C'mon Chewie... Didn't you learn anything?

Chewie makes the same mistake playing Dejarik (the Millenium Falcon chess game). You'd think this wookiee of 200 years would have learned from his mistakes... How did he live so long?

Solo: A Star Wars Story Review

Solo: A Star Wars Story by Disney Lucasfilm Press
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Want a near word for word transcription of the movie? Well, this is very nearly it. Outside of a few cool inside bits of information, (the insight into that crazy space creature, a few character tidbits I was wondering about [was it really Twotubes at the end of the movie in Enfys Nests gang... a Saw Guerrera compatriot... and yes it was], hearing all of Chewie's dialog in English (that was cool instead of "grwwl arrgh" for the whole book), then the book was just like the movie.
Which isn't a bad thing. It's just not a new thing.

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My review of "Lando's Luck" by Justine Ireland

Star Wars: Lando's Luck by Justina Ireland
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A good fun Star Wars tale. Just don't expect anything too deep, it is a "junior" title. But, I did enjoy listening to it.
I really enjoyed hearing more about Lando, but when the story shifted to the other character I felt a little distracted. Not that it wasn't fun, it was that I wanted MORE Lando.
The story starts with a minor character from the Force Awakens: Bazine Netal. Now, I liked the story she was in, so I was excited to hear more about her. BUT... she's just in there to be in there. Although, it does make me wonder when this part of the story takes place with her in the overall timeline.
A quick mission, no real threat from the Empire, just some thugs wanting their money back from Calrissian, but you do get to the heart of Lando (since the rest of the stuff is all McGuffin anyway). Have you read it? Let me know in the comments!

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Another Photoshop Battle

Photoshop Battles Entry

My winning post on Kotaku this week...

This week on Kotaku I won the Photoshop Contest. It's a weekly thing, and contests are video game based. 

On that page, I am known as "sciteach." 

Gravity!

Thanks for visiting! Maybe you you read the article "Gravity Water Drop" in a magazine or online somewhere? Either way, thanks!

I posed a question in the article wondering why different things fall at the same speed sometimes, and other objects don't. 

Take for example a rock and a ping pong ball. If you drop those from the same height at the same time, they will hit the ground at the same time! They have different weights, too. Some people think that if something is heavier it always falls faster! Nope. Gravity affects all things the same way. 

But what about a piece of paper and a book? Surely you know a piece of paper drifts like a leaf to the ground while a book goes faster? That is because of the air getting in the way. If something is lighter, it is affected by air more. 

Question: 

How can you make the paper and book fall at the same time? 

Scroll down to see some answers!

Try: 

Put the piece of paper flat on top of the book and drop them! The book cuts through the air and so the piece of paper sticks to it! 

You can also crumple the piece of paper into a ball. Now there is less air touching the paper so it is more "aerodynamic."