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		<title>David Lynch talks iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2008/01/08/david-lynch-talks-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yorrike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a counter rant, so please excuse me. It regards a YouTube video parody turning a David Lynch comment on tiny cellphone screens being used to watch movies, into an iPhone commercial. A sensible debate in the ghettos of the YouTube comment system is beyond fanciful, so this gets a blog post instead. Take [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a counter rant, so please excuse me. It regards a YouTube video parody turning a David Lynch comment on tiny cellphone screens being used to watch movies, into an iPhone commercial. A sensible debate in the ghettos of the YouTube comment system is beyond fanciful, so this gets a blog post instead. Take a look;</p>
<p align="center"><p><a href="http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2008/01/08/david-lynch-talks-iphone/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p>Ya think? Look here, cranky (all of Lynch, the person who made this parody and the person who posted it), no one is going to exclusively watch a worthwhile movie on the iPhone. If they do, they are indeed missing out. No one in their right mind does that. When I get an iPhone or an iPod touch, I&#8217;m going to have videos, cartoons and maybe even movies on it. Not because I think I&#8217;m experiencing the media in the manner the creator intended,  but because I&#8217;ll be experiencing entertainment on a portable device in a manner I see fit. Quite frankly, with the horrendous  drivel coming out of Hollywood these days, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be missing much watching most movies on a 4&#8243; screen. Either that or there&#8217;s some kind of special magic I&#8217;ll rob myself of, if I  don&#8217;t watch Napoleon Dynamite or Borat in a theatre.</p>
<p>Get off your pretentious high horse you arrogant fucks, no one cares what you think. All we care about is having a sexy phones (this goes for any of the new generation phones with those nice, big, bright, gorgeous screens) with the ABILITY to play video. End of story.</p>
<p>Sorry about all that, here&#8217;s something to lighten the mood (since it&#8217;s so freakin&#8217; awesome). <strong>God is a DJ</strong>;</p>
<p align="center"><p><a href="http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2008/01/08/david-lynch-talks-iphone/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
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		<title>Science? That&#8217;s Just Making Stuff Up, Right?</title>
		<link>http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2007/05/24/science-thats-just-making-stuff-up-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 08:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yorrike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the dubious &#8220;honour&#8221; of coming across this video on YouTube today, watch it and keep your scientific wits about you. Actually, the slightest shred of common sense will suffice; Let me spare you the torturous, septic YouTube comments that resulted and tackle a few points about this video (most comments were anti-muslim, or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had the dubious &#8220;honour&#8221; of coming across this video on YouTube today, watch it and keep your scientific wits about you. Actually, the slightest shred of common sense will suffice;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2007/05/24/science-thats-just-making-stuff-up-right/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>Let me spare you the torturous, septic YouTube comments that resulted and tackle a few points about this video (most comments were anti-muslim, or racist or outrageously retarded regarding the age of some of the commenters).</p>
<p>Firstly, as should be blindingly obvious, this guy doesn&#8217;t have a clue about science. There&#8217;s no magnetic &#8220;zero&#8221; zone on earth, because the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetosphere" title="Wikipedia entry on the magnetosphere">Earth&#8217;s magnetic field flows in a single vector around the planet</a>. Here&#8217;s a brief run-down on the magnetosphere from the <a href="http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/cowley.html">American Geophysical Union</a>. If you&#8217;re in the southern hemisphere, your compass needle still points to the north. The only time it&#8217;ll point to the south is during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal">geomagnetic reversal</a>, in which case everyone&#8217;s compasses point to the geographic south (which becomes the polar north).<br />
Secondly, the basalts around Mecca are not the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_rock" title="Wikipedia entry on the oldest rocks on earth">oldest rocks in the world</a>, that honour is awarded to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zircon">zircon</a> crystals from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hills">Jack Hills</a> in Australia. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=mecca+saudi+arabia&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=21.616579,39.814453&amp;spn=21.947175,29.882813&amp;t=h&amp;z=5&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1" title="Google Maps shows Mecca">Mecca</a> sits on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian-Nubian_Shield">Arabian Shield</a> which formed during the late <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archean">Archean</a>, at ~2500 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega-annum#Mega-annum">Ma</a> (at least <a href="http://www.sgs.org.sa/index.cfm?sec=16&amp;sub=171&amp;page=" title="SGS site detailing the Arabian Shield.">according to the Saudi Geological Survey</a>). The Jack Hills zircons are ~4100 Ma, so maybe Australia should be Islam&#8217;s most holy site? I didn&#8217;t think so</p>
