I saw the midnight showing of Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. I'll say up front that I was very pleased. There's no question this is the best of the prequels, and might possibly become my favorite of the entire series. I'll have to see it a few more times and get the DVD to be sure though. I will white-out anything in this article that might be close to a spoiler for Episode III. You'll see SPOILER, and then a bunch of blank space. If you want to read what's there, select the hi...
Ok, tickets for the midnight showing at my local theater for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith went on sale this morning. Prior to today it looked like they had simply already sold out, when reality was they weren't for sale yet! I have my tickets ordered now, so I'll pick them up after work and line up later tonight with all my other fellow geeks. I was bummed when it looked like I wasn't going to be able to get to the midnight showing. I've been to the midnight shows of every...
I'm sure a lot of you have already discovered this, but in case you haven't, you should check out the Darth Vader Blog: http://darthside.blogspot.com (The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster) The thing is an absolute riot. It's a half comedy half philosophy journal covering Star Wars A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi from the perspective of Darth Vader. I highly recommend it to everyone, regardless of whether or not you like Star Wars, this is just funny and excelle...
Match.com, eHarmony.com, FriendFinder.com... the list goes on and on and on. All of them are billed as sites to meet the love of your life. They make you answer a million and one odd questions, fill out a dozen info boxes about yourself, ask you to upload a picture, and then fork over a nice sum of cash to actually DO anything with the site. The sites try and match people on any number of different criteria and categories... but one thing none of them do is let you filter based on certai...
Since the close of World War II, we have lived under varying degrees of fear regarding the possibility of a Nuclear or Biological war, where weapons could wipe out huge chunks of the world's population very quickly. In recent years the fear has shifted from a massive attack from a foreign superpower (i.e. the Soviet Union) to one lunatic dictator just sending off one or two towards places like London, Washington D.C., NYC etc. The nuclear menace has given way largely to the biological one, ...
This is a spin-off from Dharma's article on what your blog means to you. The discussion in the comments strayed more into why people blog at JU, so instead of continuing the digression, I decided to write up why I'm here in a separate article. I've experimented with online journals of one variety or another for probably close on 7 or 8 years now. I've done my own on my personal site, I even did LiveJournal for a while but they all were kinda unfulfilling. I wrote, but no one read any ...
Ok, it's happening, the world is ramping up for the next (and final) installment to the Star Wars series. The hype machine has been ramping up for some time now, but now it's kicking into high-gear with commercials, toys, video games etc... It's impossible to go to a store anywhere now without being bombarded with Episode III goodies. I wonder if McDonalds has a SW themed happy meal or a special "Lava" milkshake. I can get every standard good in a Star Wars flavor practically. Star Wars ...
Yes, I'm posting a "Help me fix it, I'm dumb!" article... yes, it pains me to do so, but so far I've had no luck fixing this problem. My games take forever to initialize and load... well, anything that seems to have anything to do with DirectX does. Everything eventually loads, and when it does load it works perfectly fine, but some games take 5+min to get going. This is a problem that started popping up here and there about 2 weeks ago. Here's all my machine info: WinXP Sp2 (DX 9.0c...
On a nearly daily basis many of us gather here at JU to post articles about whatever is currently on our minds, to argue over current events and politics, or to just post the latest joke etc.. Some of us have made a few friends (and maybe a few enemies) and email or instant message back and forth outside of JU. But as of yet there isn't really a spot for everyone to gather and chat in real time with one another... Until now! This article is to announce that JU has an IRC (Internet Rel...
In 2000 the Democrats ran a decent campaign and the results were very very close. If you discard the recount debacle, they were actually pretty reasonable throughout. In 2004 the Democrats ran a dismal campaign. The entire platform was "We hate Bush!" which while an alright sentiment to hold, it was the entirety of their position, they offered nothing new. They brought in people like Moore and shrill Hollywood types to scream, stomp and gnash teeth. Bush won largely because the Democr...
All the time we wish we could go back and do something over, say something different or act differently given what you know now that you didn't know then. Most people feel they would do MUCH better in life if they could just take the knowledge and experience they have now and give to themselves at some earlier point in their lives. Typically it's when they started College, that seems to be the magical cut-off or age they wish they could impart knowledge and wisdom to. So, if you went...
This is inspired partially by Dr. Guy's revived thread on the 5yr old who was arrested for becoming violent and assaulting a teacher and administrator and how the parent plans to sue the school for setting her baby up. Link I was one of those children you hope you don't end up having. Until I was about 12 or 13, I was horribly violent. I could fly off the handle and go into an incoherent rage at the drop of a hat and inflict serious damage on anyone or anything around me. In presc...
On Monday, I turn 23. Nothing special about the age really, I've passed most of the big milestones for age already (16 - Driving, 18 - Porn, Smoking and Voting, 21 - Drinking) so there isn't some new doorway being opened to me like before. At 25 I'll get cheaper car insurance and be able to rent a car, and at 35 I can run for President of the United States. One isn't that exciting, the other not really a possibility. I'm not one to celebrate birthdays really, I typically like to let the...
Part 2 - Readjusting to the MacOS Interface Welcome back! This is the second part in a five part series examining the Macintosh to see whether it has come far enough to seriously entice PC users to jump the fence and try living the Steve Jobs way. Part 1 was meant to establish a bit of background so you know where I'm coming from in these articles. Essentially I started on Macs, made the jump to PCs in 1996 and have just recently returned to the Mac fold so-to-speak. This segment wil...
Wow, I mean... WOW... We've reached a level of hatred and animosity that I think surpasses even what we had during the elections last fall. It seems like the past few days have been completely dominated by spite and venom filled posts where everyone is attacking everyone else. From my own article on JU Libs, to the rash of responses to Myrrs Sad Conservatives article, the anger and animosity is just building and building. It seems like little else is being discussed here at the moment,...