I only have one problem with TBBT set passing the review board, and it doesn't have to do with me not liking the show anymore. In the words of my father, who is a fan of the show: "The Big Bang Theory is all about the Bang, and I don't mean the scientific one." LEGO rejected the Firefly Serenity set a while back based on concerns about the content of the IP, which has translated over to the people I know as "LEGO has a problem with Inara." The violence within the Firefly 'Verse likely wasn't
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A probie member of my choir made this joke after rehearsal: A famous orchestra conductor was going to give his final performance before he retired, and he chose Beethoven's 9th Symphony as the piece he wanted to go out on. But he couldn't count on the basses in the choir, because they all went out in the hours before the concert and got plastered But there was no helping it The concert went ahead as scheduled And for most of the performance the basses did fine It was okay It wa
While trying to remove some redlinks from the [http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/BIONICLEsector01:Event_Log BS01 Event Log]'s Archive, I found the page to be completely un-editable. Both Swert and I tried editing the page (myself trying both in whole and in section), but we both got fatal errors from it simply taking far too long for the site to execute the edit. Together, we decided that the best option that would preserve the archives was to split them between two pages. Well, I did that,
Ever fighting the uphill battle of archiving BS01 History, I have decided that it would be worthwhile to create a file on the BIONICLESector01 Counter Vandalism Unit. A predecessor to the mysterious APO (unexplained, unchronicled, and probably also inactive), the CVU was founded in 2006 in response to a large scale vandal attack on the Wiki. The Unit--founded by Bionus, Utopia, and Bioran--was comprised of both Staff and regular members, and was responsible for the prevention of vandalism and fo
Got a BS01 related entry for y'all. Shout-out to Vartemp (BZP Profile) and his BS01 Histories Page. Now, as some of you may be aware, I do have my own page full of records, but Var's is different. Thus far he has taken it upon himself to collect links to old versions of certain, interesting pages, all of them webarchive (Wayback Machine) links. Some things he has found thus far that I find really neat are the old Major Contributors Template, and by old I mean from 2006 old! It has a nav built in
We Shall Never Forget. Annuit Coeptis. Novus Ordo Seclorum. E Plurbis Unum. He Has Favored Our Undertakings. A New Order of the Ages. Out of Many, One. This weekend, the new members of my choir will begin a process known as "Key" which will act to bring them together as a group, induct them fully into their first year, and educate them in the history of the Singing Cadets and of Texas A&M. During this time, they as a first-year class will learn Auld Lang Syne, a song precious to our
I did not receive enough response to compile a roll call this year, but in the hours before my 9/11 tribute is posted I would like to take a moment to say this: Whoever you are, and whatever happens in your life, I believe this is a community whose heart is with you. In your victories we will cheer you, and in your sorrows we will comfort you. New or old, BZPer or visiting stranger, there are comrades that, for you, are Here. Ivií, Zox
BZP Muster------------------------------- I was not looking forward to this entry. Mainly, because there is such a furor over certain people who are a part of the Blue that it isn't as neutral a memorial as those for the Red and the White. But it must be done. These are the people we trust to guard our streets, protect the peace of this country from within, and they have one heck of a job to do. These days they walk lines both professional and political, personal and public. These men and
BZP Muster------------------------------- Those of you who know me know that my interests lie in a few particular places: writing, reading, music, a select number of shows, and medicine. Hopefully by this time next year I will be entering into medical school. For the past few years I have volunteered as an EMT-Basic with the Texas A&M Emergency Care Team. In the BZPRPG I play as a medic. Medicine has been an enduring interest, and the people of medicine have had a lasting impact on my li
BZPower Muster ----------------------------------------------------- A few of you know that I am involved in the world of Emergency Medicine, and as a matter of course I interact with other medics, with police officers, and with firefighters. As 9/11 nears, I would like to take a moment each week to recognize these three forces--the Red, the White, and the Blue--which are so integral and important in my life. When I turned 16 I joined my city fire department as a junior volunteer. I still h
As September 11th nears, I have begun to turn my attention towards what I will be publishing on my BS01 Userpage. I have made one of these speeches once a year for the past four or five years now, as a tribute to 9/11 and to people across the world who have died in various tragedies. This year, I would like to do something different. I would like to find a way to honor the BZPower family specifically in addition to my usual statements. At Texas A&M, my university, we have a yearly tradit
When I stay up way too late, I play with ciphers! INIO CGECRBRWVDP NRTEETTHSGEEEAESEITIMHMDHIAEHNAFRREFRITSNTEEMR EDTOYEThe plaintext should be familiar. The way I'm hiding the information is something I came up with as a start of a more complicated system of enciphering. Dunno how the end product will look, and I'd like to try and move away from straight English letters (verbose cipher, anyone?) just because I like that particular challenge. If you want to guess at the solution, PM me. S
Since I last had a blog I've added one File to my History Page, done away with some of the individual templates within each file and gotten a Tabbed Main Template to hold all of them, made a new logo for the V File, and added an image key to mark each file. I've also helped host two MakutaFests, which was extremely enjoyable. I still have to scrounge for quotes on my own. That's on BS01. On BZP I've published little writing, and I've joined the BZPRPG as a medic (of course). In Real Life I'v
To be honest, I've said all I can regarding my history page. If your interest has been piqued, the following links can give you a good overview of BS01 history. I hope you've found these blog posts at least interesting, and I hope you'll help me in my mission. Assuming I don't think of something else to say, I'll see you next year, hopefully with more files and more work to be done. The Official Sources: The Wiki's About Page http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/BIONICLEsector01:About The O
So, last post I showcased the BS01 Event Log, talked about what is was as an organization. It's file, the Event Log Extract, is the first file on BS01 Organizations I've created, but I am planning another. Frankly, I just need to get my act together and write it up. Operation: Restore All Content. The largest wiki Organization, and the one with the longest lasting effects. The O:RAC was a project started by on-again, off-again staff member Kraahlix in 2008 that coordinated the effort to elimin
This, http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=6179, is the sort of thing someone like me dreads. It is more significant, too, that this announcement was made the day after my post about the BS01 Civil War. My most significant source of information on the event gone for good. This is a very sharp reminder of why I need people, why I need people who remember these kinds of events. But it isn't only events I need memories of. Today's file is something I have a tolerably complete picture of, but it se
My History page started out to record only the April Events of BS01, but - as I've said in my previous posts - it has grown well beyond that now. Today I'm showcasing another retroactive recording. This one started nearly 6 years ago, and effectively ended barely a month later. Folks, I'm talking about the failed Wiki Nui Civil War. The Staff split into three groups and participated in an RPG. The objective? Take control of Wiki Nui, and ease in 2008 with a happy spirit and high morale. This r
In my last post, I introduced my History page: http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/User:Zo;Tomana/Histories. It all started back in 2008 with the first BS01 Staff April Fool's Day Prank. Known variously as the BS01 Empire or the V Incident, I discovered what was going on behind the prank and began to create a chronicle, a File, on a subpage. This stood for two years as the V File, until the 2010 and April Event, the KS01 Empire. After Lord Nektann began to create his own record of the event, I
TL;DR version is at the bottom. Since October 2005, the BS01 Wiki has served to recount the history of the BIONICLE Story. The history of the Wiki itself is officially contained on a few scattered pages. The Wiki's About page gives us an overview of the site's history. The Event Log Archive gives us a daily log going back to July 2008. Neither of these pages gives any detail into the events that took place, however. Enter http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/User:Zo;Tomana/Histories. That's r
