Zel-kun’s Words

Well, I happen to know that they need to make their job offers on Friday, so now it’s a period of waiting.  They said they’d like to make me an offer, so I’m hoping that goes over well.  But until I have it on paper before me, I just sit here wondering what’s going to happen.

I watched that new show on the Discovery Channel, Smash Lab, which seems to be a show trying to be another Mythbusters.  The basis of the show is that they take an existing piece of technology, and try to utilize it in a new way.  Last night, they wanted to see if the special type of soft concrete at the end of airport runways, used to stop planes, could be used to prevent auto crashes on the highway.

Not a bad idea.  In fact, the layout of the show (question, idea for build, build, test) is nearly identical to that of Mythbusters.  And in the end, some nice crashes.  The show failed with the stars, however.  The four people didn’t seem to have a whole lot of chemistry or charisma.  Watching these people on camera was like watching people at work, not real exciting.  It is their first show, so maybe they’ll improve.  Maybe by the end of the season it’ll end up being a nice show to follow Mythbusters.

Zel-kun out.