a href="http://www.politedissent.com/">Polite Dissent</a> and last month he asked a <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/06/fermi-problems-and-batman.html">Fermi problem</a>: <a href="http://www.politedissent.com/archives/5454">Could Superman cure cance?</a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><br />I loved the post and I'm sure you will too.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMIcYttvdPIPOnvwHeHv1Nd1sPoHqNuGhE2h2_MOJaKWucfzYS27dJp7dX6uZ0P4WPsS5BawqxWO_VxVIMEgh4_tAdlEMrwAaOACTSJgJZnJKlNGoOP_7tukpirwmedP82MW3M-4OwNYf/s1600/supergirls.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMIcYttvdPIPOnvwHeHv1Nd1sPoHqNuGhE2h2_MOJaKWucfzYS27dJp7dX6uZ0P4WPsS5BawqxWO_VxVIMEgh4_tAdlEMrwAaOACTSJgJZnJKlNGoOP_7tukpirwmedP82MW3M-4OwNYf/s400/supergirls.jpg" alt="Supergirl vs Batgirl" title="How sadly the future emulates the past." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495816980439310242" border="0" /></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-39250263968192162512010-07-12T15:40:00.000-07:002010-07-12T15:46:11.162-07:00Oh botherThis weekend I went <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildering">buildering</a> for the first time. What a disaster.<br /><br />I shimmied-up a couple of floors between two buildings with a narrow alley between them and made it to the roof. But not without some trouble, mind you. The problem? My shoes for sure. I decided that the best footwear would be my old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_shoes">wrestling shoes</a>. I thought that my wall climbing shoes wouldn't be good because I couldn't walk to the site I choice for my virgin climb. Plus in climbing shoes I couldn't run off or jump down if I needed to. So I chose my wrestling shoes as the next best thing since they are close-fitting like climbing shoes. Not a good choice.<br /><br />The soles are all wrong. Climbing shoes are smooth but rubbery. Wrestling shoes are smooth but nearly as soft. Any time I took pressure off my hands, my feet would slip. Not fun. With all that slipping you'd better believe that I wasn't silent as a ninja. Not a chance.<br /><br />I think even runners would have been a better choice. If you have any ideas about better footwear leave a comment because I don't have a clue.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfp6cZDdRVOg0Vio11e5uhbMa1lX3kWcCQQHT-D9bPM8f84JSKxZ9ZlEFfasreOX_y3AQGcdGS2xS2RkQoOprJFGdGca1tURhl3MBB3xcYA-v5yNsWqLHGc3xYF3o2nyjuNnnDcIb2x2M/s1600/batmin-and-robbes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfp6cZDdRVOg0Vio11e5uhbMa1lX3kWcCQQHT-D9bPM8f84JSKxZ9ZlEFfasreOX_y3AQGcdGS2xS2RkQoOprJFGdGca1tURhl3MBB3xcYA-v5yNsWqLHGc3xYF3o2nyjuNnnDcIb2x2M/s400/batmin-and-robbes.jpg" alt="Calvin and Hobbes as Batman and Robin" title="Urban climbing for my BuildingBatman blog! What great idea!" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493153927407239362" border="0" /></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-59850708261981735442010-07-08T19:30:00.000-07:002010-07-08T19:56:06.669-07:00Bat-radia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wj3FAaJwAd9bPvcHw9sUMetoImPq37LIKkTmtOYd8FXZGjCCWsKhxChZV38IZseLfcD2DZZR5krX5mIPBz8iRaeEerVwiWteUwu_DWJ1PM-LptHOH2NL3MaC5DRLse9LLTDjtdt3Fyze/s1600/TVantenna.gif"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wj3FAaJwAd9bPvcHw9sUMetoImPq37LIKkTmtOYd8FXZGjCCWsKhxChZV38IZseLfcD2DZZR5krX5mIPBz8iRaeEerVwiWteUwu_DWJ1PM-LptHOH2NL3MaC5DRLse9LLTDjtdt3Fyze/s400/TVantenna.gif" title="I think I can get a signal" alt="TV Batgirl" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491734037957441522" border="0" /></a>If there is one thing that is often missing from the commonly shown contents of Batman's utility belt:<br /><br />A simple police scanner!<br /><br />Now I suppose in the high-techie sort of portrail of Batman there is probably a nano-scanner or some such thing built in his mantel. And of course, he is often shown with a high-tech communications system for communicating with his allies.<br /><br />But a low scale, independent Batman doesn't need those things. What he needs is a handheld scanner radio. In fact, there's a pretty good argument why Batman would go low-tech for this kind of thing: If it's just a reciever and not an emitter no one should be able to track him. Scanners are completely passive.<br /><br />So what is a scanner radio? A scanner is a radio receiver that scans multiple frequencies looking for transmitions.<br /><br />The idea is simple but some of the details can get confusing unless they are explained chronologically rather than as they come up. Back in the 1930s people like the police would broadcast through AM radio stations so that anyone with a radio could hear. In order to have their own channel, they would change to a less public frequency. Of course, then and now anybody could just follow them and keep listening as long as they could tune into that channel. Each channel required a specific quartz-crystal which so that your radio could tune in. So the crystal almost acted like a key.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM8DTK1brSagWPJQRalYqGCacAguUgTURKS8ilFMMq2eiktHLl8xWpaclqiZkYDO_-bFilzmmBfWEYHx7SOiGvkTrGrwigGFfIok3CV9RbCyCrhTcAGt74HofgfpMTFKj_CJp6qMQdfCF/s1600/whatredeyesyouhavebatgirl.gif"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM8DTK1brSagWPJQRalYqGCacAguUgTURKS8ilFMMq2eiktHLl8xWpaclqiZkYDO_-bFilzmmBfWEYHx7SOiGvkTrGrwigGFfIok3CV9RbCyCrhTcAGt74HofgfpMTFKj_CJp6qMQdfCF/s400/whatredeyesyouhavebatgirl.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491734187217894258" border="0" /></a>It wasn't until the 1970s that programmable scanner radios allowed you to type in any frequency (in the scanner's range) and listen in.<br /><br />It turned out that some channels tended to get way more traffic than others. Just imagine say an taxi company. Each of the cars maybe has its own car-to-car channel with every other car. Most of the time these aren't being used. But imagine being the dispatcher. Every car is calling the dispatcher all the time! The dispatcher's channel is busy!<br /><br />So to alleviate this all the frequencies are pooled together and a “site controller” gives each channel to a frequency. Then after a while he rotates them. The scanner radios then automatically follow because hidden in the transmittion you are currently listening to is the next frequency that the channel will be using. This is all called trunking. A trunk tracker scanner radio can follow this automatically.<br /><br />Of course, today even radio communication of this sort is heavily digital but we won't go there.<p></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">For more information you need to check out:<br /><a href="http://www.police-scanner.info/police-scanners/">Police Scanner Info</a><br /><a href="http://www.hamuniverse.com/scanner.html">HAM Universe</a><br /><a href="http://radio-scanner-guide.com/">Radio Scanner Guide</a><br /></p>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-47002996967493034832010-06-29T18:42:00.000-07:002010-06-30T05:53:02.807-07:00Batman Training 10,000 Hours per Ability<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Z9Unuh5CepWavz1qsZuZCACdOcfzkywuno0QOKoL6_zYDfUVPcqfS8RybTvMysJ52C3ZYcjStKJAhO-GYkYx7cnaUF3TC_33gu-fj7niEr1yPZbjZ7B3XegjtFSDbhJV5GvpP5YLpoJt/s1600/lookwhaticando.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Z9Unuh5CepWavz1qsZuZCACdOcfzkywuno0QOKoL6_zYDfUVPcqfS8RybTvMysJ52C3ZYcjStKJAhO-GYkYx7cnaUF3TC_33gu-fj7niEr1yPZbjZ7B3XegjtFSDbhJV5GvpP5YLpoJt/s400/lookwhaticando.jpg" alt="Nightwing" title="Look what Nightwing can do" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488379132055696594" border="0" /></a>In the comments to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7849983335717071080&postID=8694836089794792704">This War Continues</a> a couple of us have been talking about what it takes to be an expert. I had recently <a href="http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100611211502344">read</a> that it takes three hours per day of training to become an expert.<br /><br />Those three hours per day are actually an estimate on the number of hours per day to become an expert in approximately ten years. As mentioned by <a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/">M.C. Elroy</a>, it's actually based on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">10000-Hours-Rule</span>. The 10000-Hours-Rule is a claim made popular in the book <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html">Outliers</a> by <a href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/malcolm_gladwell.html">Malcom Gladwell</a> (make sure to watch the three videos found on the side bar) that 10,000 hours of delibriate practice are required to become an elite expert at any given thing. The idea itself comes out of the work of <a href="http://www.coachingmanagement.nl/The%20Making%20of%20an%20Expert.pdf">Anders Ericsson</a> who did studies of what he called elite performance or expertise.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45r0V5R6_mIlMoGiQi9Q0-4-7tz6QbPSjItvKRRx9dgPnB5h8zx0PyEJ6DwNp3hK4dwUgnPv-QCYv7ciLjaknNV3rgHobmN-o43j8J-md9ARHxX9vM9hb9143mKwiI1skhQXozwAVky5B/s1600/Batgirl_dive.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45r0V5R6_mIlMoGiQi9Q0-4-7tz6QbPSjItvKRRx9dgPnB5h8zx0PyEJ6DwNp3hK4dwUgnPv-QCYv7ciLjaknNV3rgHobmN-o43j8J-md9ARHxX9vM9hb9143mKwiI1skhQXozwAVky5B/s400/Batgirl_dive.JPG" alt="Batgirl Dive" title="Batgirls more impressive. Sorry, Dick" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488380617137919618" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.coachingmanagement.nl/The%20Making%20of%20an%20Expert.pdf">Ericsson </a>lists three very broad ingredients that are need to produce an expert:<br /><br />1)Measure - Lord Kelvin once said, “If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.”<br /><br />2) Deliberate Practice - Practice does not make perfect. Repeating what you already know how to do does not help make you an expert. Focused effort to do something you don't do well or can't do at all (called deliberate practice) is the key. 10,000 hours of this and you're on your way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jwzNFGqLPP_Pz-XCKQCCytJXXEVzRQoEbjjCM-_yH-Hs-WG3ALjeLWS5NL2vPqpudqaeFGSyj7vmqus3kaXBnDYZBEnkQ8N7MjaycbIB9BbJ1iPdTPGj-YQod0ULLjL941SCOehO7RTB/s1600/flip.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jwzNFGqLPP_Pz-XCKQCCytJXXEVzRQoEbjjCM-_yH-Hs-WG3ALjeLWS5NL2vPqpudqaeFGSyj7vmqus3kaXBnDYZBEnkQ8N7MjaycbIB9BbJ1iPdTPGj-YQod0ULLjL941SCOehO7RTB/s400/flip.jpg" alt="Batgirl Flip" title="But nobody beats the original." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488378854854522658" border="0" /></a>3) Finding Coaches and Mentors – The best coaches know skills will need improvement at the next level not just your current level and so can help tremendously to ensure deliberate practice.<br /><br />Batman is currently the 14th most powerful comic character according to ComicVine's <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/powers/">Rank Game</a>. He is ranks first in <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/intellect/41-9/">Unarmed Combat</a>, <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/escape-artist/41-58/">Escape Artist</a>, <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/tracking/41-59/">Tracking</a>, <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/gadgets/41-35/">Gadgets</a> and <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/stealth/41-132/">Stealth</a>. Plus he ranks 4th in <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/weapon-master/41-17/">Weapon Mastery</a> and <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/marksmanship/41-108/">Marksmanship</a>. According to the 10,000-Hours-Rule, to be an expert in all those requires 70,000 hours or 21 hours per day for 10 years straight of dedicated practice.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-86948360897947927042010-06-25T13:35:00.000-07:002010-06-25T13:52:33.242-07:00This War Continues<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeNEm3pKtReDqk8ve3qps6hUm6focD9tn_eglTPhwT4hlOmR2S3ZPGRtMRCuZ9xVMT7cncF8L5HMSlokl1mv-vEZN-PbCERB3JTLqvcfiqZD4mhLOkUQCPz31kxKf7QSKRPWzrISCXH0Q/s1600/batman_by_CDOASS.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEeNEm3pKtReDqk8ve3qps6hUm6focD9tn_eglTPhwT4hlOmR2S3ZPGRtMRCuZ9xVMT7cncF8L5HMSlokl1mv-vEZN-PbCERB3JTLqvcfiqZD4mhLOkUQCPz31kxKf7QSKRPWzrISCXH0Q/s400/batman_by_CDOASS.jpg" alt="Bat-crest" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486815937570390738" border="0" /></a>Eight weeks of boxing courses end tonight. This is the session and then there is a three week break.<br /><br />All and all, it's been pretty intense. I never imagined that I would be able to skip-rope so well. In fact, if I had to point to the most important improvement to my self-defense skills it would be the vast improvement in balance. Boxers have good balance and I feel that I've picked-up some of that.<br /><br />The other two major improvements are simply:<br /><br />(1) practice hitting something solid. In Jui-Jitsu when we point-fight, part of the exercise is having the self-control to never make contact with your opponent. So I've really appreciated the experiance with true contact and how that effects your next move.<br /><br />(2) endurance. Boxing classes have been exhausting and I'm not exactly out of shape anymore. One of the best results of BuildingBatman is that I've been in the best shape of my life for nearly two years and counting. Since the begin of the summer season I have been rotating running, biking and swimming on top of boxing class. I have loose plans to compete in a TriAthlon this year. We'll see about that but it's all because of this blog.<br /><br />So there's a three week break and then I repeat the eight week course.<br /><br />Up next: A review of police scanners.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-dD42ZA2WoO1SP9ZIGpCthIMv6cmfLJkMXLHfPLY7Yda3VRlFyoxowXrqnqCZwD507UsDQhxnmkvD_220PKP9Xe2Ub6MzotK0TrabDhLYlNLPvdQr2S_fdAWOu74p4hIiJJZ2cVlm5An/s1600/Batman_by_chrismcfann.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-dD42ZA2WoO1SP9ZIGpCthIMv6cmfLJkMXLHfPLY7Yda3VRlFyoxowXrqnqCZwD507UsDQhxnmkvD_220PKP9Xe2Ub6MzotK0TrabDhLYlNLPvdQr2S_fdAWOu74p4hIiJJZ2cVlm5An/s400/Batman_by_chrismcfann.jpg" alt="Batman pose" title="To infinity and b... wait that's not right..." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486816247771845842" border="0" /></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-27872498441521929452010-05-18T00:21:00.000-07:002010-05-18T07:18:45.110-07:00This Will Have to Hold You OverAs the late hour of this post may indicate to you, free-time has been hard to come by. This beautiful picture by Eiko Chan will have to hold you over until I can share with you some of the interesting things I've been learning about computers lately.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlDeXsll7ncM3eHe_Xl44pntsh0Xp2Cr_-coTUck56GmtcYSAT2gCzW_bhF3lcPmgQJNJLce7cbqhJAO3yCpnqYcCv4SU_u7uCRrZLs4DmLg6IwzaSIEGvm7X7cK2cnuwkeGo-kdCD4Tf/s1600/lanterns.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlDeXsll7ncM3eHe_Xl44pntsh0Xp2Cr_-coTUck56GmtcYSAT2gCzW_bhF3lcPmgQJNJLce7cbqhJAO3yCpnqYcCv4SU_u7uCRrZLs4DmLg6IwzaSIEGvm7X7cK2cnuwkeGo-kdCD4Tf/s400/lanterns.jpg" alt="Batman Green Lantern" title="In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight...well, except Catwoman." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472507702105872594" border="0" /></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-40371734876220397892010-05-10T20:13:00.001-07:002010-05-10T20:35:36.000-07:00Boxing Batmen, BatmanI forgot to tell you how boxing went on Friday: It couldn't have gone better. Unlike Jiu Jitsu it is a really organized program. They have a system and they follow it.