<p>i want <a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72404/wo/BX1qijDLf1yo2MTjQ0wwLQpYXY5/1.0.0.11.1.0.6.10.5.0.1.0.1.1.0.1.0.3">these</a>.</p>

<p>
  <a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72404/wo/BX1qijDLf1yo2MTjQ0wwLQpYXY5/1.0.0.11.1.0.6.10.5.0.1.0.1.1.0.1.0.3">
    <img src="http://static.flickr.com/63/153384766_ae5be0a7b7_o.jpg" alt="ipod sock in six fruity colors">
  </a>
</p>

<p>feel free to get them for me. nudge, nudge. wink, wink.</p>

<dl>
  <dt><a href="http://www.sorryeverybody.com/">sorry everybody</a></dt>
  <dd>liberals in america apologize to the rest of the world.</dd>

  <dt><a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2004-10-13/google/">mathworld answers to Google Labs Aptitude Test</a></dt>
  <dd>how to go about solving the math questions on the <a href="http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/09/pencils-down-people.html">GLAT</a>

</dd> </dl>

<p><strong>for the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&amp;friendID=5113648&amp;Mytoken=20041108213512">roomie's</a> election fraud research.</strong></p>

<dl>
  <dt><a href="http://www.thehill.com/morris/110404.aspx">the hill.com</a></dt>
  <dd>dick morris's on exit polls.</dd>

  <dt><a href="http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002282.shtml">lawrence lessig</a></dt>
  <dd> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">creative commons</a> creator on exit poll data</dd>

  <dt><a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/">red and blue maps</a></dt>
  <dd>a collection of those 'how the country voted' maps</dd>

  <dt><a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2004/11/10.html#a945">how to save the world</a></dt>
  <dd>Dave Pollard's thoughts on exit polls and vote counts</dd>

  <dt><a href="http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2004/11/view_election_2.html">state by state exit polls</a></dt>
  <dd>broken down by state and network.</dd>
</dl>

<p>UPDATE: this podcast never really went anywhere. and has since been taken down. sorry. </p>

<p><img src="/blog/images/badges/podcast.png" alt="liberation frequency"></p>

<h3>my first podcast.</h3>

<p>the show is called <strong>a liberation frequency</strong>.</p>

<p>in this podcast:</p>

<ul>
  <li>post presidential radical politics in america</li>
  <li>where do we stand?</li>
  <li>what are we up against?</li>
  <li>where do we go from here?</li>
  <li>'fighting for our lives' serial</li>
  <li>runtime: ~17min</li>
</ul>

<p>this is my first one. i'm pretty about happy the format, generally. i'd like to cut the length down to maybe 7 or 8 minutes. i imagine i'll also get more comfortable talking into a mic and being recorded. the sound quality on my spoken parts is a little hissy. it can get better. i've been working on this for a few days trying to make it real perfect. you know, first impressions and all. but rather than perfect forever and still not be perfect, i was reminded of the <a href="http://www.extremeprogramming.org/">extreme programming</a> development cycle of '<a href="http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/releaseoften.html">release early, release often</a>.'</p>

<p>so i released early. i will try to release often. hopefully, in doing so this gets better and better.</p>

<p><img src="/blog/images/badges/podcast.png" alt="liberation frequency"></p>

<p><a href="http://www.sacom.us/">STRATEGIC ARMCHAIR COMMAND</a> has a nice <a href="http://m3.typepad.com/strategic_armchair_comman/WorldMiller17.swf">"global war map"</a> in .swf (flash movie) form. it's not animated or interactive. just countries color coded by the level of war they are at. red being the highest. red also being the color of the u.s. (minus alaska and hawaii which are a mere orange), iraq, iran, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia, israel (and palenstine, even though it isn't listed as its own nation -- i guess, this is based on NATO or UN recognitions of statehood) and north korea.</p>

<p>
  <a href="http://m3.typepad.com/strategic_armchair_comman/WorldMiller17.swf">
    <img src="http://static.flickr.com/68/153384309_ccba2e4602_o.jpg" alt="global War Map">
  </a>
</p>

<p>
  <strong>orange countries:</strong>
  </p>

• alaska / hawaii (u.s.)
• russia
• south korea
• india
• bhutan
• hainan
• brunel
• malaysia
• singapore
• indonesia
• australia
• vanuatu
• swaziland
• lesotho
• guinea
• uganda
• algeria
• libya
• egypt
• sudan
• eritrea
• somalia
• syria
• jordan
• oman
• yemen
• italy
• france
• switzerland
• u.k.

<p>
  <strong>dark blue (smallest possible):</strong>
  </p>

• greenland (denmark)
• falkland islands -- off the south eastern tip of south america (u.k.)

<p>these truly are sensational times we live in.</p>

<p>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153386565/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/53/153386565_c29dbc2cd3_o.gif" alt="rebel alliance symbol"></a>
</p>

<p>with the opening of <a href="http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/incredibles/index.html">the incredibles</a>, the world has had access to the trailer to the new star wars movie: episode three - return of the sith.  oh god, it's hottness.</p>

<p>you can watch the <a href="http://www.aol.com/starwars/trailer/index.adp">trailer here</a>. </p>

