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Thanks to Travis for the image to the right. Yes – that is supposedly a real campaign in France. No – I don’t know if I would eat a hamburger on a black bun. At the same time I wonder why the Jedi Burger isn’t green for Yoda or at least covered in guacamole.
A little research shows that Quick (the restaurant) is pretty much a French McDonald’s (of Belgian origin) that oddly enough does not salt their fries. “Plus ou moins salés: à vous de décider”
That’s really as far as I can stretch this post. If you happen to be in Belgium, France, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Andorra, Luxembourg, Spain, Russia or Armenia where Quick is located drop a Jedi Burger in the mail. Odds are it will look like a Dark Vador Burger by the time it reaches me.
UPDATE: And why exactly is THIS coming out AFTER Christmas? (THX BobG)
We’ve come to the end of another Lego Advent Calendar with the appearance of Santa Yoda Claus and that means Christmas Eve is finally here.
Hope everyone has enjoyed this year’s Lego Advent Calendar. I’ll have pictures up of the whole group for Christmas tomorrow.
Hope everyone has a great holiday and remember Yoda Claus coming to town is he.
And on the next to last day we finally get something that is in the holiday spirit – a Christmas Tree. I know you’ve likely been reading this all month and wondering what does Star Wars have to do with Christmas? To answer that question we have to go back to 1978…
The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 TV movie set in the Star Wars galaxy. The main storyline of the film transpires on the Wookiee home planet of Kashyyyk. Chewbacca and Han Solo visit the planet to celebrate the Wookiee holiday Life Day with his family, which includes his wife Malla, his son Lumpy and his father Itchy. As Chewbacca and Han are known Rebel agents, they are pursued by the Galactic Empire, who in the process invade Chewbacca’s household. The plot is strung together by a series of musical numbers, celebrity appearances, and other variety-show acts, including songs and comedy routines by such 1970s celebrities as Jefferson Starship, Diahann Carroll, Art Carney, Harvey Korman, and Beatrice Arthur. [SOURCE] [VIDEO]
I’ll let you watch and form your own opinions. Yes – that is Maude (Bea Arthur). If you watch long enough to see her – you win.
So I came close to leaving the Android fold and joining Apple with an iPhone from Sprint. (Largely a result of how much I like the iPad.) Instead I opted for the longest named phone I could possibly find with the Samsung Galaxy S ll, Epic 4G Touch which since it isn’t named iPhone isn’t running on iOS. This may come as a surprise since I already had an Android phone but the system took a couple of days to figure out. More than I would have expected but most of the changes/updates are really great and the overall speed of the phone is beyond impressive. Phones and Android operating system have come a long way since my Hero HTC.
First impression? It is really large – much larger than I thought I would like. That being said the graphics are unreal, the speed is great and the overall product is fun and easy to use. Added bonus? It does a great job as a phone. I’ve been able to do everything with I have wanted and have learned a lot about the limitations of my previous device.
The deciding factors – the iPhone has no free driving/GPS app, Siri – while cool isn’t exactly what I had hoped with in store testing, cost – the iPhone was more than I wanted to pay, the battery is replaceable (no battery lasts well after a year much less a two-year contract), memory is cheaper (I added 32GB for less than the jump from 8GB to 16GB on the iPhone and the phone started with 16GB internal memory) and full Google integration doesn’t really happen on iOS.
What I would like to fix – the phone will not let you turn off the shutter sound on the camera. Great camera but it is LOUD. Otherwise? Not much but I will report back as I use it more and experience more of what the phone does and doesn’t. The device didn’t ship with Ice Cream Sandwich and is running Gingerbread. I’m not sure if it will get or if it can handle the upgrade but I am happy with how it is running and don’t think ICS has significant enough changes to be a huge problem if it comes or a huge loss if it doesn’t get ported out to my phone.
Best line of the shopping experience (rough quote) “The iPhone is for people who don’t understand smart phones – an Android a is a smart phone for a smart user.” I don’t know that I agree 100% but I do think that the one thing you give up with an iPhone is anything that adjusts the system. You can’t change the keyboard to swype (which is awesome) and you can’t add a widget to the home screens (which is unfortunate). I don’t think you lose either way but am definitely happy with my purchase no matter how long Sprint makes the name.
On the 22nd day of the Advent Calendar we got an A-wing (or RZ-1 A-wing interceptor) to go with our X and Y wings and you can see much like the others this one resembles the letter A if you look at it top down. I won’t go into the issues of English/Latin Alphabet again but you know where I stand on it.
The RZ-1 A-wing interceptor was a starfighter designed by the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. One of the fastest mass-produced interceptors in the known galaxy, the A-wing was even faster than the Imperial’s TIE Interceptor. [SOURCE]
This was the “sports car” of the starfighter world. It was never a favorite but much like Chewbacca I imagine this ship landed in a lot of people’s top five or at least their top ten. Only two days left.