Some people sure go to a lot of effort to prove that the Ewoks are all dead. See more Star Wars Technical Commentaries for your nitpicking pleasure.
Designer’s Republic
Designer’s Republic, an old tale of hubris at the height of the dotcom boom. Was industry confidence in an illusory Long Boom so great that it warranted this much haughty elitism? Was that really just two years ago?
(Link via mathowie.)
He jammed with the “Master”
Firsthand account of a former PBMA cultist who played heavy metal with their smokin’, boozin’ “Savior.”
We were also made to join group prayers where a chair draped in white cloth would be placed in front of us. I was told that Master (Ruben Ecleo Sr.) would be attending our prayers, at the same time that he goes to other prayer meetings elsewhere. He was omnipresent, or had the ability to be in different places at the same time….
When we were in our quarters in the mansion, I asked the PBMA official who came with us why PBMA members were not allowed to smoke while the master was allowed to.
“Just follow what he says but not what he does,” he replied. Besides, the master was the one absorbing the bad effects of nicotine and alcohol.
I saw how even the master was venerated by PBMA members. Whenever he went out of the mansion with a cigarette between his fingers, PBMA members would be on the lookout where he would throw the butt. Then they would scramble to get it because they believed it could help heal their ailments.
Classic Game Taipan
Forget Dope Wars; Taipan is where it all started! Anyone remember that classic PC game Taipan, where you play a seafaring trader, navigating the pirate-infested waters of Asia to make a profit on silk and arms and opium? Well, it looks like there’s now a Windows Taipan, with all the fun graphics and flare of the original AppleIIc/MS-BASIC version. (Link via Chris Pirillo.)
Oh, and also a PalmOS Taipan for you mobile types.
PBMA leader took shabu
The leader of the PBMA cult, after being violently apprehended, may face multiple charges for murder and illegal possession of firearms. Plus, he tested positive for shabu (that’s crystal meth). If his followers still believe he’s a reincarnated Jesus after this…
TruthQuest Christian Reality TV
TruthQuest: Christian Reality TV. So what’ll happen; they vote off the Christian least likely to win souls to Christ? We’re told not to conform to the ways of the world, but here’s a “Christian” show which conforms instead to the latest TV gimmick. That saddens me.
(Well, you never know. Maybe it’ll actually work — but wha constitutes “working” in this context? Link via Christdot.)
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics. Once again, Armageddon takes it in the nuts. (link via MeFi)
AkoCiKiko’s spoof linking
(Oh, by the way, if you followed a link to this site from posts in PEX threads like this one by a member named AkoCiKiko, don’t fall for it, please. He’s just a dumb spoof troll making trouble for the community and trying to drag me back into his little bucket of swallop.)
White Flashes with Accompanying Blasts of Sound
“What level should I set the WF-ABS (White Flashes with Accompanying Blasts of Sound)?”
Man, that is so funny. In my video production days I often worked with clients who lived for nothing but WF-ABS effects. (And others who lived for nothing but Matrix speed ramps.)
I know of exactly one show which has gotten the WF-ABS effect perfect to a tee: Dexter’s Lab.
(Link via Megnut)
Reverend Moon eclipses Times birthday bash
Speaking of cults, did you know that the Washington Times was founded by Reverend Moon? Yeah, neither did I.