Nerd thing to do today.
Your Nerdsignment, should you choose to accept it...
Play with LEGOs.
Thats it. Play with LEGOs. I made a cool jet the other day. It has 3 sets of wings.
This is the Halo warthog I made for the Technic scale LEGO men for my LEGO HALO shorts....that I haven't got around to making yet. click me
Thats it. Play with LEGOs. I made a cool jet the other day. It has 3 sets of wings.
This is the Halo warthog I made for the Technic scale LEGO men for my LEGO HALO shorts....that I haven't got around to making yet. click me
MOVIE
I just watched One of the most creative movies since Captain Neo...though it came out way before Neo. Message From Space is a Japanese movie from the 70s. Glorious wire work and model shots. The chase through the asteroids near the beginning is so good. If you keep in mind that the movie was made in the 70's that will help your suspension of disbelief.* Cause of course you can survive in the vacuum of space with just a respirator, floating around catching space fire flies. Considered the Japanese answer to the American film StarWars this adventure takes you to distant planets with plenty of action, sci-fi, aliens and robots. Which it isn't StarWars but it's really creative and fun. Vic Morrow could give Peter Falk a run for his money. And just remember... Walnuts.
*Many people don't keep that in mind when watching movies. They write it off as "stupid." Which it isn't stupid. It was a different time/culture.
The Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a terrific science fiction series that explores the ethics of biomedical engineering, and the lengths to which people will go to save the ones they love. After a terrible accident, Jenna, Locke and Kara are dying, and there's nothing any doctors can do. Except perhaps for Jenna's father who has created BioGel, a synthetic gel that exactly immitates the behavior of human cells - the only drawback is that its unapproved, and very illegal. He copies the minds of all three teens without telling the parents of the other two. He then recreates Jenna, but copies of Locke and Kara stay on the shelf for 260 years, trapped in little black boxes. All they know is darkness. They are eventually rebuilt by Dr. Gatsboro, but the world they awake to is not their own. Are they still human? Or has something in them snapped during their time on the shelf? This story is one of science, self-discovery, philosophy and ethics. Fans of The Hunger Games will undoubtedly love Pearson's characters and fast-paced storytelling. A great science fiction must-read.
AURORA'S BIBLIO-FILES
The Adoration of Jenna Fox and The Fox Inheritance by Mary PearsonThe Fox Inheritance by Mary E. PearsonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a terrific science fiction series that explores the ethics of biomedical engineering, and the lengths to which people will go to save the ones they love. After a terrible accident, Jenna, Locke and Kara are dying, and there's nothing any doctors can do. Except perhaps for Jenna's father who has created BioGel, a synthetic gel that exactly immitates the behavior of human cells - the only drawback is that its unapproved, and very illegal. He copies the minds of all three teens without telling the parents of the other two. He then recreates Jenna, but copies of Locke and Kara stay on the shelf for 260 years, trapped in little black boxes. All they know is darkness. They are eventually rebuilt by Dr. Gatsboro, but the world they awake to is not their own. Are they still human? Or has something in them snapped during their time on the shelf? This story is one of science, self-discovery, philosophy and ethics. Fans of The Hunger Games will undoubtedly love Pearson's characters and fast-paced storytelling. A great science fiction must-read.
PLUGZ'S PROJECTS
I had a hand in making props for Dragon Age Redemption starring Felicia day.