<br />It goes as follows:<br />1) Stretches<br />2) For 45 min do a circuit consisting of<br /> -skipping<br /> -skipping<br /> -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_bag#Types_of_bag">speed bag</a><br /> -heavy bag<br /> -heavy bag<br /> -speed bag<br /> -skipping<br /> -skipping<br /> -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_boxing">shadow boxing</a><br /> -heavy bag<br /> -heavy bag<br />And repeat. You spend 2min at each before moving to the next.<br />Before finishing, we did something the coach called a punch-out. He broke us into small groups and had go hard on the bags (still focusing on stance but not stepping in and out just continual strikes).<br /><br />It made for a tough workout.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhzt0zaHs7v6V0FmBzDjm3LSq1gnqfxwCgsztdi-TAXB6IK520aXLGYMhUw5P5JPoJx5FUQn9yhSA8i0a30-Z-mFusrTDyyo84NIhV4lBAcInIuOZy2730kSzbWqhoKFryjlILq9yktTO/s1600/Detective_260.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhzt0zaHs7v6V0FmBzDjm3LSq1gnqfxwCgsztdi-TAXB6IK520aXLGYMhUw5P5JPoJx5FUQn9yhSA8i0a30-Z-mFusrTDyyo84NIhV4lBAcInIuOZy2730kSzbWqhoKFryjlILq9yktTO/s400/Detective_260.jpg" alt="Batman Fights an Alien" title="He seems to have some sort of gravity device hidden in his gloves" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469850622645152594" border="0" /></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-34393435182320759252010-05-04T20:13:00.000-07:002010-05-04T20:52:34.880-07:00And In This Corner... the Batman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_2lVPG2mrzTxrvo8pS49yaSKhgz47zN5glJ1d0LCAfwjqNdxWIfAQJwicuh9Noy5rktnDtLC1m6rFFgWqpW7NWH3x87c0KJulReQ3VDg19vpJv-QLZsoYar6_MWXAdrQTryX9kNNXA9U/s1600/ifyourebatman.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_2lVPG2mrzTxrvo8pS49yaSKhgz47zN5glJ1d0LCAfwjqNdxWIfAQJwicuh9Noy5rktnDtLC1m6rFFgWqpW7NWH3x87c0KJulReQ3VDg19vpJv-QLZsoYar6_MWXAdrQTryX9kNNXA9U/s400/ifyourebatman.jpg" alt="Batman Ninjas" title="too true" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467621817867845746" border="0" /></a>I just got back from my last Jiu Jitsu session of the season. The community dojo that I attend shuts down over most of the summer. All and all, I'd say it was a great experience. I attended a handful of competitions, went to classes weekly and was awarded my orange belt. Although the goal of this blog is to introduce me to (and not master) all the skills and abilities that Bruce Wayne would need before becoming the Batman, I think that I will continue with Jiu Jitsu next fall.<br /><br />In the mean time, starting next Friday I will be attending a local gym for a training course in boxing. I hear that it's pretty intense and I hope to get alot out of it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yINvbnAnLx7dte4QleDYdDxwveKEeyQq1S0YpQhGPiQCrJUTlQYChTKWS5hDQrg0YXDNkKXVL_FuvqS_nrvChZxntC7efOFaAQysgQVghop1G4_Tn5lpNlPyc-1R5hd6DfwRXOo-glxF/s1600/daredevil.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yINvbnAnLx7dte4QleDYdDxwveKEeyQq1S0YpQhGPiQCrJUTlQYChTKWS5hDQrg0YXDNkKXVL_FuvqS_nrvChZxntC7efOFaAQysgQVghop1G4_Tn5lpNlPyc-1R5hd6DfwRXOo-glxF/s400/daredevil.jpg" alt="Real Daredevil" title="I know it's not a Batman picture but it's just so wicked I had to show you." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467621335350332242" border="0" /></a>PS Anybody who wants to consider themselves learned about Batman's martial arts training must read the series of posts on the subject over at <a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/">Comics, Films, Kung Fu, and Whatever the Hell Else</a>:<br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2009/09/batman-martial-artist-prologue.html">Intro</a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2009/09/batman-martial-artist-01-boxing.html">Boxing</a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2009/10/batman-martial-artist-02-jujitsu.html">Jujitsu</a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2009/10/batman-martial-artist-03-savate.html">Savate</a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2009/10/batman-martial-artist-04.html">Eskrima, Kali and Arnis<br /></a><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2009/10/batman-martial-artist-05-capoeira.html">Capoeira</a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2009/11/batman-martial-artist-0600-kung-fu.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kung Fu</span></a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2009/11/batman-martial-artist-0601-wing-chun.html">Wing Chun</a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2010/01/batman-martial-artist-0602-mok-gar.html">Mok Gar</a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2010/01/batman-martial-artist-0603-northern.html">Northern Shaolin</a><br /><a href="http://longquando.blogspot.com/2010/04/batman-martial-artist-0604-tien-hsueh.html">Tien Hsueh</a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-64122874477205375702010-05-04T07:59:00.000-07:002010-05-04T08:07:47.750-07:00Iron Man I: How It Should Have EndedI guess I'm on a little bit of a video kick: <a href="http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/">HowItShouldHaveEnded</a> recently did an Iron Man Spoof:<br /><object width="400" height="241"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/adW46gsMTXM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/adW46gsMTXM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="241"></embed></object><br /><div>If you haven't seen these then you should watch the <a href="http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/videos?bcpid=51434042001&bclid=41247345001&bctid=40764626001">Superman</a> one and the <a href="http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/videos?bcpid=51434042001&bclid=41247345001&bctid=40294647001">Spider-man</a> one to get the running gag of Superman and Batman in a diner.</div>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-49960740893858448382010-05-03T07:12:00.000-07:002010-05-03T07:26:58.888-07:00SMBC Theater vs Batman<a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/">Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal</a> is a humor I really enjoy and they do <a href="http://www.smbc-theater.com/">videos</a> and sometimes the videos make fun of Batman:<br /><object width="400" height="241"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f1-v9VFqztY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f1-v9VFqztY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="241"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="400" height="241"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3RM0Brs3CP8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3RM0Brs3CP8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="241"></embed></object><br /><br />and they do Superman in the same schtick:<br /><object width="400" height="241"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4GOyHKwocOk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4GOyHKwocOk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="241"></embed></object>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-27388250979390620962010-03-20T22:30:00.000-07:002010-03-20T23:34:04.482-07:00Eiko ChanI'm loving Eiko Chan's work and I just had to share it with you - all of it. If you ever meet her, tell her I love her, won't you? And if you ever run into DC comics tell them that if they ever hired Eiko Chan to do Batman, I'd buy those comics for any large sum of money they decide to charge me.<br />Eiko Chan <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/eiko-chan">tumblr</a><br />Eiko Chan on <a href="http://eiko-chan.deviantart.com/gallery/#Batman-and-other-DC">deviantART</a><br />Eiko Chan on <a href="http://holysketchblog.blogspot.com/">Blogspot</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHfvXbyvDUfW2EPK6SaPpU6bC3I4SSk-UzA8SpHCk54L-fwzdx0bDoWHeX3LIPN8iXgXNlISGcXh4ToLLwqeKjxBr-uQTWD4vMCFCaehCbgB2aUVSXNkm5EBEsiz6NPgRz4EZMaQd-YaR/s1600-h/everyone.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHfvXbyvDUfW2EPK6SaPpU6bC3I4SSk-UzA8SpHCk54L-fwzdx0bDoWHeX3LIPN8iXgXNlISGcXh4ToLLwqeKjxBr-uQTWD4vMCFCaehCbgB2aUVSXNkm5EBEsiz6NPgRz4EZMaQd-YaR/s400/everyone.jpg" alt="Batman Eiko Chan" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450961575660369650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljyxGeDdUtt-oYtvSmr99hhNrfzPN5fZ45SD2eQM3nIZbfHfX5sBcbcZy3HrQismvTNugE2CoNbN1-eDarVGYXSzDR4Siqvy3_sG8FhyzOg_tOoi0TOCRmAIO6b_glWBPnyGhg-9kXYcR/s1600-h/Run_this_town__by_eiko_chan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljyxGeDdUtt-oYtvSmr99hhNrfzPN5fZ45SD2eQM3nIZbfHfX5sBcbcZy3HrQismvTNugE2CoNbN1-eDarVGYXSzDR4Siqvy3_sG8FhyzOg_tOoi0TOCRmAIO6b_glWBPnyGhg-9kXYcR/s400/Run_this_town__by_eiko_chan.jpg" alt="Batman Eiko Chan" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450962317205046834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdoG2JtCEyodhWGt7don7J7m1st2ZEOSKjJHXuVQawv10G0G9pa6Konz0VvRdZu-esAplcOHessWR862FP-VRfh0POswZu2y-E_5tD86hV3MuXIaWJO0uOsV-AbYVwmamaMX-3zarDzLK/s1600-h/Shooting_star__by_eiko_chan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdoG2JtCEyodhWGt7don7J7m1st2ZEOSKjJHXuVQawv10G0G9pa6Konz0VvRdZu-esAplcOHessWR862FP-VRfh0POswZu2y-E_5tD86hV3MuXIaWJO0uOsV-AbYVwmamaMX-3zarDzLK/s400/Shooting_star__by_eiko_chan.jpg" alt="Batman Eiko Chan" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450962409992025442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGetae4VsnhyphenhyphenZ6PLWj8sTf8xpUkRZVVQWqgkaAqcAi0CuTil_AfBhyphenhyphenBettnLUh8GW1Uoahb0IjmSF_z_rUjogaIx_f5ClWQOgR8DuNu-c7P5EudB8g2nz5I3em8fRB6iMTPVu2d_JtwVjf/s1600-h/Hero__by_eiko_chan.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyesZgGpRMhd4PFVHN7oo68Fcg5N4BA-7XrCxdeZ7MOMABsMcE08zqI8CD6edzJpMuoaVfY6Xd3nYQyoDWPX1scNIyMEOaBE6qWHzC7OtjZf1qCC2ycM6UCJ2MPrDMR6fSGQJ_J-9w5la/s400/Night_shift__by_eiko_chan.jpg" alt="Batman Eiko Chan" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450966435938366306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3tR5PB25R_iRDUYRtZTllxGI6KsKN19ojhDGns1GZk4YUUEKy4EB30RbDnyVpSA3NblIodV_4m3dpoDmqTCINsJn1OlFzXiBv9WwG65H15ai1F_aopcNB_SmtJwbesCaQFtbwfekDm1K/s1600-h/This_Batverse__by_eiko_chan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3tR5PB25R_iRDUYRtZTllxGI6KsKN19ojhDGns1GZk4YUUEKy4EB30RbDnyVpSA3NblIodV_4m3dpoDmqTCINsJn1OlFzXiBv9WwG65H15ai1F_aopcNB_SmtJwbesCaQFtbwfekDm1K/s400/This_Batverse__by_eiko_chan.jpg" alt="Batman Eiko Chan" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450962811865371138" border="0" /></a><a href="http://holysketchblog.blogspot.com/"></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-27007463259865895652010-03-17T13:55:00.000-07:002010-03-17T18:04:00.684-07:00My Name's Not Actually Bruce - clever, no?In my<a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2010/03/disguise-technigues-by-edmond-macinaugh.html"> last post </a>I told you about the book <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2010/03/disguise-technigues-by-edmond-macinaugh.html">Disguise Techniques</a>. Today I summarize it for you.<br /><br />The rest of the first chapter (after the not so good stuff I mentioned in my <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2010/03/disguise-technigues-by-edmond-macinaugh.html">last post</a>) is a good discussion of how people’s stereotypes can be useful to disguise artists. Absolutely in separable from this is the idea of context. The concept of context forms an important part of this book: “If your disguise fits a common stereotype that is substantially different from the image you normally project, you are not likely to be recognized later in your ‘real-life’ role,” the book says. It’s a good point.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdCyeSYKaYmImTGtHhT3JV_7MTmWPdpvRoUrnSpsamuNVkraFRbY_BZQgQFdo2TDnsjxwCdQrh77Z9CLRIRBi-rfy2hyphenhyphenJR7LeXiAru9SuiI80We11wOjbpnepnGjI6wMLri5vb9z8UKR5/s1600-h/TheLaughingBat.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdCyeSYKaYmImTGtHhT3JV_7MTmWPdpvRoUrnSpsamuNVkraFRbY_BZQgQFdo2TDnsjxwCdQrh77Z9CLRIRBi-rfy2hyphenhyphenJR7LeXiAru9SuiI80We11wOjbpnepnGjI6wMLri5vb9z8UKR5/s400/TheLaughingBat.jpg" alt="Laughing Bat" title="I dig your cowl" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449770891363570098" border="0" /></a>The second chapter is about preparation and has as much to do with seeing others and seeing yourself as it does with not letting others see your true self. After second (this one is the last) fake sounding story about ninja practices, the book talks about getting over your own stereotypes and seeing people and remember very specific details. The exercises he suggests throughout this chapter sound very valuable to someone trying to emulate the world’s greatest detective and throughout the next month I am determined to practice some of them. I’ll introduce as they come up in later posts. After practising to see others, the book then says you should apply this to yourself. Identify your own stereotype. Only once you know what kind of person you project to others can you make alterations to that projection.<br /><br />Next he talks about disguises. The perfect disguise has 4 properties:<br />1)It covers up your individual features making you generic<br />2)The disguise itself is also generic and made of common stuff<br />3)It’s easy to put on and take off<br />4)It’s easy to dispose of.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj435kOm1BINydGO7uZklHWv4nmwUkmC9FWPK7dvTNY4NU8ebcf2h5lKlgPTZYBNocAKfBnqXEb4xeNZYrQw2ABNy00Nt_PDte1cyZdectB0wNFQ8GIBPejP5LGsz-K-8ak9TJZysgM1iyr/s1600-h/maskedjoker.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj435kOm1BINydGO7uZklHWv4nmwUkmC9FWPK7dvTNY4NU8ebcf2h5lKlgPTZYBNocAKfBnqXEb4xeNZYrQw2ABNy00Nt_PDte1cyZdectB0wNFQ8GIBPejP5LGsz-K-8ak9TJZysgM1iyr/s400/maskedjoker.jpg" alt="Joker dressed as Batman" title="We're looking. We're looking" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449771156027627634" border="0" /></a>Beyond those points the main points of this third chapter can be summarized pretty clearly:<br />The most important things to disguise are your head and face BUT not to obscure your face. People are distrustful of masks and if you do not have a face (remember faces do so much of our unverbal communication) you will draw attention to yourself causing people to actively search your person for other identifiers (which is something you don’t want if you are trying to be disguised). He does have a couple of neat exceptions to this rule. Keeping in mind Batman read this paragraph:<br />“The second point is that the fear reaction to a cover-up disguise may at times be used to the disguise artist’s advantage. Medieval Japanese samurai armor often included headgear with terrifying iron masks, complete with exaggerated scowls, teeth, and long mustaches. Even when viewed in the calm of a museum, samurai armor is somewhat unsettling. Worn on the battlefield by sword-wielding, screaming horsemen, it threw opposing troops into confusion and disarray. The same principle operates with the simpler cover-ups. Observers typically feel frightened and confused when they perceive themselves threatened by a masked stranger, and this reaction can but the disguise artist some time in which to conclude his operation and get out of the vicinity.”<br />Now if that doesn’t sound like Bruce Wayne donning a cape and cowl, I don’t know what does.<br />The author finishes the chapter with a couple quick ideas about temporarily disguising cars and rooms.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQG-3OYlqcqOdQeEGoTT0i2lvIXn9R-NrHV5AN5d-1lPI1lbY2BxeNsw9GhDN8cBzcJpUOIIPCh0ph8RAkVMoQfa6TMZmrVQW99eY-GYlYQtePhyT-POwAKlY6uXndIMV7EM60hf4J8zl/s1600-h/batjoker.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQG-3OYlqcqOdQeEGoTT0i2lvIXn9R-NrHV5AN5d-1lPI1lbY2BxeNsw9GhDN8cBzcJpUOIIPCh0ph8RAkVMoQfa6TMZmrVQW99eY-GYlYQtePhyT-POwAKlY6uXndIMV7EM60hf4J8zl/s400/batjoker.jpg" alt="Joker as Batman" title="Costumes within costumes. He's actually NOT Batman: He's the Joker dressed as Batman. BUT he's actually not the Joker. He's really Bruce Wayne dressed as the Joker dressed as Batman. Sounds like an idea Grant Morrison would like" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449771293392138210" border="0" /></a>The next chapter is basically about acting. There’s a couple of important points here. Firstly, don’t try to pass yourself off as a member of any group that you are trying to infiltrate. There are just too many details and subtleties to trip you up. Instead be as different as possible and rely on their stereotypes to help your disguise. Secondly, learn to be quiet. It is an amateur mistake to give lots of made-up background. Don’t babble. Shut up. Be confident in your disguise. People don’t generally care about you and if they are asking it is probably just polite and they won’t expect concrete responses so don’t give them concrete response. The book quotes President Coolidge as saying, “If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called upon to repeat it,” and also, “I never got in trouble for anything I didn’t say.” But this has to be done with tact because if you only ask questions and never reveal anything about yourself (i.e. the character you are disguised as) then people will feel like you are interrogating them and grow distrustful. The solution: learn to flimflam. Small talk is super easy, and so is saying words without any meaning. All it takes is a little practice.<br /><br />The penultimate chapter deals with makeup. Now I think that it is more than a little dated but you have to remember that the book is written by a man presumably talking to other men about makeup in the early 80s so you’ll have to excuse the fact that he is explicit about everything. To me the important things were 1) NEVER use stage makeup which is a definite common mistake amongst amateur men 2) blemish cover works fairly well to downplay beard shadow 3) with A LOT of work even ridiculous disguises can be pulled off with makeup and good acting. The book does have a section on using makeup to change the shape of your face but I have to reread it.<br /><br />So that’s the book in a nutshell (it turned into a lengthy synopsis, oh well). Over the next little while, I’ll implement a practice routine for some of the exercises the book recommended and tell you how they go.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-35506435988795192252010-03-16T00:11:00.000-07:002010-03-16T00:21:12.279-07:00Disguise Technigues by Edmond MacInaughWhere’ve I been?!?!?! <p class="MsoNormal">It seems like forever ago that I last posted. What have I been doing for a week?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofP7obg7NbG9jThqR2E_ui6FAJ7OGZwGyB2eQRYqA2PhKY7p4ALmIIcY_oTyRQLJiQwHDaeq2D337aaJ7ui_7my4NL1UDBePYAuiINInsrZxC6m9L1QhKyqUbdgVkKN-VftmKJ1LPr8D6/s1600-h/BatmanCaughtReading02.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofP7obg7NbG9jThqR2E_ui6FAJ7OGZwGyB2eQRYqA2PhKY7p4ALmIIcY_oTyRQLJiQwHDaeq2D337aaJ7ui_7my4NL1UDBePYAuiINInsrZxC6m9L1QhKyqUbdgVkKN-VftmKJ1LPr8D6/s400/BatmanCaughtReading02.jpg" alt="Batman Reading" title="If Alfred catches him with his feet up like that, there's going to be hell to pay" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449126745041334306" border="0" /></a>Reading up on disguise techniques, that’s what. Since my last post I’ve read through a short book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disguise-Techniques-Fool-People-Some/dp/0873643070/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1">“Disguise Techniques-Fool All of the People Some of the Time” by Ed MacInaugh</a>. It’s actually a great book and I would recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in disguises. I was really worried for awhile that I wouldn’t find useful information on the topic but this book was a great introduction and I’d like to recap it for you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The book is made up of 5 chapters and a conclusion. The first chapter talks about the psychology needed to become invisible, the second chapter (definitely my favorite chapter) preps you for taking up a disguise, the third talks about disguises, the fourth about acting and the fifth about makeup. Please I beg you, if you ever pickup this book, make it through the terrible Introduction and the start of the first chapter. The Introduction centers around a useless cartoon picture about stereotypes and the first chapter starts off with a bunch of hokey sounding stuff like “Not-being is a state of mind. It could be described as the antithesis of ‘be here now.’ You have probably practiced not being…” But it does get better (after the terribly painful paragraph about Ninja training and an intuitive sense of scrutiny).</p><p class="MsoNormal">Tomorrow I'll post a synopsis of the chapters.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-49970079872617868312010-03-04T14:17:00.000-08:002010-03-04T18:17:05.311-08:00How Batman is like canadian cross-dressing civil war spies with malaria and other interesting thingsI don't know how to practice the art of disguise. Surprisingly, enough the Wiki <a href="http://wiki.stealthiswiki.org/wiki/Disguise">StealThisWiki</a> (purporting to be an collaborative continuation of Steal This Book [<a href="http://tenant.net/Community/steal/steal.html">online version</a>]) has some not so terrible (although pretty trite mostly) advise. Other that that the internet seems unexpectedly bare. I really hope that this is because webpages on disguise are hidden well and not because they're not there at all. I have found a couple of books that I am currently reading and will summarize for you later.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisB-y1WmiH0CAajofpEL9PVKjvlMKUm_38pId7noOGNoCpRXggqXsScyNnBPqBOhaz8VR9OStdIAMVzof_scS-9Van-JGg3FfaERgEo1KqiX-8zJ7mv574Bn697rZIHtxZ6o49KFDl0I2X/s1600-h/beardedbatman1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisB-y1WmiH0CAajofpEL9PVKjvlMKUm_38pId7noOGNoCpRXggqXsScyNnBPqBOhaz8VR9OStdIAMVzof_scS-9Van-JGg3FfaERgEo1KqiX-8zJ7mv574Bn697rZIHtxZ6o49KFDl0I2X/s400/beardedbatman1.jpg" alt="Bearded Batman" title="Bearded Batman" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444908278662823730" border="0" /></a>In the mean time, let me introduce you to another person who is famous for being masters of disguise:<br /><br />Emma Edmonds - Edmonds was born 150 years ago in 1841. When her father tried to force her to marry against her will, she left home. Worrying that her Canadian father would find her, she fled to the United States. And what does a woman in 1841 do in the United States? She enlists to fight in the Civil War as Mr. Franklin Flint Thompson. Apparently, physical examinations weren't common and so she was able to disguise herself as a man. Apparently, she is one of approximately 400 women to sucessfully enlist in the army during the Civil War.<br /><br />Not only was Emma able to pretend to be Frank for several years in the army, Frank eventually became a spy for the Union. For her first mission to the Confederate front she disguised her white-self as a a black man whom she named Cuff. Shaving her head and donning a wig and coloring her skin by using silver nitrate. In this disguise (which was apparently good enough to fool her superior, she was able to spend two days on the Confederate side, long enough to gain important information about the Confederates.