My YouTube History...Because I Don't Have Time To Blog

I've wanted to post so many things to my blog, but I don't ever have time anymore.  And, because I make absolutely no money sitting at a computer writing my opinion, the blogging takes a backseat to the rest of my life.  But, in the interest of sharing some finds with my few followers, here are some videos from my YouTube History.

Depeche Mode has a new album coming the end of March.  Here is their first released video.


Here is Joe Getty from the "Armstrong and Getty Show" (on AM Talk 650) confirming that he can easily make a 37 yard field goal, unlike David Akers of the 49ers, who missed one in the NFC championship game.  Sure, Akers kicked a 63-yarder and tied the NFL record or something, but he missed the easy one.



Don't run from the police in Slavic countries.


The Trombone was never cooler, except when Commander Riker played his on Star Trek.


My next Ford?  I would love to drive an F150 again, and this concept is sweet.


What cold is in Los Angeles looks silly to the rest of the USA.


Now this is a video.  It's Fresh from Bel-Air.


Do not try this.  Double BMW Donuts.


Cool, crazy things people do.


Audi is about to make Google Maps, Earth, and Search part of its cars.  This video was made by my favorite car company using Google Maps/Street View.


The science of Guiness beer can really be hyped, to the point of making it seem like it's one of the wonders of the world.  Of course, it makes it look like it tastes amazing.


Science is fun.  Should you run or walk in the rain?

Amazon Yesterday Shipping (VIDEO)

This is awesome.  But, it really helps if you were a Star Trek fan and you understand the Space-time continuum.  It all really makes sense if you understand that.  Yes.  Yes is does.

Star Trek Is Better Than Star Wars...Says William Shatner

Star Trek is better than Star Wars.  Captain Kirk explains why.

He actually makes some really good points and I tend to agree.  It is a superior franchise, with better stories, told with more drama, better writing, and believable situations...well believable for the future.  The science in Star Trek is better.

Anyway, Bill explains it much better.



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Star Trek Home Environment Controls

I want one of these. I want all the Starship Enterprise Technology for my home.

I posted a similar type video in May of 2008, but this one is clearer and more detailed.

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Apple Does It AGAIN!!!! I Could Cuss. iPhone 4 Signal Issues.

Picture taken from CrunchGear

First of all, if you are an Apple Fanboy, don't bother commenting on this blog post unless it is to agree with me about the iPhone 4's faulty design.

Now, how does a wealthy company, whose arrogance about doing things the right way by picking and choosing the best direction for the future (i.e. HTML5), design a phone with an antenna issue like the one of the iPhone 4? If you haven't already heard via the national news sources, the web, or someone you know who has purchased the iPhone 4, there is an issue with the antenna. If you hold the phone in your left hand and cover the lower left corner of the phone, you will lose signal strength, enough to drop calls or stop a download.



Engadget's Story here.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog's (TUAW) Story here.

And then, when Apple realize the issue with it (I'm sure during the R&D phase), they designed a bumper case, pretended during the announcement of the phone the external antenna design is revolutionary , and then Steve Jobs said, "Just don't hold it that way."  The problem I have is that they obviously knew this was a defect in design before it ever came to market. The bumper case was out and leaked before the reveal, which is obviously an immediate fix for the antenna issue. Also, it's not like they were not testing the phone out in the wild (remember the Gizmodo story). This is the job of R&D. And Steve's horrible response via email is the best they were prepared with?

Don't hold the phone the way you've always held a phone? This reminds me of the kind of crap Apple produced just before they almost went completely under, flawed products they refused to think were the result of their poor work.  I'm no lawyer, but I see a class action suit hitting. And, although they can afford it and will probably end up issuing the bumper case as the fix to every purchaser, they could have avoided ALL of this bad press, the need to ship everybody cases, and a flawed design by fixing this in development.

This is causing me to do further research into other phones. I've been reading posts about the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint. I've been watching all the evolutions of the Droid phone, knowing George Lucas wouldn't mind some more of my money (he has the rights to the name "Droid"). I've been thinking of dumbing down my information overload, maybe with an old flip phone. What's Nextel doing these days?  LOL.

