I accidentally typed “monkey” the first time. That makes for a fun article, as well.
Check out what I found during lunch today.
Instead of saying that it’s impossible to make anything but a minigame on the Wii, these guys realize that companies like High Voltage have the right mindset. So what if lots of people buy crummy games for the Wii? If we can own the core gamer market, we can still succeed.
I say that in the most loving, non-judgmental way possible. (I have to admit that Sam the Eagle is holding a Boxing Glove Gun next to my head.)
These are quality t-shirts, though, and my friend Tommy drew all of the artwork. In fact, he’s drawn all of the presidents (even the Harrisons).
In case it’s an issue, you can be assured that these were made in the USA.
Here’s a link to the his store.
In case it’s an issue, here’s more proof that I’ve been watching too much Muppets:
Pretty sure that Chinese joke wouldn’t fly on TV today. But he is a talented banjo player:
Vern, does he pass the test? Is he really playing?
We’re all probably familiar with Microsoft’s ads that consist of real-life people finding laptops.
What’s really funny is that my friend Tina (Mike – a certain “Grandma’s Fruitcake” type college friend) and her boyfriend are in one.
She’s an actress, but they told her to say something else for what she does for a living. I guess Microsoft only hires actors and that they’re not average people selected off the street.
Not that I’m complaining, though. She got paid $1000 for being filmed and then she got paid additional money because her commercial is one of the ones chosen to air. They also have specific things that they want you to say.
And she did get to keep the laptop. I don’t know if that’s a plus or not.
Forget Conduit! This one’s sure to be a best-seller, if only that I can’t stop laughing.
Slade, avert your eyes.
I would be a total hypocrite to lecture about texting in the most inappropriate times, but driving is something that’s serious.
I’m glad that Mario and Bowser take it seriously.
Thanks to @futileohm for the find.
Also – did you hear that Cinematic Titanic will be in town on May 22-23 at the Mesa Arts Center? (Cinematic Titanic features all of your Mystery Science Theater friends.)
Cowboys and Katanas! I love that RPG!
1. I’m jealous of that guy’s house.
2. I like how it says “Internal Use Only” in the bottom right.
3. He smiles just like I do during Force Unleashed. It’s just a game, his wife tells him.
4. Post-apocalyptic comic book ninja westerns have been a horribly neglected genre on the Wii.
And, as if I wasn’t a fan of The Conduit already, there are some pretty cool screenshots up at IGN.
See More The Conduit Various at IGN.com
That is some pretty trash.
Wayman Tisdale
Today the world has lost a great sports figure as well as musician. It’s rare that you come across people in this day and age that by their very presence can liven up a room. Many in this world of sin and corruption will pursue fame, they’ll pursue fortune, they’ll pursue pleasure and they will do whatever it takes to grab hold of material things. This man was not one of those people. This man was one who worked hard on the basketball court to produce solid results by becoming a three-time All-American, as well as claiming the record for most points scored by any player in their freshman and sophomore years. He won a gold medal as a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team coached by Indiana University’s Bobby Knight, and the Indiana Pacers made Tisdale the second overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft. As a center and power forward, Tisdale averaged over 15 points and six rebounds per game in a 12-season professional career with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns. His best season was in 1989-90 with the Kings, when he averaged 22.3 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. Tisdale and Mitch “The Rock” Richmond combined to one of the most dynamic duos in the NBA. In 1997, Tisdale retired to focus on his musical career. Tisdale released his debut CD, Power Forward, in 1995. In 2002, he was awarded the Legacy Tribute Award by the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. As a result of Tisdale’s fight with cancer, his experiences have led him to create a foundation to raise funds to help amputees with the prosthetic process, which is not always covered by health insurance. His efforts on the court have been doubled by his work in his own surrounding communities as well as throughout the nation.
In April 2009, Tisdale accepted an award from the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, and then set off on a 21-date national concert tour.
Tisdale died on the morning of May 15, 2009, at age 44, at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was admitted to the ER for breathing troubles.
I am a musician as well as a fan of the game of basketball, and I will miss this man greatly.
For those not interested in LOST, I submit to you the Star Wars Free DJ Kit. Thanks to @futileohm, you can achieve your life goal of being as cool as Max Rebo.
Like I’ve said before, the LOST finale can be watched without much context. Many time-traveling fans (fans of time travel as well as those that transcend the continuum) will be able to pick up the general ideas in this season’s finale (I would rather just embed the video, but, alas, it is not Hulu).
This finale, though, shows you Jacob, the mysterious cabin guy.
Spoiler Alert (Mom, this is how you do it. )
You put up pictures of goofy Egyptian gods, right?
If you’ve scrolled this far, you do not fear me ruining the plot.
Jacob is Sobek. Here’s why:
In the season finale, Jacob goes around giving messages to the different characters. It all happens off of the island, whether as a child or in the whole Oceanic 6 plot arc. Jacob passes on a few words and then touches the character.
For Kate, he asks her as a kid to not steal again. She says she won’t, but as an adult, she does.
For Sun and Jin, he tells them (in impressive Korean) to not take their love for granted. Affairs and anger and they end up on the island.
For Hurley, he meets him outside of prison and “accidentally” leaves the Hobbit’s guitar in the cab for Hurley to take on Ajira 316. Jacob also tells Hurley that he is not crazy and that it’s good to be visited by dead people.
For Sayid, he distracts Sayid and Nadia gets hit by a car. No contract, but it gets Sayid back on the island.
For Locke, he apologizes that Locke’s been caught up in all of this.
For Jack, he gets two stuck candy bars out of the vending machine for him. Life-changing. But did you notice that it was an Apollo candy bar? The bars around them have very distinct color schemes to make them look like real candy bars, but you should watch the finale just to read the funny names on them.
Jacob tells Jack that they just needed a little push.
Jack’s the hero that just needs a little push.
When the characters don’t follow through on their destinies, they get a second chance.
With all of the weaving of looms and tapestries, I think Jacob has a pretty big sway on the timeline.
At the end we find out that Locke is still dead and that there’s someone posing as Locke. My thoughts? Anubis.
The giant crocodile temple is for Sobek, the Egyptian god of fertility and fortune. The Smoke Monster temple is for Anubis (you can see it in the picture above the grate where the smoke comes out).
Anubis and Sobek are the two guys on the island trying to get the ship in the 1700s to land. They need humans.
The two gods are at war and they want to kill each other, but they need a loophole.
Human free will is that loophole.
One god can’t kill the other god, but a human can make a choice to. It’s interesting that it’s Ben, who has been a faithful follower for 35 years, is the one to stab a god in the chest. He keeps wanting messages from Jacob but I think it’s been Richard pretending to be Jacob.
Richard wears eyeliner. Pharaohs wear eyeliner.
Two gods at war on an island. One finally gets taken out through a loophole. I think that Anubis is the shapechanger (one of the forms being the shipwrecked guy at the beginning of the finale).
Those dead people, like Charlie, Jack’s Dad, Walt? Anubis in disguise trying to manipulate the course of human events.
Devin, we all need shapeshifters. (You’re right. That IS my solution for everything.)
What’s really interesting is that giant wheel on the inside of the island. Ben gets deposited in Tunisia. Tunisia, as in northern Africa, huh?
Jacob’s last words are, “They’re coming.” I think by Jacob dying and opening up the loophole, Osiris, Isis, Ra, and Set are going to start showing up. (Sobek is an avatar for Ra. Kinda like in Dragonball Z, when the fighters would merge into one giant entity.)
The big question: did the writers plan this from the beginning? Well, some images are revisited from the pilot. Both times that Jack wakes up from the crash look very similar.
But in reality? I think the fans guessed all of the plausible plot lines, so they decided to throw some Stargate into it.
If you weren’t at an NBC press conference back on May 4th, the news that Life (starring Damien Lewis) was being cancelled probably flew in under the radar. For those who didn’t follow the show, this is no big deal. Afterall, Jay Leno needs his new show…
But for those of us who were loyal fans, this might easily have been the best shows on television (yes, Chuck fans. Charlie Crews would kick Chuck Bartowski’s butt!–House gets the overall nod for me because of the time I have invested into it). I didn’t anticipate being a fan of Life, though. Back before the writer’s strike I saw a couple commercials on NBC about the show. It was advertised as a show about a cop who spent 10+ years in prison for a murder he was framed for committing. DNA evidence was found exonerating him and now he wants to get revenge on the people who set him up…oh, and he wants his job back plus a $60+ million settlement (which he gets). Season one was cut short because of the strike, but season two was even better. However, NBC started it off on Fridays (not a great time slot) and then they moved it to Wednesdays (promising). The season (now series) finale was FANTASTIC! I still have it recorded on my DVR and I have watched it several times. The best part, however, was it was left open for more awesome plot lines revolving around the mystery of the LA PD and Charlie Crews. Well, that’s dead unless another network picks it up (doubtful since it will be difficult to carry the series on a new network with all the background required to obtain a new audience on top of the old one).
