Brian Chang

Stop it, George Lucas. Just stop it. - Brian Chang

I think I might possibly be the only human being on the face of the planet (other than Lucas himself) who likes the Special Editions better than the originals, but even I don't want this stuff going 3D. - Brian Chang

"Both judges used the same 1986 law to make their determinations on the privacy of what we do on social networks. But in California, your privacy settings matter on Facebook/MySpace, and in New York, they don’t." - Brian Chang

Way to go, geniuses. "The U.S. government said Sunday it made an "honest mistake" when it displayed an inverted Philippine flag — which wrongfully signified that the Southeast Asian nation was in a state of war — in a meeting hosted by President Barack Obama." - Brian Chang

Expires 9/29/10. - Brian Chang

"Top executives at six prominent tech companies, including Silicon Valley titans Apple, Google and Intel, have admitted that they created a series of secret intra-company agreements designed to prevent their employees from job switching between them, and have agreed to a settlement in which the companies would end so-called "no solicitation agreements," the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday." - Brian Chang

F you too, Verizon. "Verizon Communications Inc.'s chief said he expects to soon start charging wireless customers based on their Internet data usage and introduce new plans with limits." - Brian Chang

"We're not sure why anyone would buy a knock-off DualShock 3 or SIXAXIS gamepad, considering the trouble Sony's taken to make sure they don't work, but the PlayStation 3 manufacturer has another reason you might want to steer clear of counterfeit pads -- they could be tiny Li-ion bombs poised to explode. Talk about force feedback!" - Brian Chang

Hahahahaha. - Brian Chang

"I was hoping that putting my iPhone into one of these Super Mario cases would make it magically grow and turn into an iPad, but no such luck." - Brian Chang

"Patten, who made the revelations to coincide with the publication of her new novel "Good as Gold" into which her account of events are woven, said that the conversion from sail ships to steam meant there were two different steering systems. Crucially, one system meant turning the wheel one way and the other in completely the opposite direction. Once the mistake had been made, Patten added, "they only had four minutes to change course and by the time (first officer William) Murdoch spotted Hitchins' mistake and then tried to rectify it, it was too late."" - Brian Chang

Patten's grandfather was not on watch at the time of the collision, but he was present at a final meeting of the ship's officers before the Titanic went down. There he heard not only about the fatal mistake but also the fact that J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of Titanic's owner the White Star Line persuaded the captain to continue sailing, sinking the ship hours faster than would otherwise have happened. "If Titanic had stood still, she would have survived at least until the rescue ship came and no one need have died," Patten said. - Brian Chang

"Don't be surprised if you see the US Army sporting fine garments made from Madagascan bark spider's silk in the future. It's "10 times better than Kevlar," which itself is "5 times stronger than steel on an equal weight basis."" - Brian Chang

That spider looks f'ing terrifying. - Brian Chang

Oh, Steve Jobs... - Brian Chang

"Women in New York really get off on the aroma of coffee, according to a survey commissioned by AXE men's grooming products, and considering New York is the nation's top city for singles, gentlemen should use that to their advantage. Contrast that with findings from, say, Los Angeles, where women dig a whiff of lavender. In Dallas, women go gaga for the smell of smoke (from campfires and grills, not cigarettes) and in Philadelphia, it’s the smell of clean laundry that gets the juices flowing, the survey found. Overall, the scent of vanilla captivates women across the nation." - Brian Chang

Chill, dude. Chill. "Han Ziwen became the first iPad owner in mainland China today, and was carried out of the Beijing Apple store on employees' shoulders. He even made a t-shirt for the occasion: "I BUY IPAD NO 1"." - Brian Chang

Yikes. "The National Weather Service sought Friday to determine whether the fury of wind and rain that tore through New York City was a tornado — a storm that toppled trees, peeled away roofs and killed a woman in a car who had just swapped seats with her husband." - Brian Chang

Okay, I've been skeptical about a lot of the casting and guest star news, but... I'm stoked again. - Brian Chang

Ah, yet another OKcupid-based statistical analysis. - Brian Chang

"Full video after the break to get those midichlorians pumping in your veins. Oh, and may the force be with you." - Brian Chang

Story of my life? LOL. - Brian Chang

Hehe, Star Wars meets Winnie the Pooh. - Brian Chang

That's adorable. Love it. - Dan Hsiao

"Batman looks tough. Catwoman looks super sexy. As does the much improved Harley Quinn. Two Face looks revoltingly charred and the thugs roaming the streets of the new Arkham are loaded with creepy personality. What's not to like?" - Brian Chang

"A legend born: A young Mormon, forbidden from looking at porn, discovers a way to Photoshop safe-for-work bikini shots in such a way to let his mind fill in the blanks. It's not porn if it's in your brain." - Brian Chang

"An urgent plea for help has been issued by the leaders of the Alliance. The schematics for the Droid R2-D2 have been acquired by the Empire and spread across the Internet, and the Alliance needs you to help find them. If you can locate the plans, the Alliance will make certain that your kindness is rewarded with one of the new Droid R2-D2 units." - Brian Chang

Since R2 units are top-secret weapons? - Dan Hsiao

If you had gotten in a crash, while the fault would have been hers, the fact that you could have avoided the crash by not driving alongside the other car cannot be dismissed as a point of failure. Protect yourself before someone else wrecks yourself. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I guess my post made it sound like I was just sitting alongside her cruising at the same speed the whole time. It wasn't so much that as it was that I was in my lane going with the flow of traffic when she pulled up alongside in the adjoining lane (which was otherwise pretty empty) and decided to merge at the point in time when we happened to be neck and neck. A couple of seconds earlier or later and it would've been some other car that she nearly wrecked. - Brian Chang

"So yes, Boise State has found itself facing a dream scenario. With 21 of 22 starters returning from a 13-0 team, it has a schedule the other national contenders would kill to face. They won’t have to deal with the mental and physical grind of a big conference schedule. They won’t have to play week after week in hostile, 80,000-seat stadiums. They won’t have to dodge as many bullets. That’s the BCS though. It isn’t smart, sensible or fair. Just like Boise State has been saying all along." - Brian Chang

"Over the weekend, a golfer's routine swing in the rough at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine, Calif., struck a rock. Not so different from the way you play, right? Only this time, the impact caused a spark, and the spark set off a blaze that eventually covered 25 acres, according to the Steven Buck, General Manager of Shady Canyon Golf Course, and required the efforts of 150 Orange County firefighters, writes the Associated Press." - Brian Chang

Golf's a dangerous game. - Dan Hsiao

But not quite "The Most Dangerous Game" http://fiction.eserver.org/short... - Benjamin Golub

"New York's water is delicious—and filled with tiny crustaceans called "copepods". (Making it possibly not kosher.) H&E stain the water and put it under a microscope and you'll find these little guys." - Brian Chang