The Info Spot

TSA Gone Wild [Infographic]

2010-12-22T19:40:00.000-08:00

A while back in November, there was some talk about the TSA's now policies on full body scanners and aggressive pat-down policies that were rather... ridiculous. Every since 9/11 the government has changed and beefed up to extreme levels that are very close to invading people's privacy. The following infographic demonstrates the TSA timeline as well as events of pre and post 9/11 regarding airport and airliner security.

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Tron Universe Timeline [Infographic]

2010-12-20T16:37:00.000-08:00

For the last bit of Tron info to offer. If you haven't seen the new movie yet, but played some of the games or seen the first one or some combination of the movies or games from the Tron universe, this little Timeline should help with what events took place when. Funny thing I noticed is that all the new tron games from the DS and PSP to the Wii and the 360/PS3/PC multiplatform are supposed to essentially the same game yet they take place at different times in the time line.

More Tron Stuff! [Infographic]

2010-12-19T21:40:00.000-08:00

Thought I would make a small addition to today's Tron update with some more Tron stuff. Here's an infographic detailing the vehicles of Tron and how they have evolved since 1982!

Also, I finally fixed the image problem I have been having so you can now click the picture instead of the caption to view it in its original size.

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Movie Review: Tron Legacy

2010-12-19T01:02:00.000-08:00

I realized I haven't done a movie review since Pandorum and I had just saw Tron Legacy in IMAX 3D, along with the first one from 1982 like an hour before Legacy premiered. So while I'm still on the Tron high, the Jeff Bridges awesomeness and drooling over Oliva Wilde's hawtness, lets review this bad boy!

For twenty years, Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin (Jeff Bridges), an innovative software programmer and former CEO of ENCOM International. Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner), Kevin's friend and now an executive consultant to ENCOM, goes to Sam's home and suggests he investigate a mysterious page that originated from a number at Flynn's abandoned arcade, one that has long been disconnected. While exploring the arcade, Sam discovers a hidden passage leading to a computer lab beneath the arcade. As he attempts to recreate what his father was doing by calling up the command logs and reissuing the last command entered, he activates a digitizing laser which transports him to The Grid, a virtual domain existing inside the computer system.

For those who have seen the original Tron, the games you remember are back and look better than ever before, and are also a lot more ridiculously dangerous and awesome. The disc battles were some of my favorite scenes, especially since they were so much more complex. But everyone's favorite was no doubt the Light Cycle battle. Sam and 4 other programs must survive against Clu's team in a dangerous 5 on 5 battle where everyone is making everyone else crash into each other and basically deleting them from existence.

One thing that caught me completely off guard while watching the movie was the Kevin Flynn/Clu's younger appearance was completely CGI'd. He looked so real and I thought it was some really awesome bot-ox special grade make-up to make him look young. Sure Jeff Bridges isn't what he was once back in 1982 and it was needed to do the flash backs and the introduction scene that took place in 1989, but it also worked to distinguish the real older Flynn from Clu as the story progressed. This treatment was also given to Bruce Boxleitner when portraying Alex Bradley's avatar Tron in The Grid.

Also, Daft Punk cameo fuck yea. The ultimate mp3 programs in existence. They appear in the bar/club scene with creepy cane guitar guy from the trailer. And speaking of Daft Punk, their score for the movie was spectacular. I found the leak that I had talked about some posts ago and had a lot of time to enjoy and savor the techno and spectacular electronic orchestra mixture. It is personally my favorite cross over mixture of music genres. But even dismissing my already biased opinion, it is an amazing soundtrack and I give props to the duo for making the movie sound awesome.

Overall, this is a must see movie, I recommend it, hell I recommend it with the IMAX 3D treatment. its well worth the $20, something I was hoping I wasn't going to regret. You don't need to necessarily watch the first Tron to get the story, it helps with some rather minor details but the story is pretty independent from its predecessor and can be understood without the first one. If you really must watch it, then go for it. I did!

I rate this move 9/10. Why not a 10/10? There is no such thing as a perfect movie. Tron Legacy had its faults and all that I can't discuss because of plot spoilerage and all but it is still such an awesome movie.

If the movie becomes a huge success, there is a possibility of yet another sequel. Forgot the source but thats what I read. Enjoy the movie!

2010 Cloud Software State of the Union [Infographic + Bonus Video]

2010-12-16T18:08:00.000-08:00

Cloud Software, the future of data storage of all kinds. The thought that would be known as cloud software today was actually conceived more than 50 years ago, but now with the power of the internet, it is taking form. The infographics and video today will show the current state of Cloud Technology for 2010. Enjoy!

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Now I'm really back! + Dragon Capsule SpaceX Infographic

2010-12-15T15:18:00.000-08:00

So I finished my tests and am back home for the holidays. My test was quick, had some crappy shit I forgot about but overall did well. I will now be doing my regular blogging updates. So here's a really cool infographic I found on the Reusable Dragon Space Capsule.