In short, if you haven’t watched the series you need to get on Hulu and watch Life. Once you’ve seen it, you’ll be just as upset as I am that it didn’t get another shot. Damien Lewis’ Zen charm is Emmy worthy and the beautiful Sarah Shahi shares my birthday.
In the meantime, now that ER is gone, NBC can fall off the planet now.
Oh, and I don’t even watch Lost, but I am upset about what they did to Elisabeth Mitchell. Maybe not Life upset, but upset nonetheless. Can I blame NBC for that?
I know this is supposed to be the oldest carving of a human. I know that this shakes people’s assumptions about the intelligence level of people in the past (smarter than we expected, because we’re really smart)(or not…just ask the dolphins and the white mice).
I know all of this is big, but I can’t help but crack up looking at all of these people holding up this statue, very seriously, and postulating.
But what if this was the carving of some obsessed high schooler? I think it’s hilarious to stereotype a people based on one work of art. Not even Thrawn would do that.
And what the heck is going on? Cloverfield is real? Robot teachers?
Is it summer yet?
Maybe I shouldn’t type that too loudly. Oh, we’re good. John Connor’s been born already and Christian Bale will growl us into the future.
Some of you may remember my brief ska career. I wanted to be able to play this in the background while I worked, so I threw in some pictures of monkeys.
J, you’re welcome.
The Oviatt Library is featured as Starfleet Academy in the new movie. Also, what does everyone think about adding a “what type of reader would like this book” to book reviews? I think it’s redundant to the “Users Who Bought ___ also Bought ____”, except that the reviewer would have control instead of a shopping algorithm.
Another co-worker asked me today what the benefit of Twitter is. Is it just the 140 character limit?
Let’s just say that, hypothetically, one of our bloggh’s own challenges Wesley Crusher in a Geek Ethics debate (of which I concur in not discouraging people in practicing the Geeky Arts…I mean, that’s what a techfreak librarian does all day). What if Wesley Crusher immediately responded (venom, don’t click the link)?
How many astronaut blogs do you follow? How many update frequently from orbit? Mike Massimino is on STS-125.
And qubo and their staff have recognized Booyor the Unintentional Whistleblower.
As you may have surmised, the Internet is back up. It was a matter of unplugging everything and plugging it back in again. Unfortunately the tech guy for Cox didn’t realize this. He kept walking me through stuff and I kept saying, “Yes, yes, I understand. Move on.” but was humbled after I hung up the phone. I had unplugged the modem but had not unplugged the router.
I actually thought the conversation with Automated Lady (AL) was going somewhere.
AL: Please state the problem.
Me: Internet broken.AL: Please hold while I check your account.
Animal Crossing-esque load music plays.
AL: It seems that your Internet connection is down. Is the computer off?
Booyor facepalm
Me: No.
AL: We need to turn off the computer to continue. Is the computer off?
I’m shutting off the computer.
AL: We need to turn off the computer to continue. Is the computer off?
Me: I’m working on it!
AL: Would you like me to walk you through how to turn off your computer?
Me: No.
AL: Fine
Transfers me to tech support operator.
True story.
Typed this up last night and then Cox went crazy.
Today promises some answers to your questions.
1. The results to the pop quiz:
KHAAAAAAAAAAANNN!!!! 67%
You can’t appreciate Shakespeare until you’ve read him in the original Klingon. 17%
No, I’m from Iowa. I only work in outer space. 8%
I have been, and ever shall be, your friend. Live long and prosper. 8%
What you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live. 0%
In any case, were I to invoke logic, logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. 0%
2. Yes, Star Trek was a good movie (perhaps even great) and is my favorite, followed closely by Khan and First Contact. The big question is which one was a better re-boot, Batman Begins or Star Trek. Once the potential for spoilers has diminished, we can figure out if Star Trek was a re-boot or a re-loop. Devin, can it serve both as a re-envisioning and fit in the already-established movie canon?
