The “Break it Down” Blog

World Map of Undersea Cables from 1901

(Click Image to Enlarge) This absolutely fascinates me… what you see above is a world map from Eastern Telegraph from 1901 showing the break-down of the companies world-wide wiring networks. You think of what we have today, and I’m still impressed that ships can spool out and drop down enough cable, long enough, to run wires across [...]

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Call of Duty 5: World at War (Xbox 360 and PS3) Review

Summary [8.5 out of 10] Call of Duty 5: World at War is a must-have COD title for fans of the series and a title dripping with enough polish, charm and replayability that gamers previously not enamored with the COD series might want to rent it and give it a try. Introduction Call of Duty: World at War [...]

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The Secret History of Star Wars

Are you a Star Wars fan? Then I’m about to drop some atomic shit right up your ass… How exactly did George Lucas develop the script for the first Star Wars? Why were the prequels so uneven when the originals were so good? Did he really have a masterplan for six, nine, or even twelve episodes, and why [...]

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