Plasma Pong: The King of all Pongs

One Pong to Rule Them All
One Pong to Find Them
One Pong to Take Them All
And in the Plasma squish their guts out.



Plasma Pong. It's has got to be the best pong game I have ever played (which isn't really saying much!) Good visuals, good sound, good music, good game. Check it out. I don't know what else to say.

(Oh, and I need to post on this blog more!)

Sweet Car Update 9: (2007 Camaro Concept)

Hear, Hear! Hear? Hear what? The Rumble. A.K.A. The 2007 Camaro.

"August 27, 2002 marked the end of an era for both fans of General Motors and muscle car enthusiasts alike. On that day at the General Motors plant in St. Therese, Canada, the last of the Chevrolet Camaro's rolled off the assembly line. This final red pony car did not just mark the end of a model name, but the end of 35 years of performance tradition. Almost instantly, the public outcry over this decision was heard from enthusiast forums, all the way to international press. This outcry was met with rumors of a new Camaro and pinned to those rumors were sometimes crude drawings of what people hoped or dreamed that this new Camaro would look like, but nothing official was ever issued to support the rumors or artists renderings. It was just over three years from the day of the last Camaro produced when the rumors began flying once again of a new Camaro, and this time, there was some backing from GM about these rumors when they announced that the Chevrolet Camaro Concept would makes its world debut at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Then, on the day before the opening of the Detroit Auto Show, vice chairman of General Motors Bob Lutz drove the silver concept into the display area designated for this new pony car, with hundreds on VIP Camaro enthusiasts on hand as the massive LCD screen backdrop flashed the Camaro name, followed by the current Chevrolet slogan...An American Revolution. The crowd was hushed by the sound of the 400hp LS2 V8 as it made its way to the platform and although ear plugs were offered, few were used as onlookers stared in awe as the Camaro was finally made official."

Wow. Do you want to get one? I do. Here is a link for one story about it.

Suspicious Looking Device

Gosh! I haven't posted for forever! Good grief! I need to get crunching!...

Today's Post is about The Suspicious Looking Device. Otherwise known as The SLD. That's it. You can see it here.

As it says from the website:

"The only function of the Suspicious Looking device is to appear as suspicious as possible, whether carried in hand or placed indiscrimately in public places.

The SLD contains LEDs, a LED array, a character display, an optical distance sensor, capacitive touch sensor, buzzer, and motors.

Utterly useless and yet so geeky its awesome! You should get one.

Sweet Car Update 8: (Aston Martin V12 Vanquish)

You've always wanted a cool car... but how about that has a 6.0-liter, twin overhead cam V12 that makes 450 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 400 lb.-ft of torque at 5,000 rpm, mated to a six-speed transmission that’s a clutchless manual, given the required driver input. Of course, you can just slide the shifter and not worry about it, as well. Acceleration times come in at 4.5 seconds to 60 mph and a flat 10 seconds to 100 mph. That’ll burn up those 19-inch tires, to be sure, especially given the Vanquish’s rigid and lightweight aluminum frame.

According to an ESPN article:
...for glorious nights spent cruising at high speeds, the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish would be a perfect selection for any multi-millionaire’s garage. At a cost of around $228,000, the Vanquish is customized to your taste – you get invited to Aston Martin’s Newport Pagnell factory to select colors and fabric...

Price: $228,000

Get one. :-)

Aspire Higher...

This post gives new meaning to my title: "Aspire to Something Higher"... We are Aspiring higher. The new Freedom Tower is going to be the tallest tower in America. You can check out the article here. According to the article The Tower will be symbolic of the Declaration of Independence and will be 1,776 feet tall; taller than the Empire State Building. It is hoped to be done by the year 2010.

"The tower is planned as a symbol of New York's revitalization after the September 11 attacks in 2001, which claimed more than 2,700 lives at the World Trade Center."

I know this post has a different theme than my other ones. I saw the article about the tower and thought I would make a post about it...

Sweet Car Update 7 - (Chrysler Atlantic)

Can you say "Goborien"? How would you describe this car? I couldn't find any good pictures of it! All of the pictures look like junk! Anyway! About the car... The Chrysler Atlantic Concept Car. I kind of couldn't decide whither to put this into a "Sweet Car Update" or a "Ugly Car Update"... So I just decided to do one of the two. (Ha! It was a fifty-fifty chance anyway! That was really kind of dumb to say that: "I just decided to put it in one of the two." because I would have to put it in one of them anyway! Unless I made a "Can't Decide Car Update" which would be silly! Ha, ha!... That's not very funny. Enough digressing!...) About the car:

"It rides on 21 wheels in front and 22 in the back, Power is provided by a 4.0 liter straight eight which consists of two 2.0 liter Neon 4 cylinder blocks arranged nose-to-tail. While its styling is an obvious blend of old and new, its list of features is cutting edge. Brakes are four-wheel discs with ABS. The transmission is automatic with Auto-Stick. Neon lighting is used for brake lights, CHMSL, and interior dome lighting."

Not very impressive eh? Well... I just got it for the looks. Actually I think it looks like a Souped-up Cruella-da-ville car... I have calender with a really awesome picture of it and that is why I decided to make a post about it in this blog.

Be sure to check out a website about it here! Feel free to reply via comment!

Good looks, bad name.

It seems that ultra small desktops are becoming the cool thing. Take the Dell XPS M2010 for example, here we have a itty-bitty desktop that is almost a laptop, I say almost because it well, isn't a laptop, I mean, look at the picture! Here are the top specs on this slick "desktop":

• Intel Core Duo Processor T2600 (2.16GHz/667MHz FSB/2MB Cache)
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (Windows Vista Capable)
• Up to 4GB of Dual Channel DDR2 memory
• 20.1" Widescreen WSXGA+ display
  
• 256MB ATI Mobility RADEON X1800 Graphics Card
• Integrated 1.3 mega pixel web cam and array microphone
• 8 speakers and subwoofer (Don't ask me how they manage to get that many into a itty-bitty thing like that!)
• Up to 240GB of storage across two hard drives
• 8x DVD/CD Burner (DVD+/-RW)

I/O ports include:

• IEEE 1394 integrated port (1394 cable and software sold separately)
• 4 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) compliant 4-pin connectors
• ExpressCard Slot
• RJ45 Ethernet port
• RJ11 Modem port
• Video: Digital Video Interface (DVI)
• S-Video: 7-pin mini-DIN connector
• Component Video, S/PDIF Digital & Analog 7.1/5.1 Audio out
• 13-in-2 removable memory card reader

That's pretty good, don't you think? You can see it here. (Note: The link is to the Dell website for this computer and it is very flash-oriented so beware!) It also has the abilty to "fold-up" and can be carried aroud like a laptop with a handle! (For more information, see link) So, what do you think about it? Feel free to reply via comment!

Here is my opinion of it (In short words): Nice look, slick, portable, cool... but... (Why is there always a "but"? Why is there never just a nice review? Why? Huh?...) IT is a Dell. I don't especially trust them. Don't ask me why! I just... don't. I have to give them the credit for the looks though. Oh yea! One more thing! The price on this thing starts, mind you, starts, at $3500. I'll leave that up to you to decide if that's expensive or not... Stay tuned.