Jul 282021
Jul 282021
The WTFery continues, this time with a trailer for a stop-motion movie that Phil Tippet began working on before Jurassic Park. Say what you will about the trailer… it’s not one of those where the trailer basically lays out the whole plot, where you come away thinking that there’s no point in actually watching the movie because you’ve already got it all.
Jul 282021
At about 3:58 in this video you can see the worlds largest aircraft take off as seen by a near-suicidal drone. Yow.
Jul 272021
Huh.
Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn calls for a moment of silence “for my fallen colleague, officer Brian Sicknick, who died from injuries he sustained in the line of duty defending the Capitol of our beloved democracy” https://t.co/2RJjqvCz6u pic.twitter.com/iTF7sAXsLI
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 27, 2021
Note:
US Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick died of strokes the day after riot, medical examiner rules
So he starts off by saying something manifestly untrue. Who would give any credence to anything else he has to say?
Jul 272021
Even in the world of Disney Star Wars:
Lucasfilm hires deepfake YouTuber who fixed Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian
Now if they could hire someone to fix the sequel trilogy…
Jul 272021
A PDF catalog of the various rocket motors produced by Northrop-Grumman. This includes the Orion, castor, GEM, STAR, ASAS, RSRM and others.
https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/NG-Propulsion-Products-Catalog.pdf
Includes basic data (including thrust/time curves) and illustrations. Curiously absent are prices and whether or not they take PayPal or Bitcoin. And what’s the shipping cost of, say, a dozen SLS boosters to my island volcano lair?
Jul 272021
🚨WANTED for ROBBERY: On 7/24/21 at approx 9:05 AM, in the vicinity of Pitkin Ave and Barbey St in Brooklyn, the suspect approached a 68-year-old male, assaulted him, causing a broken wrist & nose, then removed his property. Any info? DM @NYPDTips, or call them at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/SLpC72eRhS
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 25, 2021
Nope.
Jul 272021
Rising shipping costs leading to a large increase in prices, delays on many toys
The summary here is that shipping costs are higher, leading to an increase in the cost and decrease in the availability of toys, just in time for Christmas. How much of a change are we dealing with? Wellllll…
On July 1, the Drewry World Container Index reported the average price for shipping a 40-foot container of cargo by sea costs about $8,400, up 346% compared to this time last year.
Shipping a container from Shanghai to Los Angeles costs more than $9,100, a change of more than 272% from last year.
Gosh, that’s too bad. Cheap crap that enriches the Chinese Communist Party is getting more expensive? Whatever shall we do?
Hey, here’s a thought: maybe the United States could, and I’m just spitballing here… actually MAKE STUFF AGAIN?
It’s not just an idea for toys. We rely *far* too much on China for prit near everything. When the Chinese decide to conquer Taiwan and trans-Pacific comes to a grinding halt, it won’t just be Pokemon cards and model kits that we’ll run short of, it’ll be tools and computers and medicine.
Jul 272021
Ummmm…
UMMMMMMM….
Jul 272021
This was supposed to be out a year ago, now it will (hopefully) be out for Thanksgiving. It looks pretty promising to me… this trailer makes it look slapstick-free, a straight-up drama/horror. Obviously, that’s not how it’ll end up playing out, but this approach is interesting.