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Quickies: A fun time to feel like a kid again ...
Tue, 31 May 2005

A long time ago in a suburb far far away, we were all younger and Star Wars (the original series, episodes 4 through 6) was taking over the medianet. There were the usual television and radio commercials, but also groovy lunchboxes, colouring books, the omninpresent action figures, buttons, piggy banks, comics, footwear, wallpaper, toilet shag covers... you name it. And it all made ol' George rich, so good for him :) Anyway, I find it really great to see all these new television commercials and products attacking every sense (sure, advertising is annoying, but this is at least old school) -- it takes me back and for a few instants each day makes me feel like I'm a little kid again. Read on for a bizarre little Darth Vader photo I've taken, and help me identify that this strange formation is...

First, while refueling I saw this Darth Vader Won't Show His Peanut ad in the gas-bar. It made me giggle so here you go:

Sadrik pointed out this formation as we walked by today and we wondered what the heck it is .. he figured it was a base for mounting a crane upon:

We walked by later and there was a fellow working away there, so I made the mistake of asking him what it was. Art? Crane base? Method of preventing skateboarding? The answer back was highly anticlimactic -- a Sales Office. How droll.

We'll just ignore that and refer to it as a street-luge course.

Oh, lastly, check this out -- too darned cool, though I fear it'll only be used for office pranks and by perverts taking upskirt photos .. but the idea of a little baseball-sized robot that you can control from any bluetooth device is very intriguing. Furthermore, the little thing runs Linux so should be infinitely hackable. Heck, maybe you could make it work as a mobile bluetooth data store or something... hmm!

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