<br /><br />About two months later, Emma disguised as Frank disguised as a fat Irish peddler woman crossed the enemy line again to sell apples and soap and steal secrets. Apparently, she had some sort of adventure getting back to the Union army since she had to steal a horse and was wounded in her escape.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_kY9COiwp6Q8NuDZdJkDnJXpU0Xo9slctqfJ9YMDofp1J43xTqrIQcEiij5vTNkKYcrnNl4lDg_JWE94s-blHbwa0XeZK0W1haEzgt3jeBXtp1adgIfsn2ZIsahQJhebze0dQG5cONa8/s1600-h/BeardedBatman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_kY9COiwp6Q8NuDZdJkDnJXpU0Xo9slctqfJ9YMDofp1J43xTqrIQcEiij5vTNkKYcrnNl4lDg_JWE94s-blHbwa0XeZK0W1haEzgt3jeBXtp1adgIfsn2ZIsahQJhebze0dQG5cONa8/s400/BeardedBatman.jpg" alt="Bearded Batman" title="Too busy to Shave" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444908473479236274" border="0" /></a>Emma continued to use Cuff as her disguise but also developed a black mammy laundress. Once while cleaning an officer's coat, she found a bundle of official documents in one of the pockets full of important information. She was also involved in setting up a spy network in Louisville disguised as southerner Charles Mayberry.<br /><br />She was able to continue with her amazing disguises until she caught malaria. As long as she wanted to keep her secret identy, she could not admit her alias Frank to the hospital. So she left camp and her alias behind and checked herself into a private hospital. Unfortunately, this made her a deserter. Her life as a professional spy was done.<br /><br />She wrote memoirs and eventually admitted that Emma Edmonds and Frank Thompson were one and the same. She fought for (and eventually won) an honorable discharge (as Emma) and got her veteran's pension through a special act of Congress. What a crazy life. Amazing. Most of this information is from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Emma_Edmonds">Wikipedia</a> or <a href="http://www.civilwarhome.com/edmondsbio.htm">civilwarhome.com</a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-29098978535919950932010-02-28T13:37:00.000-08:002010-02-28T13:41:02.050-08:00Masked Avenger<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGA32xd-CRWLeqsqX_Z2hMBILCxwiFDNW4A5Hb0gVcQpAoNn9BngKGmo8wlsxDv1iakktAEay-jbHxtaMbb5INMrcEgEYNXqLl499qXuScEdaWW7GVsOJuWs9YczKFnW4ATNLxqa2eJ2c/s1600-h/BatmansBeard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGA32xd-CRWLeqsqX_Z2hMBILCxwiFDNW4A5Hb0gVcQpAoNn9BngKGmo8wlsxDv1iakktAEay-jbHxtaMbb5INMrcEgEYNXqLl499qXuScEdaWW7GVsOJuWs9YczKFnW4ATNLxqa2eJ2c/s400/BatmansBeard.jpg" alt="Batman Beard" title="Batman's Beard" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443411948195881234" border="0" /></a>Before the film premiered, I devoured the complete collection of Sherlock Holmes stories written by Doyle for the magazine, The Strand. Pulp like that makes me really happy (as is probably self evident by the fact that I have a blog dedicated to exploring Batman). Now, I'm no English major but I've been told that Sherlock Holmes stories aren't technically included in the mystery genre since the reader has no chance of solving the crime before Holmes does. Rather the stories should be included in Detective fiction. While I read them, I didn't really have much of a problem suspending my disbelief when it came to his intelligence and his inconcievable leaps in deductive reasoning (now refered to as Holmesian deduction). But one thing did catch me everytime: I was continually doubtful about the success of his disguises. The stories have him dressing up for days on end with not even Watson able to see past his act.<br /><br /><br />Batman (as one of the direct literary descendants of Sherlock Holmes) is often presented as a master of disguise. His aliase Matches Malone is often used but he is often portrayed as able to disguise himself as anyone.<br /><br />But it seems ridiculous that the most famous man in Gotham can become completely unrecognizible by putting on some makeup and faking a limp.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8llXW1SaDjoEqglAEh7RZjcG560eEHxC5OOq-SBIMJEd8whSrcpUEjx7jc1i1C6x1aUITpfMFOIZGrh5LveB78evCU5x5NPYcs11zlHt5n3b33Xz19O3HQDyfUaqZR1nF3yYvpfDsaa53/s1600-h/Matches.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8llXW1SaDjoEqglAEh7RZjcG560eEHxC5OOq-SBIMJEd8whSrcpUEjx7jc1i1C6x1aUITpfMFOIZGrh5LveB78evCU5x5NPYcs11zlHt5n3b33Xz19O3HQDyfUaqZR1nF3yYvpfDsaa53/s400/Matches.jpg" alt="Matches Malone" title="Matches Malone" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443412093670037682" border="0" /></a>So I started thinking, “Can this really be done?” I'm not talking about someone changing their look (like Evan Ratliff did for his <a href="http://www.wired.com/vanish/2009/11/ff_vanish2/">Wired article</a>). I mean someone taking on a bunch of secret identies to move secretly in and out of a small community of people (criminals in Batman's case) who would most likely recognize him in a heart beat.<br /><br />I found the most pristine example of this working! I couldn't believe it. <a href="http://www.ruthreichl.com/">Ruth Reichl</a> was once the Restaurant Critic for The New York Times. As such, she was determined not to receive special treatment while reviewing. But she soon realized just how important her reviews were to restaurant owners. She learned that kitchens had pictures of her and owners offered huge rewards to employees who recognized her.<br /><br />Her solution? Secret identies.<br /><br />You really have to listen to this <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/books/MT/2009/10/ruth-reichl-gourmet-magizine.html">interview</a> I found. She starts talking about her disguises after the first half. It is really quite amazing.<br /><br />I've spent quite a bit of time trying to find more examples of real-life masters of disguise but have only found a few (who I'll present to you in my next post) and only a couple of resources on learning how to properly disguise oneself.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-38510294446958238032010-02-07T09:28:00.000-08:002010-02-07T10:34:22.651-08:00What's the Point?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMRdlOahSBaNle88PCzs6U2Za84xlgVSnB-kLF6S5hxTDcO71EcWtq7_EqFC4wD2b_sVLhZFXDcVJAYEzLyNwVRH-bC9jeo5ivaav36fDZ4uuFENVRwONu3qCUfMMjCx3IEwX-T3dDKA5/s1600-h/batman_to_the_rescue.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMRdlOahSBaNle88PCzs6U2Za84xlgVSnB-kLF6S5hxTDcO71EcWtq7_EqFC4wD2b_sVLhZFXDcVJAYEzLyNwVRH-bC9jeo5ivaav36fDZ4uuFENVRwONu3qCUfMMjCx3IEwX-T3dDKA5/s400/batman_to_the_rescue.jpg" alt="Batman Swing" title="Swing, Batter, Batter" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435569706162893826" border="0" /></a>Every once in awhile I like to take a post and restate my purpose with this blog. Although I will post about Batman comics or Batman TV shows from time to time, this isn't really supposed to be a general blog about Batman. I am trying to introduce myself to as many of Batman's skills and abilities as I can. Notice it is not my intent to master any of these skills but just to try them out.