21 May 2005

Goodbye Star Wars

Let me get this off my chest, I am a confirmed Star Wars nut. No question about it. I'm one of the few people on this planet, (6 in total I think) that do not believe the Ewoks was a bad idea, that Jar Jar Binks should be executed and Hayden Christensen makes Keanu Reeves look like a freaking good actor. Ok, maybe on the last one, I do agreee. He can't act. Both of them.

This brings me to the main point I wanted to bring up, which is the fact that the last of the Star Wars movies are over. Finito. Habis. Kaput. The End. We seen Anakin Skywalker become Darth Vader. We've seen how the Palpatine becomes the hideously disfigured Emperor. It's over and I for am upset.

Upset not because the movie was bad. It was good. Wooden dialogue and all. I'm upset because it seems like an end to an era of sci-fi in cinemas and movies. No more Star Wars movies. No more Star Trek TV series. No more Sta Trek movies. What are us nerds out there going to watch? It's like a whole genre of entertainment has come to an end.

Are there no more good sci-fi stories out there to tell. Has space finally been conquered, explored and basically, we've seen it all? I don't think so. So come on, anyone, someone, bring sci-fi back. I'll be here waiting.

17 May 2005

Picture of the day!

Sign outside a men's toilet.

Is anybody out there?

So, three blog entries later, it hits me. Is anyone out there reading this thing or am I writing for the webcrawlers and bots entertainment? I'm pretty sure they need some entertainment.

Over a billion pages out there on the internet and if you take out the porn pages, you are left with maybe 10 pages. Last time I checked, webcrawlers don't have a gender. It's not like they are both male or female, or sometimes male, sometimes female. They just don't have a gender, meaning they don't have sex, meaning they don't get turned on (or off) by porn., meaning they have a damn boring time surfing the web......that is until they reach this page, then they know there is no meaning to the web at all and they just go back to a small corner of the internet to curl up and wilt away.

Anyway, where was I? Oh yes. Is anyone reading this thing? I would appreciate a commment or 2. More is always better, which lead me to think....which is always a bad idea. Seeing how difficult it was for me to get a decent name for this blog, does anyone read all the stuff out there? Are they enough eyes out there to read all these thoughts (Some pretty good. Not naming any names here.) that are constantly being put onto the internet? I'm not sure.

So, to renew my faith in blogging, will someone please write a comment.......don't make me write my own.

12 May 2005

Random Ranting and Raving

Just a couple of nonsensical stuff that has crossed my mind recently.

1. Drivers

How is it that a country where in order to get a driver's license, you take over a year (if you are really good and don't fail anything) to finish all the required classes and practicals to pass and get your driver's license can't produce any decent drivers?

For example, in the slip roads to the highways, there always traffic backed up for miles but traffic is flowing smoothly on the highway. Doesn't anyone know how to merge into traffic? Also, when in the fastest lane of a four lane highway, don't just decide to go straight from the fastest lane to the slowest lane immediately. Cutting across 4 lanes in one go is not cool.

2. Drivers again

In a country where it takes an average of 3 weeks to get a driver's license and most of people on the road drive at least 50km/h above the speed limit, which the kind of skill that would make Schumacher proud, the only F1 driver they managed to produce was a weedy idiot who didn't even manage to finish a single race. Makes you wonder how they found this jackass.

"Hmmmm, lets see who drives within the speed limit and is the safest driver on the road. He would be perfect for F1."

Sheesh!!

3. 3G

What's the deal with 3G? Ooooo!!! Video Calls!!! I must really do that on a mobile. Most people can't walk and send text messages at the same time. Now, these same people are expected to concentrate on a tiny 1.8 inch screen while walking???? I get the feeling that hospital A&E departments are about to get more crowded if this ever catches on.

Patient: Doctor, I broke my hip.
Doctor: How did this happen?
Patient: Well, I was on this video call and didn't see where I was walking.
Doctor: Serves you right. Next!

4. 3G again

I wonder if some of those telcos who paid vast sums for their 3G licenses feel like idiots about it now. Saying that 3G is taking off is similar to saying that whales are about to take to the air. Not happening.

As far as I can't tell, you can't do much with 3G. I can't even watch soccer. The screen is so small and the resolution so poor, I can't make out who's playing, much less where the ball is.

I know, make the referees use 3G phones to referee soccer games. The video of the phone is the only view of the game they are allowed. Would soccer a great deal more interesting and give Mourinho even more chance to talk rubbish.

5. This blog

This blog is turning into a cesspool of nonsense. Don't blame me. It's 12:31 am and I want to go to bed.

10 May 2005

CVs

When the last time you tried to write a CV. I'm doing right now, for the first time since I graduated (which is ages ago) and I've forgotten how much mumbo jumbo one is suppose to write in these things. I don't like blogging and I do a better job at writing this blog (some may disagree) than I do at writing a CV.

After 5 attempts, all I've managed is my name, address and well, not much else. My life seems to revolve around trying to do things multiple times before I get it right. Take the name of this blog for example.

Anyway, I figure the key points in writing ones CV is:
a) Lie
b) Lie somemore
c) Lie a whole more
d) Don't get caught lying

Oh well, back to the CV writing. Hoepfully I'll have more insights into this process after I'm done.

PS Why does modern man always makes life harder that it already is? Have you ever seen a hyroglyph of an ancient Egyptian submitting a CV? I haven't. You were either a slave or you weren't. Ah, the simple life.....

At last!!!!! %$^#&%$%#*

This was suppose to be a witty first post but after spending a freaking 2 hours trying to find a blog address on blogspot that wasn't used, I lost my mood.

So here it is, the first post ever on the the Bohmox blog.

Why Bohmox? What kind of intoxicated, weed smoking individual comes up the name Bohmox? The same one that spent so long tryin to find a name for his blog because there are a 100 million people out there who already have a blog and have used every decent name in the English and every other language out there.

So where does Bohmox come from? Well, when you first try to create a blog, Blogspot ask you to enter some characters into a text box from an image they display. Well, after the 100 attempt to find a working name, mine said Bohmox. It was going to be Ahhjbb but apparently that in use by some other frustrated soul out there.

So what's Bohmox all about??? Beats me. I figure, I'm just going to post random thoughts (random being in the running for the "Understatement of the Year award") every now and then. Probably more then than now.

Have fun reading.....and if you do decide to set up your own blog, find the guy/gal/dog/cat out there who has the blog address you want and kill/threaten/main/send to Michael Jackson if under 13 years of age to release the address to you and save yourself 2 hours of your life and 10 years of your sanity.