Technoexhibitionism
Jul 21, 2008 3:38 PM | Posted in Articles, Opinion | 1 Comment »A Google search for technoexhibitionism returns nothing (until now), so I'm claiming the invention of the word, and defining it to mean the use of technology (usually through the Internet) to reveal private details of one's life for no substantial ...
The Dark Knight
Jul 20, 2008 7:13 PM | Posted in Reviews | No Comments »The Dark Knight has already broken Spider-Man 3's record 3 day gross with $155.34 million, in addition to breaking the largest midnight showing gross and largest one day gross records. Clearly, superhero movies are in. However, I think the Dark Knight ...
Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
Jul 19, 2008 9:57 AM | Posted in Reviews | No Comments »If you're not familiar with the history of East Germany and the Stasi, this movie is a great place to start. Actor Ulrich Mühe lived in East Germany, so when asked how he prepared for the movie, he simply replied, ...
iPhone 2.0 software
Jul 10, 2008 7:08 PM | Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »With a little over half a day to go before the second iPhone's release in America, impatient geeks have already figured out how to get their hands on the new iPhone software. While I don't have one of the new ...
TBS, Very Annoying
Jun 5, 2008 7:35 PM | Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »TBS has always been a bad offender for putting highly obtrusive advertisements at the bottom half of the screen during shows, but their latest advertising idea is really annoying as hell. Are you kidding me, seriously? Interrupting the TV show itself? ...
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Jun 5, 2008 2:13 PM | Posted in Reviews | No Comments »I'm in an unreleased album reviewing mood today. This is Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay's followup to 2005's X&Y, which I found extremely disappointing. Coldplay's first album, Parachutes, had a very vanilla piano rock sound, ...
Venetian Snares - Detrimentalist
Jun 5, 2008 12:50 PM | Posted in Reviews | 5 Comments »If you're not a fan of "intelligent dance music" (i.e. Venetian Snares, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, etc.), then you can just skip this review, unless you've never heard of IDM and want try some new music. Venetian Snares is one ...
Settlers of Catan
May 31, 2008 7:54 PM | Posted in Reviews | No Comments »Settlers of Catan is a board game, and a very awesome one at that. "How can a board game be more awesome than any other one?", you ask. "Aren't all board games pretty much variations of the same thing?". If ...
Does anyone actually use Twitter? If you don't know what it is, it's best described as an entire website based on Facebook's status message feature. You sign up, you have a friends list, and then you have a friends page ...
Blogs
May 29, 2008 8:34 PM | Posted in Opinion | No Comments »Specifically, personal blogs and online diaries, not the political/underground journalism kind. I don't know what you think of blogs, but what I do know is, you can't stop reading them. Before the modern Internet age, strangers were inaccessible. There was ...