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I'm (almost) Back! + 10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled [Infographic]

2010-12-14T20:46:00.000-08:00

Well I have one more final left to tackle tomorrow and I will be home free. My apologies for not updating as often as I would like but now its almost ready for a good month long break, some Assassin's Creed and Blazblue multiplayer, updating my blog, and hopefully rehearsing for my next theatrical project. I will have a lot of time to play catch up tonight and tomorrow afternoon so start expecting regular updates on my blog again.

And now without further ado, 10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled. Lets see how many of these you believe in and how they are not really as you had thought they were to be. I fell victim for the sushi one and the sun fact (number 5 and 6 respectively).

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Nuclear Weapons [Infographics]

2010-12-07T08:16:00.000-08:00

How do you say nuclear? Nu-clear, nu-cu-lar, or the George Bush way you can't even break down?

Anyway,here are some interesting facts about nuclear weapons. Some actually blew my mind away (no pun intended I swear lol). The one that scared me but at the same time made me laugh was US lost and never recovered nuclear warheads.

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15 Things You Didn't Know About the Brain [Infographic]

2010-12-06T10:01:00.000-08:00

One class is done and over with for the semester! So I have time for an infographic update. I picked this one up shortly after having gotten my IQ test back and was surprised I tested "Highly Gifted" (135 IQ), although I'm a REALLY lazy person. That's probably why I was never in GATE or any of that other "genius" kid stuff lol

It was kind of hard for me to read even when enlarged because of the color choices. Click to Expand.

Social Media Dashboard [Infographic]

2010-12-02T16:18:00.000-08:00

My semester at college is almost over, so I'll have half of December and most of January off before going back to school. So it will be tough the next two weeks updating the blog with Finals coming up but I will update as much as possible.

So for now, here is a nice infographic I picked up. Once again we head back to social networking with this nice graphic.

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Harvesting Wind Power [Infographic]

2010-11-29T19:05:00.000-08:00

And for today's infographic, we shall take a peak in the harvesting of one of the "new" green renewable energies, Wind Power.

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I want to make a quick review: Galaxy on Fire 2 [iPhone App Review]

2010-11-29T15:57:00.000-08:00

So I was starting to get bored with my apps and decided to try out some new iPhone App Demos and such, and there was this game that caught my eye, Galaxy on Fire.

Galaxy on Fire 2

Galaxy on Fire 1 was the typical cell phone game with beefed up cartoonish graphics on the iPhone. I instantly found and exploited typical cell phone shooter game glitches and such and beat the story mode rather quickly, and with the conclusion of the story, being aloud to do secondary missions and I stopped playing after that.

However! Galaxy on Fire 2 hit me by surprise. The graphics were maximized and the entire game system was fixed, with a longer more challenging story mode and able to do side missions when ever you want to get more money, unlike GOF1 where you had to do story mode before being able to do missions. I'm actually enjoy this one a lot more than the first one and have yet to finish it.

The set up kind of turned into that of Mass Effect, with Star Wars dog fighting in space rather than 3rd person stand offs in spaceships and on planets.

I totally recommend this game if you are into Space Shooters and have an iDevice on you.

GOF1 is currently free for a limited time
Galaxy on Fire 2 costs 6.99 and is integrated with Game Center.

Just thought I'd let everyone know...

2010-11-27T13:48:00.000-08:00

Black Friday sucks!

Frantic shoppers at Target during Black Friday.

Only good thing out of it was I got a PS3 (without the Move) with all 3 God of War games, Blazblue Continuum Shift, and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

Waiting at Gamestop in the midst of the cold weather was not a good idea. But I was able to sleep in the rest of the day afterwards. Haven't set up PSN yet because I've been busy, but once the X-mas break start I'll be ready to kick some ass online.

On a side note in the Black Friday department, some idiot got caught trying to use a fake Burger King Xbox 360 Kinect coupon at walmart and got busted. It was hilarious and totally deserved it.

I hope you guys had an awesome thanksgiving. If you'd like to share your thanksgiving stories or your Black Friday adventures please do so in the comments.

I'll be back with informationals soon!

Preparing for the Pillgrimage [Thanksgiving Infographic]

2010-11-24T19:18:00.000-08:00

Its that time of the year again. Where we gobble up Turkey, enjoy some Pumpkin Pie, and give thanks. I'll be attempting to put up Thanksgiving Infographics till Friday for some interesting trivia.

Enjoy and have a Happy Turkey Day tomorrow!

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Tron Legacy OST Leaked

2010-11-23T17:40:00.000-08:00

Tron Legacy OST Cover Art

So today I cam across two things.
One, a supposed download link of the complete Tron Legacy Soundtrack. I dismissed it as a collection of all the fakes and supposed "real" and "canceled" crap I usual find on youtube.

But then the second, it was a reported that the entire OST was indeed leaked on the internet.

The Soundtrack is schedule to release in December 7th, 10 days before the theatrical release of Tron Legacy.

I'll be honest that once I read the article I tried to look for it again, but discovered that it had been removed from the hosting site due to copyright.

In my opinion, I think this was leaked on purpose, since the hype is so huge for this movie, what better way to tease the fans and play on the hype by delivering this early? Daft Punk probably couldn't care less about the leak because they know people will buy it regardless, plus I would imagine the pre-order's for this are huge.

