Aug 31, 2006
Star Wars: Revelations
I actually saw this quite a while ago, so I'm not sure if I was posting links then, and I'm too lazy to look through the backlog, so here it is anyway. It's a reasonably well done fan film set between the 3rd & 4th movies.
Aug 30, 2006
1984
So, I just finished reading 1984. I know I'm the last person (let alone nerd) on the planet to read this book, but holy GOD was it good. I was absolutely blown away by how good and relevant it was. I'm sort of glad I didn't read it in high school, because I would have absolutely not understood half of it's importance. And then I would have "already read" that for the rest of my life and never given it another go in the present context. It was really amazing, there's the really obvious stuff about governmental control & monitoring and how to break a person down (this is where "there are four lights!" comes from?? or is it even older?). And then the more subtle stuff - how to create an enemy to distract your people (sound familiar? Emmanuel Goldstein seems such an misnomer for the hacker now), how to shape the truth by presenting and insisting your own (sound familiar??), the whole idea of doublethink and the managing of language, it was just awesome. Anyone who hasn't read it in 5 or 10 years or ever, absolutely should (not that this is news to you or anyone). I can't wait to move on to A Brave New World and We!
New Creative Products
AWWW! Come on!! I just bought a 30 GB ZVM! and now they have 60? with USB hosting?? Plus, I totally want that beautiful PMP. This isn't interesting at all, but I had to complain :)
The Homosexual Agenda
Hahahaha. I need to start up this CoV trial and make They Hate Us For Our Freedom :)
Fracture Game
It's sorta like Geometry Wars, except, y'know, crappy. But it gets fun when things get more hectic!
Re: Simpsons vs. Star Trek
Poorly performed. Poorly mixed. Poorly edited. But points for being the first response to youtube via youtube I've seen :)
BT vs ISPs
So, I think I've started posting only mindless games and videos, which are quite fun, but it'd be nice to have something up here once in a while that I find *interesting* So first up is this blog post on Wired, bad stuff! And my intelligent and reasoned commentary? Umm.... "Boo! Boo! Rubish! Filth! Slime! Muck! Boo! Boo! BOO!!"
Aug 29, 2006
Geraldine
Gender-bending French animation. At first interesting, then silly, then boring. But it gets a link for it's j+N method of counting days :)
Serenity wins a Hugo
Remember that time you punched me in the face and then gave me an award for best person to not punch in the face? 'memmmber? Yeah, it's kinda like that.
Warcraft III Touchscreen
GIMME!! GIMME NOW!!! Also: make it 5 times faster, add a lasso finger select, add unit ability dependant (flying, ranged, mounted, etc) selection (this is really more the game company's problem, not the interfacer, but I still want it), there is presumably a way to zoom (two-finger touchpad style?) and rotate (?), and maybe some other stuff that I haven't thought of yet :)
Sith'd
This was funnier before the punchline. But it won 2006 SW Comedy Fan Film Award, so I guess I link it anyway!
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