<br /><br />So far I've got my yellow belt in <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/Martial%20Arts">Jui Jutsu</a>, learned to make <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/smoke%20bombs">homemade smoke bombs</a>, tried my hand at <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/archery">archery</a>, read a book on <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/Forensics">forensic science</a>, learned to make very good, very <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/06/fermi-problems-and-batman.html">quick estimates</a> from very little information (These are called Fermi Problems. We estimated fun comic-book things like how much <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/09/fermi-freeze-batman-trainings-last.html">energy Mr. Freeze gets from diamonds</a>, how much <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/07/cost-of-being-super.html">food </a>and how much <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/09/fermis-big-gulp.html">oxygen</a> the Flash needs, <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/07/sticky-situation.html">how strong Spider-man must be to stop an out-of-control train</a>, how <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/08/metropolis-marvel-stronger-than.html">much stronger Superman</a> must be to catch it if it came off the tracks, how <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/06/dark-claws-adamantium-skeleton.html">heavy is Dark Claw</a> with his adamantium skeleton, how much <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-much-kryptonite-is-on-earth.html">Kryptonite</a> is on Earth, what was the <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-was-mass-of-krypton.html">mass of Krypton</a>, how many <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-many-buses-are-in-gotham-city.html">buses</a> are in Gotham City), I started<a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/Climbing"> bouldering and wall climbing</a> when ever I get the chance, I tried my hand at <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/lock%20picking">picking locks</a>, I did personal experiments with <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/sleep%20deprivation">sleep deprivation</a> and <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/toxicology">caffination</a>, I now know a variety of <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/knots">knots</a> and I bought and started throwing <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/search/label/batarang">boomerangs</a> (so cool).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfCKiad7hVlJTDAvRvQ_u5VEPN2uw2uhfZLFT7Z2XSZZUM73UdVGbSDwuf770naJ5Xt00mbSVzN5-UeFMjWGHhWEDLh12wwm8wHsFk11bQimHkIkHpEzHtek4i0Ot6QI24wG4KHXLkZXq/s1600-h/alley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfCKiad7hVlJTDAvRvQ_u5VEPN2uw2uhfZLFT7Z2XSZZUM73UdVGbSDwuf770naJ5Xt00mbSVzN5-UeFMjWGHhWEDLh12wwm8wHsFk11bQimHkIkHpEzHtek4i0Ot6QI24wG4KHXLkZXq/s400/alley.jpg" alt="Batman Leap" title="It's along way to fall." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435570501248372434" border="0" /></a>This mission takes a lot of time. It can also prove expensive from time to time so I don't post often but I try my best. I'm always looking for suggestions on what I should learn next. I put off starting martial arts training until reads convinced me that it was absolutely essential. So feel free to leave suggestions at any time.<br /><br />You should also try reading some of the blogs linked-to in the right hand column. I recommend them all (that's why they are there).Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-52630768560893528022010-02-01T15:17:00.000-08:002010-02-01T15:32:06.932-08:00Batman's the Best Martial Artist Ever<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Kx5TyoOrtkWMITch7FK7LhyphenhyphenFmsP0W5LX7WswSFAUgFIZG2YVHKHF_yIfsEfi_chS2vxQVxVR8Omy6fZ1UbmybmhFcORAeph_SnklmIhdjbl0FpSqdyZLLld09gy-rGLjnDZPrHOCNAtp/s1600-h/cobra.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Kx5TyoOrtkWMITch7FK7LhyphenhyphenFmsP0W5LX7WswSFAUgFIZG2YVHKHF_yIfsEfi_chS2vxQVxVR8Omy6fZ1UbmybmhFcORAeph_SnklmIhdjbl0FpSqdyZLLld09gy-rGLjnDZPrHOCNAtp/s400/cobra.jpg" alt="Batman vs Cobra" title="Aren't henchmen supposed to attack one at a time?" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433421586920580178" border="0" /></a>I fought in my first Martial Arts Tournament yesterday.<br /><br />I don't know if you've ever been to one of these but they're interesting. That being said I'm not sure how useful they are. I spent alot of the day sitting around and very little of it actually competing. This one was multidisciplinary. I entered in <span style="font-weight: bold;">grappling</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">self-defence</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">point-fighting</span>.<br /><ul><li>I was easily beaten in grappling. I definately need to work on this.</li></ul><ul><li>I scored well in self-defence and placed high in my tier.</li></ul><ul><li>I like point fighting but their wasn't enough low level belts registered in my category and so <span style="font-weight: bold;">all</span> the color belts were mixed together. I fought an orange belt from a karate school whom I'm certain considered me an easy victory.<br /></li></ul>For it being my first tournament I was fairly pleased but like I said, I'm interested in learning not competing and this particular tournament didn't present many opertunities to learn.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-16002256641016626862010-01-20T17:52:00.000-08:002010-01-20T18:22:14.479-08:00Smoke Bomb<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08ZuMBqZQPcyU5NTGC2sjLwfLjS7haj3opmVPf8KZbr2AjTVurYN-Ww4Fkfbm5A6OanxU7Nu4kBHikAKTkc1MiwN6x2iL0WXs-ZaNTlCLDgC_xmwfXuatYsjxlQWgdUpHGKitIMpsrlmX/s1600-h/smokey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08ZuMBqZQPcyU5NTGC2sjLwfLjS7haj3opmVPf8KZbr2AjTVurYN-Ww4Fkfbm5A6OanxU7Nu4kBHikAKTkc1MiwN6x2iL0WXs-ZaNTlCLDgC_xmwfXuatYsjxlQWgdUpHGKitIMpsrlmX/s400/smokey.jpg" alt="Batman Smoke Grenade" title="Smokey" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429012538664314002" border="0" /></a>Results:<br />1) The simple saltpeter/sugar recipe worked well. A significant amount of smoke was produced along with a surprisingly large flame. These smoke bombs are definitely not for indoor use. Batman would have to find another type of smoke bomb if he didn't want to ruin peoples' floors. My only complaint is that the homemade fuse sucks. When making a homemade smoke bomb, buy a fuse: don't attempt to make one. I'd suggest maybe a birthday cake sparkler. That probably would have worked quite well.<br /><br />2) The recipe which added a touch of honey (or cornstarch) to the recipe was far easier to prepare. When it was lit, it behaved very similar to the first recipe (perhaps this smoke bomb burns slightly quicker).<br /><br />3) The recipe that mixed the saltpeter and sugar into melted paraffin (wax) was a complete dud. I couldn't get it to light at all. Nothing. I suspect that I added far too much wax. If I were to try this again, I would follow one of the other two recipes and then just at a touch of paraffin, just so that it burned slightly slower.<br /><br />So all in all, these worked surprisingly well. I would suspect that the remains of such a smoke bomb would leave virtually no clues about the user and so I suspect that Batman might actually prefer such simple homemade smoke bombs to more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_grenade#Smoke">complex </a>(and therefore more easily traceable) <a href="http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m18.htm">smoke grenades</a>.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-39450366511510554922010-01-17T21:40:00.000-08:002010-01-17T22:01:27.875-08:00Batman Builds a BombI'll be doing three different methods: 1 will be what seems to be pretty standard and the other two are variations on it. I have purchased 125g of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_nitrate">saltpeter </a>(potassium itnrate - KNO<sub>3</sub>) and the rest of the stuff can be found around the house. Saltpeter is not actually hard to find. It is used in recipes to salt meats, I guess. But that doesn't mean you will find it at a grocery store. I found some at a pharmacy. Just go up to the counter and ask the pharmist (not the store employee, the pharmist). I probably payed too much ($8) for my 125g but it should be fairly cheap.