From what I found out is that some of the Daft Punk songs on youtube that claimed to be legit stuff for the movie were indeed demos and/or (un)official remixes of Daft Punk's work. Makes you wonder whats up if this was already on the internet anyway.

Comment on what you think about this leak.

Beer Production and Consumption around the World[Infographic]

2010-11-22T08:20:00.000-08:00

Found this the other day. Found it rather funny the Czech Republic and Ireland make and consume more beer than Germany.
Come and check out which country beats who in beer production and consumption.

16 Things You DIdn't Know About Sleep [Infographic] and Lucid Dream Getting Started Guide

2010-11-20T09:44:00.000-08:00

After a theatre performance last night, me and one of my co-actors were talking about lucid dreaming and some of the ways he uses lucid dreams for his advantage, besides usual fun and game shenanigans you'd find in Inception.

I can't really say more about what we talked about because he is actually talking about testing out his theory with some of his professors who have showed interest in it, BUT I will provide a quick Sleep infographic and a lucid dream getting started guide that I am using that was mentioned in our discussion.

16 Things You Didn't Know About Sleep!

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Lucid Dreaming: Getting Started


Can be found in my Information Library in Information Library/Science/Psychology/lucid dreaming folder

Harry Potheads and the 2 part bong [Infographic]

2010-11-19T09:23:00.000-08:00

Well as you know the first half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released Midnight. So it is only fitting that for today's infographic I go with a Harry Potter one and to be a little double feature infographic post!

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Arms Race [Infographic]

2010-11-17T07:00:00.000-08:00

Want to know how much the world spends on the military to wage their little firefights around the world? Or How much the United States sells old military equipment to developing nations? Will then this infographic is for you. It will blow you away.

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How to Eat Sushi with Proper Etiquette [Infographic]

2010-11-15T08:14:00.000-08:00

Here are some nice Do's and Don't tips and tricks and proper way to eat your delicious Sushi (which is probably a lie). Enjoy!

No you won't feel like an idiot when you go to Japan!

Duuuuuude... I think I just rode on a cheta! [Marijuana Infographic]

2010-11-14T00:08:00.000-08:00

If you got the reference, Awesome Job! If not, maybe this one will!

What does everyone from "That 70's Show" do in the Forman basement? :P

It's time for weed...

...informational facts of course!

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What are we eatting America? [Infographic]

2010-11-11T11:31:00.000-08:00

You want to know how much we [Americans] eat on average? Kind of interesting that we eat about 2000lb of food per person per year. The info graphic breaks down the average through several food groups and specific food items.

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Back to your regular scheduled program: Fortune 100 Company [Infographic]

2010-11-08T22:25:00.000-08:00

So Now that the Video Game Court Case is done, I'm not as busy, and not raving on the streets, I have a new batch of info ready for you!

This time we have some Fortune 100 Company, and how they are leveraging Social media. Enjoy!

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Glowsticking - An Instant Addiction

2010-11-07T18:10:00.000-08:00

So yesterday I helped my friend set up his birthday party. It was a rather small party but we had about 15 people total. Some of my lady friends really wanted to dance while everyone else was kind of shy or self-conscious about it.

So me and a some of my friends decided to get a ton of glow sticks for the party city near by and we ended up putting a rave show for everyone. We found this experience to be something different, fun, an exciting. And we were playing with the glow sticks even after the party was over. We got hooked.

I did some research, looking up youtube videos and beginner guides for glowsticking. turns out even the easy beginner moves are somewhat hard to do if you aren't moving your hands right, especially if you are doing glow-stringing. I saw some pretty impressive light effects like the ones seen in the picture.If you are a raver or at least have been to a rave, you've probably seen some trippy stuff like that (hopefully not while you were on something).

I did some of the exercises and basic moves such as the figure-8, tracing, and threading while freehanding, which I like a lot more than glowstringing but I've managed to mix them up a bit.

I'm most likely picking this up as a hobby with friends, so the next time there is a rave party going, we can provide some visual glow in the dark mind blowing entertainment (while people are on tablet-based mind altering entertainment lol).

And that is all for the this weekend.

Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November!

2010-11-05T20:52:00.000-07:00

Guy(Guido) Fawkes

The Name and Phrase explains it all.

So How many of you have seen V for Vendetta? How many of you have read the graphic novel? Or even better, how many of you actually know who Guy Fawkes is and November the 5th stands for?

Guy Fawkes was one of many conspirators that took part in the failed Gunpowder Plot in mid-16th Century England, in an attempt to blow up parliament for righteous causes. He was discovered with a keg of gunpowder. firewood, and some matches on Midnight, November the 5th, taken into custody and was hanged, drawn, and quartered, as well as all the other captured conspirators.

He has become synonymous with the plot and The 5th of November was named after him as Guy Fawkes day.

Although this sounds kind of odd to celebrate, it would be later in the ironic event of November 5th, 1688 (83 years after the failed Gunpower Plot)when William of Orange landed and took over England during the Glorious Revolution, which symbolized the day for freedom and religion, emphasizing the importance of the meaning behind the Gunpowder plot.

There you have it, Happy Guy Fawkes Day!