A Boy and his Blog

A few weeks ago we went indoor skydiving with our cousin! When we arrrived, we saw people having their turn skydiving; it looked really fun. The way the skydiving machine works is that a person stands on a net, which has a very, very, very, very high powered fan underneath it that pushes the person upward. The wind moves at a speed of about 160km/hr. We had special gear: a skydiving suit, ear plugs, protective glasses, and a helmet. Each person had a turn in the huge skydiving cylinder with a professional flyer to help. Each turn was one and a half minutes long, but it felt like I was in there for two seconds, because time flies when you're having fun. 😁 Because it is so loud in the cylinder, the professionals have hand movements to signal to the participants how to manoeuvre their body whilst flying. The hand movements are:  👍 you're doing well,  👆 bring you're chin up,   ✌ straighten your legs,  and there are a few more but I have forgotten them and don't ...

Hello there! In this post I will be teaching you morse code. Morse code is a system of dashes, and dots,  ( . - ) these are used to represent letters, numbers and punctuation. It was invented in the 1830's by Samuel F.B Morse. He invented it to communicate to the English people through magnetic pulses as he lived in a time before text and voice communication. The first ever sentence sent by morse code was, "What Hath God Wrought." Here are all the letters and their translations. On the left is the letter and on the right of it is the morse code translation. A  . - B  - ... C  -.-. D   -.. E .  F  ..-. G  --. H  .... I  .. J  .--- K  -.- L  .-.. M  --  N   -. O  --- P  .--. Q  --.- R  .-. S  ... T   - U   ..- V  ...-  W  .-- X  -..- Y  -.-- Z  --.. They are all the letters, and now for numbers: 0  ----- 1  .---- 2  ..--- 3 ...

A few days ago my siblings and I spent a little of our money on some new Rubik's cubes. Here's a few videos of me and my sibling solving them. Me sovlving a 4x4. Me solving a cube with my feet (it took almost 10 minutes). And yes, it is disgusting. 😱 😳 Me solving a cube with one hand, it took forever! It is handy to know I can do this though. Here's a video of my brother solving a Pyraminx not in time lapse.   I hope you liked the videos. And by the way, my feet are clean. 😁

You might remember me playing the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song on piano, well today I'm playing another song. If you have watched the 'Pirate movies', you should know that Jack Sparrow is the main character; and as the main actor, he has his own theme song. Which is what I'm about to play for you. Enjoy! Catch ya later, alligator. 🐊 😜

In this post I will be giving you a maths test. Hopefully you can succeed in all the questions. Every answer you get correct, you get a point. If you feel inclined, post a comment to this post saying how many you got correct. Whoever gets the most points wins! Good luck. Please use a piece of paper and a pen, and  NO CALCULATERS!! 😊 😝 Round one is multiplication: #1 20 X 300 = #2 10 X 10 X 10 X 10 = #3 π  X  3.14 = (round to the second decimal place). #4 (12 X 12)  +  (4 X 4) = #5 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 = That's round one done; now onto round two: division. #6 3 ÷ 99 = #7 12 ÷ 156 = #8 8 ÷ 384 = #9 5 ÷ 5 = #10 40 ÷ 1600 = Those were tricky ones, but now onto round three: general problems. #11 10³ = #12 The book cost $12.50, and the sales tax rate is 8%. What is the full amount of money you will be paying with sales tax? #13 ⅒   X   ⅓  = #14 One inch equals 2.5 cm. If you have a three inch pencil, how many centimetres will that be? #15 7 ÷ 22 = (round to ...

Welcome back for another blog post about trick shots (if you don't know what a trick shot is, look it up on a previeous post. Here's the link: https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3838334339859028007/4761281397047251103 So far I've recorded over 200 trick shots! I didn't put them all on this post at once because there's only a certain amount of videos there can be on one post. Here are a few videos. Enjoy! I hope you liked the videos. Stay tuned for new posts (they will be coming at least once a week now).