The Slacker Times

Don’t forget to tune in or set your DVR for tonight’s finale of Who Want’s To Be A Superhero?  Personally, with Major Victory getting the shaft last week, I am not as excited as I expected I would be.  Now we are left with Fat Momma and Feedback to duke it out.

Fat Momma is… well… fat… and she eats a lot.  Her message is good but her behavior is not.  I’m reluctant to want her to win, although her comic book cover was pretty cool…

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Over at AICN this morning via TFW2005 forums, they’ve got a pic of Optimus Prime holding his gun from the upcoming Michael Bay Transformers movie.  Check it out after the link… don’t click the link if you don’t want to be spoiled.

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With Ernesto bearing down on Florida after rolling through Cuba, I’d like to discuss the Hurricane Shield that exists around the Tampa Bay area.

You don’t have to look that far back to see an example of the shield in full effect:  in 2004, Hurricane Charley was on track to level Tampa by travelling directly up the Bay which would essentially flood the downtown area and cause massive devastation.  About 2 hours before the hit, Charley inexplicably turned East, saving the area from the storm.

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No… not chubby!  Chumby!

This thing appears to be getting a fair amount of buzz in the circle of websites that I frequent.  I know that my interest is pretty high for a hackable WiFi device with a 3.5in touchscreen, audio capabilities, and a USB port.

With a baby on the way, I’ve been waiting (and waiting) for a sub-$200 WiFi LCD picture frame that could subscribe to feeds from say Flickr so that family could run them at their houses and always have up-to-date images of their grandson, nephew, etc.  This might be the device to make that a reality.

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Crap!  I hope the hurricane shield holds up, but just in case, I’m gonna pick up some new tapcons today.  I figure that I’ll have to start boarding up and putting stuff away on Tuesday after work.  The trick will be making room in the garage for at least one of the cars with all of the remodeling that we are doing on the house.

Hurricanes suck!

Official Track [NOAA]

Spaghetti Models [SFWMD]

Major Victory, the best character on Who Wants To Be A Superhero? was dropped last night leaving us with Fat Momma and Feedback to showdown in next week’s season finale.  Even though he won 1 of the 2 challenges of the night and Fat Momma won the other, Stan Lee deemed him to be a parody of a superhero and not actually a superhero.

Was Major Victory a parody?  I think I have to agree with Stan there… he was a little too over the top.  It was very entertaining to watch, but he “didn’t embody the behavior of a superhero.”  What really gets me is that I knew he’d be gone this episode once he started talking about his estranged daughter… that whole thing felt to scripted.

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Want to see Megatron in all of his Michael Bay glory?  Here’s a hint… he’s no longer a gun.

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Don’t forget that tonight is the next to last episode of Who Wants To Be A Superhero?

I think that there will only be one elimination tonight… who will it be?  I think Major Victory will probably dodge the bullet.  Feedback seems weird… he always has, and Fat Momma has a bit of a mean-streak in her since Tyveculus got blown-out.

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Sweet!  Nothing like grilling up a nice cut of beef at your desk while you are tuning up a spreadsheet.

They have USB powered everything these days… maybe I can get a USB powered caffeine (or is that ritalin) drip to keep me awake and focused during the day while I massage the spreadsheet.

How about grilling up some eggs after a late-night LAN party?  I don’t partake in LAN parties, but I bet nerds get hungry after all of their UT or Quake or whatever they play these days…

USB Powered BBQ… Wtf? [Gizmodo]

Check them out over at Engadget Mobile.  I think my 7100 is starting to get worried as September 18th approaches…

Maybe if Cell Phone Girl had this in her arsenal, she’d still be on Who Wants To Be A Superhero?

The Boy Genius Report [Engadget Mobile]

Now if only someone could make it into a true music video…

The above image is brought to you by Engrish.  Engrish is the mashup of English and another language (usually an Asian one).

Engrish is also a great site that showcases the many fine signs and packages that are victims of Engrish.  I’ve been entertained many times by the site and the misuse of English in (mostly) Asian signage and packaging.

Check it out when you have a few minutes.

Engrish.com

There is a flood of information and spoilers about Transformers over the last 24 hours.  The latest stuff again comes from TFW2005 via AICN and shows concept art for Optimus Prime and Blackout as well as a full shot of Bumblebee in robot mode.

IMO it looks pretty good, I especially like how menacing Blackout looks.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK BELOW UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SPOILED!!!

Article [AICN]

Transformers Fan Site [TFW2005.com]

Ain’t It Cool News has the list of Transformers that will be appearing in Michael Bay’s Transformers.

And The Transformers Appearing In The Film Are… [AICN]

Get over there!  Buy crap!  Leave the good stuff for me!

Woot

Last night in the fourth episode of Who Wants To Be A Superhero? Lemuria failed to complete her secret task and was given the heave-ho(pun intended) by Stan.  In the beginning of the show, her “friend” from back home told the audience about Lemuria’s penchant for flirting and dancing on tables… later on, she volunteered to sit on an “inmate’s” lap for 10 seconds as her secret task… she probably would’ve succeeded if it was a guy, but no such luck for her.

Major Victory was singled out last night for constantly removing parts of his costume.  Read more »

Woooooo!  Tonight on Who Wants To Be A SuperHero? Creature finally got the boot.

I’ve been waiting for this to happen since the first episode of the show.  It took longer than I thought it would, but I’m glad it’s finally over.  Creature was definitely the nappiest contestant on the show and broke the law during the first challenge and was uncovered as a litterer even though she was all “for the environment.”

Good riddance… Who’s next?

Who Wants To Be A Superhero? [Sci-Fi]

A handful of pics from Michael Bay’s Transformers hit the internet today, most notable being Optimus Prime’s arm and (censored) head.  Are these legit or fake?  Based on the shot of the full-size Bumblebee that came out a while back and the shadow from the Teaser, these are definitely in the same style.

Read on for a pic of the arm and a link to some more…  If you don’t want to be spoiled then don’t click the link to read more…

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For those that don’t know about the Zune yet, it’s Microsoft’s “iPod Killer.”  There are and have been so many “iPod Killers” on the market, but nothing has risen to actually challenge the iPod for dominance in the market.

I had a 5G iPod… I bought it for video… glad I bought it at Costco because it sucked for video.  The screen wasn’t too bad… a little smallish, but the real problem was battery life with video and the fact that you usually have to deal with iTunes when you are using an iPod.

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There’s a Woot Off today over at woot.com.  Buy the crappy stuff so the good stuff comes quicker for me!

Woot