Amerykah has turned a corner and we should all turn with it. I have thoughts ideas and suggestions but I also have patience and desire for us to be whole and one. I have been speaking a lot lately of the human condition and the generations of Black Americans. i will entertain any and all conversation as long as we can be respectful and grown up. Let the healing begin......
Rhea Jeong's "void" turntable concept uses what would have to be incredibly strong and precise magnet control to levitate a record above its base. That little red ball on top of the vinyl is actually the needle. We're not sure how the music would be outputted—would there be a transmitter in the red sphere? It's probably not worth worrying about that kind of minor issue as we're pretty sure the entire idea is impossible, but it's also creative and great to look at, and would almost certainly blow your parents' minds.
German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems have embedded a head-mounted microdisplay into a pair of glasses—allowing the user to access and manipulate data with simple eye movements.
I can't wait for this is this not the coolest thing????
I like kids, or better yet I like well behaved kids. Of course with all the liberal laws preventing spankings and parents wanting to be their kids best friend, well behaved kids are far and few between. While in truth I don’t agree with this device cause I think parents put a lot of fear on their kids when dealing with doctors and such, I do like this device for any little bad asses who might come by my house and I can’t put my hands around their neck for not behaving.
“This device, called the PediSedate, was invented to calm kids down before a scary medical procedure. The helmet connects to a GameBoy that the child can play while a mouthpiece slowly blows nitrous oxide gas into the child's face.
Invented by a doctor who had seen far too many kids freak out before medical and dental procedures, the PediSedate is intended as a medical tool. But I wonder whether it will suffer from the same prescription creep that Ritalin did, and start finding its way into classrooms where kids "get scared" before school.”
Again science gone to far. You start strapping this on kids, how long before adults are next, and then it becomes mandatory to mental patients and the old in retirement homes. Are science is way faster than our morality.
Part of the Emotionalize Your Light competition, the Perfekt Desk is a prototype desk-slash-lamp workstation, trimmed with LEDs that change colors in order to reflect your mood. The desk includes a ceiling fixture, made up of 16 1W standard light bulbs mounted onto a square aluminum tube, and cold cathode fluorescent lamps for the lights surrounding the desk. As the creator is currently working on a computer that'll control the lights to change into different hues of the rainbow, the current mood lighting is controlled using switches, and only produces red, green and blue glows.
Seems like I am full of questions today. So I have to ask myself if I am becoming that which I promised I would never be a grumpy old geek. Anyone over 30 knows what I mean by this, we promised we would not be like our parents, we would not tell our children to turn that music down, we would not say things like “all that moving around is making me tired sit still”, we would not predict the end of the world because they were not doing it like we did it (whatever it was) and we would not judge their media outlets as crap and wish for the old days.
But more and more everyday I find myself doing all those things, especially the last one. In the past few years there has been a new trend on an old street. Remaking, reimagining, ret conning, and revamping my movies and television shows.
To their credit sometimes the “re ing” of the show is really really good. But most of the time it has resulted in an expression of “Why?”
So today during my news hunting I went to one of my favorite geek pages “Sci-Fi wire” where I read a story about the upcoming remake of “Clash of the Titans”. Now truth be told I did not just find out about this remake, but with the amount of geek knowledge I posses some things, especially those that are upsetting, don’t get retained. So the piece goes on about the monsters that will be featured in the remake of the 1981 classic.
It also talks (reads) a little bit about the new Persues and how he was approaching the role. Now here is my issue, other than being grumpy and old, “Clash” is a great movie for it’s time in fact it was the 11th highest grossing movie in 1981 so clearly folks liked it. Mythology is vast and huge, if you want to do something why not continue the story, tell a new chapter, it just seems like Hollywood is full of people right now screaming “Oh I can do that but like fifty times better!”
Well I don’t want you to do it better; I want you to do your own. Hey are Titans after all, can’t they clash more than once? Leave my Coco cola alone, I don’t want your new coke (which tastes like Pepsi). “I don’t want more choices I just want nicer things!” Poor Harry Hamlin has gone from being Persues to being the old Persues. Maggie Smith and Burgess Meredith all but forgotten.
Ok grump over…you may continue remaking my greats into just oks!
Number 5 was “Goldar” of Ambassador Magma known in America as Space Giants. One of the first transformers ever, “Goldar" could change from human form to rocket, he could fire energy blast and finger rockets and had a long flowing mane of golden hair. Plus he went home to his wife “Silvar” every night, though I did wonder how him being a giant and her being regular size produced their son “Gam”
Number 4 is a tie with the “Man” brothers Ultra and Spectre (not actually related). Like “Goldar” these imports from Japan dominated the airwaves of my youth and the monsters that appeared every day. Ultraman had a cool ass theme but Spectreman had Dr. Gori the humanoid ultra intelligent Gorilla with the platinum hair and the hand motions.
