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Cbot Going Official

When I launched this blog last December it was always meant as a place for my banter regarding politics, things which made me laugh, movies, sci fi, tech, and pretty much all things which struck my fancy. It was a place where I could throw up my word vomit and, if anyone was interested, they could follow it and comment.

Since it's launch 4 months ago I've always treated Not The Droids as a place which I could post on as I saw fit. Daily, weekly, monthly....didn't really matter, and with the help of Facebook I could keep everyone informed as to when a new post went up. What I thought was mindless drivel (and it likely is) gained me some compliments from several people on occasion telling me that the blog was entertaining and to keep it up. SO, I've decided to take the blog one step further and launch an official site.

This past weekend I purchased server space and a domain and, as of today, have begun creating graphics for what will eventually be this blogs replacement. My intentions with the new site is to take it a bit more seriously, advertise it, gain more followers, and create new and interesting features without sacrificing the tone in which I was able to hone (HA! Rhymed) over these past couple months.

I am holding out revealing the official domain until I launch but I assure you that it is neither Cbot.com nor is it Not-The-Droids-You-Are-Looking-For.com. Believe it or not, they were both taken. But as soon as I get the site going I'll let you all know.

I would also like to use the site eventually as a hub for some of my friends who I have seen post blogs of their own to have a .com in which they can piggy back off of. So if you are one of those guys, expect to hear from me one day.

So for those of you who have followed my blog these past months and to those individuals who went the extra mile to tell me how much they enjoyed it, I can't thank you enough. You have given me the confidence to poison the rest of the internet with my banter.


-Cbot

If Angry Birds Was A Michael Bay Film

South Parks 15th Anniversary New York City Exhibit

Teaser Poster For Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2

No iPhone 5 at WWDC 2011? SAY WHAAAT?!?

It was just announced today that Apple would be holding their annual summer event on June 6th at the World Wide Developers Conference. Now, this isn't really news. This happens every year. What is news is what we might not see at WWDC 2011.

When promoting their events, Apple always likes to add hints and clues on their event invitations of what is to come next. Well this year, as you can tell from above, Apple is showing off their millions of apps and are also talking about giving a preview of what is yet to come with their iOS and Mac OS X software. The difference between this year and last year and really every WWDC Apple press event since 2008 is that Apple is not teasing the release of yet another iPhone.

Since the beginning of the year techies and fanboys alike have scoured the interwebs hunting down any rumor or picture which could give them some idea of what the iPhone 5 will look like and how it will operate. Aluminum back plate to replace the glass? More gesture controls? The removal of the home button? All information is just an appetizer of the meal that is WWDC, but it seems the fanboys will have to wait a tad longer for their main course.

Every year Apple typically holds 3 main events: The January event which is quickly becoming the iPad event. WWDC in the summer which use to be known for the iPhone. And, ofcoarse, the big iPod unveils in the fall right before Christmas. But now with the iPhone 5 not having a place at WWDC, it seems the iWorld is in disarray.

Does this mean no iPhone 5 this year? Not likely. Since 2007 there has been some type of iPhone upgrade so for 2011 not to have one, especially in the midst the Steve Jobs health and rumor that Johnathan Ives could be leaving the company, it's very unlikely that Apple would risk shaking the faith of their investors and base by not upgrading their top selling device. What is more likely is that the fall iPod event will now become a fall iPhone/iPod event.

It just makes sense. The iPod recently has began to take a back seat to the iPhone and last years iPod Music Event was very lack luster for many. So what I am predicting for the New Apple Order is that January will be the iPad/Hardware event, WWDC will be the software event, and the Fall will bring us the iPhone/iPod event. So what is likely to happen at WWDC 2011 is the unveil of iOS 5 which will be the official OS of the iPhone 5 set to be launched right before the holidays.

Words Of Wisdom

WWAD

Nobody Out Pimps The Pink Stormtrooper

Friday Smodimation #3: Forgeticus Parts 1 & 2

Vader Takes On Rebecca Black

Serena Gets Sultry

TGIF!

Conan Takes On Rebecca Black

Don't know what this is mocking? Well, kiss your brain goodbye because here is the actual song by Rebecca Black.

Like, my favorite part is when she gets up in the morning and then realizes she has to go down stairs and then realizes she has go make it to the bus stop and then her friends which I like to call her crew because it sounds cooler comes to pick her up and then she has to decide whether she is going to sit in the front or the back because I have that problem all the time too when I get into a car because I'm like "If I sit in the front I can look all grown and stuff but if I sit in the back I can pretend to be like Diddy" and then......

WE SO EXCITED!

Khan Academy: Moving Beyond One Size Fits All Education

I Thought This Was 'Merica

Sunday Hymn

Evolution Made Us All from Ben Hillman on Vimeo.

Past Vs Future Of American Politics

During the 2008 Presidential Election the choice between candidates was more a choice between the past and the future. A vote for McCain/Palin was a vote to keep America in the 20th century as the Republicans played the 80s, pretending it was still the Reagan Era. A vote for Obama/Biden was a vote for the future and moving the country into the 21st century. A vote for the first ever digital age President. (Sidebar: During the 2008 campaign John McCain said he needed his wives help just to check his email. How sad is that? McCain has just been voted most conservative Republican.)

In 2008 the American people voted to move forward instead of dwelling on the fantasy life of the past, embracing outdated failed ideas like trickle down economics and preemptive war. But apparently the conservative movement of this country is holding on to a history of failed policies and yelling out "from my cold dead hand".

As the Democrats are trying to create an environment of cooperation, conservatives met at CPAC this last month to spit bile and irrational conspiracy theories. When the coming generation of Americans have to face the possibility that they will need to work until their dying breath, conservatives are calling for an end to Social Security. As American education slips further compared to other nations, the right wants to defund the Department of Education. And as mounting evidence from the scientific community supporting the reality of global warming through man made pollutants, the GOP is calling for the disbanding of the Environmental Protection Agency.

While America was gripped in the 2010 midterm election, the conservative Teabagger movement made claims that their only concern was fiscal conservatism. Since conservatives have retaken the House of Representatives, however, they have declared war, not on fiscal issues, but social issues. Republicans have declared war on unions such is the case with collective bargaining and laying off 2,000 teachers at once in Rhode Island. They have declared war on women's rights by going after Planned Parenthood even though the claim that tax dollars being used for abortions have been disproven time and time again because it is currently ILLEGAL to use tax dollars in the US to perform abortions. They are declaring war on public radio for no real reason other then the delusion of their "great liberal media conspiracy".

Nothing that the GOP/Teabagger Alliance has declared war on will help America's economy. In the case of collective bargaining and going after unions, NPR, and Planned Parenthood, nearly every economist says that it won't make a dent in the nations debt. Repealing Healthcare Reform, which many halfwits like Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck believe to be this massive socialist takeover, would actually COST America over $200 billion to repeal.

The GOP is living in the past. They are flirting with government shut down which will cost millions if not billions of dollars and millions of jobs and essential services just like they did in the 90s. They are flirting with wrapping Washington in non-sensical investigations on the Administration in some desperate attempt to make the Administration seem as though it is corrupt just as they did in the 90s. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has even said that Obama's decision not to uphold DOMA which President Obama sees as unconstitutional, could lead him to grounds for impeachment. Just like Newt and the Republicans attempted to do in the 90s to Clinton.

The Republicans are reliving the past and if the past is any indicator, it not only didn't work out well for America, it didn't work out for the Republicans. America needs to make the choice again to push for the future. Allowing ourselves to fall back into the past will bring back all the wars and recessions of the past as well.

Friendly Reminder

Cbot is just 8 days away from turning 2 months old. It's hard to believe that nearly 2 months ago I had so much time on my hands that I started this blog........who am I kidding, no it's not.

Within that nearly two month span, Not The Droids You Are Looking For has averaged about 5 to 6 hits a day with 19 members on the official Facebook page and roughly 20 people following me on twitter. I've also had the pleasure of 3 people telling me how much they really enjoy my banter and, occasionally, my rants. So I'd like to take a moment to extend my gratitude to everyone who follows me and for every hit I get on the blog. But I also want to encourage participation and making others aware of the blog.

Back when I exclusively posted my banter and rants to Facebook I would get a good deal of people to add their two cents and/or debate me on my views. I love that! It makes being a geek more fun if I have someone to geek out with. Doesn't matter if it's sci-fi, design, movies, art, politics, etc... So please, participate!

On the blog [http://not-the-droids-you-are-looking-fo

r.blogspot.com/] feel free to follow me, leave comments, and rate your enjoyment or lack there of below each article. On facebook [Search pages for Jesus is Behind the Sofa] leave comments, photos, and links. Or, you can follow me on twitter [@longlivecbot] just so I have someone to bullshit around with.

Finally, Cbot is broke. And I don't mean broke like "Shit, I guess I'll have to eat left overs tonight." I mean broke like "Shit, I guess I'll have to blow the dust off my pack of Ramen noodles tonight." Because I am so broke I need your help in getting the word out about this blog and the Facebook site. There is no funds in the budget to advertise. If there were, Cbot would have a .com right now. So if you know of any designers or geeks or political junkies out there, make them aware of the blog. It can even be something as simple as posting a link to one of the articles I've posted on your Facebook. The more people who follow me the more chances I have at picking up advertisers. The more advertisers I get, the better I can make the site.

Again, thank you for your attention and, for those who have participated in the past, I appreciate your opinions even though they are wrong if they don't agree with mine....HA!

What Would Your Star Wars Occupation Be?

I landed the job of Sith Apprentice. I'll be Sith Lord and Emperor in no time!

Epic Superman Classic Fan Film

This is a Superman classic style cartoon short, not a classic Superman short. The animator, Robb Pratt, was inspired by the old school Superman music and animation from the original live action series to give us this amazing depiction of how Superman should always be depicted. Unlike Batman, who tends to be able to evolve over time, Superman always seems more at home and more believable in the 1930s-1950s America. This animated film proves it. To check out more of Robb Pratts work go to robbpratt.com.

How America Graded The Super Bowl Half Time Show

American Education System

Where Your Pen Goes When You Drop It

No Matter Where You Run, The Stormtroopers Will Get You

Best Ads Of Super Bowl 2011

Alright, so I'll admit, I'm not the biggest football fan. I find the sport and most major league sports to be rather boring. Baseball? Seriously? Let's watch a group of guys hit a ball with a stick for 5 hours a day for the next 50,000 games. I don't think I can even get drunk enough for that boring bullshit to get fun.

But one thing that football has that baseball does not is the Super Bowl. The reason the Super Bowl is so good? No, not their horrible half time shows which merges the worst but most marketable of todays pop music with some ancient dinosaurs and throwing an instrument in their hands. No, the Super Bowl has epic Super Bowl commercials. So here is the best of the best Super Bowl commercials according to CBot.

P.S. If you work for the marketing wing of GoDaddy please, go kill yourself.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors The Movie

Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland move over, there is a new zomcom (zombie comedy) coming to town and it's loosely based off of a cult classic video game.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors, developed by LucasArts, was originally released to the Super NES and published by Konami back in 1993. The idea behind the game was simple; create a 90s video game using horror elements from past genres such as Friday the 13th and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

These horror elements brought with it a cartoonish amount of gore and blood which would be laughable by todays standard inflamed parent groups into an uproar back when even Link using a magic sword made the Bible thumpers lose sleep thinking the game was glorifying magic.

So, in the time before the ESRB, public pressure forced the game to come out with different adaptations. In Asia the game was pretty much accepted the way it was intended. In the United States, the American brand of Nintendo insisted that any depictions of blood and gore be replaced by purple ooze. The United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Australia took it even a step further by changing the title to simply 'Zombies' and forced the game developers to replace all chainsaw-wielding maniacs to ax wielding lumber jacks.

Like many games from my youth, Zombies Ate My Neighbors found itself fading quickly in the midst of the red hot console war which demanded faster more advanced and, ironically enough, even more graphic games. Z.A.M.N. found itself a slight resurrection after being formatted for the virtual console in 2009. But now, it seems it's future will lay within the movies.

The premise of the film will simply be a teenage duo - Zeke and Julie - find themselves in a world where their neighbors have turned into zombies and the world is run amok with an assortment of different monsters and aliens. The whole film is rumored to be made in a very cheesy 50s through 80s horror film format while utilizing very modern special effects. And, as a bonus, the film is almost guaranteed to spawn an all new series of Zombies Ate My Neighbors video game.

Go Steelers!!!

Friday Smodimation #2: Aquatic Justice

Yes, I realize it's Sunday and not Friday but......SHUT UP!

Red State

There's a lot in the news about Kevin Smith's 10th film and first horror flick Red State. With the lunatic inbreds of the Westboro Baptist Church crying that it is a direct attack on them (sucks when someone attacks you doesn't it you bottom feeding hillbillies) and the Hollywood machine having an array of responses in regards to Smith distributing the film all on his own without a major studio backing, the anticipation is already mounting for a film that is nearly 9 months away from release. But, to help get our fix, Smith has released a teaser trailer for his highly anticipated film.

Side Note: At the end of the trailer the month of March is mentioned. That is the beginning to Smith's Red State tour. Not the release of the film. The film is set to be released nation wide on October 19th.

If Kubrick Directed Iron Man

Brief History Of Product Placement

The Crow And The Kitten

Censorship Run Amok

Hey kids, let's play "Why did the insecure fascists ban this one?" This game is very easy. Simply watch the video which, in this case is a fragrance commercial, and then scroll down and read why the insecure fascists of Britain banned it.

Alright, ready for the answer? Britain's Advertising Standards Authority banned this particular commercial because: If you chose that it simulated drug use you would be 100% on the money! According to ASS....I mean ASA, the motion that the dancer was doing by running her finger down her arm suggests the use of opiate injection. So there you have it kids, oppression of speech is FAR from dead. Thanks for playing!

100% Pure Badass: Kyleigh-Rose Watson