Geeking out...
You may have seen this already, but I'm kinda hoping you haven't: Tom Cruise Kills Oprah! UNLIMITED POWER!!!
What can I say? I want one!
The force is strong among a group of West Yorkshire parishioners who held a special service on Sunday to celebrate the release of Star Wars Episode III. What the..? What?!?
If you're into Star Wars AND into typography, then you must not miss this! The design of the Star Wars logo.
See, T should count himself lucky that such a conversation will never take place between us.
Apparently, Jedi are geeks.
Scientists and technologists have the same uneasy status in our society as the Jedi in the Galactic Republic. They are scorned by the cultural left and the cultural right, and young people avoid science and math classes in hordes. The tedious particulars of keeping ourselves alive, comfortable and free are being taken offline to countries where people are happy to sweat the details, as long as we have some foreign exchange left to send their way. Nothing is more seductive than to think that we, like the Jedi, could be masters of the most advanced technologies while living simple lives: to have a geek standard of living and spend our copious leisure time vegging out.
- Interesting, that would also pretty much sum up the ideal state of living for the old Romans. Funny, huh?
Monday, June 27, 2005 posted by Wardi @ 7:57 PM
