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Tomorrow, I return to work after three weeks of vacation. The past two weeks, after Christmas have been especially relaxing. I have caught up on my need to surf.

I finally jumped on the bandwagon of del.icio.us and now I can't imagine surfing any other way. Basically, it is not surfing so much as riding the waves. Del.icio.us is an open tagging site.

What this means is that its members can "tag" web sites that they have visited. "Tags" are catchwords that allow you to categorize the web site - to group it with other users' categories of the same name. The best part is you can search everybody's tags, or view popular and/or recent tags.

Why search in Google or Yahoo when del.icio.us' members have already sorted the wheat from the chaff, as it were. Another thing I like, is that it del.icio.us is global and uncensored - sites of all languages and sensibilities are tagged. If you are not willing to join yourself, you can always see where I have been by checking my del.icio.us tags.

Labels: del.icio.us, surf, web

I just finished re-watching the original Star Wars trilogy and 5 things caught my attention:

1) Mark Hamill did not age well. Although only 6 years passed between the release of the first and third movies, he is noticeably creased in "Return of the Jedi". This does seem to enhance the story though, as he went from a young innocent to an experienced (and tortured) Jedi in the trilogy.

2) The time line doesn't make sense. At the end of "A New Hope" the Death Star is destroyed, and Han Solo must meet with Jabba to pay his debt. "The Empire Strikes Back" picks up right there, with Han still trying to meet Jabba, but being held up by the Alliance. Although some time has passed before the "Return of the Jedi", it is only long enough for Luke to heal and make his plans to rescue Han, since he did not return to Yoda for training until later. Yet the Empire has (secretly) almost completed a new Death Star - that is operational!

3) Wookies are poor mechanics. Throughout the three films, Han Solo is constantly berating Chewbacca with lines like "Not that one", "Why did you take that out", and "Put it back". Makes you wonder why he hired him.

4) R2-D2 is smarter than C-3PO, or more likely, C-3PO can't keep his mouth shut. Note that R2 carries the message from Leia to Obi-Wan in "A New Hope", knows the hyperdrive was tampered with in "The Empire Strikes Back", and sneaks aboard Jabba's cruiser with Luke's lightsaber in "Return of the Jedi". Also, Han says to Leia in "The Empires Strikes Back" (in reference to C-3PO) "Shut him up or shut him down".

5) The clone wars is synonymous with the holocaust and jedi = jewish. The Jedis were practically eradicated in the clone wars, and several mentions are made of "that old religion" when Luke starts training to become a Jedi. I guess this would make the emporer = Hitler.

Labels: 5 things, list, star wars

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