Happy New Year!

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Happy Fourth Of
July

Happy Fourth Of
July 07/04/2004 09:12 AM
The barbecues will be getting a workout here in the U.S. today as we celebrate Independence day. Mike Verta sent along this really beautiful R2-D2 celebration graphic. Happy Fourth to all!

UPDATE: Dark
Horse Comic-Con Guest List

UPDATE: Dark
Horse Comic-Con Guest List 07/20/2004 01:15 PM
Dark Horse has updated their list of comic book creators who will be appearing in their booth (#2715) during Comic-Con. Several Star Wars creators will be signing at the show on Friday, aka "Star Wars Day". Click here for all the details.

UPDATE: A Jedi
Journals Holiday Special

UPDATE: A Jedi
Journals Holiday Special 12/24/2004 12:32 PM
Jedi Journals returns with a special Holiday presentation of the Crimson Jack storyline from Marvel Star Wars #11-15. Crimson Jack and Jolli return to torment Han Solo, while Luke battles beasts on the waterworld of Drexel! Click on thru to the update section for the access to the individual issues. *Issues are now available.

Rebelscum Costume
Contest Reminder

Rebelscum Costume
Contest Reminder 10/29/2003 10:14 AM
Just a reminder that we are still accepting Halloween costume entries here at Rebelscum.com. We've added 14 new entries recently as well, stop in here to check them out!

UPDATE: Droids
And Ewoks DVD Covers Online

UPDATE: Droids
And Ewoks DVD Covers Online 08/27/2004 03:20 PM
DVD Toons has posted the DVD cover artwork for Droids and Ewoks. They are being released under the "Star Wars Animated Adventures" banner. Looks for them on 11/23/2004. Check the link above for the cover images. Thanks to Ralph for the alert! *More info on this has been posted at Starwars.com!

Update:
Wal-Mart Early Bird Clarification

Update:
Wal-Mart Early Bird Clarification 04/08/2005 10:37 AM
Hasbro updates with a clarification on just what exactly you need to do to redeem your Early Bird Certificate. No mention of what is required if you purchased your set from walmart.com, but what is known has been posted here. *: Jeremy Kline writes in to let us know the walmart.com details: I just got off the phone with Hasbro...and they said that if we ordered the Early Bird Certificate off Walmart.com that we need to send in the original packing slip that came in the box along with the UP Code. Good news...thanks Jeremy.

UPDATE: ROTS
LEGO Mini-Figs

UPDATE: ROTS
LEGO Mini-Figs 12/19/2004 03:15 PM
Click through for a slew of brand new mini-figs from the LEGO Revenge of the Sith collection.

UPDATE: Jawa's
Roasting Over An Open Fire

UPDATE: Jawa's
Roasting Over An Open Fire 08/19/2004 12:55 PM
European retailer, and Euro.rebelscum.com sponsor, The Hairy Fairy has sent out word that this year's Christmas special is currently known to retailers as "Holiday Set 2004 Jawas". More word on this as we receive it. * We have heard a rumour that these Jawas will come as the Three Wise Men, possibly inspired by the 1994 Lucasfilm Christmas card (click on the thumbnail above). Thanks Gus.

REMINDER: When
Star Wars Ruled The World

REMINDER: When
Star Wars Ruled The World 09/17/2004 12:40 PM
Just a reminder in case you forgot last weekend's story..."When Star Wars Ruled the World" will premiere on VH1 tomorrow, chronicling the making of the classic trilogy. Complete with interviews from a large list of Star Wars cast, creators and fans, this hour-long documentary will take viewers back to the days when whole world wanted to wield a lightsaber (Like they don't now?) Click here for more on the show, and click here for several sneek peak videos from the show.

UPDATE: Star Wars
Encuentros 2004

UPDATE: Star Wars
Encuentros 2004 04/17/2004 06:18 AM
We've already mentioned this great show going on in Mexico City on July 16 - 18, but Starwars.com have posted an official blurb on it all. Check it out here! * Rebelscum reader Pablo Carrizales Sosa informs us to check out the official Star Wars Encuentros website at http://www.starwarsencuentro s.com/!

UPDATE: Master
Replicas Battle Damaged Maul Saber

UPDATE: Master
Replicas Battle Damaged Maul Saber 12/02/2003 12:27 AM
Master Replicas announced to its Collectors Society members today the availability to order a Darth Maul Battle Damaged Lightsaber. Kindly being referred to as a half-Maul. It will be available to order by Collectors Society members on December 4 and everybody else on December 5. There was no price or edition size in the email announcement. UPDATE: I've added preview photos of the saber above, as well as this other side photo here.

UPDATE: Darth
Maul Bust-Ups Chase Variant

UPDATE: Darth
Maul Bust-Ups Chase Variant 12/22/2004 01:33 AM
While the Princess Leia and Darth Vader Bust-Ups variant have been discussed, it now appears there is a Darth Maul chase variant as well. Thanks to NS_Stormtrooper for the heads up, and to GGS for the confirmation. *New scan added.