3. Yes, I’m trying to convince my wife to watch The Cage tonight. Pike was awesome in the film.
4. Yes, I was delirious on Saturday night, coffee hallucinations and all. I can’t guarantee that that would have changed the amount of tweets inputted into the system, but I can’t help but think the negotiations would have been smoother with Moff Cage on his A game. He does not like to be surprised and it was pretty gutsy of the Collicoids to switch the deal on him.
Two words: orbital bombardment. Old-school Empire. Corellian Alliance. Meat Parade.
5. Check out the updates to Cry for Kraka.
The day has come, I have finally achieved unlimited rocket launcher ammunition as well as unlimited ammunition on any gun known to man in Resident Evil 5. If any gamers read this article and are wondering about how to go about doing these, be careful who you listen to…but here are the ways to do it:
1.) There’s an actual option you have to unlock called “unlimited ammo” in the game, but the only way to unlock it is to beat the game from beginning to end. Once you’ve beaten the game go into chapter select and switch on the mode “unlimited ammo” to yes.
2.) Even though you have turned on unlimited ammo you need to fully upgrade each gun you wish to have as being infinite. Once you have fully upgraded the weapon of your choice, you must go into the main menu and select “Bonus Features”, and under that there will be an option to exchange points to unlock the specific gun’s unlimited option.
3.) To unlock unlimited rocket launcher ammo you have to beat the entire game in under 5 hours. The RE5 guys make this a bit easier because you can go into individual chapter-select mode and beat one chapter at a time until you get the time of completion down to your desire. The moment that you beat the game in under 5 hours a happy message will bleep up on screen that says “unlimited rocket launcher”, and after that happens you’ll get a cold sense rush through your body and you will hear a faint “oh noooeesss” come from the zombies….not really.
The game was pretty tough, and even frustrating at times, but upon completion and once you’ve taken the liberty to unlock all the unlimited options for weapons you want it becomes even more fun than before. You can tell that the developers knew how much the player would desperately want more ammo, because throughout most of the game unless you headshot every zombie you ever come across, even bosses, you still won’t have enough ammo to make it…so now with unlimited ammo, all I can say is the 4 horsemen of the apocalpyse come in the form of the:
AK-74 
,
Lightning Hawk Magnum 
,
RIF Sniper Rifle 
,
and the Rocket Launcher 
.
I think I even heard one zombie whimper out a “please don’t hurt m-” at which point at point blank range he got blasted in the face.
^-The face of the first zombie to witness the apocalypse.
Raja Bell took a Kobe elbow to the face a few plays before this altercation.
Did anyone else catch all of the apologies coming out of the NBA Front Office lately? Ron Artest’s Adam’s Apple hit Kobe’s elbow prompting a technical on Ron. Then a hard foul by Artest later in the game resulted in a Flagrant II and automatic ejection. The league later rescinded the call the next day saying that it wasn’t a flagrant foul. That was nice of them. But Houston still lost and nothing happened to Kobe for his elbow. A couple days later Dallas was up with a few seconds left and had a foul to give. They intentionally fouled the Nugget player, but forgot that the NBA referees don’t like to call fouls in the playoffs…even when you are intentionally trying to foul. As a result, Anthony hit a game winning 3 pointer. The league office apologized for that too.
Where were all these apologies when the Suns were in the playoffs? The Suns have experienced some REALLY bad calls in the post season and all they got was an early exit (even a lousy shirt would have been nice). I especially remember a game in 2006 when Nash was attacked and (surprise) fouled intentionally and no foul was called. Instead, (New York Restaurant Owner) Bennett Salvatore called a jump ball (even though the Laker who was tied up with Nash (Barry White impersonator Luke Walton) was standing out of bounds). This led to a Kobe moment that we all get to see in those FAN TASTIC NBA Playoff commercials. There is no justice I guess.
The NBA: Where fan money is sucked into a dark abyss so that the pockets of David Stern can grow happens.
The NBA: Where at least we aren’t the NHL happens.
The NBA: Where you shouldn’t get your hopes up if you live outside of LA, Boston or Cleveland happens.
The NBA: Where I hope Booyor’s Internet starts working again soon happens…
I could tell you about the teacher banquet, with the astronavigation quiz and the extreme environment training (and how I should not be allowed to improv an opening monologue while under coffee hallucinations – the kids who were serving the food had antennae, so of course I asked the crowd to give a hand for our resident aliens, not realizing the multiple connotations).
We know that space being the final frontier is as final as a Final Fantasy.
More photos to come, but I gotta get ready to join the Twitterverse in going crazy for the new Star Trek. I watched the Jimmy Fallon show on accident (that’s how I watch most TV) and he had the two Spocks on (and his version of Paul Schaffer raps what’s happening on the show – “We got two Spocks, we got two Spocks, don’t call the docs, ’cause we got two Spocks”).
Since today is a Star Trek AND Star Wars day (Enterprise vs. Death Star, anyone?), you’ll probably want to follow my Twitterfeed AND my wife’s.
For me later:
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You found the embed code by going to twitter.com/badges. That should save you some time.
- Future Booyor
A Roomba’s path over an extended period of time
Dr. Ian Malcolm would be proud. Check out that spiral in the middle. Fibonacci numbers, right? Thanks to Herman Yung and Signaltheorist.
With one of my former students now applying for an internship at our school, I’m feeling rather old. (Some things don’t change, though. The Honors test is going on right now, and they’re still doing the “fold this paper a bunch, punch a hole, and figure out where the holes would be” that I did way back when.)
I’m looking at some of the headlines and thinking, “Really? Was it 1991 when Shrapnel City came out?”
I remember getting the Shareware of Apogee’s Duke Nukem from a friend of mine. (We were pretty cool because it fit on one 3.5″ disk and it required a 286 (so my 386 was fine)).
Then there was Wolfenstein and all that. Duke went 3D and then he became trendy (as trendy as computer games were back then…I still remember a little bit of eyebrows being raised. Yeah, I’m talking to you, Ryan Seacrest. Don’t do the Vulcan hand jive unless you really mean it.).
Now they’re out of business, but the memory of Duke will live on.
Richard Garriott (from Ultima) is suing NCSoft for calling him crazy, I think. It was either that or a Kilrathi ploy.
NCsoft terminated Mr. Garriott’s employment while he was still in quarantine from his space flight.
Another article reminded me that the shuttle program is nearing its end quickly (I thought it would be a little bit).
Check out the new Ares rocket:
Very Apollo-esque. This is designed more for getting us past an Earth-orbit, so I’m okay with that change. I’m also glad that we’re not just trying to recycle Soyuz rockets, as was proposed.
Russia’s kickin’ it old school, continuing in its Sputnik ways.
No parachute needed, it looks like it uses thrusters to land. This is a huge step in reducing recovery cost (and the threat that their ship would float into enemy territory. Their main launch pad got re-acquisitioned when Kazakhstan was re-acquisitioned.) Now we can have the spacecraft that everyone envisions, not these goofy crash-into-an-ocean shenanigans. I have this weird feeling that I’ve seen this before. Is it just me or does it seem like some of the NASA pages need a web design revamp?
The U.S. has Cape Canaveral and the Johnson Space Center. Russia has Vostochny, which is a cool way of saying “Eastern” (the field is on the east, simply enough).
Fans of a certain show will enjoy this proposal:
We’re getting there. What makes me laugh is that RKK Energia, lead designers for manned Russian spacecraft, want to fuel it on alcohol.
I think my sense of irony is flaring up. I picture Captain Mal saying, “One for you, two for me” in the depths of engineering.
With The Awesomeness swiftly approaching, I’ve been thinking through which quotes stand out to me as the most memorable from the original cast movies. I know that this weekend we’ll be able to add such memorable lines as, “Do it!!!!” and “Yeeehaaa!!” to the long legacy of class present in the Star Trek films.
(Facebook stalkers, click here for the quiz.)
I’m actually excited. It’ll be crazy seeing a non-traditional Trek film. What would be really crazy would be to have a completely never-before-seen crew in a movie (and I don’t mean DS9). Imagine complete freshness.
