Subtitle: Durn Proud to be Canuck
Ok, I actually mounted the flag Saturday. It’ll stay up until Labour Day. Same drill every year: Flag goes up the weekend before Canada Day, and comes down on Labour Day.
Ok, I’m a Canuck, so I don’t really have a horse in the race as far as the upcoming American election is concerned.
But this is a damn funny video.
Subtitle: Yes, I have way too much time and spare parts…
Now, you might think that, given the order of posts, the following project was inspired by the Conan Night I held last weekend, but the two are fairly unrelated. Actually, the inspiration for the following project came during the winter when I started to set aside some heat sinks from old PII Slot 1 processors, just because I thought they were a neat and nasty looking piece of industrial design. See for yourself:
Pentium II Slot 1 Processor and Heatsink Read the rest of this entry »
Subtitle: A Little Backyard Guerrilla Theatre
A few weeks back a friend and I got to talking about old movies we loved when we were kids. Eventually, the conversation turned to Conan the Barbarian, which I have in my video collection. One thing led to another, and I decided to do a bit of guerrilla theatre in my backyard. Here’s the email I sent to a couple of friends: Read the rest of this entry »
Subtitle: Taking out the Christmas Blahs on some Defenseless Monitors.
This video actually was taken on three different occasions over the past couple of weeks since I posted the last video. This time, we take out some monitors.
As a result of viewer feedback from the last video, we shot a couple of specific sequences.
First, we made use of the forklift, based on an e-mailed request from a friend - there you go Danny, are you happy now? No? Oh, that’s right. You’re a Doom Cookie. Happy isn’t your thing. Read the rest of this entry »
Subtitle: Linux Will Conquer All
The first time I used a computer was back in the late 70’s. My dad used to take me with him to his office if he had to work a few hours on a Saturday (I think to get me out of my mom’s hair). He’d plunk me down in front of one of the terminals, get an ASCII game of 21 going (great entertainment for an 8 year old), and then wander into his office to do whatever the heck it was he had to do. Read the rest of this entry »
Subtitle: Breaking Stuff for Fun and Video
So, I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it here, but I changed jobs yet again a couple of months ago. I’m working at a “Technology Re-Marketing Company” now. Basically, we collect old, surplus tech from large companies, refurbish and sell what we can, the rest we sell to recyclers for various rates depending on the scrap value of the components.
Friday was a “slack” day, and we got a little bored. So a co-worker and I pulled out my digi-cam and got creative. Here’s the video:
Just caught this on Wired.
Apparently, Futurama went back into production in 2005 and 16 new episodes have been created and are slated to be released on DVD today. Then, the episodes are set to air on Comedy central sometime next year.
By the time it airs on Comedy Central, it will be almost 6 years since the show was cancelled on Fox, but we’ll finally get a 5th season. That show should have never been cancelled.
All Hail Bender! The Robot Freedom Alliance supports Bender for President! Only this time, no stinkin’ Nixon head on a Bender body. We want an all Bender presidency.
Subtitle: Now THESE Guys Have Way Too Much Time On Their Hands.
Hmmm… Looks like I completely skipped September, as far as posting here. Oh Well.
Anyway, some Ubergeeks in California have built a 21 Foot scale model of an X-Wing. Which wouldn’t be that big of a deal, really, because lots of geeks have built largish scale models of this venerable Rebel Fighter.
The big deal here is that they built it with the intent of actually flying it (unmanned). They’re going to cram four M-Class Rocket Engines into it, and plan on launching it on October 10th. The’ve even added an electrical motor and gearing system so they can change the position of the wings in mid flight. (I’m not sure if they’re planning on going from the closed “cruising position” to the open “attack position” or vice versa.)
Here’s a pic of the team beside their oh-so beautiful creation. Click on the pick to follow through to an article and interview on Gizmodo.
Subtitle: The Ultimate Urban Assualt Vehicle.
I dunno, maybe it’s just because after over 2 years of working nights and now I suddenly find myself dealing with rush hour traffic again, but I really, really, want one of these. God bless the US military industrial complex for coming up with newer and better ways to off each other. (err, I hope you get the sarcasm intended from that last sentence).
Anyway, cue the video: