From a Dangerous Mind

I know I'm a geek but in case you're not completely sure yourself, here's a small test.  If you can relate to any of these then you're probably one too.

These statements were taken from various sources accross the web and I picked the ones that most matched my geekiness. 

Enjoy!

• Your household ratio of computers to humans is at least 4:1.

• The only people you follow on Twitter are people you're "normal" friends have never heard of.

• You walk down the isle at your wedding to “Imperial March from Star Wars.

• The title of every movie you own starts with the word "Star".

• You can remember your 10 favorite URLs but not your own zip code.

• The only passwords you've ever used were the nomenclature of any versions of the Starship Enterprise.

• You know what “http://” stands for.

• When someone mentions java and coffee is the second thing that goes through your mind.

• You get violently upset when your cable modem or dsl goes down.

• Its easier for your spouse to send you an email or text when dinner is ready.

• You check your email before you get out of bed in the morning.

• The two tattoos you have are Sci Fi related.

That's right, I said it! Star Trek was robbed.  Out of the 4 categories they were nominated for at the Academy Awards the movie only won ONE! A single Oscar statue.

To prove to you they should've taken home all of them here's a list of awesome things that could've only happened only in Star Trek, per the category they lost in!

Visual Effects

Winner - Avatar

Oh, excuse me, didn't the passengers in the space ship at the beginning of the film have to go to sleep for their long journey?  Hmmm, let me think.  Nope, would never happen in Star Trek, thanks to a little something called WARP DRIVE!

Sound Editing

Winner - The Hurt Locker

All those people that died in the movie from gun fire wouldn't have in Star Trek because of an gadget known as the phaser.  It shoots a beam of energy that can be controlled and set to different levels, including stun (which just knocks your enemy out for a little while).

Sound Mixing

Winner - The Hurt Locker

The film is about an explosive ordnance disposal team right?  Well, the job would've been a lot easier in Star Trek because they could've just beamed away the bomb or IED using the transporter.

So there!  Have I made my point?

P.S. Star Trek had Zoe Saldana first

I am not a gamer in the least but found this news interesting.  You may have heard about the new Windows Phone 7 Series OS coming to handsets soon.  What you may not have heard about is it's integrated gaming feature.  Apparently you can take a game you were playing on Xbox Live and continue it where you left off on your phone.  So it's like taking whatever you're playing with you at all times.

Here's a video of Microsoft's Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East, showing how this feature works.

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Alright, so the 100th episode of Ghost Hunters the other night was really cool.  It was awesome that they finally got to investigate at Alcatraz and the live Q & A between segments was neat too but during some of the commercial breaks Syfy played promos for their upcoming shows, including the new season of Stargate Universe. 

In it were scenes from that show's first ever space battles which got me really excited.  Absolutely nothing beats some good old fashioned ship to ship or ships to ships combat. 

So, I bring to you, courtesy of some random YouTube user a space battle montage video using scenes from Star Wars, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, among others. 

And here is the promo I mentioned for Stargate Universe, which premieres Friday, April 2nd at 8 p.m.  

Making music with your iPhone!

Do you think a Metallica re-make is next?

In my first official "tech blog" I wanted to share with you one of my all-time favorite websites.  It's www.phonedog.com

If you are at all interested in cell phones or as they're more likely to be called lately, mobile devices, this is the place for you.

This site is especially useful if you're in the market for a new hand-held.  They have reviews, price comparisons and my favorite thing, the videos.  A lot of them star Noah Kravitz, the editor of Phonedog and very funny guy.

Here's an example of his work.

Thanks Noah! 

If that didn't scare you too much and you're still interested in checking out the site, the address is www.phonedog.com

It's so exciting!  The Syfy channel show Ghost Hunters premiers their new season tonight with a special two hour 100th episode.  It will feature a recent investigation at Alcatraz prison interspersed with a live Q & A with the cast on the same set Saturday Night Live uses in New York City.

I am a newcomer to Ghost Hunters.  Have only been watching it for a few months now but in the words of Davy Jones, "I'm a believer"!  In fact, I've had some weird stuff happen in my apartment in recently.

My perfectly normal functioning coffee maker freaked out one morning and spilled everywhere.  And no, it wasn't operator error!  One day last week I discovered my door keey was bent.  Have no idea how that happened.  There's been other stuff too like waking up to the sound of a very loud exhale and the feeling that someone was sitting on my bed when there was nobody there!

I'm sure some if not most of this suff can be explained away but it's a little freaky just the same.  

If I were to run a digital audio recorder and caught an EVP (electronic voice phenomenon) there is no way I'd ever be able to sleep in that apartment ever again!

So for now I will just ignore what goes bump in the night and enjoy the new season of Ghost Hunters.

If you want to know more, here's a link to their page on Syfy.com and below is a video of the best moments on GH.

On This Day in Rock History - February 26th

1965

Breaking away from his day job as London’s leading session guitarist, Jimmy Page releases his first solo single “She Just Satisfies.” It’s not only pre-Led Zeppelin, it’s pre-Yardbirds.

1973

Alice Cooper and artist Salvador Dali, pose for a photo session. The finished result hangs in the Knoedler Gallery in NY.

1996

Pearl Jam wins the Best Hard Rock Performance trophy at the 38th annual Grammy Awards.

2005

Some Kind Of Monster wins the Best Documentary honor at the 20th annual Independent Spirit Awards, held in Santa Monica, CA. The Metallica film charts the recording of the album of the same name.

2008

Sevendust announces they’re pulling out of the inaugural RockStar Energy Mayhem Festival Tour. "Changes in (their) touring schedule" is the reason given for the departure. The trek also features Slipknot and Disturbed.

Ex-Jimi Hendrix drummer Buddy Miles dies at the age of 60.  He played on the legendary Electric Ladyland album and co-founded, with Hendrix, the short-lived Band Of Gypsys in 1969.

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On This Day in Rock History - February 25th

1982

Iron Maiden launch their extensive Beast On The Road Tour. They play 179 shows in 16 countries before one million fans.

1984

Van Halen "Jump," tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

1998

At the 40th Grammy Awards, Radiohead wins the Best Alternative Music Performance trophy for OK Computer.

2005

Shinedown and Tesla headline a benefit concert in Providence, RI, for survivors of the February 2003 fire at the Station nightclub.

2006

Green Day and My Chemical Romance collect trophies at MTV's 4th Annual TRL Awards. Winners are determined by votes placed through the network's website.

2007

A Bon Scott Celebration Concert attracts more than 10,000 fans to Perth, Australia's, Claremont Showgrounds. Performers include former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans and Dave Evans, the singer who preceded Scott in the band. Organizers raise more than the $80,000 needed to fund a statue of Scott in his hometown of Fremantle, Australia.

2008

Guitarist Eddie Van Halen's ex-wife, actress Valerie Bertinelli, discusses the couple’s ill-fated marriage on The Oprah Winfrey Show. 

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On This Day in Rock History - February 24th

1950

Guitarist-singer, George Thorogood, is born in Wilmington, DE.

1969

The Jimi Hendrix Experience play their last U.K. concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

1992

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole singer Courtney Love get married in Hawaii.

1998

Virgin Records sues the Smashing Pumpkins claiming non-compliance with their contract. The label contends an album was due three months earlier.

2004

Tantric releases their sophomore album, After We Go. This is nearly three years after their self-titled debut came out. 

Disturbed release their live Music As A Weapon II CD/DVD. Recorded during the Chicago stop of their 2003 tour the album features six Disturbed tracks, plus performances from supporting acts Taproot and Chevelle.

2006

Korn gets a street named after them in their hometown of Bakersfield, CA.  A side street behind an arena is officially designated "Korn Row." 

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On This Day in Rock History - February 23rd

1952

Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford is born in Winchester, MA.

1962

Queensryche guitarist Michael Wilton is born in San Francisco, CA.

1970

Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Café by The Doors becomes their fifth straight gold album.

1998

Oasis vocalists Liam Gallagher’s bad behavior on a flight to Hong Kong gets him banned from Cathay Pacific Airlines.

2005

Disturbed headlines a benefit concert in Chicago with Drowning Pool, Soil and Anthrax for the Dimebag Darrell Memorial Fund.

2007

Korn's MTV Unplugged performance premieres online. The show airs a week later.

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On This Day in Rock History - February 22nd

1997

The Offspring's Ixnay On The Hombre enters the U.S. album chart coming in at #9..

2004

Wes Scantlin is arrested for disorderly conduct and other infractions in Toledo, OH, after showing up to a Puddle of Mudd concert intoxicated. The frontman heckles and abuses concertgoers when his bandmates walk offstage after only four songs.

2005

An online post by Korn announces that founding guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has left the band after 12 years. The statement adds that Welch "has chosen Jesus Christ as his savior, and will be dedicating his musical pursuits to that end." However, Welch later says that as a single parent, he left to spend more time with his daughter.

2007

Puddle of Mudd announce they have recruited drummer Ryan Yerdon to replace Greg Upchurch, who quit the band in '05 to join 3 Doors Down.

1996

The BRIT Awards in London give Oasis the Best Group, Best Video (“Wonderwall”) and Best Album “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”) trophies.

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