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Method 1</span>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQENgut6ycH0LPK80oC-VttGGK-4re2C0aJ2S02Fl_f61wkiVdXWGoolcLetevbQLYjswO44t2jT2uCCNRTQlXoHfh2NqjuvXCz-iqUj85uluOjEF4gluG-sfR4_hyHdEpSQNKXeH3Xo7L/s1600-h/scientist-batman.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQENgut6ycH0LPK80oC-VttGGK-4re2C0aJ2S02Fl_f61wkiVdXWGoolcLetevbQLYjswO44t2jT2uCCNRTQlXoHfh2NqjuvXCz-iqUj85uluOjEF4gluG-sfR4_hyHdEpSQNKXeH3Xo7L/s400/scientist-batman.jpeg" alt="Batman Scientist" title="Why, it seems to be a reference, Alfred." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427953371853004514" border="0" /></a>So I gather everything that I need for this first method:<br />125g KNO<sub>3</sub><br />sugar<br />old pan<br />tin foil<br />paper towel<br />matches<br /><br />I poured my self a glass of wine and begin. I don't have a scale because I'm not a drug dealer so I equally divide the saltpeter by volume. I also am doing this indoors because it's winter despite people's warnings.<br /><br />I pour the 125g into a measuring cup and find it to be 100ml. Therefore the density is about 1.25g/cm<sup>3</sup> according to me and that's much different than the value 2.109 g/cm<sup>3</sup> given by Wikipedia which probably indicates that it's not very pure potassium nitrate. I don't know what else would be in it but it's worth noting. I split the 100ml into 3 containers.<br /><br />Next mix in the sugar. There's really a discrepency on the internet. Mostly I read that it's 6 parts saltpeter to 4 parts sugar. But "parts" I always take to mean volume however everyonce and a while I run into people saying things like 60g of saltpeter to 40g of sugar. Now if Wikipedia is wrong and saltpeter isn't 2.109 g/cm<sup>3</sup> but is closer to my 1.25g/cm<sup>3</sup> and sugar has a density of about 0.7g/cm<sup>3</sup> then they are about the same and it doesn't make a difference so I'm going to go with volume.<br /><br />So that means I need approximately 60ml of sugar (just over 1/4 cup). (People online say not to do more than about 100g per batch since it gets harder and harder to heat evenly.)<br /><br />So I mix the two together.<br /><br />As a side note, I'm making the <a href="http://moncom.net/moncomexperimentsmsgs.asp?topictoview=36">poor man's fuse</a>. So I take some of the saltpeter/sugar mixture and add a touch of warm water, stirring until it's a smooth slurry. Then I throw a bit of paper towel in, take it out and wrap a match in it. Set it aside and let it dry. Tada, the worst fuse ever.<br /><br />Now I can heat up the saltpeter/sugar mixture. I don't have an old frying pan. I just have 1 frying pan. So I turn the stove on to a very low temperature and put a disposable tin-pie-plate on top of my frying pan which I realize is going to give me less homogeneous heat but I like my frying pan. So that's just the way it's going to be. This is a worry because the sugar is going to carmalize and create a thick mixture which would harden and ruin my one and only frying pan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO4fxXbCaaB3rJjTYDcEO80uj1RM5luJGOSUL6EGiRtGXu46Jc9X1Mx5g3lQgOmKFPhDCDDt1x7s3QepyKzj33FlxMsVT7PcpJZsHRhD3oCZoRNsK2XWZgFE9K9L1sLjnysjoP9j-JD5p/s1600-h/Chris+Mason+Bat-Bomb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO4fxXbCaaB3rJjTYDcEO80uj1RM5luJGOSUL6EGiRtGXu46Jc9X1Mx5g3lQgOmKFPhDCDDt1x7s3QepyKzj33FlxMsVT7PcpJZsHRhD3oCZoRNsK2XWZgFE9K9L1sLjnysjoP9j-JD5p/s400/Chris+Mason+Bat-Bomb.jpg" alt="Batman Bomb" title="Batman's bomb" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427954338758850002" border="0" /></a>So I set the stove on the very lowest temperature and continuously stirred but oh my goodness! When people on the internet tell you this has to be on the very lowest temperature, they mean low like they are talking to 10 year boys who are making smoke bombs (which they probably are) but it isn't really a low temperature. I had to turn it up a bunch of times. For any reasonable person with any experience cooking, this is just a regular low, a low medium.<br /><br />After about a half hour some yellow started to show. Perhaps the problem was that I was stirring too much. None of the websites said to actually stir it but they said it needed to be evenly heated so I thought it would be a good idea. Only when I didn't stir would parts of the mixture start to brown. Stir perhaps but don't stir continuously.<br /><br />It really does turn into carmelized mixture. You should be able to get a pretty smooth mixture. Mine didn't start to smoke but it was just beginning to give off fumes.<br /><br />I took my mixture and split them into 2 smoke bombs by pouring the mixture onto a piece of tinfoil, sticking my homemade fuse into it and then using the tinfoil to wrap it up into a ball. And now they are cooling.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Method 2</span>:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78yka3a9Vkq8uj58DThkyk4pcd0ZSWP_zd7_asOqavgLkktxdt88txFgwWU3CRdIfYNkgJ2o2zFP4A-QMsNMEWWOt_QvrNoreCcD25SKYMBYPOactbpR8IsILC-MHmL3R1KAsy_C557Mv/s1600-h/greyed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78yka3a9Vkq8uj58DThkyk4pcd0ZSWP_zd7_asOqavgLkktxdt88txFgwWU3CRdIfYNkgJ2o2zFP4A-QMsNMEWWOt_QvrNoreCcD25SKYMBYPOactbpR8IsILC-MHmL3R1KAsy_C557Mv/s400/greyed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427955781200244914" border="0" /></a><br />125g KNO<sub>3</sub><br />sugar<br />old pan<br />tin foil<br />paper towel<br />matches<br />honey<br /><br />For the second mixture, all the steps are the same but I added a little honey as a liquid fuel. You could alternatively use cornstarch, apparently.<br />Everything else is the same. Except it seemed to go much faster. Whether that was because it was already at a higher heat or if the honey speeds the process, I don't know.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Method 3</span>:<br />125g KNO<sub>3</sub><br />sugar<br />old pan<br />tin foil<br />paper towel<br />matches<br />wax<br /><br />This method was only found at <a href="http://www.pyrosummit.com/lsmoke.html">one place</a> and the guy said it was his own creation so we'll see. For this method, I take two tea lights and I melt them down in the tinplate(actually I melted one and thought it wasn't enough so I melted half of another - so 1 and 1/2 tea lights). Once they were melted, I slowly pour in the saltpeter/sugar mixture and stir it till it's smooth. Pour into tinfoil and add fuse. Done. No carmalizing. I'm worried about these holding together. They're a little bit flakey and not as hard as the others.<br /><br />And that's our science experiment for the day. Join me tomorrow when I light them and grade the recipes.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849983335717071080.post-50472377003942209292010-01-17T12:03:00.000-08:002010-01-17T12:07:55.695-08:00Building Batman Builds Smoke BombsYou're in for a treat.<br /><br />Tonight the fine people who bring you <a href="http://buildingbatman.blogspot.com/">Building Batman</a> will be attempting to produce homemade smoke bombs. I have the materials, the will and the know-how. What could possibly go wrong?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMUQazOTGSWZnsZWu4XdwiHqlcYdLsVinGbntROAxIRS9m_XlUNjMv4btAJwTVUDxXPU3_bxnq2ZfQvE5WV4tHS2YrkWz5KfL3MiB_4Ibpjk4WGPCc-1-CI4tMSCpbYBIp-y1puSnlyxX/s1600-h/gas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMUQazOTGSWZnsZWu4XdwiHqlcYdLsVinGbntROAxIRS9m_XlUNjMv4btAJwTVUDxXPU3_bxnq2ZfQvE5WV4tHS2YrkWz5KfL3MiB_4Ibpjk4WGPCc-1-CI4tMSCpbYBIp-y1puSnlyxX/s400/gas.jpg" alt="Batman Smoke Bomb" title="Oh, you're in trouble now" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427802394566065362" border="0" /></a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05397667913578876848noreply@blogger.com0