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Thanks for the visit. And I m undecided on Indiana Jones, can he really be like the first? 
Remember that scene in Empire Strikes Back when Luke is told by Darth Vader that they are like father and son? And Luke like any good kid who was dropped by a manical father bent on taking over the universe and not to mention was instrumental in killing his mother (basically-- though he never knew this) but definitely killed his friend Ben--- he responded in the most resonable manner available to him. NOOOOOOOO!!!
Well that's what I said when I found this out. Okay first. I've been away cause I was like sick. Had a stomach thing. You don't want to know. But when I found this out I crawled out of my sick bed, turned on my ancient computer to inform you--- my faithful audience.
So here goes. There's a movie being made. Hold onto your I-Phone or other 3G compatible device. It's Asteroids. No not Deep Impact or that Bruce Willis thing. No you read right you 80's kids. Asteroids. You know the Atari thing. I think it was. GOD HELP US!!!
As another blogger, much brighter than me put it.... "No good can come of this."
So here goes...
"Though Hollywood excels in making plotless movies, the sale of Asteroids to Universal breaks new ground. The people who are bringing you GI Joe this month are about to make a movie about a triangle shooting a bunch of blobs.
Anyone who is a fan of classic video games knows the familiar story behind Asteroids . . . which is that you are a triangle, and you are shooting a series of geometric shapes. Released in 1979, the game is a perfect example of extremely early and crude computer graphics. And seriously, there was no effort made whatsoever to have a story. Why were you shooting the asteroids? Were they controlled by aliens? Were you trying to break them up so you could mine them for nickel in their cores? It was all an 8-bit mystery.
That's why the story that four studios had a bidding war for the rights to Asteroid seems like it should run in The Onion rather than The Hollywood Reporter. But is is all true.
The movie will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, the mastermind behind GI Joe. It is to be written by Matthew Lopez, whose main claim to fame is that he worked on the script for Race to Witch Mountain. He's also done work on the forthcoming flick The Sorcerer's Apprentice. So will this be a kid-friendly film about triangles and blobs, or more violent adult fare? Hard to say. "
And the article from Hollywood reporter goes on to state that <gulp> Universal Studios is looking to develop other Hasbro board games to the movies screen like Candy Land and Battleship. !!!!!!!!???? What is the world coming to??? Are their not any books left in the world?? What about Screenwriters-- wait maybe.... Are their not any short stories, novellas, novels left in the world?? Notice I didn't play the words comic books in there. 
Editors Note: I always said they were smart and add hearing to it! An incredible combination. On to the story....
Octopus and squid can hear.
The discovery resolves a century-long debate over whether cephalopods, the group of sea creatures that includes octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautiluses, can hear sounds underwater.
Compared to fish, octopus and squid do not appear to hear particularly well.
But the fact they can hear raises the possibility that these intelligent animals may use sound to catch prey, communicate with one another or listen out for predators.
The question of whether cephalopods can perceive sound has been controversial since the early 20th Century. Some experiments suggested that blind octopus seemed able to locate the sounds produced by boats or by tapping on the outside of a tank.
But most cephalopods lack a gas-filled chamber, such as the swim bladders that fish can use to hear. That suggested they could not detect the pressure wave component of sound.
However, sensory physiologist Hong Young Yan of the Taiwan National Academy of Science in Taipei, Taiwan suspected that octopus and squid might use another organ called the statocyst to register sound.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8095000/8095977.stm
Meddling boffins refuse to heed sci-fi common sense
American scientists, showing the reckless disregard for the warnings implicit in quality science fiction that is so regrettably common in the boffinry community, have revived an ancient lifeform which has been slumbering beneath the Arctic ice pack for 120,000 years. To add insult to injury, the scientists believe that their laboratory revenant may be related to indestructible super-aliens yet to be discovered on extraterrestrial iceworlds.
The creature in question is named Herminiimonas glaciei, and was revived from its aeons-long sleep by Dr Jennifer Loveland-Curtze and her colleagues from Pennsylvania State University. The purplish-brown, blobby entity was "coaxed back to life with great patience", according to Penn State.
The thinking is that if life can survive millennia of terrible cold beneath a glacier here on Earth, it might do so on other planets - perhaps here in the solar system, under the Martian or possible lunar icecaps.
"These extremely cold environments are the best analogues of possible extraterrestrial habitats", says Loveland-Curtze.
"The exceptionally low temperatures can preserve cells and nucleic acids for even millions of years... studying these bacteria can provide insights into how cells can survive and even grow under extremely harsh conditions, such as temperatures down to -56˚C, little oxygen, low nutrients, high pressure and limited space."
to read more http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/15/slumbering_arctic_alien/
http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=080414-Kaguya
http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=080414-Kaguya
Black Island Satellite Station
The Milky Way as seen from Black Island in the Antarctic
A long lonely drive back to Black Island
photos courtesy of http://www.frozensouth.com/
I know I posted this once before on the blog... but since I can't find it and I am writing again.... I bet you can guess the subject. I thought I'd post some fun videos and photos!
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