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Remember the movie Eagle Eye, about an "entity" (not to spoil it for anyone who didn't see the movie) that could detect where you are at all times? Thanks to Yahoo's Fire Eagle, you can now voluntarily give up that information. Fire Eagle is by no means the first location-based service, but it caught my attention because of today's announcement that there's a Facebook application for it. I think I'll hold off on using that one.
In other Big Brother news, people can now determine what you're typing without being near you.
You gotta love technology!
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I've watched a whopping three at-bats of the World Baseball Classic. The first at-bat was on Saturday during a game between Puerto Rico and Panama. Pudge Rodriguez was at the plate and whacked a home run. I turned my attention to something else and then saw another batter hit a long double that hit the top of the fence. After that, the kids yelled for me, and I had to go. On Sunday, I was flipping channels and caught another game. The batter promptly hit a home run before I had to go again.
That's three batters, three hits. Two of them home runs and one almost was. I think it's time to hire my services out to any team that wants to win this tournament! |
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I didn't know it, but there is such a thing as the study of kissing, and it has a name -- philematology. That's just one of the facts I learned from a story in our local paper today: Puckering up now just lip service?
Also:
- "At the moment of the kiss, there are hardwired mechanisms that assess health, reproductive status and genetic compatibility" -- as if a first kiss wasn't enough pressure already!
- "About two-thirds of all humans, male and female, tilt their heads to the right when kissing, whether they are left- or right-handed." -- check
- Your earlobes swell when you kiss??
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The Onion has some pretty funny videos. Here's a recent one that I had to share. :-)
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Now that A-Rod is the latest baseball celebrity to confess to using performance enhancing drugs, I wonder when Barry Bonds will finally stop denying he knowingly took the stuff. Everyday that he doesn't, Bonds just looks dumber and dumber. Hey, Barry, we know you all took steroids, especially you. If you, as a trained athlete, can't tell that something fishy was going on when you put on pounds of muscle in a couple of years at an age when you should be losing muscle mass, then you are the dumbest athlete to ever walk the earth.
Bonds may feel that he's dug himself too deep a hole by denying taking anything for years, but I think A-Rod's admission gives him a window of opportunity to do the same. Be smart and take it, Barry.
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Never had the time or stomach to watch Alien? Didn't want to shell out $10 for Superbad? Now you can see a 30-second re-enactment -- performed by bunnies, no less! -- at Angry Alien Productions. I have to admit, watching the parodies of movies I've seen was much more entertaining than the ones I hadn't.
Feb. 8th, 2009 @ 02:14 pm
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'Immortal' jellyfish swarming across the world
File this under good news/bad news.
Good news - there could really be a fountain of youth
Bad news - we could be overrun by jellyfish first
Jan. 30th, 2009 @ 07:27 am
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If last Wednesday's back-to-back season premiere is any indication, season 5 of "Lost" will continue to kick butt!
Some thoughts:- I loved Hurley's 30-second explanation of everything that's happened on the show
- Is Mrs. Hawkings really Faraday's mother? What roles do she and Faraday play in all this?
- If the island can travel through space and time, that explains a lot of things we've seen, like the Black Rock ending up in the middle of the island
- I expect that some historical events attributed to the Others were actually perpetrated by the survivors as they skip through time
- I predict that "Adam and Eve", the two bodies they found in the cave in season 1 (?) are bodies of two of the survivors
- I forgot, why is Kate so afraid of people finding out that Aaron isn't her child? Was being a mother the reason she stayed out of prison upon her return to civilization?
I can't wait until next Wednesday!
On the other hand, this week's episode of BSG left a bad taste in my mouth. Once again, the show is deteriorating to the state where I don't care if the humans survive or not. When the going gets tough, why do the worst traits surface among the surviving humans?
In many ways, Lost and BSG are similar shows. They both have large casts and their share of mysteries. (BSG had the search for Earth, the identity of the final Cylon(s), the meaning of the dream about Hera, and Starbuck's destiny. The mysteries surrounding Lost are too numerous to list.) And both shows focus more on the characters than the mysteries. Yet, Lost has a way of keeping the viewers captivated and caring about the characters, even those who we aren't supposed to like. Remember when we thought Jin was a jerk in season 1? I would even miss Ben if he died. But on BSG, there are some characters I don't care about, never have, and wouldn't care if they were gone. Gaeta, Zerek, and even Baltar come to mind. I think BSG is well written and well acted, but their characters are one-dimensional compared to Lost's. I hope they turn it around in the next 8 episodes. I'm starting to root for the Cylons again.
Jan. 24th, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
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Battlestar Galactica is back! If you haven't watched last Friday's episode, stop reading now because there are major spoilers to follow.
( Thoughts on the episode... )
Jan. 19th, 2009 @ 06:38 am
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Last night, Florida and Oklahoma played for the BCS national championship. Unfortunately, the team most deserving of the top ranking wasn't involved, and that's the Utah Utes. Here are my arguments for Utah being the #1 team in the country.
- They're undefeated. If Florida or USC was the only undefeated team left at the end of the season, no one would question their worthiness to be ranked #1. Why should Utah be treated differently?
- People question their schedule because they played in a supposedly weak conference. Well, they played against three ranked teams (including former #1 Alabama), as well as Oregon State, who beat USC.
- Speaking of USC and Florida, if you look at common opponents, Utah wins in those departments too. Utah beat Oregon State, and Oregon State beat USC. Utah and Florida had Alabama in common, and they are the only two schools to beat Alabama this season. Utah dominated Alabama in the Sugar Bowl far more than Florida did in the SEC championship game.
Congratulations to the Gators for beating the Sooners, and it's nice that Utah is #2, but It's a shame that there's no way for Utah to prove itself on the field.
Jan. 9th, 2009 @ 08:08 am
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