Random Bit
by Joshua Minton
- The Grizzlies baseball park concessions have introduced "Baseball's Best Burger" to the world. This burger consists of "a thick and juicy burger topped with sharp cheddar cheese and two slices of bacon. The burger is then placed in between each side of a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut." This is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. (Story Link)
- There is going to be a Star Wars television show which takes place during the years between Episode III and Episode IV. Per Rick McCallum:
It's going to be much darker, much more character-based, and I think it's going to be everything the fans always wanted the prequels to be. They'll be one-hour episode. It takes place between Episodes III and IV. It's going to be all-new characters, maybe a few bounty hunters in there to start the series off.
I think this is fantastic. But I would like to see the pre-Episode I history developed. Last year, I put together about a thirty page synopsis with character bios and a brief outline of a Star Wars-based show that would focus on the birth of the Jedi and the Sith and how the whole thing got started. It has been drawing dust, however, since I have started new writing projects. (Story Link)
- Some scientists have hypothesized that huge meteor impacts such as the Chixclub meteor, which killed the dinosaurs, might have actually ejected rich organic material as far out as Saturn, possibly seeding the outer solar system with the possiblity of life. The donwside is that most of these organic materials were likely disintegrated upon impact on another world meaning that this hypothesis basically doesn't mean a damn thing because it can't be tested and even if it were true, it wouldn't matter because all the matter would be dead anyway. (Story Link
- The Office is going to be airing ten web-only episodes this summer. This is a huge leap forward in the final crippling of the advertising-based network television model. But if you want to know when the full coup de grace will come, it will be when studios side up with iTunes to offer a dual purchase of on-the-spot downloads of television shows like The Office and Lost with a discounted pre-purchase of the DVD boxed set of each season. I truly believe that this "direct-to-subscriber" model of producing television shows is going to totally supplant and replace the annoying interruption-advertising supported one which has led to watered-down ridiculosity on the screen. (Story Link)
- A new type of light detector could allow for near-broadband speeds of communications. Anyone who has kept up with the space probes from Voyager on, knows that the radio communications used to communicate back and forth between our sentinels sometimes take dozens of minutes to go back and forth. Imagine the efficiency of process that could be gained by introducing near broadband speeds to our interplanetary exploration. Near-instantaneous communications will be, in effect, the first step towards terraforming to another world. (Story Link)
- Many FBI agents don't have e-mail access because of "budget constraints." Do I really have to point out what bullshit it is that the people supposedly protecting us don't have access to instantaneous communication? Hell, the jackass running your local convenient store has quicker access to quicker information exchange than many of our G-Men. This is truly frightening! (Story Link)
- There has been a study conducted which concluded that whiny children grow up to be conservatives. I guess that means quiet children grow up to be pillow biters...(Story Link)
- An obese man is walking his weight off on a foot journey across the country. I'm sorry, folks--I don't have a snide comment here. Actually, I respect the man's drive--it's a cool story and it'll make a great book. (Story Link)
- Barnes and Noble will now buy back your used books using a pretty simple process. Check it out. (Link)
- A new study of computer models with recorded data has concluded that global warming will results in dozens of powerful cities (including London and Miami) being under water by 2100. I actually agree with most of the tenets of global warming. I don't believe that evolution is a slow process of constant gradual change. I believe that evolution is filled with cataclysmic events which happen rapidly and are then followed by long periods of non-events. Hopefully, I'll still be around in 2100 to see if this theory pans out. (Story Link)
- My writing school buddy Jon Williams has linked to a very cool amateur Star Wars fan film that has probably the coolest light saber duel I've ever seen. I highly recommend watching this. (Story Link)
- There is a full-length Zelda movie in development. This has been a long-time coming for a very cool video game franchise. I'll be taking my son to see this. (Story Link)
- I am a huge fan of the Microsoft Office franchise and I was pleased to view the new video they have released for the upcoming Office 2007. (Watch the video)
- As further proof that our country is dying a slow, diseased and pathetic death--new "super-sized" ambulances are hitting the road to carry massively obese people to their final destinations in life--a loaded down gurney in a hospital emergency room or cold surgery table. This is too depressing! (Story Link)
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This blog was originally posted on April 2, 2006
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