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[Nate the Great]

I haven't schilled Possum Rob in a few years, but today he really outdid himself. Remember those old TV ads (they still run, actually) asking you to spare a few bucks a day to give food and clean water to people in Third World countries? Well, Possum Rob did one asking for donations to give the redshirts the equipment they need to stop dying all the time.

[Nate the Great]

The 1BM tackles the different definitions of "world's tallest building."


As an engineering graduate I've long known of this debate.


(P.S. It's still the Sears Tower. I don't care how little of the building was ever occupied by Sears or how little is occupied by Willis (the occupant with the most floor space is United Airlines, FYI), it will always be the Sears Tower to me.)

[Nate the Great]

Fox is going to make a Highway to Heaven reboot...


I never watched the show, but my parents were fans so I knew of it.


This is yet another example of "they can't possibly make the reboot faithful to the original so the fans won't like it and the nonfans won't care."


Furthermore, isn't it too late to try a reboot? All of the fans of the show are senior citizens or dead by now, not exactly a demographic that's worth aiming for. It'd be better to toss the name and create a whole new IP, right?


I remember enjoying:
Viper which was a divorced reimagining of Knight Rider
Jake 2.0 which was a divorced reimagining of the Six Million Dollar Man
Relic Hunter which was a divorced reimagining of Indiana Jones
Baby Talk which was a divorced reimagining of Look Whose Talking
And so forth.

[Nate the Great]

Steve Shives reviews "The Killing Game"...


What surprises me is his assertion that this should've been one episode. I disagree. There's too much to squeeze into one part unless you throw out all of the subplots that make this interesting.


There really should've been a third part to flesh out the Hirogen more, the romance between Paris and Torres' characters, and most importantly, a chance to have Harry save the day properly!

[Nate the Great]

I don't know how many of you are Chopped fans, so I'm not sure how many will appreciate a Chopped/Trek meme...

[Nate the Great]

Early promotional ad of the Voyager actors


It's so '90s I can hear the sound of dial-up internet.

[Nate the Great]

Works by Design strikes again!


Last seen making transforming chess pieces, now he attempts to make a pickproof lock.


The original video
It's already been picked
He shows it to Adam Savage


A comment on the picking video makes a good point. If it takes over an hour of slowly filing away at a blank (especially when a newcomer to the lock would have no idea what the blank's dimensions need to be), you can call it pickproof for all practical purposes.