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CISPA Blackout

CISPA blackout

Last month, I posted about CISPA being a bad bill and that it passed in the House of Representatives and is now heading to the senate. That time is now and today we are asking you to call your senators to tell them to vote NO on this privacy destroying bill.

One small amendment to this bill gives employers the right to demand your login details to your social media sites/accounts like Facebook and Twitter, using this information to “know” more about you before they decided to hire you. Not only is this a weak excuse to find out about potential employees, it’s a breach of your privacy.

Find Your Senators

If the Senate passes this bill, call the White House and tell Mr. Obama he needs to veto it.

White House: 202-456-1111

The Critic: Roger Ebert

With today’s news of the loss of Roger Ebert, I thought this episode of The Critic was appropriate.

http://youtu.be/c_fAVEz-Y34

CISPA IS NO GOOD

CISPA
Original image found at Lumen Consulting

This bill was passed by the House. It is now going to the Senate. Call your senators and tell them to reject this too-far reaching bill.

Find Your Senators

If the Senate passes this bill, call the White House and tell Mr. Obama he needs to veto it.

White House: 202-456-1111

LEGO is opening a Utah Location

utah lego store coming soon
Utah will be getting it’s first LEGO store

As the screenshot above shows, Utah will have it’s first official LEGO store opening in 2013. The official LEGO store page announced this back on Feb 21st. I wonder how I missed this?

Now to wait for the grand opening date and to plan accordingly.

Hot Wheels Meets Back To The Future

bttf hot wheels

As big of a Back To The Future fan that I am, I found this gem last year and decided to buy two of them. One is still sealed in it’s package. But I wanted to play with one, too.

It wasn’t very much (under $2 for each one) and I thought it was worth it, even at twice the price.

bttf hot wheels

The back of the packaging is very detailed, as most Hot Wheels packages usually are.

bttf hot wheels

Released and in the real world, this is quite the detailed car. There are no moving parts on this, except the wheels, so no doors or hoods open and no smoke comes out of the rear time machine exhausts. But for the price of this collectable toy, I can’t complain.

Adult Collector

bttf hot wheels collector

For the serious collector, I couldn’t resist the above. It was $25, but this baby is not leaving it’s plastic home.

Still not offering any opening doors or hoods, that doesn’t matter to me. The finer detail in the additional Mr. Fusion, and the nice clear side view that keeps this baby sealed up makes this collector’s item a win for this Marty McFly.

bttf hot wheels collector

I joined what is called the Hot Wheels Red Line Club, which is a fancy way of saying that I am a 40-something adult that collects small cars, like the ones I used to play with when I was a kid. Only nicer. And unplayable.

bttf hot wheels collector

The detail in this packaging is perfect for a collector. While I only have a couple other collectors type cars, this is one that I was waiting for. And I did wait… a good 10 months before I got it.

bttf hot wheels collector

I wish I would have bought two so I could play with one, putting it next to the regular Hot Wheels scale DeLorean.

David Bowie “Where Are We Now?”

http://youtu.be/FOyDTy9DtHQ

Announced on his 66th birthday, The Thin White Duke is back with new music. Check out the very mellow new song [and somewhat odd video] above.

The new album “The Next Day” is available on March 12th. Click here to pre-order on iTunes.