There's a childlike quality to Scott C.'s watercolor paintings, filled with shaky lines and crooked dot eyes. But the characters in his "Great Showdowns" series -- heroes and villains, monsters and machines, Muppets and millionaires -- are immediately recognizable, even if they're smiling when they should be scowling at their greatest rivals.
Many prints by Scott C. (sometimes credited as Scott Campbell), included some of his "Great Showdowns" are available from Gallery1988.
You probably heard of the X Prize Foundation back in 2004 when they offered (and awarded) $10,000,000 to the creators of the first privately developed reusable space vehicle. In the years since, they've offered similar prizes for fuel-efficient cars, technology to clean up oil spills, and even a private lunar rover to explore the moon. Their latest prize, however -- as spotlighted this week at the Mary Sue -- is taking its cue from science fiction. They want you to build a Tricorder.
The stated goal of this prize -- which is called, no joke, The Quaalcomm Tricorder X Prize and has been endorsed by the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry -- is to catch us up with the 23rd century by creating a wireless, mobile device that can "diagnose patients better than or equal to a panel of board certified physicians." To that end, the real-life tricorder will have to be able to non-invasively gather basic health data like blood pressure or, presumably, the presence of any unwanted cybernetics that were implanted when you were absorbed into the Borg collective.
It's a pretty tall order, especially considering that catch: The whole thing has to weigh less than five pounds. But really, when you think about it, we're already halfway there. A great deal of the technology that seemed so futuristic when it was on TV back in 1987 has become commonplace. The schematic above touts the Tricorder's touch-screen buttons and response to voice commands, which essentially just makes it an iPhone that went to med school.
Heck, there are even people right now -- like CA's own Andy Khouri -- who insist on referring to their smartphones as Tricorders in their email signatures. Anything that gets that to stop has to be a good thing.
If nothing else, the $7,000,000 prize is bound to do exactly what the X Prize was set up for: encouraging development of beneficial technology that can help make the world better for everyone. But at the same time, I have my worries. Call me a pessimist if you will, but who knows what this could lead to? One day someone invents a medical tricorder, and then the next we've got a sentient hologram of Professor Moriarty to worry about.
I'm going to start learning how to reverse the polarity, just in case.
So I started my new job on Monday at my college in the "Accounts Payable" offices at UCM. This is the first time I've had to work in a cubicle let alone a sit down job, and man does my ass hurt from this gratuitous amount of sitting lol. All I do is stamp documents and scan said document into the computed to be indexed at another time by me lol ( I know it's exciting!) anyways it was a great opportunity to ear some money and they are very flexible with my class schedule so I'm happy to be working there, even if it only pays $7.25 an hour. Anyways I wish everyone out there job searching the best of luck and do not give up! It took me a whole semester to find this one and I've applied at I dont even know how many (A LOT). Don't get discouraged and stay positive, things will come to you!
Here is my new work station, along with IGN trying to push it's way in front of my work! Pesky IGN 
Also here is my new Desktop setup at home, I tried to keep it clean and simple this time around. (WHAT DO YOU THINK?)
So that's a little update on my life and how its going, hope everything is going great for you guys and gals all as well!
Best Wishes! Infamous
Depending on how old you were when the first Mortal Kombat movie opened in 1995, the film's awesome techno theme song may or may not evoke memories of your fifth grade classmates filming horribly choreographed battles and/or super awkward dance videos on their parents' camcorders. I cherish such splendidly awful memories, which is why I love Ryan William White and company's amazing video of Mortal Kombat cosplayers getting down in the streets of New York City. It's kind of like the spirit of '95 has been reborn, only this time everyone actually has legit costumes and can dance. Relive the magic of a dude shouting, "Mortal Kombaaaaaat!" in the video below!
Dubstep (/ˈdʌbstɛp/) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, United Kingdom. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"
For all you Dubstep fans out there I got a little something special for you! My own brother has been mixing an amazing track and is entitled "BANGERS" for the past couple of weeks and he has produced a 50 minute masterpiece compiled of 20 songs for top Dubstep artists, the list is below. Give it a listen and let me know what you think such as likes/dislikes/improvements.
Kyle Boland: "Tried to put a lot of bangers in here and just tracks to keep a rager raging. Enjoy!"
Track Listing:
