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A Few Mountain Biking Videos

Posted on May 5, 2005, under Entertainment.

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These are some videos I came across today. Some are pretty amazing..

Switch To Linux Commercial

Posted on May 3, 2005, under Entertainment.

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This is really a cross-post to “That’s Funny” and “Tech”, but schucks I can’t do that in this blog yet. If you don’t know what Linux is, you won’t find this funny, so you can skip it. For every one else, be sold on change:

Switch To Linux Commercial

(via Forever Geek)

Hell brings the brotherhood of heaven

Posted on April 30, 2005, under Entertainment.

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I re-watched We Were Soldiers last night. Such a powerful movie. One of the things that strikes me when seeing accounts of war like this is, why do we seem to need to go through hell before we have the brotherhood of heaven?

The movie is full of inspiring and moving scenes, but I really like the speech given by Colonel “Hal” Moore when addressing the 7th Calvary before going out to fight. That speech is one of the highlights of the film for me. I know a lot of the film is supposed to be historically accurate, but I can’t remember if this speech was actually given by the real Colonel Moore or not. The movie website seems to convey that a lot of the speech was accurately portrayed. Either way, it’s moving and Gibson deliveres it powerfully, through his voice and his eyes.

American Rhetoric has the speech available as an mp3 as well as text, which I’m quoting here:

Look around you. In the 7th Cavalry, we got a Captain from the Ukraine. Another from Puerto Rico. We’ve got Japanese, Chinese, Blacks, Hispanics, Cherokee Indians, Jews and Gentiles — all Americans. Now here in the States, some men in this Unit may experience discrimination because of race or creed. But for you and me now, all that is gone. We’re moving into the ‘valley of the shadow of death’ — where you will watch the back of the man next to you, as he will watch yours. And you won’t care what color he is or by what name he calls God.

They say we’re leavin’ home. We’re goin’ to what home was always supposed to be. So let us understand the situation. We are goin’ into battle against a tough and determined enemy. I can’t promise you that I will bring you all home alive. But this I swear before you and before Almighty God: That when we go into battle, I will be the first to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to stop off. And I will leave no one behind.

Dead or alive, we will all come home together.

So help me God.

The official website for the historical information behind the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young, where you can find out more about the men who really lived the story, is located at LZ Xray. Don’t miss the video of the real Colonel Hal Moore filmed right after the intense battle.

Team Ryouko

Posted on April 24, 2005, under Entertainment.

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I stumbled upon this video of Team Ryouko messing around in their training center. Those guys can move!

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A live-action Transformers movie?

Posted on April 8, 2005, under Entertainment.

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Yep, it looks like it will be coming: CNN.com - Michael Bay may direct ‘Transformers’ - Apr 6, 2005

Michael Bay is in talks to direct the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action adaptation of “The Transformers,”

So far it’s untitled. I’m sure it will be way different than the movie I watched as a kid, but I hope it’s awesome and that the soundtrack rocks! CNN seemed to even basically report the two sides pretty accurately:

The Transformers are divided into two groups of robots, one led by Optimus Prime, which believes in tolerance and the sanctity of life, the other by Megatron, which espouses survival of the fittest and the extermination of biological life.

Peter Cullen will always have the voice of a strong, courageous leader. :)

“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.”
- Optimus Prime

Google Sightseeing

Posted on April 8, 2005, under Entertainment.

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Google recently added satellite imaging to their Google Maps site. The interface is pretty slick, and it’s fun to try to find familiar places and see it from a bird’s eye view. It’s also pretty entertaining to find interesting sites and views you just can’t get unless you’re orbiting in space looking down with a huge pair of binoculars. Google Sightseeing has a bunch of locations around the world that are worth checking out. For instance:

  • Area 51: Is that place covered with reflective paint? Also, if you switch to Map view there is nothing there. :)
  • LUECKE: What’s up with this? That’s crazy big.
  • The Titan Missile Musem, AZ: This is pretty interesting. I wonder what all falls down into the silo? That janitor better get good benefits.

(props to Lumpy)

Robots vs. Million Dollar Baby vs. You

Posted on March 29, 2005, under Entertainment.

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Robots, Million Dollar Baby, and Terri Schiavo: Stories of Life and Death
*** warning: the column contains spoilers for both movies ***

G.K. Chesterton once noted that “children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.” Youth is idealistic, while many of us, more advanced in years, have become jaded — trying to find our way through a fallen world, praying we are not judged too harshly. These disparate attitudes create very different stories — for children, fairy tales; for adults, sometimes desperate dramas. Children’s stories are fantasies, we tell ourselves, while the uglier stories of our adulthood are “realistic.” The existence of this dualistic view of the world is the only way I can explain the simultaneous success of two films currently sharing space at the cineplex: Robots and Million Dollar Baby.

Warriors with Wrenches

Posted on March 26, 2005, under Entertainment.

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Warriors with Wrenches is a website dedicated to the soldiers, families and friends of D Company 140th Aviation. They have some pretty good (enjoyable) video and pictures of their experiences.

Hero Sountrack

Posted on March 26, 2005, under Entertainment.

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I purchased the Hero sountrack today. I remember really liking the music when I watched the movie, but I wasn’t sure how it would stand on its own. I’m very pleased. The music is beautiful. I’ve listened to it about 5 times today already. Very soothing and poetic, yet with drums and strong parts for the more intense battles. I highly recommend it.

If you haven’t seen the movie, I really liked it as well. It was the best movie I’ve seen Jet Li in, and it made you think and analyze what is taking place - not only in the story line, but from a philosophical standpoint. If you can handle English subtitles, I actually recommend you watch it in the original language. The English subtitles are apparently more true to the original language, and they differ from the English voice-over track. The subtitle text is much more poetic, and compliments the overall style of the movie as a whole.

Amazing H.S. Boys Basketball Championship Shot

Posted on March 21, 2005, under Entertainment.

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This isn’t really as funny as it is amazing!

Here’s the video (requires IE):
http://kstp.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage.php?Art_ID=161055

Here’s some info passed to me:

  • MN Boy’s high school basketball championship game.
  • Hopkins and Eastview are playing in overtime and Hopkins is trailing by 2 with time running out.
  • Last desperation shot by Hopkins sends it into 2nd overtime.
  • Hopkins ends up winning in 2nd overtime.

You can also read the local news article.

Update: The amazingly infamous Mike Holsather went to school there.

(props to Keith)

(props to Mike for being in-famous!

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