Showing posts with label star trek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label star trek. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Better way to make cool monsters...

I wish there was a easier way to make cool monsters.  I like the First Ones for NeoExodus: A House Divided but I wish I could make the WOTC IP monsters like Beholders, Yuan Ti and Mind Flayers for example. The tone these monster have created are "cool" by defination.  Coming up with something that will apeal to the masses can be tricky.  Over a year ago, I was inspired after seeing Le Reve in Vegas during my honeymoon to created the the three monster races which I have have been calling the Ancients.  These are the monsters that ruled NeoExodus before the First Ones overthrew them and took over.  Think Greek mythology with the Olympians overthrowing the Titans. So far the only Ancient monster race I have "created" is the Chaosweavers.  The name kind of says it all. The second monster race which I (tentively) named the Sha-Yu are solid liquid shape shifters (kind of Odo from Deep Space Nine) but this still needs work.  The third monster race is up in the air.  Nothing has really jumped out to me. Maybe something will come.  Talk to you later...

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Storage space comes full circle ... on computers...

In 1994, I bought an Iomega Zip Drive that would hold 150 megs for $150. Which is $1 per megabyte. In 2009, I plan to buy an Iomega External Hard Drive that would hold 1.5 Terabytes megs for $150. Which is $1 per 10 gigabytes or 1 cent per 100 megabytes or 1/100th of a cent per megabyte.

If you follow this formula by 2024 you will have 2.25 exabyte hard drives for $150. Data on Star Trek was built with an ultimate storage capacity of 100 petabytes. One exabyte is 1,000 petabytes. I wonder if that will be "infinite storage"? Talk to you later...

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Love Stargate Atlantis, Hate Stargate

I think Stargate: Atlantis is an incredibly enjoyable sci-fi show. I like JUST about everything with it, but the funny thing is, I CANNOT get into Stargate SG-1. For some reason the original show, Stargate SG-1, does not appeal to me, but Stargate: Atlantis is EXCELLENT. Now this is not the first time this has happened. I liked Star Trek: TNG, but I love Star Trek: DS9; I like Buffy, but I love Angel; I like Hercules, but I love Xena. I wonder what that is all about.

Oh yes, I got a chance to see another Canadian focus TV Show called jPod. I must say VERY INTERESTING! It is smart and funny and silly all at the same time. If you live in Canada or have bittorrent, take a second out and check it out.