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November 2004 Archives
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Religion in Star Trek. In which Ex Astris Scientia (an extensive Trek fan site) explores the future of faith and religion as depicted by each generation of the Trek universe, with elucidation on Gene Roddenberry's own antireligous view of faith and science via Daystrom Institute Tech Library (another fan site).
A musical for stage, based on the 80's cheeseball film classic The Karate Kid. Now playing at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center in NYC. Somewhere, Ralph Macchio is crying.
A 24 year old man left a lava lamp on his stove, and it exploded. A shard of glass pieced his heart, killing him instantly.
I thought the story might be bull, but went right to the Kent Police Department site and found this press release. It has a little more information that the AP report.
What sort of idiot do you have to be to put a glass sealed lava lamp on your stove?
Superhero Hype! Is waiting for June 17 driving you batty? Does being patient until July 1 seem less than fantastic? Have no fear. Superhero Hype! will keep you up to date on all the latest news and rumors in the exciting field of comic-book-to-movie adaptations.
Endless AOL CDs can fill your mailbox, but some people seem to love them. Others have found creative outlets for their AOL junk mail. Still more people simply love to collect the buggers, although some for grander purposes than others.
Whack Your Boss. Finally, a place to express your rage without harming a soul. Whack your boss, here in cyberspace, so you don't have to. The challenge: Find seven ways to whack your boss.
The sad part is, I like my boss, so I don't have any rage to get rid of, but I can picture a few non-work related people I'd like to put in this program.
Hercules! Not the shiny muscle man from the past, but a handy emulator for IBM S/360, S/370, S/390, and z/Arch mainframes. Unfortunately, because of IBM's bullheadedness, you can only run operating systems released when the world was young, unless, for whatever reason, you decide to run something released after the Reagan Administration.
You can learn how easy you young whippersnappers have it now, but beware: to effectively use most of these systems, you will need to descend into Hell.
A multi-ton shipment of Chinese fake Lego that was seized in Finland is being incinerated at a heating plant.
About ten tons of counterfeit Lego blocks were destroyed at the Kymeenlaakso waste processing plant in Anjalankoski on Thursday. The plastic will be mixed with other waste and burned at a district heating plant in Lahti...
Johannes Qvist, regional manager of Lego in Finland said that in addition to commercial considerations, the destruction was also a safety issue, as the pirated Legos do not comply with toy safety standards.
Once an eBook and now a website, A Christian's Guide to Small Arms is described by author Gospel Plow as " a primer for the Christian who is beginning to reject the false theology that requires him to be a pacifistic patsy in the face of heathen hordes." Snip:
The most probable scenario that the Christian American, called to fight for God, family, and country, will be presented with is that of the guerrilla resistance. He will be facing an enemy occupational force that will have great superiority in materiel and organization. Outside sources of supply and instruction will not be likely. The wisest course in this situation is to choose weapons and tactics that minimize supply, training, and maintenance problems.
In a desperate anime situation, Popeye is called in to make sense of it all.
McDonalds CEO "Flipping Burgers at 15" Quits Due To Colorectal Cancer You know, losing one CEO to coronary heart disease is unfortunate. However, losing another to colorectal cancer just seems careless. An increased occurrence of both diseases is linked with the consumption of red meat, especially processed red meat cooked or seared at high temperatures. Not exactly a good advertisement for McDonalds. Maybe it's time to recruit some people who haven't been enjoying the free employee meals quite so much?
My back is feeling a lot better now, I slept funny last night and it got all cramped up, but I did some exercises this am and feel -muxh- better. And on that note, I'm off to the gym to work out for an hour or two. But maybe first I'll stop at the Farmers Market and get a quesidilla, mmm Wayne is the bomb.
Addiction to porn is destroying lives, Senate told. Experts compare the effect on the brain to that of heroin or crack cocaine.
Its gotten a little busy lately, so I havnt had a chance to warbike since August, but since I was talking to some people about my warbiking maps, I thought I'd re-post them so, here they are.
Images were outdated, redoing spring 2007
How not to pull a car out of the water: A visual guide.
The Motion Picture Association of America has filed the first wave of lawsuits against fileswappers and released a program to detect file sharing. The MPAA also announced it would make available a computer program that sniffs out movie and music files on a user's computer as well as any installed file sharing programs. The organization said the information detected by the free program would not be shared with it or any other body, but could be used to remove any "infringing movies or music files" and remove file sharing programs.
Texas officials wary of plan to hunt by Internet. Hunters soon may be able to sit at their computers and blast away at animals on a Texas ranch via the Internet, a prospect that has state wildlife officials up in arms. "We were looking at a beautiful white-tail buck and my friend said 'If you just had a gun for that.' A little light bulb went off in my head,"
Marvel Comics sues NCsoft and Cryptic Studios, the makers of the online game City of Heroes for player created content they feel infringes on their copyright. If Marvel wins the case, all game developers can expect to be held responsible for the behavior of their players. This case covers similar ground to the proposed Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act, which is before a Senate Judiciary Committee. Introduced to crack down on illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks, the bill would hold technology companies liable for manufacturing products that encourage people to infringe copyrights. The language of the bill caused an uproar among technology and consumer advocates who claimed it would kill innovation. If successful in their lawsuit, would Marvel be able to sue the makers of pens and pencils for producing products that allow people to create pictures of copyrighted characters?
