Primrose flowers blooming just before it gets dark, after sunset.

I am not into the wii and I bought it because of the 1 game and 1 game only "Fire Emblem"

Anywho, here is what's going on in the wii universe in Japan (will come to the US market soon hopefully)


Black Wii available from 2009/8/1

http://gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0906/04/news076.html

Ordering pizza via Wii

http://gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0906/02/news073.html


and please, whatever you do, do NOT purchase the fake one "Vii"

I tried to purchase it, but it hard to come by even in Japan.

Thanx

This is always cool.... hacking hardware, "old-school". I love the idea of a community lab, and this is just very cool. I imagine digging through the tables a tthe San Jose flea market and plopping gear onto a table and building "something" interesting.

Cool to watch these tigers and leopards enjoy playing with, and eating pumpkins.

Ask yourself a question: Was there ever a "real" ghost or goblin before Scrappy Doo came along? The "original" Mystery, Inc crew always seemed to figure out, by the end of an episode, that the haunting was the result of some real estate developer or gold prospector using a projector and some ropes. Once Scrappy appeared on the scene, the ghosts became real, and the rest of the gang departed to parts unknown (imprisoned by Scrappy?). Scooby also somehow acquired the power to walk on two legs and became even more "talkative" - but Scrappy was the odd one out, who's only relationship to being an actual dog was merely his appearance.

I leave it to you, the reader, to ultimately decide whether Scrappy was really an evil imp, but my opinion was further validated by the second live action Scooby Doo movie, where Scrappy sought to take over the world using hellish powers of evil. Clearly I was not alone in this line of thought...

Did Scrappy make the series better or worse? That's a harder question to answer, but it did boost ratings when he appeared, at least for a while. Like any annoying comedic device, however, his appeal faded over time, however. One might even say this is further proof of his real origins, that Scooby Doo's people made a deal with the devil, and were forced to take an incredibly grating character on as the price to save the show. In the end, the show unleashed ghosts, demons, vampires, and other evil minions upon the Earth - an evil not as easily locked up as old man Smithers was by those meddling kids.

Interesting, but the video's description doesn't offer much insight. I have to assume there is more than just H2O in these beakers.

Still, fascinating stuff.

This might have been an interesting place back in the heyday of the carnival, with the campground filled to the brim with sideshow performers.

Probably would do a better job on my lawn than my teenager could do. This lawn mower is controlled by a Wii-mote using a computer controlled system, combined with GPS.

Well, it looks like SciFi is finally taking the absurd move to change its name. Bonnie Hammer has run that channel into the ground, and I think it's time they got some competition. Back in 2006, a press release made a brief splash announcing SciFi was going to be changed to "SurgeTV" - it was a hoax aimed at the increasing presence of non-science fiction programming on the channel, in particular, the permanent addition of wrestling in a prime-time slot.

So what do the morons in charge over there want to call it? "SyFy" - apparently, being mentally challenged is a requirement for coming up with promotional ideas.

Here was the original press release for SurgeTV:

Sci-Fi channel--er, Surge TV--ready to tap into oh-so-lucrative market of "sci-fi wrestling fans".

(PRWEB) August 24, 2006 -- Effective November 1, 2006, the SCI FI Channel will change their name to SurgeTV, to reflect the changing demographic thrust of the successful long-running cable channel. In addition, deals are currently working out to bring back ECW for a three-times a week run in prime time, as well as reruns (Pre-WWE) of professional wrestling events.

SurgeTV hopes to tap into the newfound audience of science fiction wrestling fans, by promoting cross-over programming, including Eureka's Colin Ferguson's guest appearance in the ECW ring, and Season 2 of Stan Lee's Who Wants To Be A Superhero to include ring matches between competitors. Saucier, racier stories will be aired after the midnight hour, and in a change for the popular channel, may include R-rated material.

While much of the original programming the SCI FI Channel has produced will remain on air through the next year, SurgeTV expects sweeping changes to the network, shifting away from the so-called "nerd" demographic. This means that SurgeTV will try to appeal to it's growing number of "extreme" viewers by removing all of it's current re-run programming and replacing it with a new "brand" - Xtreme Surge At Night. Effective November 1, 2006, SurgeTV will begin broadcasting reruns of Hogan Knows Best and original WWE programming. Filling out the early morning hours will be the ground-breaking American (English language channel) debut of Lucha Libre sporting events.

SurgeTV will continue publishing Sci Fi magazine, which will remain uneffected by the format changes taking place on air.

SurgeTV is a television network where extreme action can be found. SurgeTV fuels the adrenaline of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic wrestling programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 85 million homes, SurgeTV is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
 

So it seems that they must have liked the original idea the pranksters played, but bided their time until now to actually make the move themselves. I wonder if somebody got a bonus for digging up the old hoax via google and polishing it up and presenting it as their own turd.

Somebody should tell them that "SurgeTV" was a JOKE. More likely, it was a PROTEST against the idiotic programming decisions going on at the network.

Ah well.

Be sure to read my opinion piece about Science Fiction Television from a while back.

Dr. John Taylor created the Corpus Clock with a "Chronophage" marking time on an escape wheel. The time is displayed using LED lighting, as we see the passage of a second, ending in a slight pause as the current second is marked on the clock. The clock's creator explains in better detail: