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This is my last post using the Wordpress install.  After almost two years, I have decided to create my own blogging system which will be easier to use, hopefully getting me to blog more.  I am keeping the install here at /wp for historical sakes.  The current rss feed will automatically switch over, so my loyal subscribers don’t need to worry about that (all two or three of you).  So check out the new home page, blog, and twitter archive (all very much a work in progress).

Update: There is also a new Transformers Movie Trailer . Go 80’s!

MTV has a new TMNT movie trailer up. The animation looks great, but I’m not so sure about the story (something about monsters appearing when the planets align) and Mikey’s comedic dialog may or may not hurt the film. This should be at least as good as the second film, and maybe as good as the first (I pretend the third never existed).

The Ninja Turtles captivated my imagination when I was young. Four brothers who, being mutant freaks, must hide from the world and at the same time save it using their ninja skillz. The orignal comics which were very mature, but the saturday morning cartoon dropped the seriousness and adopted a typical kid-friendly image that most people are familiar with. The first movie was more like the comic, and second was more like the cartoon. This new movie looks to be like the new cartoon series, which is a good balance of the two.

New TMNT Trailer on MTV Overdrive

Original Teaser Trailer

The official Ninja Turtle website

Update: High Resolution Images from the new Movie

Every week, on NPR, Frank Deford has a great sports commentary. His story today was about women making up 58 percent of the U.S. college population. His theory is that it is because men play more sports. Sounds valid to me. My interest in organized sports waned as I entered High School. This left more free time for exploring other interests, which led me to a CS degree at Georgia Tech. What would be different if I had excelled at a sport in High School?

Even if I had attended Georgia Tech with a sports scholarship, I’m sure I would have switched the M-Train. But getting a scholarship for a Division I school is hard, so I may have been inclined to attend a less prestigious college to play on a sports team. But training for the sport itself would have left less time to pursue interests in other things like computing and art which may have squelched my desire to attend college at all.

I did not play High School sports, so here I am. As long as you are doing what you are passionate about, it doesn’t really matter. But while we men play ball and hit each other, the women are slowly taking over the world.

Listen at NPR: Sports Hold Boys Back in College
or Read at SI: Is focus on sports hindering boys’ academic growth?

Well, finally got my blog back up.  Check back as I post about random stuff your probably not interested in.  I might even change the default theme, who knows.