<p>here's my thoughts / predictions:</p>

<ul>
  <li>notice the wookies, we see a lot of wookies in this one, maybe even a young <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/chewbacca/index.html">chewie</a>.</li>
  <li>we definitely explore more <a href="kashyyyk">kashyyyk</a>, the wookie homeworld, pretty extensively.</li>
  <li>we might get cameos of very young versions of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/hansolo/index.html">han solo</a>, <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/landocalrissian/index.html">lando</a>, <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/bobafett/index.html">boba fett</a>. but keep in mind episode three is about 20 years before episode four. so if we do see them, they would be very young. maybe even just kids.</li>
  <li>obviously, we will <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/anakinskywalker/index.html">anakin</a> as <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/darthvader/index.html">vader</a>, finally. </li>
  <li>the lava pit: there's been a rumour for a long time ( cirac ep1) that the final showdown between <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/obiwankenobi/index.html">obi wan</a> and anakin leads to anakin in a lava pit. somehow he's pulled out by the emperor's mininions and is transformed into vader. more machine than man.</li>
  <li>those droid walkers approaching the lava might be how he's pulled out.</li>
  <li>the vader voice still sounds like <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0000469/">james earl jones</a> who did the voice in the original trilogy.</li>
  <li>anakin kills <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/countdooku/index.html">dooku</a>. thus, finally fully embracing <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/thesith/index.html">the dark side of the force</a>.</li>
  <li> <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/macewindu/index.html">mace windu</a> has a serious fight scene. ...with anakin? maybe dooku. but my money's anakin.</li>
  <li>we see <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/yoda/index.html">yoda</a> fuck shit up again.</li>
  <li>the imagery continues along the path to looking like the stuff from first trilogy. for example, clone troopers look more and more like storm troopers. fighter ships start to look more and more like <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/tiefighter/index.html">tie fighters</a> and <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/tieinterceptor/index.html">tie interceptors</a>. even some early versions of the <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/xwing/index.html">x-wing</a>. and maybe the less popular <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/awingstarfighter/index.html">a-wing</a>, <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/bwingstarfighter/index.html">b-wing</a>, <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/ewing/eu.html">e-wing</a>,  and <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/ywingstarfighter/index.html">y-wing</a>.</li>
  <li>in the big battle between obi wan and anakin, before obi wan ultimately 'defeats' anakin into the lava, he cuts his hand off. a la, vader versus <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/lukeskywalker/index.html">luke</a>. </li>
  <li>we catch a glimpse of the <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/millenniumfalcon/index.html">millennium falcon</a>. well, not actually the falcon. but the same kind of ship: a mere <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/corellia/eu.html">corellian</a> freighter.</li>
  <li>sidious / palpatine actually does some <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/lightsaber/index.html">lightsaber</a> fighting himself. instead of just mind control and lightning fingers. seriously, ANYONE can shoot lightning from their fingers.</li>
  <li>big space battle right at the heart of the galaxy around the city planet of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/coruscant/index.html">coruscant</a>. </li>
  <li>we'll see the birth of the anakin / <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/amidala/index.html">padme</a> kids. twins luke and <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/leiaorganasolo/index.html">leia</a>.</li>
  <li>the subsequent hiding of those two kids with their respective surrogate parents. luke with <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/owenlars/index.html">owen</a> and <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/berulars/index.html">beru</a> lars. leia with <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/bailorgana/index.html">bail organaa</a> who is a senator, first chariman and viceroy of alderaan and eventually a founder of the <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/rebelalliance/">the Alliance to Restore the Republic</a> (rebel alliance) with <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/monmothma/index.html">mon motha</a>.</li>
  <li>obi wan goes into hiding on the planet of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/tatooine/">tatooine</a> relatively near owen and beru.</li>
  <li>some new vilians.</li>
  <li> the most exciting thing i think that can happen is another young boba fett appearance. under the tutelage of dooku. at the end of this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0439339278/ref=ase_theultimatstarwa/102-6206614-9456939?v=glance&amp;s=books">boba fett book : The Fight to Survive</a> after <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/jangofett/index.html">jango fett</a> was killed by mace windu at the battle of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/geonosis/index.html"> geonosis </a> boba follows his late <a href="#dad">dad's*</a> <strong>* - </strong> instructions on what to do and who to see in the event of jango's death. eventually he meets up with count dooku who takes him in to look after him and have him trained further as a bounty hunter like his predecessor, jango. </li>
</ul>
<p>here's something really interesting, though. the trailer for the <a href="http://progressive.stream.aol.com/aol/us/moviefone/movies/2004/lucasfilm/hyperspace/ep3game_trailer01b_dl.mov">episode III video game</a>. this, of course, is not exactly what will happen in the movie, but it can give us some more clues to possible happenings.</p>
<p>por ejemplo:</p>
<ul>
  <li>anakin will kill mace windu.</li>
  <li>anakin and dooku have it out right in front of palpatine, a al vader and luke in episode six.</li>
  <li>anakin kills multiple jedi</li>
  <li>anakin and obi wan have their climax battle on a platform above the lava.</li>
</ul>
<p>noteworthy links:</p>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/">official star wars databank covering all the movies and the expanded universe [ books, comics, et al ]</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.darkhorse.com/zones/starwars/timeline.php">dark horse comics timeline</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.theforce.net/timeline/">the force dot net's timeline</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/starwars/timeline.html">del rey's star wars book timeline</a>
</li>
<p>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153386565/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/53/153386565_c29dbc2cd3_o.gif" alt="rebel alliance symbol"></a>
</p>
<a name="dad">
</a>
<p>although, if you think about it jango is not really boba's dad. more of his surrogate daddy, as boba is an unaltered clone of jango. thus, boba's biological father is jango's dad (whom we meet very, very briefly during a jango fett comic called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1569716714/102-6206614-9456939?v=glance">open seasons</a>). so to recap, boba fett's dad is actually is grandad. take that!</p>