Thursday, May 26, 2005
Milan Pool-ed!
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
In the end, the Reds did take up their beds and walked.
How they walked.
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
In the end, the Reds did take up their beds and walked.
How they walked.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Some Questions about Force Lightning...
Go suck a lollipop or something if you haven't watched ROTS.
Anyways.
Has anyone wondered how come Vader never mastered Force Lightning? OK so he's just walking around on all 4 stumps (poor kid) and he was pretty emo toward the
end in the operating theatre, using Force Crush on all the objects around him. It is said in the Visual Dictionary that he cannot project Force Lightning after losing his limbs - pretty lame I'd say. He can manipulate the force with his stumps but not lightning? Preposterous! A badass like him with 80% of the Emperor's powers (post Mustafar) can't even shoot a lightning bolt? :( If a pansy Dooku could have it in AOTC why not Vader?
Heck being the master engineer that he is, he could've had the decency to create some Lightning Claws for his personal sadistic pleasure...
Go suck a lollipop or something if you haven't watched ROTS.
Anyways.
Has anyone wondered how come Vader never mastered Force Lightning? OK so he's just walking around on all 4 stumps (poor kid) and he was pretty emo toward the
end in the operating theatre, using Force Crush on all the objects around him. It is said in the Visual Dictionary that he cannot project Force Lightning after losing his limbs - pretty lame I'd say. He can manipulate the force with his stumps but not lightning? Preposterous! A badass like him with 80% of the Emperor's powers (post Mustafar) can't even shoot a lightning bolt? :( If a pansy Dooku could have it in AOTC why not Vader?
Heck being the master engineer that he is, he could've had the decency to create some Lightning Claws for his personal sadistic pleasure...
Monday, May 16, 2005
PING-ed
I ping. You ping. She pings. He Pings. We ping. They ping. Everyone pings.
Its got me wondering. All this "blog" stuff. Writing for myself or for others to read. A place to vent my frustrations, etc. Seriously. Why blog?
There is always a mold to break out of. Some people treat their blog as their hobby, an alternative to gardening or cross-stitch. This is why the hours they put in their blog is proportionate to the hits they get most of the time. Sooner or later, everyone writes for the audience. Its the inescapable route. Soemthing akin to Anakin who could never escape the slide down to the Dark Side.
If I had parodized (is there even such a word) an article, i.e. the MP3-cum-lightsaber article below and posted under the moniker of the more established blogs out there, no doubt there would be a greater response.
Maybe its a social engineering experiment for me to try out. Who knows? At the end of the day, I realise that I have no love for blogging. I just can't bring myself to even think of what to write. Its just there for the sake of being there, without any purpose.
All I know is I'm gonna watch Anakin on the 18th and 22nd this month...its amazing how none of the Jedi didn't bother to use Force Crush on General Grievous (imagine introducing himself, "Hi, I'm GG, and I 0wnz j00!") with the notable exception of Master Windu. Whir would've made short work of him, dispensing the coup-de-grace murmuring "GG!" at the end of a 15 minute duel.
I ping. You ping. She pings. He Pings. We ping. They ping. Everyone pings.
Its got me wondering. All this "blog" stuff. Writing for myself or for others to read. A place to vent my frustrations, etc. Seriously. Why blog?
There is always a mold to break out of. Some people treat their blog as their hobby, an alternative to gardening or cross-stitch. This is why the hours they put in their blog is proportionate to the hits they get most of the time. Sooner or later, everyone writes for the audience. Its the inescapable route. Soemthing akin to Anakin who could never escape the slide down to the Dark Side.
If I had parodized (is there even such a word) an article, i.e. the MP3-cum-lightsaber article below and posted under the moniker of the more established blogs out there, no doubt there would be a greater response.
Maybe its a social engineering experiment for me to try out. Who knows? At the end of the day, I realise that I have no love for blogging. I just can't bring myself to even think of what to write. Its just there for the sake of being there, without any purpose.
All I know is I'm gonna watch Anakin on the 18th and 22nd this month...its amazing how none of the Jedi didn't bother to use Force Crush on General Grievous (imagine introducing himself, "Hi, I'm GG, and I 0wnz j00!") with the notable exception of Master Windu. Whir would've made short work of him, dispensing the coup-de-grace murmuring "GG!" at the end of a 15 minute duel.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
The Force is Strong in this One
Lightsabers. It is a weapon only Force adept life forms can wield with deadly accuracy and precision. Watching it in action is akin to witnessing a graceful dancer take to the floor, immersing you in an almost mythical experience. Best known for hacking down insidious practitioners of the Dark Side and greedy bounty hunters, there are other uses for this elegant weapon. Let us take a look at the latest offering from Owned Inc® - a lightsaber constructed in the traditional method, yet steeped with the latest technological innovations. Mind you, this is no Jedi Mind Trick.
Beneath the cold metal exterior, there are intricate electronics wired amidst the finest crystals from planet Ilum. What makes these beauties complete the Jedi lifestyle are fine-tuned enhancements that separates the Masters from the Knights. It has a built in MP3 player with 5GB of flash memory - enough to satisfy your audio cravings while making the Kessel run. There is a LCD display along the handle of the lightsaber to provide you with basic details of the current song playing. Navigation of the MP3 player can be performed by pushing the buttons located at the base of the hilt. It takes quite a while to get used to it, but once enough time is invested in learning where the appropriate buttons are, you will be busy going through your playlist without a hitch. Granted, the location of the buttons are a rather alien (no pun intended) concept to me, but it does grow on you after the familiarisation process.
Sound quality is excellent, with a 25W RMS speaker located at the hilt. Capable of challenging the best boomboxes in the galaxy, you can also purchase the high end Force-enhanced version, where manipulating the Force into the circuitry will grant you another ear-splitting 25W RMS. For those with a diplomatic Jedi slant, fret not. This masterpiece comes complete with a headphone jack should you require a dose of Mos Eisley Cantina’s house band while browsing through the Jedi Archives.
Located slightly above the base of the hilt are a couple of USB 2.0 ports. You can transfer data through the use of these ports - very handy when it comes to updating your droid with the latest BIOS. The flash memory also doubles up as a portable hard disk - thus ensuring that I have my important galactic documents with me at all times. This lightsaber is compatible only with mainframes running on Windu 2000/XP systems - so make sure you get a legitimate copy of either operating systems from the nearest Jedi outpost. Kaminoan copies are known to cause unexplained crashes to computers running it.
Aside from aesthetic reasons, the marked grooves at the hilt provide a Push-to-Talk (PTT) function. Just rotate the hilt by using the grooves in order to select the various features PTT functions. Depending on your galactic carrier, you can choose between One-to-One calls or engage yourself in a group call. The LCD will display the current option selected, and will change to correspond with the function selected through rotation of the hilt. Reception is crystal clear, but you might face a few hiccups when you venture too far into the Outer Rims. There is also a voice recording option for you to choose from, where you can now pretend to pay attention during boring “Force Push” classes and refer to the recording when you undergo your Jedi Trials.
With MP3 and 64 polyphonic ringtones to choose from, you will be spoilt for choice when it comes to customising your lightsaber. Volume can be adjusted accordingly using the volume control button, while silent mode is automatically turned whenever the volume reaches 0. Great for discreet usage in quiet environments. Needless to say, the vibration motor kicks in whenever Silent mode is engaged.
The microphone is sensitive enough to pick up the smallest vibration, so shouting across the room is not necessary. Carefully crafted just below the power button, this is hands free talking at its best. Great for transmitting your conversation in real time to the Jedi High Council during perilous negotiations without being noticed, as the lightsaber is easily concealed under the humble Jedi robe.
I have been using this beauty for the past month and the pain of separating from it is too much to bear. I must control myself, for Master Obi Wan might pick up these forbidden feelings in me and subject me to another torturous 100 hours of cleaning up the Bantha stalls. Owned Inc® have ensured that manufacturing standards of the highest degree were followed in producing these highly recommended masterpieces.
