HaniTainment: April 2005

Please File this under Awesome! Darth Vader's Blog!!!

Yes, the 2nd most evil man in the Star Wars Universe has a blog! Can Emperor Palapatine's be far behind? If Jar Jar starts blogging though, you can just shoot me now! Read Darth's blog at The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster

Duck everybody, That Burrito is about to explode!

Needless to say, the cops were called in and the school evacuated. Close call, you don't want kids farting in the halls! Read more at ABC News: School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon

Zak and The Green Shoes

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Them's some comfy shoes.

Nuclear Desktop Fusion! Can laptop fusion be far behind?

Ah physics! It's deep, hard to understand, and at a core level, intersects with philosophy coming in from the opposite direction. This article is relatively simple as far as physics though! Fusion is becoming more and more viable as new research and experiments continue to show. Read more at New Scientist Breaking News - Desktop nuclear fusion demonstrated

Hey! Reading your e-mail makes you stupid!

For some of us (Hey, you know I'm talking about you!) we can't afford to lose what intelligence we have left! Also, you become less stupid if you smoke pot than excessively reading your email! Go figure! Read more at Eric Mack On-Line - www.EricMackOnline.com

Live Dispatches from Everest 2005

Just another example of the internet as a wonderful place! These guys are calling in regularly from their expedition to climb the greatest mountain of all: Everest! Read or listen at Everest 2005 on GreatOutdoors.com Dispatch39 - GreatOutdoors.com

Behold the Power of Cheese!

Need a morphine fix and you're all out? Hey have some cheese! It's not just as addictive as morphine, it almost is morphine! Read more at Ananova - Cheese 'can be as addictive as morphine'

Star Wars:Revelations a stinky cheese

This is not to say that stinky cheese is bad. There are many excellent stinky cheeses out there as many cheesaholics will attest! And this short film is exactly like that. You have to be a Star Wars-aholic to really enjoy this ripe piece of work. I'll say this: The FX was pretty good, and when you factor in that it was done on less than $17K, then, well then the FX was unbelievable! And the plot was tight, moving along at a good clip. Once again though, you had to be a hard core fan to track all that was going on. Still very good, very tight never a slow moment paced movie.

Now for the bad. The acting was awful. Honestly gentle reader, it was porn flick bad. With shrugs, pouts, over acting, under acting, you name it! If it could have made the acting worse, then it was in there. It was so bad, it was funny. Hence the high cheese factor! Boy did it stink!

Still, for a hardcore fan, it was awesome! Really enjoyable, really fun shlock is my final verdict. I rate it a 6.5 out of 10! A 7.5 for diehards!

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Star Wars Fan Film "Star Wars:Revelations" released!

A 40 minute fan film created in the Star Wars universe was released this month to much fanfare (get it? fan fare!). I'm downloading the 250 MB Quicktime file as we speak, and fear not faithful reader, a review will be available in short order!

And yet, I can't help but think it will be better than the trash GL has been throwing at us in Episodes I and II. What a disappointment those films were and what a let down after the first trilogy that raised our expectations so high! And yes, I'm still going to see Episode III when it comes out, but probably not on opening day.

Anyway, back to Revelations, this kind of stuff is exciting because it's a Hollywood style big budget FX extravaganza that was done on less than $17K! But even better than that, you have to give GL kudos for allowing fans to participate in the myth he created and expand upon it for the enjoyment of all. Viacom could learn a lesson here since all they've done is strangle and choke the life out of Star Trek to the detriment of the franchise and the license. You go George! And you go Panic Studios! And we go Fans! Download and watch the movie at PANIC STRUCK PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS .. STAR WARS REVELATIONS - download the movie here

Brooklyn's Very Own Cake Man (and NO, that's not his title, that's his name!)

I like cake. This cake though should not be eaten cuz its a work of art! Apparently, Mr. Cake Man Raven produces outlandish, over-the-top cake creations for celebs such as Mary J Blige, Rev Al Sharpton, et al. And it don't just look purty either. There is a symbolic meaning to the person the cake is being created for. I quote:

For the Rev. Al Sharpton, he once made a model of the Bible turned to Timothy 2:15 ("Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved")

Very cheeky Mr. Cake. Very cheeky indeed. Link to NY Times Article here. A link to Mr. Raven's website. Via Boing Boing: Brooklyn cake master's supremely funky creations

Yay! The Talmud on my iPod!

Because I would rather study the Talmud than listen to Radiohead! uh-huh. Via Boing Boing: Talmudic iPod

S is for School - A school of Barracuda!

One of the cooler images to be found on the web. Taken by Ken Howard, an underwater photo diver. Pretty cool! Or is that pretty and cool? Either way, feel free to browse the other photos Ken took at NCUPS Featured Photographer Ken Howard - "Barracuda School"

Cool Stuff you can do with HTML. eg: Lilypie.com

Some really cool stuff is being done in HTML (web code) these days. Among the least cool (but very high cool for me) is the ability to embed in one website dynamic graphics from another website. For example, notice the pregnancy timeline for the twins at the top of this page. This graphic will change daily and will countdown to "The Day!". Pretty cool stuff and very easy to implement. Simply go to Lilipie.com, click on some options and the code is automagically generated for you. Simply embed code into your very own webpage (preferably the template) and tada! a timeline on your website. Ubercool! Check it out at: Lilypie : Free baby days : v2.0

Baby Mommy!

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Hey! There's 3 people in this picture! See more pictures of Debbie here ....

Jetsons Aircar here today!

This is the kind of stuff that makes me salivate!!! A real honest to goodness aircar! It will be featured on CBS' 60 Minutes this Sunday too! (Uh OH! Does that make it a hoax?) Check it out at Its a Bird, Its a PlaneIts Skycar

The JFK Mystery solved

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How hilarious? I couldn't help it, I had to blog this. Found while surfing, full credit goes to someone with too much time on their hands (I should talk!).

AAAAAAAGH!

Is there anything more annoying than continuosly updating and patching your operating system AKA MS Windows? JC Microsoft, can't you just write software that won't rape your customers? God! It's so effin irritating. It's enough to make me consider going over to Steve Jobs Land AKA Apple! Eight more security updates! EIGHT!!!! IN ONE DAY! I've had it up to here (picture hand at forehead height)! Read more at The Washington Post: The Fix is In: Eight New Security Updates for Windows

Feet! :)

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L Train has no conductor

This is news? Riders of the L Train have known for years that it is driven as if there is no one behind the wheel! Apparently, the MTA is piloting an automated train service that will run without conductors. The hope is that more trains will run more frequently with less error. A quote from the article:

L-line trains will run without conductors, except in emergencies, coasting along at preordained speeds and stopping automatically at stations, a lone train operator in the front car watching the controls.

I for one am curious to see how it turns out. Read more at Wired News: NYC Subway Gets Computer Facelift

A shout out to my beautiful nieces! Aren't they cute? Click here for even more Christina and Sofia cuteness.

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Play 20 questions with an articifical intelligence!

IMHO, it's actually pretty cool. My word was 'lamb' and in 18 questions, it guessed sheep. Pretty darn close but I decided to say "NO! That's wrong, Artificial Intelligence, guess again!", so it did and guessed 'lamb' by question 24! Check it out at 20Q.net

1st PL Panorama

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360 degrees of Hani!

The Philippines :: A photo exhibit

Beautiful photos of the Philippines! Check them out at Per-Andre Hoffmann

Lego DisneyLand

For all of you Lego fans out there (and aren't we all, deep deep down?) here is a Lego reproduction of Disneyland. Check it out at Boing Boing: Lego Disneyland

I only wear organic!

I can see how eating organic can be healthier (and way pricier but whatever), but are there health benefits to wearing organic? A Canadian company now has a line of clothing made out of organic cotton. Can organic hemp be far behind? Read more at MEC Organics: by MetaEfficient

PodCasting is Big

To Josh and Bruner! It's Official! Podcasting is big! Read more at Technology 'Podcasts' Catching on with iPod Owners - Survey | Reuters.com

$100 for 8 (yes! That's eight!) pieces of Chocolate?

If you know me, you know that chocolate is my addiction, but even I have to stop and think before plunking down $12.50 for one truffle! What makes them special? I'm glad you asked! Noka (the manufacturer) is focusing on single origin chocolates. That is to say, a single piece of chocolate will only have cocoa beans from the same specific geographic region. Let me know how the Côte dIvoire tastes, I'm trying the Ecuadorian truffle right now. Read more at Noka Single-Origin Chocolates - Luxist - www.luxist.com