Month: October 2008

Thunder Thunder Thunder Thundercats HO!

So Lorene got the DVD box set of Thundercats while a bunch of YDMers and 20+s were in Miri, Malaysia and we ended up watching it. Below are a few of the quotes in the first couple of episodes

Tygra: Rules are only meaningful if people agree to follow them. Otherwise they’re just words.

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Jaga: Be not hasty in your decisions, Lion-O. Your instincts may be correct, but one does not make decisions by instinct alone. Let the facts weigh heavily on your mind and listen to your peers with caution

Lion-O: I can’t believe I misjudged that Pumm-Ra like I did.
Tygra: First impressions are often wrong. Trust is something that takes time to grow.
Lion-O: And I guess new friends are not as easily made as I thought.

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After hearing that I was pretty much blown away and just wonder how many shows are like that nowadays. I wonder if they have such straight forward and timeless advice. If anybody knows please let me know. Thanks =)

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Johnny Lee Wii Remote Hack

From what Hak 5 Episode 404 with their Multi-Touch Mini to a Wii Remote Hack to get you a multi-touch interactive whiteboard and much more. | Download the video | Project Page
Wii-mote:

  • 1024×768 infrared camera with built-in hardware blob tracking of up to 4 points @ 100Hz
  • +/-3g 8-bit 3-axis accelerometer @ 100Hz

    • He even has the Steadycam just like Hak 5 Season 1 Episode 4.5

    Now maybe I should go buy a Wii-mote…

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    David Pogue on the Music Wars

    Was going through the TED talks and just had to play David Pogue’s take on the Music Wars. Download the video there here

    Sung to the tune of Piano Man:

    It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday
    The record store’s closed for the night
    So I fire up the old iTunes Music Store
    And soon I am feeling all right

    I know Steve Jobs can find me a melody
    With one dollar pricing that rocks
    I can type in a track
    And get album names back
    While still in my PJs and socks

    Sell us a song, you’re the music man
    My iPod’s still got 10 gigs to go
    Yes, we might prefer more compatibility
    But Steve likes to run the whole show

    I heard Desperate Housewives was great last night
    But I had a bad piece of cod
    As I threw up my meal
    I thought it’s no big deal
    I’ll watch it tonight on my ‘Pod

    And now all of the networks are joining in
    Two bucks a show without ads
    It’s a business those guys always wanted to try
    But only Steve Job had the ‘nads

    Sung to the tune of I’ve Got You Babe:

    They say we’re young, don’t watch TV
    They say the Internet is all we see
    But that’s not true, they’ve got it wrong
    See all our shows are just two minutes long

    Hey, I’ve got YouTube
    I’ve got YouTube

    Tribute to the RIAA (sung to YMCA):

    Young man, you were surfing along,
    And then young man, you downloaded a song,
    And then dumb man, copied it to your ‘pod
    Then a phone call came to tell you

    You’ve just been sued by the R-I-A-A
    You’ve just been screwed by the R-I-A-A
    Their attorneys say you’ve committed a crime
    And there better not be a next time

    They’ve lost their minds at the R-I-A-A
    Justice is blind at the R-I-A-A
    You’re depriving the bands
    You are learning to steal
    You can’t do whatever you feel

    CD sales have dropped every year
    They’re not greedy,
    They’re just quaking with fear
    Yes indeedy
    What if their end is near
    And we download all our music

    Yeah that would piss off the R-I-A-A
    No plastic discs from the R-I-A-A
    What a way to make friends
    It’s a plan that can’t fail
    All your customers off to jail

    And who’ll be next for the R-I-A-A
    What else is vexing the R-I-A-A
    Maybe whistling a tune
    Maybe humming along
    Maybe mocking them in a song

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