Trade in your Ashlee Simpson CD here.. A group calling itself HOPE (Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment) are offering to trade your Ashlee Simpson CD for one by one of Elvis Costello, The Ramones, X, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Aretha Franklin, Mr. Bungle, Ray Charles, Abe Lincoln Story, Grateful Dead, Neil Hamburger, Joni Mitchell, and Brian Wilson. Next target is the film "Taxi".
The Complete Rules to Calling Shotgun. and the subsequent amendments.
GrandTheftTendo For those of you still rockin' the 8-bit NES, but want to play GTA III on it.
i gotta say though, way too many people wash up in the communal showers, way too many fat guys. The showers are laid out badly, I have to walk through the communal ones to get to the enclosed ones, and yeah, way too many dudes don't bother to make it that far.
I'm not a homophobe, I just don't dig showering with the general public.
Heh, well we went to the YMCA again this morning, and I hope we end up going every morning. I feel so damn lively today, sore, but lively.
I sorta screwed up this morning and made Jenn late for classes, oops! Before heading down to get a shower at 7:30, she asked if i was coming or working out for another hour, since i dont have to start working till 9:00 am. I told her sure, but after getting out of the shower I couldnt find her and I didnt see the car out in the parking lot. So I thought she'd heard me say no, and taken off for school.
So I figured while I had time I went and talked to a trainer about scheduling some time so I could get myself entered into the system to track my stats.
Yeah.. turns out she had just taken longer in the shower then I did, and was waiting for me downstairs by the door. I had looked there, but yeah, I guess not at the right time. Once I noticed her I told her to take off as fast as her lil bum could carry her and I finished talking to the trainer and stuff. I feel pretty bad, I've never made her late for school before, I hope I didn't put her off of going in the morning. We're slowly getting our act together regarding that place, we aint never did the yuppie thing before.
So I finally got my YMCA membership on the 11th, and tonights the first night I'm going to get a chance to use it. Yay! My picture on it looks pretty normal, I was/am happy with it. Also I finally got my health insurance and life insuance papers filed, now me and the Jennifer can relax and soak up the coverage.
The Jennifer just curled up on the couch to sleep, her head is on my lap, shes so cute :)
Virtual Bartender. Despite the name, lousy at mixing drinks. But she has other assets.
Today, the National Archive made over 5 million records of World War I Medal Cards available online. Search for an ancestor, or an historical name. As an example, here's Winston Churchill's record [pdf].
Found this while working today, unfortunately I'm sick, so I couldn't laugh as much as I wanted.
Shakespeare probably didn't have a toy in mind for the title role when he penned his vengeful tale. But that was before a frustrated, 20-something actor decided it was time someone performed classical theater with a cast that can fit in a suitcase. Tiny Ninja Theater - now an international touring company - is presenting its latest production at Performance Space 122 (PS122) in Manhattan this month. "Hamlet" is the third major Shakespeare work the plastic cast has taken on, having already conquered "Macbeth" and "Romeo and Juliet" since its debut in 2000. A simple principle guides the troupe: "There are no small parts, only small actors."
"They don't complain, they're very hard workers," deadpans Mr. Weinstein on opening night, Oct. 28, after shedding the dark shirt and overalls he wears over street clothes for the performance. "Sometimes you can push them too hard. But they'll leave you in the lurch, too.... If I forget a line, they're not going to cue me, you know?"
The International Truck and Engine Corporation and the US Army are showing off the oxymoronically-named Smart Truck 3, the replacement for the Humvee. The beast weighs 3,000 pounds more than the H2 and is three inches taller and four feet longer. Amazingly though, it apparently guzzles less gas. From the Independent:
"The army also wants the vehicles to be marketed to other customers such as government agencies or regular Joes who only feel right using a stepladder to get behind thewheel.
The commercial version would not have the electronics designed to detect anthrax, the Kevlar armouring on the underside, the night-vision cameras and the 25-inch LCD touch-screen computer monitors."
For nerds, here's more info.
Snip from ABC News story:
Parents and students say they are outraged and offended by a proposed band name and song scheduled for a high school talent show in Boulder this evening, but members of the band, named Coalition of the Willing, said the whole thing is being blown out of proportion. The students told ABC News affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver they are performing Bob Dylan's song "Masters of War" during the Boulder High School Talent Expose because they are Dylan fans. They said they want to express their views and show off their musical abilities.But some students and adults who heard the band rehearse called a radio talk show Thursday morning, saying the song the band sang ended with a call for President Bush to die. Threatening the president is a federal crime, so the Secret Service was called to the school to investigate. Students in the band said they're just singing the lyrics and not inciting anyone to do anything.
