Updated Canuck Pederass Picture...

Gird your loins boys and girls, an updated picture of the infamous Canuck Pederass has been found. It's currently making the rounds inside the FBI, CIA, NSA, Interpol, and the Rocky Mount women's prison, so there's lots of eyes on the lookout, but he could be anywhere.

If you do see this raving psycho, you're best off not to approach him, but rather stand at a distance, point, and laugh uncontrollably. Ever since this picture has been released, that's all everyone has done anyway.

It's the end of the class as we know it

As requested by the teach, I'll sum up my thoughts of CTS287 in my final blog post, at the least the last one for class.

I enjoyed the class since it covered a lot of topics I didn't know too much about going in. I think letting the class vote on the topics helped in keeping them fresh and new, without getting bogged down in the same work the previous classes before us have also done.

I would have liked to see some of the assignments reworked, more to utilize the tech where possible, and provide proof of it (like blogging, google apps, etc), rather than having to write a report or such. That just took all the fun out of it for me, but I realize it could make grading the individual effort a lot harder.

All in all, I enjoyed the class, mainly because it was hybrid, and you could truly get as little or as much out of the learning as you wanted, because it was often unknown in popular culture, so you had no preconceptions when researching.

A hard drive that will kill you

Western Digital just announced their new VelociRaptor hard drives, the next generation of their popular Raptor drives. Gamers everywhere are rejoicing, as they now double the size of the previous high-speed drives, coming in at 300GB. What makes these drives so great is their speed, drives available to the consumer today generally top out at 7200rpm (revolutions per minute), but the Raptor drives clock in at 10,000rpm. Other cool factors are a 3.0Gb SATA connection and 16MB cache, and the drive is shrunk to 2.5 inch form factor, but still mounted in a 3.5 inch tray, utilizing a proprietary built-in cooling system.

I want 4, but since I don't have $1200 to hand over to WD, I'll just pretend to have them, like I do with all the other tech toys I want.

Wii Vs YMCA

Ask any Wii fanboy and they'll tell you all about Wii Fit. Just wait another few weeks, and you won't be able to hide from the Nintendo marketing blitz, much the same way you can't get rid of life insurance salesmen in your neighborhood. Wii Fit aims to get people to exercise by playing games on a balance board, with the basic premise of getting your lazy butt up off the couch and moving around.

I for one will buy one in the next few months, and I'm sure to break it when I throw it across the room for "cheating", just like I do all my other controllers when playing any other game. Like completing Titan mode on GoW II. There are still some blood vessels visible in my neck from those late nights many moons ago. I hate you Kratos.

HD 8-Tracks Are Next

Much the same way HD content is changing how we view TV, traditional radio is also jumping on board. HD Radio has been around for a few years now, but it's just starting to really take off across the entire US. Many local radio stations have already started to broadcast not only their main channels in HD, but also added sub-channels of extra content. Of course you will need new audio receivers to pull in the new format, but as with any newly emerging tech, it will become standard in the near future, with all sorts of adapters and such to hold you over.

John Connor hides in fear of....THE GRID

In Terminator 3, that of several Oscar awards, John Connor spoke of falling off "the grid", thus making himself unavailable to be tracked. There is talk of a different grid on the horizon, but one that could lead to John's dismal future nonetheless.

The uber-smart geeks over at Cern have already laid some of the foundation of "The Grid", and promise that is very nearly here, capable of being widespread in just a few years. In fact, they plan to start their massive project of finding mass-generating matter later this year, in their attempt for global domination. Not really for global domination, but it just sounded better. While the goal is for academic institutions and government agencies to get unrealized computing power and speed for research projects, I only care that they think I can download an uncompressed copy of T4 by then, and can let go of Divx rips.

Lastly, in honor of Ahnold, I've embedded a soundboard below. I take no responsibility for who you prank call at 3am. Not that I ever have.

Come Hulu With Me

Internet video has pretty much been the sUck since Al Gore was nice enough to invent the internet for us. Yeah, we've got YouTube and all of it's cousins, but getting quality video of Hollywood-produced media has been hit or miss. Of all the most unlikely to lead the fray into bringing this all together, is NBC Universal, who recently publicly released their new venture, HULU. Browse around hulu.com and you'll find tons of content (all of course ad supported), but they have tv shows and movies that you've long forgotten about, plus ones you've been waiting to see. The biggest surprise in all of this is that it's free, especially considering the amount of content they have. I haven't used it much, but the site is laid out pretty well, and the videos load up fast and look pretty good. Also, they're working on expanding their HD offerings, which will further push the need for HTPCs in the living room.

Sorry this post is so poorly written, but I'm tired and don't feel like even proof-reading. If you have an issue with it, report it to these guys.