4 Halloween pictures of the Halloween 2008...Zzzzzz...

People love Halloween!



Move the line folks!



Ummmm... Can I get some rest please?

Rose Ave. Mar Vista, Los Angeles. Photos by Orhan Ayyuce

XBox Runaway / Microsoft / "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" + $50,000.00

Missing runaway teen

-By Michel Comte, AFP
Brandon Crisp, 15, took off on his bicycle from his Barrie, Ontario home on October 13 -- Canada's Thanksgiving holiday -- and rode east along an old rail line.
He has not been seen since.
His father told local media he had removed Brandon's XBox, built by Microsoft, after noticing changes in behavior since Brandon started playing "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" online.The boy started skipping school, stealing money and ignoring his studies, his father said.
A local newspaper, the family's Internet service provider and Child Find offered a 25,000-dollar (19,500-dollar US) reward for information leading to his return.
Microsoft topped it up with another 25,000 dollars, the company said Tuesday in an email to AFP, "hoping for his swift return."
"Like everyone, we are deeply worried about the disappearance of Brandon Crisp," the company said.


The giant amounts of money involved in computer games industry at large, and increasing levels of actual violence among the teenagers creeping up, reputations must be kept intact.

Living room warriors

Even the senseless killings in the living rooms must have happy endings. After all, if Microsoft doesn't come to the rescue of the consumers who wait at the doors of stores featuring XBox sales, then who will? Twenty five thousand Canadian dollars award is just a small amount to say "we care."
With that, Microsoft expresses that every player must be accounted for and safely return to their living rooms!

Zero Hour XBox

In a seperate CNET post by Michelle Meyers the teenager's father said;
"This had become his identity, and I didn't realize how in-depth this was until I took his Xbox away, that's like cutting his legs off."
"I just took away his identity, so I can understand why he got so mad and took off," he added. "Before, I couldn't understand why he was taking off for taking his game away."

You will better understand the Father's dilemma and Microsoft's worry when you are more familiar with the "Game" below...

Introduction to "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare"


Last Updated: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 2:20 PM ET
CBC News
SAD NEWS
Foul play not suspected after teen's body found in Ontario

A body found northeast of Barrie, Ont., on Wednesday is believed to be that of 15-year-old Brandon Crisp, who disappeared from his home last month after a dispute with his parents over a video game.

Brandon Crisp, 15, is shown here in an undated family photo. (Barrie Examiner/Canadian Press)

Internet picture of the day: Parabolic dish systems

Parabolic dish systems:

A parabolic dish collector is similar in appearance to a large satellite dish, but has mirror-like reflectors and an absorber at the focal point. It uses a dual axis sun tracker.

A parabolic dish system uses a computer to track the sun and concentrate the sun's rays onto a receiver located at the focal point in front of the dish. In some systems, a heat engine, such as a Stirling engine, is linked to the receiver to generate electricity. Parabolic dish systems can reach 1000 °C at the receiver, and achieve the highest efficiencies for converting solar energy to electricity in the small-power capacity range.

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Google Earth stop of the Day: Mississippi Delta

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Ground control to Chandrayaan

Jantar Mantar Observatory, in Jaipurvia, Rajasthan, India. Built in 1728. PlanetWare (more...)

NEWS:
NEW DELHI — India launched its first unmanned spacecraft to orbit the moon early Wednesday, part of an effort to assert its power in space and claim some of the business opportunities there.

This is good boost and a less controversial rocket show for the nationalists in India, when in fact, they were looking and charting the galaxy and beyond since way back...



Presently they say they are looking for Helium 3, a light, non-radioactive isotope of helium and a potential replacement for fossil fuel.

With this, the Asian Space Race is officially on.

Of course all this after we did the real Lego work and still keep it ahead of everybody else...



Link:
Chandrayaan-1, mission control..LIVE..

"This reminds me Frank Gehry ahead of its time, " internet picture of the week.

'Dropped Bra' by Tom Wesselman, 1980, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu

I was trying to remember this work as reference to Frank Gehry's compositions.
It was sculpted by Tom Wesselman.

Hollywood News: "This ain't no disco"

La Forestière estate, Clichy-sous-Bois, close to the area where Luc Besson had begun filming From Paris With Love. Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian

Production of a Luc Besson film starring John Travolta has been suspended in one of the Paris area's toughest housing projects after 10 cars to be used in the movie were burned. Some say it is a gang war.

Note: Music video and cars burning clips added by the author via YouTube.

via Guardian