Number 3 is not a sentient robot in itself but is controlled by a whole host of people. The SDF-1 (Super Dimensional Fortress) from Robotech. Home to a whole portion if the human race trying to find their way home, the SDF-1 is converted from ship to robot mode in order to defend all its refugee’s onboard.
Number 2 is my favorite Transformer that Diva of the sky Starscream. He was conniving and backstabbing and hungry for power and was probably one of the most human of all the Cybertronians.
Number 1 is my main man The Big O. No not Oprah, the actual Adult Swim star Big O and his pilot Roger Smith. It is like Batman meets Johnny Soko.
I have to give honorable mention to Mighty Orbots who only made one season but I loved it!
I like video games. I mean I had an Atari 2600 and all the subsequent generation of video games. I mean at some point in my life I too had Pac-Man fever. However as with all things people can take things to far. On and Off I like to play a MMORPG called City of Heroes. MMORPG stands for Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. Basically all those strange kids you saw in some dark corner playing dungeons and dragons back in the day have taken the show online. I will also admit that not only was I one of those strange kids back then, I have lost many an hour, ok honestly I have looked up and 12 hours have gone by, but I did realize that was a once in awhile indulgence.
This however is too much geek even for me. Students at MIT have created a hut in tribute to the most popular MMORPG on the market right now, World of Warcraft. This hut comes with an integrated computer system with surround sound, a water supply, a hot plate, and the chair doubles as a toilet. Yeah you read right, a toilet. I don’t think I have ever been so involved in any game that I could not stop for a potty break, in fact in the language that exist in MMORPG dom there exist the very short term “bio”. Which basically means you’re taking a biological break and will be back as soon as possible. Looks like a computerized outhouse to me, is that not how Terminator was suppose to start?
This is SOOOOOOO cool. For people who work from home and have little self control (pointing at myself) the office pod is perfect for you. Oh and it is also green.
Creating a home office greatly reduces your work carbon footprint by eliminating greenhouse gases created during travel and commuting. The 2.1m x 2.1m British OfficePOD is an inventive design that allows workers to have a home office without all the associated high construction costs.
Easy to install in your garden or larger property, the self-contained OfficePOD (except for power generation and toilet) does not require planning permission in most locations and the modular design means speedy installation. Perhaps best of all, being an OfficePOD employee means there is an estimated 46% to 67% reduction of CO2 emissions versus a traditional office employee’s work-related carbon footprint.
The POD offers a desk space, shelves, connection for telephone and internet; and each POD corner office has its own window. The OfficePOD will be available in January 2010.
Seth McFarlane was born and raised in Kent, Connecticut October 26, 1973. He is best known as the creator of the television phenomenon Family Guy.
Seth McFarlane is one of the ultimate fan boys. As with most he was a class clown whose comedy was not appreciated by his teachers. He graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and his first job was with Hanna Barbera. At H.B. he worked on many Cartoon Network shows as an animator and writer. His work there led to the beginning of the building of his empire starting with Family Guy, for which he provides several of the voices, and currently working on the spin off, The Cleveland Show. As of a deal he currently made with FOX Seth is the highest paid television writer in the world.
So Seth McFarlane., please accept this invitation to the Dinner party of the year. Your opinion, your diversity, and your geekiness are more than welcome!
E.J. Flavors (yes that is his real last name) was born and raised in Westbury, NY July 16, 1967. He is one of a growing number of music fans and computer geeks who have combined their resources to become internet DJ’s
E.J. Flavors is many things a preemie, a Virgo in a Cancer’s body, a drummer and a junkie. His drugs of choice are gadgets and music and usually they can interact with each other. Now I like music a lot, and I use to think I knew something about music until I met E.J. I have no idea how he keeps all that music knowledge along with the knowledge of his collection stuffed in his brain. I also admire him for being on the forefront of theE.J. makes geekdom look cool.
So E.J. Flavors., please accept this invitation to the Dinner party of the year. Your opinion, your diversity, and your geekiness are more than welcome!
"I don’t feel I have done anything that is idol worthy but I learned a long time ago that it is the little everyday things you do that people notice, so be the best you you can be." DJ
"If you don't tell your story someone else might, and they may not tell it as well" The Monkey
"Let he who is without dogshit on his sneaker, take the first step on the white rug!" Whoopi Goldberg
