Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Bonnie Burton of Lucasfilm has posted an homage to comedian Harvey Korman, who died this week at 81 years of age:
Herbie Goes Bananas . Heck, I even liked him during my full-blown Goth days when he played Dr. Jack Seward in Dracula: Dead and Loving It .
So it really shouldn’t be a surprise when years later, I was brave enough to admit in a crowded Lucasfilm marketing meeting that I was a big fan of the “Star Wars Holiday Special.â€
I justified my adoration of the hardly-seen TV show by saying that, in addition to Bea Arthur as the Cantina barkeep Ackmena , it was Korman’s three bizarre characters that made me want to watch the cult classic over and over again. Korman portrayed the Ackmena-smitten Cantina patron Krelman , the multi-armed Julia Child-in-outer-space Chef Gormaanda , and an Amorphian instructor that practically drives Chewie’s son Lumpy to tears.
I was devastated to hear of his passing this week. Not only did an iconic comedian leave our galaxy, but sadly I’ll never get the chance to interview him about those roles he played in “The Star Wars Holiday Special.†I had so many questions for him!
Link to Bonnie’s post on the Official Star Wars Blog. Here’s the LA Times obituary for Korman.
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Frighteningly enough, this isn’t the first (or second ) time that we’ve seen scientists pat themselves on the back for creating a mind-reading machine, but a dedicated team from Carnegie Mellon has just announced a computer that “has been trained to read people’s minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words.” In a completely unsurprising move, gurus familiar with the development are suggesting that the breakthrough could be used to better understand how the brain organizes knowledge, and eventually, treat language disorders and learning disabilities more effectively. That’s all gravy from here, but when this stuff starts passing as evidence in court, you’ll know it’s time to seriously investigate a relocation to Mars.
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Filed under: GPS
First things first: considering the huge amount of press garnered by a recent position art scam , this here could indeed be just another spoof to get your hopes up. That being said, we’re pretty sure no one with any level of decency would do such a vile thing on Easter Sunday, which is precisely when the above bunny was purportedly created from waltzing about with a Magellan GPS and a digital camera. The artist himself admits that what you see above is a slightly cleaned-up version of the actual path, but we’re told that any edits that occurred had no huge bearing on the outcome of the piece. You be the judge.
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Apologies to reader Miguel for taking his fantastic creations and shoving a lousy pun on it, but it was either that or “sTEAmpunk”. These 
