Anyone else out there miss the 80’s, specifically TV and Movies from the 80’s. I just grabbed an old DVD off the shelf a remastered version of Iron Eagle a really far fetched flying movie from the 80’s. Fun music, hero tale and a really good watch.

While watching I can’t help but to reminisce about the late 80’s when movies where corny and unbelievable nothing was based on reality. We had shows like the A-Team, Airwolf, Blue Thunder, Magnum PI, the list is long. Movies like Ferris Bueller’s Day off, Iron Eagle, Lawnmower Man, Ski School, Ski Patrol, Adventures in Babysitting, The Labyrinth, The Last Starfighter and a HUGE assortment of  other great 80’s flicks not to mention all the horrors series like Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elf Street, the list is endless.
Modern movies are technologically advanced and getting better with some of the newer stories based off 80’s television/film. The  Transformers was a master piece using the greatest cartoon of the 80’s Era. Modern TV needs to take a page of the movie industry book and look to the 80’s for stories to immerse our selves into instead of living vicariously through the morons in so called reality TV programs.

Well thats my rant on Reality TV again. Feel free to give input there is nothing like a good old fashioned online debate.

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Well I am getting my workstation ready for a fresh install of all my OS and software. New license of Adobe CS3 Master Collection and Vista 64bit Business are the main application packages.

Specs are:

Intel Extreme Quad Core QX6700 CPU
8GB Corsair XMS2 DDRII 6400 RAM Cas Lat 5-5-5-18
Gigabyte GA965-DQ6 Mainboard
Geforce 8800GTX GPU from BFGTech
WD 74GB Raptor 10K SATA System HDD
Seagate 500GB Storage Drive
Linksys NAS200 w/2X320GB Seagate HDD
Seasonic 700W 60AMP PSU in ANTEC P180Case

System should run well on vista64 bit, this system is mainly for graphics development and gaming. I will post more details when I get it all fully setup and running.

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Ok I just finished watching yet another of a great series of television shows that got canceled. Quality television is being destroyed by the new crap list of reality show filth that is polluting out televisions.

The show that has gotten me so outraged again was the 2006 cancellation of Surface after 15 episodes and a cliff hanger ending that left us fans begging for more. I feel like screaming at the executives of NBC and wring their necks until they at least finish the series off. I have watched this series 3 times now and each time I have trouble conceiving what pencil pushing MORON made the decision to not continue the show. This series had quality acting, a GREAT story, intellectual stimulating content, phenomenal characters and even a lovable CG seas monster named “NIM(rod)” the show had it all. So why did it get canceled after only one season?

The answer is simple the onslaught of the reality crap such as Americas Next Top Model, Bachelor, Big Brother giving people a glimmer of hope that they too could be on television disgusts me to know end. Have we become such a pathetic and brainless group of television viewers that we can’t even enjoy a plot based story any more. We are reduced to escaping our dreary lives by living through the filth blatantly scripted so called reality TV.

I for one HATE “reality” television shows I miss the good old days of TV in the 80’s when we had shows that we could enjoy even though we know that they could never happen. Lately there have been so many great shows that have been canceled after only 1 or two seasons that I am losing all faith in television. Threshold, Special Unit 2, Surface, Traveler, Drive and many other shows that never got a chance because the majority of the population that make up the rating are two busy dreaming about being the next no talent singer on “American Idol”.

I have also made an open offer to donate MY and MY companies time to help with production of Surface Season 2 if need be to help get this show back on the air. I am capable of putting together CG animation and Editing/Compositing Teams to complete post production for the show if the filming of episodes was completed and raw tapes handed over to us. Well that is my rant about television if you want to help try and get Surface back on the air visit these sites to help drive traffic and signatures into the hand of the people that can make it happen.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Surface/

http://www.tv.com/surface/show/32412/surface-season-2/topic/14502-228705/msgs.html

http://www.savesurface.com/phpBB2/index.php

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Well after a 3month hiatus from playing this spectacular game that I enjoy so much I returned to the course today. Expecting high scores and lost balls I went into the round with a clear mind and no scoring expectations.

I step up to the first tee and take a few practice swings. Everything feels great, just like riding a bike. I teed up the ball and made my first swing. It was clean and solid just a little right but a safe play.

My game continued like this for most of the round with only the odd bad shot. I was a quite happy with my self until about the 8th hole when things were falling apart. During a wait at number 11 I was thinking about my swing and realized that I had started to speed up my back swing and was loosing control of the club face coming through the ball.

I slowed my back swing down again and I was flying true and straight, even getting a little draw with the irons. I guess the lesson here is after being away from the game for so long you tend to be a little more cautious when you step out again . That caution is what allows your body to swing correctly without having your ego and your brain get in the way.

Now if only I could keep myself from trying to kill the ball I would be able to break 80. As my confidence increases so does my swing speed and exponentially my accuracy goes down. On a side note a smooth clean swing will always produce a longer and straighter shot than a wild full out swing. Well at least at my playing level it will.

Golf Lesson: No matter how well you are playing or how much you want that extra 10 yards, always keep you swing smooth and easy. 10-20Yards shorter but in the fairway is better than even 30 yards extra and unplayable. Don’t let you confidence and your mind get in the way of a natural smooth swing.

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