<p>The rocks from the temples around Mecca are not made from pre-solar material. The chances that the only major, preserved pre-solar material fall in the world being the material those temples are made from is, excuse the pun, astronomical. Even if it were pre-solar material, there&#8217;d be a huge amount of pre-solar material elsewhere on Earth, and I&#8217;d probably be <a href="http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2007/04/29/dirty-space-porn-my-msc-thesis-in-brief/">studying it</a>.</p>
<p>There is no &#8220;infinite&#8221; radiation being emitted from Mecca. Infinity doesn&#8217;t exist for one thing. Secondly, if this is radiation pointing to heaven, then heaven changes its position every second of every day of every year. We live in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentric">heliocentric solar system</a>, not a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric">geocentric universe</a>.</p>
<p>I have an equally low respect for Islam as I do for all other religions. But I have an even lower respect for people <a href="http://www.nealadams.com/morescience.html">pretending to be scientists</a> (I&#8217;ll be taking to Neal in a later post) and others believing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_hovind">bullshit they spin</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m out.</p>
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		<title>Super Sweet Zelda DS Lite</title>
		<link>http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2007/05/04/super-sweet-zelda-ds-lite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 00:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yorrike</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is, by far, the coolest DS mod I&#8217;ve seen. The Zelda <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ds_lite" title="Nintendo DS Lite on Wikiepedia">DS Lite</a>. It&#8217;s currently going for US$610 on <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=130108922790" title="eBay auction for the DS Lite Zelda Mod">eBay</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.yorrike.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/zelda-mod-1-dsl.jpg" alt="Zelda DS Lite" /></p>
<p>Sourced from <a href="http://gonintendo.com/?p=17274" title="Go Nintendo">GoNintendo</a></p>
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		<title>The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess</title>
		<link>http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2006/12/18/the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yorrike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just completed the latest chapter in the Legend of Zelda Series, 12 days after I acquired it in conjunction with my Wii. It took me just short of 60 hours to complete, despite my extensive experience with previous Zelda games, and I am still in awe of the experience. In my opinion, this is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just completed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess">latest chapter</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_series">Legend of Zelda Series</a>, 12 days after I acquired it in conjunction with my <a href="http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2006/12/06/nintendo-wii/">Wii</a>.</p>
<p class="center"><img src="http://www.yorrike.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/zeldatp.jpg" alt="A screenshot from Twilight Princess" width="440" /></p>
<p>It took me just short of 60 hours to complete, despite my extensive experience with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time">previous</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Majora%27s_Mask">Zelda</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_The_Wind_Waker">games</a>, and I am still in awe of the experience. In my opinion, this is the best Zelda ever made and without doubt one of the greatest <em>games</em> ever made. I may so far as to write a full review at a later date, but for now; if you&#8217;re a gamer, buy Twilight princess and a Wii. After playing for an average of 5 hours a day, I&#8217;m inclined to do it again, even with the summer sun and its associated niceties beckoning me from within my self-imposed, curtain-assisted twilight realm.</p>
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		<title>Nintendo Wii</title>
		<link>http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2006/12/06/nintendo-wii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yorrike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nintendo Wii launches here in a mere 4 hours. In one hour I&#8217;m going to my local game shop for a launch party. I don&#8217;t think I could be more hyped, partly because it&#8217;s a new Nintendo console, party because of Zelda: Twilight Princess and partly because I&#8217;ve been anticipating this launch for 2 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii">Nintendo Wii</a> launches here in a mere 4 hours. In one hour I&#8217;m going to my local game shop for a launch party. I don&#8217;t think I could be more hyped, partly because it&#8217;s a new Nintendo console, party because of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_princess">Zelda: Twilight Princess</a> and partly because I&#8217;ve been anticipating this launch for 2 years. To quote Eric Cartman; &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_God_Go">It&#8217;s like waiting for christmas, times a thousand</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p>Though I&#8217;m quite the Nintendo fan, I&#8217;ve never actually been to a new console launch. I flew thousands of kilometres in 2001 to go to E3 and play the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamecube">GameCube</a> at its first public showing, which I suppose is pretty hardcore, but when launch came around, I simply ordered a cube from the USA and got it months before it came out here (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_zealand">NZ</a>). It&#8217;s a first for me and I&#8217;m giddy with excitement. </p>
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		<title>Star Wars Death Star</title>
		<link>http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2006/11/09/star-wars-death-star/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yorrike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to play with Lego a lot when I was young, I attribute it as being a contributing factor in my development as a fully-fledged geek. I also like Star Wars when I was young, also a contributing factor. It should have come as no surprise then, although it did, to discover that Lego [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to play with Lego a lot when I was young, I attribute it as being a contributing factor in my development as a fully-fledged geek. I also like Star Wars when I was young, also a contributing factor. It should have come as no surprise then, although it did, to discover that Lego has produced <a title="The Lego Death Star" href="http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=10143">a collector&#8217;s edition Death Star set</a>.</p>
<p>I remember the rainy days of my youth, before video games and the internet took over as my primary pass-times, being wholly devoted to making a new Lego &#8220;thing&#8221; out of bits of another Lego &#8220;thing&#8221;. I&#8217;m far too impatient these days, but just as demonstration of hpw extreme some people are, here&#8217;s two time-lapsed videos of the Death Star being built in Lego;</p>
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<p>Remember how I said I&#8217;m too impatient these days? Well to emphasise that, I hereby agree with <a title="Scott Johnson's post on this." href="http://www.myextralife.com/?p=3600">Scott Johnson</a> that merely watching these videos, even in time-lapse form, makes me want to lie down and snooze. Urgh.</p>
<p>As a side note, I say &#8220;Lego&#8221; as the plural of Lego. I think saying &#8220;Legos&#8221; sounds retarded.</p>
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		<title>No More Daily Show on YouTube</title>
		<link>http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2006/10/30/no-more-daily-show-on-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yorrike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This very sad piece of news makes me a very sad panda. Comedy Central have demanded YouTube remove all Daily Show clips. Which is a bit of a bitch, since I don&#8217;t live in America, so the only version of the Daily Show I can reasonably expect to see legally is the lame International Version [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/27/youtube_removes_come.html">very sad piece of news</a> makes me a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harrassment_panda">very sad panda</a>. Comedy Central have demanded <a href="http://www.youtube.com">YouTube</a> remove all Daily Show clips. Which is a bit of a bitch, since I don&#8217;t live in America, so the only version of the Daily Show I can reasonably expect to see legally is the lame <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show#Editions_for_various_markets">International Version</a> once a week on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4_%28New_Zealand%29">C4</a>. C4 being the channel that is barely broadcast, more yelled from the top of a transmission tower located on the Moon, unless you have cable or satellite TV. Of which i have neither. Since I&#8217;m a poor student.</p>
<p>I mean, fair enough, it&#8217;s their content and they own the copyright. But it&#8217;s a daily news show of which you can&#8217;t buy DVDs. it&#8217;s not like they&#8217;d be losing much business, if any. But hey, if Comedy Central want to be a bunch of cunts, no worries. I&#8217;ll just have to &#8220;pirate&#8221; the show in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet">another manner</a>.</p>
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		<title>Weird Al &#8211; White and Nerdy</title>
		<link>http://www.yorrike.com/archives/2006/09/30/weird-al-white-and-nerdy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yorrike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the music video for Weird Al Yankovic&#8217;s &#8220;White and Nerdy&#8221;, and it&#8217;s the funniest and coolest thing I&#8217;ve seen in a very long time. I&#8217;ve been a Weird Al fan since I was about 8 years old, so it&#8217;s great to see he&#8217;s still kicking some wicked parodies and keeping up with the [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is the music video for Weird Al Yankovic&#8217;s &#8220;White and Nerdy&#8221;, and it&#8217;s the funniest and coolest thing I&#8217;ve seen in a very long time. I&#8217;ve been a Weird Al fan since I was about 8 years old, so it&#8217;s great to see he&#8217;s still kicking some wicked parodies and keeping up with the current culture of nerdcore and the internet.</p>
<p>I should probably pimp my <a title="YouTube" href="http://www.youtube.com">YouTube</a> <a title="Yorrike's YouTube favourites" href="http://www.youtube.com/profile_favorites?user=yorrike">favourites page</a> at this point, since I keep a lot of videos I like in there, so if you&#8217;ve got a few hours to waste, have a browse through there.</p>
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