The 1963 song ends with the lyrics: "You might say that I'm young. You might say I'm unlearned, but there's one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, even Jesus would never forgive what you do . And I hope that you die and your death'll come soon. I will follow your casket in the pale afternoon. And I'll watch while you're lowered down to your deathbed. And I'll stand o'er your grave 'til I'm sure that you're dead."
Yeah.. I think some people are a little too eager to call in the secret service at the slightest hint of anything even mildly out of their realm of understanding. Shit, I hope Slayer plays that town someday, Hah, that would rock.
Jones Soda announces today its limited edition holiday pack of five new seasonal flavors which includes: Green Bean Casserole Soda, Mashed Potato & Butter Soda, Fruitcake Soda, Cranberry Soda and Turkey & Gravy Soda.
Yummy! I think they did this last year too.. and if they did, it's still as shocking and gross, and I still want some.
CNN reports that researchers at NASA are taking CT and MRI scans of Kim Peek, the inspiration for Rain Man, to study how his brain is changing.
Not only are Peek's brain and his abilities unique, noted Richard D. Boyle, director of the California center performing the scans, but he seems to be getting smarter in his specialty areas as he ages.
The 53-year-old Peek is called a "mega-savant" because he is a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates.
I like this new phone design, especially for the camera feature, its like a bond/spy camera setup. Not enough to justify buying it, but enough to oggle it.
The 7280 is a tiny phone intended for use as a "club phone" -- when you get home from work, you take the SIM out of your bulky camera/calendar/smartphone and stick it in this tiny little keypad-less (voice-activated) twig of a phone with a small built-in camera and go out on the town. It's just the right size for a night out on the town, and has just the right features for a lightweight communications context like being out barhopping.
Some members of the clergy with the United Church of Canada are looking to unionize over four thousand pastors across the country. Their compliant, bad working conditions and sweatshop wages. Haha... yeah.
Woman controls blender by making noises at it. I think I like this a little too much..
Hidden Doors manufactures and installs custom secret doors disguised as swinging and revolving bookcases.
When we build our house in a few years, I've already got plans to make one of the bookcases in my study into a secret passage to my den/server room, this just makes it ever so much easier to do.
"I spilled Spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone."
To get ready for christmas, I've already started looking for Jenns perfect christmas present, and I think thats it, but then again no gift says "Peace On Earth" like this.
First Felony Spam Convictions, Hopefully the first of many.
A time lapse photo of the recent lunar eclipse ( which I missed )
MIT researchers have developed a voice-controlled aircraft guidance system that enables a pilot in one plane to control a nearby unmanned air vehicle (UAV, sorta like the ones in stargate, yes I'm a nerd) by talking to it. Here's a quote from the official press release:
"The system allows the pilot to interface with the UAV at a high level--not just 'turn right, turn left' but 'fly to this region and perform this task,'" said Mario Valenti, a flight controls engineer for Boeing who is on leave to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. "The pilot essentially treats the UAV as a wingman," said Valenti, comparing the UAV to a companion pilot in a fighter-plane squadron.
Plotting your escape? Marry a Canadian.
Legions of Canadians have already pledged to sacrifice their singlehood to save our southern neighbours from four more years of cowboy conservatism
This quilt was made out of 1.5" squares laid atop a pattern generated by laying a game screencap over a grid Paint Shop Pro 8.
This shit blows my mind, I actually want Jenn to make me a Metriod version, but yeah, a Superman quilt would rock.
Lots of cool Hidden pictures. I found 3 before I had to start looking at the answer key, they rock.
The back screen door has has a bad hinge since the day we moved in, it accidentally got opened too far and messed it up as well as ripped a few screws out of the door frame and made it very hard to get the door to open (being that the door wasnt hanging right). Being the handy guy I am, I knew I could fix it, I just needed some time to get around to it.. I wonder if the Jennifer will notice that I fixed it.
Kerry Concedes President Bush won a second term from a divided and anxious nation, his promise of steady, strong wartime leadership trumping John Kerry's fresh-start approach to Iraq and joblessness. After a long, tense night of vote counting, the Democrat called Bush to concede Ohio and the presidency.
due to massive (unsucessful) attempts by spammers to spam my comments over the past 2 days, I'm going to turn comments off for a week in hopes that they eat a dick and fuck off.
Sorry for the profanity, but getting 500 emails a day about new comments being added that are spam is silly. Unfortunately spammers are spamming moveable type installs a lot more, so I'm turning off comments until i figure out a way to proactively delete them, vs my current approach of manually approving/deleting all comments before theyre posted.
Touching yourself at home with the blinds open, heh.
Someone Keeps Stealing my Letters. I keep trying to spell 'you suck' but people keep stealing my vowels!