Buy or buy not, there is no try.
.
Lightsabers. It is a weapon only Force adept life forms can wield with deadly accuracy and precision. Watching it in action is akin to witnessing a graceful dancer take to the floor, immersing you in an almost mythical experience. Best known for hacking down insidious practitioners of the Dark Side and greedy bounty hunters, there are other uses for this elegant weapon. Let us take a look at the latest offering from Owned Inc® - a lightsaber constructed in the traditional method, yet steeped with the latest technological innovations. Mind you, this is no Jedi Mind Trick.
Beneath the cold metal exterior, there are intricate electronics wired amidst the finest crystals from planet Ilum. What makes these beauties complete the Jedi lifestyle are fine-tuned enhancements that separates the Masters from the Knights. It has a built in MP3 player with 5GB of flash memory - enough to satisfy your audio cravings while making the Kessel run. There is a LCD display along the handle of the lightsaber to provide you with basic details of the current song playing. Navigation of the MP3 player can be performed by pushing the buttons located at the base of the hilt. It takes quite a while to get used to it, but once enough time is invested in learning where the appropriate buttons are, you will be busy going through your playlist without a hitch. Granted, the location of the buttons are a rather alien (no pun intended) concept to me, but it does grow on you after the familiarisation process.
Sound quality is excellent, with a 25W RMS speaker located at the hilt. Capable of challenging the best boomboxes in the galaxy, you can also purchase the high end Force-enhanced version, where manipulating the Force into the circuitry will grant you another ear-splitting 25W RMS. For those with a diplomatic Jedi slant, fret not. This masterpiece comes complete with a headphone jack should you require a dose of Mos Eisley Cantina’s house band while browsing through the Jedi Archives.
Located slightly above the base of the hilt are a couple of USB 2.0 ports. You can transfer data through the use of these ports - very handy when it comes to updating your droid with the latest BIOS. The flash memory also doubles up as a portable hard disk - thus ensuring that I have my important galactic documents with me at all times. This lightsaber is compatible only with mainframes running on Windu 2000/XP systems - so make sure you get a legitimate copy of either operating systems from the nearest Jedi outpost. Kaminoan copies are known to cause unexplained crashes to computers running it.
Aside from aesthetic reasons, the marked grooves at the hilt provide a Push-to-Talk (PTT) function. Just rotate the hilt by using the grooves in order to select the various features PTT functions. Depending on your galactic carrier, you can choose between One-to-One calls or engage yourself in a group call. The LCD will display the current option selected, and will change to correspond with the function selected through rotation of the hilt. Reception is crystal clear, but you might face a few hiccups when you venture too far into the Outer Rims. There is also a voice recording option for you to choose from, where you can now pretend to pay attention during boring “Force Push” classes and refer to the recording when you undergo your Jedi Trials.
With MP3 and 64 polyphonic ringtones to choose from, you will be spoilt for choice when it comes to customising your lightsaber. Volume can be adjusted accordingly using the volume control button, while silent mode is automatically turned whenever the volume reaches 0. Great for discreet usage in quiet environments. Needless to say, the vibration motor kicks in whenever Silent mode is engaged.
The microphone is sensitive enough to pick up the smallest vibration, so shouting across the room is not necessary. Carefully crafted just below the power button, this is hands free talking at its best. Great for transmitting your conversation in real time to the Jedi High Council during perilous negotiations without being noticed, as the lightsaber is easily concealed under the humble Jedi robe.
I have been using this beauty for the past month and the pain of separating from it is too much to bear. I must control myself, for Master Obi Wan might pick up these forbidden feelings in me and subject me to another torturous 100 hours of cleaning up the Bantha stalls. Owned Inc® have ensured that manufacturing standards of the highest degree were followed in producing these highly recommended masterpieces.
Buy or buy not, there is no try.
.