Conspiracy theory of the day: Dell
Laptop with built-in keylogger color="red">(Update: HOAX)

Conspiracy theory of the day: Dell
Laptop with built-in keylogger color="red">(Update: HOAX) 06/17/2005 03:34 PM
Mark Frauenfelder:

Reader comment: Marc Hedlund presents the best argument for this thing being a hoax: "A search for the name of the FOIA officer in the letter turns up this letter, which uses the same logo and the same address as the one in the 'keylogger' story. Note also that the 'file number' is the *same* on the two letters. It looks to me like the keylogger poster just overlaid new text in the body of the letter." Link

I'm not sure what to make of this, really. This website has a report by an anonymous person who says he bought a new Dell laptop and discovered what he claims is a "keyboard logger" -- a chip that stores keystrokes. He says he called Dell's tech support and asked them about it:

"they said, and I quote, 'The intregrated service tag identifier is there for assisting customers in the event of lost or misplaced personal information.' He then hung up."

He then call the police, who told him to call the Department of Homeland Security:

"they told me to submit a Freedom of Information Act request. This is what I got:" (Click on thumbnails for enlargement)

Is this a hoax? The page seems to be the only accessible page on the site (www.chromance.de), which has a German top level domain. Link (Thanks, Rev!)

Update: Phil Torrone says: "I did an investi-MAKE-ion. I think the keylogger thing is a hoax. the images from the site are from here. The memo/letter thing of course looks fakey too.

"I think this is far scarier." (This points to an article that says the U.S. Department of Justice is looking into making ISPs store "records of e-mail, browsing or chat-room activity months after ISPs ordinarily would have deleted the logs -- if they were ever kept in the first place.")

Reader comment: Tian says: "The letter accompanied with the story about Dell laptop's keylogger is fake as well. If you do a search for dept. of homeland security's logo, it is a blue colour circular logo with an eagle in it. The one on the fake letter is a five-pointed star, which is commonly used for Sheriff's office." Link

UPDATE: Star Wars
Fans’ Choice Figure Poll Results

UPDATE: Star Wars
Fans’ Choice Figure Poll Results 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
Well, you have the power to choose and as of 7:00 AM EST March 5th 2004 the winner is looking to be the Imperial Scanning Crew Trooper with 28% of the vote! Will there be any corrections in the numbers due to fraud? We'll have to wait for the official word from Hasbro. You have until 12:00 Noon today to make a difference, if you haven't voted yet, click here to cast your vote! * Imperial Scanning Crew Trooper sweeps the contest with 28.21% of the vote! I doubt there were any hanging chads, so a recount is out of the question!

color=339933 size=+1>Storm Hawk

color=339933 size=+1>Storm Hawk 12/19/2004 03:47 PM
A GPS weather handheld, Storm Hawk makes a great gift for geeks.

UPDATE:
Rebelscout: J'Quille At Retail

UPDATE:
Rebelscout: J'Quille At Retail 01/29/2004 03:49 AM
Rebelscum readers and forum regulars jangofly and ghost from K.C. report spotting the hot new Jabba's Palace assortment at their local Wal-Mart store in Overland Park, Kansas. The wave includes Luke Hologram, a new Lando Skiff Guard, J'Quille, and Special Edition Rebo Band addition Rappertunie. Already reported shipping from overseas, collectors would do well to watch for this wave at a store nearest you soon. Happy hunting! UPDATE: Additional reports have been rolling in, keep your eyes pealed! Thanks to jangofly for the images.

UPDATE: New
Unleashed Figure Details

UPDATE: New
Unleashed Figure Details 09/08/2004 04:24 PM
StarWars.com has updated with new details on the next wave of their popular line of Unleashed statues: IG-88, Aurra Sing, and a Stormtrooper. Click on the thumbnails above for the full scoop. * Hasbro has added pretty much the same info. Click here for their report.

UPDATE: Hasbro:
Comic Con Announcement

UPDATE: Hasbro:
Comic Con Announcement 07/13/2004 11:56 AM
Sneak peeks, free posters, free cardbacks and a free figure? Can it all be true? Read on . . .

UPDATE: A Very
Special Treat

UPDATE: A Very
Special Treat 12/24/2004 12:32 PM
Gentle Giant Studios has a very special 'thank you' shipping out to some of their closest friends and associates. This Silver and Gold Edition Sandtrooper Mini-Bust will be limited to just 200 pieces, making it the prized centerpiece in any Star Wars collection. *More images and details have been added!

UPDATE:
Midnight Openings At Best Buy

UPDATE:
Midnight Openings At Best Buy 09/08/2004 04:24 PM
September 20th. Midnight. Best Buy. Star Wars DVD. Star Wars: Battlefront video game. Both on sale. Need I say more? if so, then read the full report here. * Note that this version will be an edited version and will lack about 45 minutes of material from the DVD version.

Merry
Christmas

Merry
Christmas 12/25/2003 02:04 AM
From all of us, to all of you, we wish you a very Merry Christmas! We hope there will be lots of smiling faces as new Star Wars toys get torn into today, but most of all, we wish everybody the very best of times with your families and friends, or great memories if you can't be with the ones you love.

