The Transformers movie is a pretty sweet deal. Sure, there are plot holes and parts that drag. I still think you need to watch it. Not once, no, watch it many times.
Soundwave was my favorite Transformer when I was a kid, sadly, he did not make an appearance this time but I’m sure he’ll end up in a sequel. There will be sequels. There are always sequels.
Weird that Optimus Prime has lips.
Man, I love me some Bjork attacking a reporter.
Also, if you’re in the mood, Bjork talking about her TV
Bob, Bjork to you.
Here’s what I’ve been up to in my reader since I last posted about my trends.
“From your 143 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 16,587 items, starred 18 items, and shared 36 items.”
That means that in the past five days I have read 1,845 items and added 11 new feeds. I’ve also started sharing items but not many…need to work on that.
I was on Will Pate’s site and came across this video. I’ve had some good times with many of the games shown…Metroid was always badazz, Zelda rocked, I still play Mario 64, Pitfall, yes! Pitfall. Can anybody name all of the games shown? I knew a lot of them but there were games I’d never seen…
The Minisode Network is, in a word, awesome. Except for it being on MySpace, that sorta sucks. Other than that it’s awesome. It takes classic shows like Charlie’s Angels or Diff’rent Strokes or TJ Hooker and it cuts out everything that doesn’t add to the story, leaving you with a chunk of about 6 or 7 minutes. A great way for the younger generations to acquaint themselves with some of the the crap the Gen X’ers grew up with.
I should be more mature, but damn, this video made me OMGLOL. Or something.
A giant yellow star that squints harder than Michael Dudikoff is suing a clown that’s married to a woman named Cricket. That’s right, another war is happening and this time It’s Personal. It seems that Carl’s Jr. is feeling litigious against Jack in the Box for a series of commercials that are currently running. Slow news day I guess…
I could give a flying pig’s eye about who is going to win this one. Jack in the Crack uses onion in their mayo and CJ’s hasn’t made a decent burger since ol’ Carl was ousted back in ‘93.
This is why the rest of the world laughs at us.
On a personal note, I used to be a Box Boy/Bagger/Convenience Clerk…whatever the kids call it these days, and one time I had the pleasure of bagging the items that were being purchased by none other than Carl N. Karcher (Mr. Carl’s Jr.). This was at Alpha-Beta #28, on Euclid at La Palma in Anaheim, CA, sometime during the year of 1991. Mr. Karcher was a very nice old gentleman. I remember that he only bought a bunch of ketchup and beer, something that I found odd at the time but which I perfectly understand now.
If this article at engadget is correct, 500,000 units of the new phone have been sold so far. That’s 250 million dollars at the bare minimum, not counting those folks that sprung for the more expensive unit or maybe dumped some cash on some accessories as well. Have people forgotten who the exclusive carrier for this thing is? The company that helped Bush spy on millions of American Citizens? Does that ring a bell? This company now has 250,000 new customers with thousands more before the week is over, who knows how many millions before the year is over.
The telcos have sold everybody out to the sham government that has taken over this once-free country and, unbelievably, the People are slobbering all over themselves in all manner of ugly ways to pay for the privilege to be spied on.
What bugs me most about this whole thing is the complicit hardware designer. By signing a deal to give this telco an exclusive contract, they have sided against the American people and decided that unlawful wiretapping is okay. Man, that’s just not cool. I won’t be giving them any more of my money so I need to start looking for a new laptop that’s GNU/Linux-friendly…something compact like my iBook 12″…any suggestions?
It’s nice that the iTricorder will probably be available in a few years, but since I’m not a doctor it does me a fat lot of good. What I really need is a Replicator. Preferably not running Windows. A Replicator in my hands would not be used in an evil way. I would make sure that everybody had enough food. Clothing would be plentiful. Drinks would be large and cold. Christopher Moore books would be available in every bookcase. I think I’d also have the thing replicate every Star Wars toy that I ever had, and probably the few that I didn’t.
A Transporter would be pretty sweet as well. Definitely not running Windows:
Me: One to beam over to Coney Island for a hot dog.
Transporter: A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0145:GJKP34R8. The current application will be terminated. Press any key to terminate the application. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del again to restart your computer. You will lose any unsaved information in all applications. Press any key to continue.
I am tired of all the coverage of the phone that some company recently released. Get over it, it’s a phone.