I did love my iPhone for a while.  But even now, with the iOS 4 update slowing my phone to a crawl, I don't know anymore.  Apple forgets about their customers after their purchases are made.  And now they hide a known issue until 1.5 million people give their hard earned money to the company.  It's crazy.

MORTAL KOMBAT!!! Rebirth

Thanks to a tweet by @joelmchale, I saw this video for the new Mortal Kombat Movie...or at least I think it's a new movie. IMDb knows nothing. The Internet seems confused. I did see Jeri Ryan in this video so, "7 of 9" makes it seem legit. This is a Rated R preview, for "Really Creepy". Viewer's discretion is advised.

Sir Patrick Stewart Loves His iPhone

Sir Patrick Stewart a.k.a. Captain Picard of Star Trek TNG loves his iPhone but doesn't see the need for Twitter. I love how he puts this, because I agree with him.

Star Wars vs. Star Trek

I would agree with this video. The Star Trek franchise is actually my favorite of the two. Sorry Ted. These nerds are pretty good with the special effects.

The Star Trek A-Team

Thanks to the Facebook of Veronica Belmont, a female geek that all the geeks are in love with because she knows about what geeks know about and she's fairly attractive, I have a video mash-up of two things I find entertaining; Star Trek and the A-Team. Enjoy the video.

The Onion Does Star Trek

The Onion is a "news" site devoted to spoof news stories on current events. Often they have language that doesn't allow for embedding on my blog, but this one is clean...and funny...and a topic I cover. Star Trek is talked about in this "news report." Enjoy.
Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'

Star Trek Uses a Jewish Hand Signal Meaning Shaddai (a name of God)

SO, Leonard Nimoy came up with the "Vulcan salute" based on a Jewish hand gesture used in the priestly benediction to bless the congregation. It's the shape of the letter "shin" in the Hebrew alphabet, which is the first letter of the name Shaddai, a name of God. Here is a picture from the grave of Rabbi and Kohen(Jewish priest) Meschullam Kohn (1739-1819) in Fürth (Bavaria, Germany). This is crazy stuff. The Rabbi's last name is close to the name of the enemy in what is probably the most popular/well known Star Trek movie, "The Wrath of Khan." I'm sure there is no correlation there. Here's old Spock explaining it.

Star Trek Movie

It was amazingly good. Go see it!!!

Star Trek Title Logos Over the Years

I've seen all the movies.

New Star Trek Movie

This trailer will probably get pulled soon but I'm posting it anyway. The new Star Trek movie coming in May looks so awesome. Even a non-Trekkie should be able to like this movie.

The New Holodeck

I found this on Gizmodo, one of the tech blogs I read. To steal the description from Gizmodo, it's like the modern day Holodeck from Star Trek TNG. This is a really neat video, and I would love to have something like this for designing some of my ideas for houses, cars, and even video game worlds. It takes a minute to get going, but it's a cool video.
World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

Star Trek - Trailer #2

Back in January I told you about the Star Trek movie being worked on for May 2009. Now there is a new trailer out for the movie. Looks good.

Trekkie Tech for Home

True fans of Star Trek will recognize the LCARS like touchscreen system in this video. It appears to be in another language so I can't read what the functions of this home control unit does, but you can see it closes a shade for the window. From things I've seen in the past, you can most likely control anything that runs off of electricity. I'm thinking of things like home entertainment and music, lights, heating and air, and more. I also liked that it became a fish tank at the end. You could make it into a digital photo frame, rotating through a library of pictures. Story found on Engadget.

Shatner "Singing" to Lucas

I found this video through a completely unrelated article on Crunch Gear regarding YouTube's Google like logo change for Valentine's Day (BTW, have you ever heard someone call in Valentime's Day?) So for a site like mine, where both Star Wars and Star Trek are loved and enjoyed, this video had to be posted. Please enjoy Captain Kirk singing to Mr. Star Wars himself.

Star Trek - Under Construction

I've always been a huge fan of the Star Trek Franchise. Now there is a new movie in the works. Not much is out about it yet, but here is a Trailer.