Archive for July, 2006

Nooooooooooo! They were so close. It was 0-0 in extra time. Over 28 minutes into the 30 minutes of extra time after which it would go to penalties which Germany would almost certainly win as they have only ever lost once at penalities in the World Cup (they beat Argentina in the last round on them) and Italy have only won once apparently.

Then Italy scored. Germany had a single minute to claw one back and beat them on penalties. Then Italy scored again! This sooo isn’t fair, I ignored the World Cup until last round, then I started to get sucked in. By this round I got myself pyched up enough to be screaming at the TV and then this happens!

If Germany had a chance to win the World Cup this was it. They were in the final in 2002 but Brazil beat them 2-0 and rightfully so, I can’t pretend Brazil didn’t outplay them because they were really on form. But being the host nation is always a massive advantage – look how far South Korea got in 2002. South Korea! So if they had a chance, it was this World Cup while they are the host nation. Guess not though. Despite that, they are a stronger team than they were in 2002 so it seems Klinsmann is bringing them back onto form.

Already back from work. Went down to Labour Ready today at 7, they said they couldn’t register me without a passport or birth cerificate as driving licence isn’t proof of ID (but a non-phone, hand-written birth cerificate is), so I had my dad rush one down, which they couldn’t use because it’s not a full one. So it’s 7:46 and I’m back home. I shouldn’t be up for a good few hours yet, let alone finished my day.

The Federation should have never have agreed to the treaty that prevented them from developing cloaking technology. Especially as, as seen on TNG they had some very powerful cloaking technology secretly developed. I mean, they couldn’t develop it but surely they could use what they have already done right? It’s like when The Doctor on Voyager deleted all that medical information because the doctor who came up with it tested it all on innocent Bajorans. Sure that was wrong but what is done is done and there is no reason to delete it.

Anyway, the point is, it may soon be out of the Trek and into the labs. Two mathematicians have published an article in one of the UK Royal Society’s scientific journals which shows how a cloak could and should work in theory. You can find full details on BBC News.

I randomly changed on TV.com to find them running an article entitled “a tribute to Aaron Spelling.” I decided to check it out and was informed that he passed away last week. It’s a shame as Aaron Spelling is an absolute legend. For those not aware of him, he brought us the following TV shows…

• Charlie’s Angels
• Love Boat
• Starsky and Hutch
• T.J. Hooker
• Beverly Hills, 90210
• Melrose Place
• 7th Heaven
• Charmed

That is of course no where close to a definitive list but it’s the ones I felt people would most recognise. Starsky and Hutch in it’s time was mind-bogglingly successful, 90210 was like the original Dawson’s Creek and Charmed is still going strong to this day (ok it’s ending but that’s amazing, so few TV shows “end” rather than “get cancelled”).