Archive for May, 2006

X-Men Was Fucking Awesome

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Its now a quarter after 2 am on Friday morning, I just got back.
I was very, very impressed. If you’ve seen the first two, then DEFINITELY go see this (multiple times). It was an awesome film that really wraps up the trilogy. While the first two were great movies, they […]

More Groups Join Fight to Save MySpace

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

The assault on MySpace is gaining traction. ABC News just covered the new policy at Libertyville High School in Illinois that would penalize students for content they’ve posted on their MySpace page. At the same time a bill in Congress called the Deleting Online Predators Act is increasingly getting attention.
Those of us […]

Going to the Geek Showing of X-Men 3

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

I just purchased my ticket on Fandango, I’m going to the very first showing of X-Men 3, at 11:59 pm on Thursday. I’m such a geek, heh.
Ah, but at that time the only people there with me will be other geeks. Its cool. Back in 2002 when Spider-Man first came out I […]

Age Before Civility

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Adam B. Kushner has a great piece in the Washington Examiner about Sen. John McCain’s commencement address at Columbia last week that was “cloaked in a terrifically condescending homily about the arrogance of youth.”
NEW YORK - Last week, as they sat in the pouring rain, John McCain insulted Columbia’s graduating class. He also delivered praise, […]

A Nation of Immigrants - My Great-Grandmother

Friday, May 19th, 2006

My mom sent me this e-mail, it was a response to my cousin who is doing some research project for school. Interesting stuff. Not just interesting from a personal history standpoint - which it is - but also interesting now as the nation discusses immigration intensly. It serves as a good reminder […]

NYRA’s Statement on Schools Punishing Students for Online Activity

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Somewhat related to the last post about the War on MySpace, now this is a case of schools using information posted on student’s websites and MySpace pages to punish them. The Chicago Tribune did a story on it, and asked for our comments. Excerpts:
A north suburban school district could become one of […]

The War on MySpace

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Well it was bound to happen. With all the media hysteria over MySpace, any student of our opportunistic elected officials should have known what was coming next. Congress has proposed a bill that would ban MySpace, Facebook, LiveJournal, and potentially all chatrooms, forums, blogs & Instant Messaging from school & library computers. […]

Zelda on the Nintendo Wii

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

This new system looks really cool, better yet it’ll be cheaper than the Playstation or XBox.

Live Action Mario

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Yea I know, I should get back to writing real things, but until then, here is something neat to check out to tide you over.
The first level of Super Mario - as performance art.

More Internet Stuff: The Lords Prayer for Hackers

Friday, May 5th, 2006

<Firefly> Time for my prayers:
<Firefly> Our Father, who 0wnz heaven, j00 r0ck!
<Firefly> May all 0ur base someday be belong to you!
<Firefly> May j00 0wn earth just like j00 0wn heaven.
<Firefly> Give us this day our warez, mp3z, and pr0n through a phat pipe.
<Firefly> And cut us some slack when […]