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Unfair Competition? Internet Radio struggles
I ran into more discussion about the Internet Radio Equality Act today at The Tech Observer. There seems to be a lot of misinformation going around as to what this is all about. Apparently many people believe that copyright royalties are unregulated, and that Pandora and the independent net radio industry is trying to impose special regulations on the recording industry in order to support their business model. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
Continue reading...Ditko’s Objectivist Tracts
28. July 2008
As a geek, you're likely to know that Steve Ditko created Spider-Man. Amongst his lesser known creations are a series of Objectivist comics presenting his unconventional political beliefs. If you're a follower of Ayn Rand yourself, or you just get a kick out of Jack Chick-style political tracts, check out this post over on Dinosaur Gardens, where one of his full comics entitled "The Avenging World" is presented in PDF and Comic Book Archive format.
Continue reading...Holy Mandalorian Matrimony!
27. July 2008
Some people go to Comic-Con for the latest in the comic book industry news, some go to so they have an excuse to wear their Halloween costume more than once a year... others, like Tenille and Thomas Kuhlman, go to concrete their marital bliss in an all out Comic-Con spectacular geeky styled wedding that's out of this world.
Continue reading...Oh Joss I have foresaken thee. I did not know. Truly. I knew not.
24. July 2008
There’s no way around it. I’m guilty. I’m guilty of doing a very bad thing. I don’t know if there’s a way I can be forgiven for the sin I have brought unto myself. I mean *how* HOW could I even consider myself to be a fan of Joss Whedon *and* be oblivious to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog? I could use the excuse that I don’t have iTunes, but really, is that a good enough excuse? No. No it is not. For those of you who have been like me, living in a cave- I give you 'A brand new day, last song act 2'. It should be coming out on DVD, but in the meantime you can catch pieces of it on Youtube (thanks Cavtroop for showing me the error of my ways and pointing me in the right direction. One day, year, decade; I hope to be on good side of the Whedonverse again).
Continue reading...Why so serious? Because it’s opening weekend!
19. July 2008
I am doing it. I am crossing the line into mainstream and going to see The Dark Knight on opening weekend. I purchased my tickets on Fandango for the 9:30 a.m. showing tomorrow morning to keep some of my pride in tact and I'm still in shock that the film is already out! Two years I've waited anxiously for this day to come, ever since I saw the picture of Heath putting on the make-up. He looked gritty, psychotic, awesome! By no means am I a film nerd, so my review of the film will more than likely be a little dumbed down and lacking intense details. It'll be raw, excited and perhaps slightly ADHD.
Continue reading...Help SETI save Arecibo
3. July 2008
Arecibo Observatory, the world’s largest radio telescope and the source for the SETI@home data that your computer analyzes, faces massive budget cuts that will END its ability to continue the search for life beyond Earth. The decision to ensure full funding currently rests upon votes in Congress on Senate Bill S. 2862 and House Resolution [...]
Continue reading...Strange, alien-like faceless people captured on camera.
3. July 2008
I’ve been seeing a bunch of articles based around these pictures – which purport to show some faceless alien-people who turn up at high profile social events. Even the Daily Mail has covered it. While certainly looking a bit creepy, a little more digging turned up this site: www.facelesspeople.com - which a quick whois shows [...]
Continue reading...Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 – worth it or worthless?
1. July 2008
I’m a long time role player who group up with Dungeons and Dragons as well as a bunch of other RPG systems such as the Palladium family, the Storyteller books and whatnot. When I was younger the Palladium Fantasy universe was our playground. As I got older, I turned more towards Dungeons and Dragons and [...]
Continue reading...Neuros hack that radiates awesome. Live chat over Live TV (or) the future of television
1. July 2008
Crowd Narration is what it’s being called and it was shown to the Neuros folks at a BBC sponsored event. It’s created by a guy named Matthew and you can download it to play with it directly from here (Heavy Horse). It’s a fairly simple idea which can I think have pretty far reaching effects. [...]
Continue reading...Educational TV ROCKS!
11. June 2008
The other week I was having water cooler chat with my co-workers. Some how the topic of PBS educational programming cropped up and I admitted that I used to love 3 2 1 Contact. This of course led us to our attempt at remembering the theme song. Once we managed to invent new notes and [...]
Continue reading...Got a band but can’t afford to shoot a video? Use public CCTV cameras and then demand the footage!
9. May 2008
The Get Out Clause are an upcoming UK band who are currently unsigned. They took a brilliant and I’m sure soon to be much copied method to producing their own video. Unable to hire a production crew for a standard 1980′s era MTV music video, they performed their music in front of 80 of the [...]
Continue reading...Elementeo – the card game of Chemistry
14. April 2008
I like kids. They’re cool and fun and possibly more reliable than Social Security. I like ‘em so much I have two myself. Sometimes a kid somewhere will do something so outstanding that they really make others sit up and take notice. Often there isn’t even a jail term involved. Enter Elementeo – a collectible [...]
Continue reading...Wonder Woman
12. April 2008
Because of Comic-Con next week I wanted to keep (for my part) the superhero theme going… and of course other genres of comics (while I can; I still have two days of work before getting on a plane to head East to NYC on Wednesday!!!) Earlier I wrote about mothers being non-existent in the upbrining [...]
Continue reading...The printer that will change the world and colonize the galaxy
8. April 2008
Would you like to get a look at the invention that will change the world as we know it? Perhaps not today, surely not tomorrow but with certainty in the next 10 years. Meet RepRap. What is it? It’s a self replicating 3D printer. Yeah, that doesn’t sound as high and mighty as an autobalancing [...]
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