Warning: Spoilers below the cut! Stargate Universe 1.08 “Time” Plot: After visiting a jungle planet and finding a kino, crew members start to fall ill aboard the Destiny. Note for the following: italics refer to commentary based on the kino footage. Viewing Commentary: Arrive on a nice looking, jungle type planet. “Welcome to the jungle.”Off to collect food.Eli, the pesky interviewer when not trying out scary alien bug stories or sampling alien foodstuff.Some start getting sick: dizzy, fever, neck pains.TJ decides to quarantine everyone on the planet to see if contagion is related or not rather than risk ship.Greer rockin’...
Warning: Spoilers below the cut! Stargate Universe 1.07 “Earth” Plot: A high risk operation may be able capable of returning the crew of Destiny to Earth. Viewing Commentary: Seems the Colonel and TJ have something going on, an affair it seems.Homeworld Command. Appropriate but lame sounding.RDA! Colonel General O’Neil.A dangerous idea is presented on how to get the crew back.Nice to see Colonel Young stand up for himself and the crew against the folks back on Earth.Too bad Wray is conniving.Obviously, real goal of mission is to reclaim Destiny for a “proper” team.Crew discussing the idea.So Chloe and Eli get...
Warning: Spoilers below the cut. Stargate Universe 1.06 “Water” Plot: The crew must locate a new source of water before the Destiny’s reserves are depleted. Viewing Commentary: So water is mysteriously disappearing.The Colonel and Rush are arguing as usual.40% of reserves40,000 liters lost and conspiracy theories abound.Colonel doesn’t really help with all his spying via kino.Nice, convenient ice planet.Okay, I’ll agree with Eli that’s it lame none of the others get the Hoff reference. Colonel Young and Scott going to the planet with a plasma cutter and eight hours of air.Johanssen in command.Wow, those suits seem to get uglier every...
Autodesk releases AutoCAD Freestyle on its 28th birthday | The CAD Geek BlogAutoCAD Freestyle isn’t for the seasoned AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT professional who needs advanced drafting and design tools to create complex drawings. Instead think of AutoCAD Freestyle as a product your mom could use. While there’s an obvious market for homeowners needing to create drawings for a new deck, or even small landscaping companies, I can also see AutoCAD Freestyle as a potential collaboration tool. Perhaps AutoCAD Freestyle can make the “napkin sketch” so commonly passed to a CAD drafter extinct.Autodesk - AutoCAD Freestyle
GuildWars.com: Five Year Anniversary:The festivities begin at Noon Pacific on Thursday, April 22 and run until Noon Pacific on Thursday, April 29. Sweet. Maybe I'll actually get the next level on my lucky/unlucky titles.
I've been considering a job opportunity an associate brought to me: a job in Japan that would be available once my current project and contract is up. I would love to to work and see Japan, but there's a lot involved in doing so. Is it crazy that I'm very seriously considering accepting the job? *flail* I'll have to think on this some more. A lot. Fortunately I don't need to make a decision for a few weeks. I think I'll be spending a lot of time doing some research on working and living there before making a decision and...
Warning: Spoilers below the cut! Stargate Universe Ep 05 “Light” Plot: The crew must decide who will be chosen to escape on the Destiny’s only working shuttlecraft. Viewing Commentary: Ah, an old goody plot device for creating tension: make a situation that requires some be chosen to survive while the rest die.So Sgt. Greer likes the idea that if he has to die than dying by flying into a star is a good way.“We’re having another bad day.”Three potential planets to choose from. Wanna bet they’ll trot out the “Goldilocks Zone”?Lottery for survivors aside from two people. My bets: Lt....
Movies So some interesting (I think) science fiction movies appear to be on their way. Eve, if they're cheesy at least it means somebody in Hollywood is trying to be somewhat original ([!]). Battleship- A science fiction twisted version of the classic board game. Okay, not original in that it is a game but what the hell, better than remakes of movies I saw as a kid, and perpetually remaking Batman every other month. Don't get me wrong, the remake of Clash of the Titans was decent (particularly the f/x) but otherwise...meh. Cowboys and Aliens- I give credit for the...
Book Review: The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind Review by: Karolyn Gray Author’s note: Please be aware that the following review contains potential spoilers for the book and makes reference to Mr. Goodkind’s previous works in the Sword of Truth series. The Law of Nines is a modern fantasy-thriller that follows Alex Rahl, an aspiring artist in Nebraska, whose life begins to take an unusual turn when his 27th birthday brings him a chance meeting with a mysterious woman and an unexpected inheritance that attracts the attention of others with sinister intentions. For those who read the Sword of...
"Man muss fleissig nachdencken." That is to say: You must study this diligently.