UPDATE:
Question Mark #160

UPDATE:
Question Mark #160 06/17/2005 03:30 PM
Will Hasbro continue the Unleashed line? Any chance that StarWarsShop.com will offer all the Burger King toys in one big special pack? Are there any plans by Hasbro to package a droid multi-pack, like new colored R2 units? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in the latest edition of Question Mark!

Forums Open

Forums Open 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
The task of reindexing the forums didn't run as smoothly as it should have, but all appears back to normal now. We also cleared the forum cache so pages might run a bit slow to begin with but will speed up as the day goes on. If you enounter any problem please post them in the Announcements section.

UPDATE: Gen Con
Reminder

UPDATE: Gen Con
Reminder 08/20/2004 04:37 PM
Gen Con, the best four days of gaming started Thursday and runs until Sunday. Gen Con is again being held at the Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Some of you might recall a small event held there in 2002 called Celebration II. I'll be heading out there tomorrow from Cincinnati with team OSWCC and will post a nice report here at Rebelscum.com when I get back. If you've never been, I'd highly suggest giving it a try. Our good friend Steve Sansweet will be giving a presentation as well. If you see me walking around with my Rebelscum shirt and hat on, be sure to stop and say hi! *Paul Ens, Director of Lucas Online wrote in to correct me that the Fan Club Silver Sandtrooper will not be available for purchase at Gen Con as I previously posted here earlier today. Sorry about that!

UPDATE: Photo
Archives Update: Canadian OTC Cards

UPDATE: Photo
Archives Update: Canadian OTC Cards 12/22/2004 01:32 AM
Five more Canadian card variations for figures in the Original Trilogy Collection have been added to the OTC Canada gallery, bringing the total to 26 out of 38.

Set relative font scaling in Cocoa apps'
font panel

Set relative font scaling in Cocoa apps'
font panel 05/07/2004 09:02 AM
Here's a small tip, which is way old (from NEXTSTEP): The size field on the font panel in Cocoa apps (Command-T) can calculate sizes. Say you want to make all the fonts bigger in an RTF TextEdit document. Just select the whol...

Font Doctor 6: Font-Organization And
-Repair Software Gets Better And Faster

Font Doctor 6: Font-Organization And
-Repair Software Gets Better And Faster 05/26/2004 06:02 AM
Font Doctor easily and expertly repairs and organizes fonts. If you have cross-platform problems, Font Doctor will fix them. By Andrew Shalat, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Best summary of the href="http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/07/ne
ws/companies/kroc_npr/"> style="text-decoration:underline;">McDon
ald's donation

Best summary of the href="http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/07/ne
ws/companies/kroc_npr/"> style="text-decoration:underline;">McDon
ald's donation 11/10/2003 11:16 PM
"Can I supersize that NPR for ya?" From an anonymous comment on a discussion board at the Dean blog....

Font Size: No Happy Medium

Font Size: No Happy Medium 12/02/2003 12:40 AM
If there's one thing nobody can agree on, it's how to treat your text size. Pixels aren't scalable within the most common browser on the market, and if you do everything you can to support relative units, you will still...

color=339933 size=+1>A Game of Thrones

color=339933 size=+1>A Game of Thrones 12/24/2004 12:37 PM
ExtremeTech's Geek gift guide game, A Game of Thrones strategy board game.

A New Font for a New Year...

A New Font for a New Year... 01/16/2004 11:30 AM

After a highly entertaining half an hour with my work colleagues and fontifier, I now have a full operational font of my handwriting. It looks a little childish and insane, like the kind of thing you'd write threatening letters with, but it looks great as the default font on OSX's Post-It equivalents. Should you be foolish enough to want my scribblings on your computer, feel free to download it from here: Coates.ttf.

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color=339933 size=+1>AOpen Aeolus 6600GT

color=339933 size=+1>AOpen Aeolus 6600GT 12/22/2004 01:39 AM

color=339933 size=+1>Archos AV400 Series

color=339933 size=+1>Archos AV400 Series 12/22/2004 01:39 AM
Geek Gift Guide: Video recorder handheld DVR/PVR Archos AV420 and AV480 from the AV400 Series of media jukeboxes.

color=339933 size=+1>Joint Operations:
Typhoon Rising

color=339933 size=+1>Joint Operations:
Typhoon Rising 12/19/2004 03:47 PM

color=339933 size=+1>Strait Line Laser
Level 120

color=339933 size=+1>Strait Line Laser
Level 120 12/19/2004 03:47 PM
Geek gift guide: Strait Line Laser Level 120 tool.

Font-FNT-0.02

Font-FNT-0.02 04/27/2004 06:03 AM

Font-FNT-0.01

Font-FNT-0.01 04/14/2004 06:31 AM

Your Own Handwriting Font

Your Own Handwriting Font 01/05/2004 04:15 PM
Your prayers have been answered! "Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a computer font that you can use in your word processor or graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica." I picked up the link from Typographica this morning. The service appears to be free for the moment, although you may get a server-side error when you click through....

IPA Font For Panther

IPA Font For Panther 12/10/2003 09:09 PM

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