Star Wars Baseball
Thursday, September 29th, 2005
Chewbacca threw out the first pitch for a Red Sox game. The picture is great! (Who knew he was a lefty…)
Archive for the 'Star Wars' Category
Revenge of the Sith on DVD Only
Monday, August 29th, 2005
George Lucas’ latest effort to push new technology into the mainstream.
Laser Weapons for Fighter Planes
Thursday, August 25th, 2005
This is definitely the stuff of science fiction:
Link: http://www.newscientist.com/…
***** Begin Obligatory Star Wars Rant *****
The article mentions the comparison to Star Wars, but it’s completely obvious that the weapons in Star Wars are not lasers—most likely they’re some sort of plasma. First, they’re visible, which lasers are not unless there’s dust in the air. Second you can see them move, which is definitely not the 186,000 miles/second speed of light. Third, they combine and change direction (think Death Star #1), while real light beams simply pass through each other and continue moving in the same direction as before.
***** End Obligatory Star Wars Rant *****
Police Arrest Stormtrooper
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Okay, so they didn’t actually arrest him, but they were called. The picture is priceless:
