I come to you today to discuss a very serious topic: comic books. Don’t scoff! Although you may have never read a single issue of X-Men or even a panel of Peanuts, comic books and their characters are now a huge part of our popular culture. Marvel and DC (among others) are raking in billions […]
Although I’m currently on my 2nd Kindle, you may recall there was a time when I was reticent to make the jump to a purely digital library. I was an English major, after all, and no stranger to the appeal of tangible literature. There’s an almost ineffable feeling of accomplishment that comes with finishing an […]
Does anyone remember the era when websites would redesign everything and announce that they were now on “Version 2.0” or “3.0” or whatever decimal number signified its current incarnation? I actually kind of miss those days. Even today, I think of my humble little website in terms of how many major iterations it’s been through. […]
So it turns out that one of my statements last time should have had a little asterisk next to it. Despite proclamations that I would be foregoing my annual compulsion to make resolutions, I’ve recently had a change of heart. Over on Geek & Sundry, Felicia Day posted a video evangelizing the idea of Geek […]
As 2013 came to a close late last month, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I could make the most of the coming year. I could have devoted my efforts towards a new set of resolutions, as I typically do, but to be honest they would have closely mirrored the set I […]
I once heard an anecdote about Ernest Hemingway that said he never read anything he wrote after he was finished. Ostensibly, he did this because he knew he would inevitably find something about his work that could be improved. I’m certainly no Hemingway, but I think I understand his reasoning. You may notice that there […]
One of my favorite Internet personalities – Retronaut in Chief, Jeremy Parish – posted a really great blog awhile back about how it’s okay for nerds to dress well. It’s a really good read (as is most of his writing), and really underscores a “problem” in our larger geek community. Let’s face it: most of […]
Earlier this month I celebrated my birthday, which – despite what you may expect – is frequently anything but a happy occasion. Last year I was basically broke, and so the best I could do to celebrate turning another year older was buying myself some coffee at my favorite shop in Midtown. I often suffer […]
It seems like only yesterday that I was ranting about Rovio’s unfulfilled promises regarding Angry Birds and the ability to sync progress across devices. Unfortunately, it wasn’t yesterday; it was over a year ago, which itself was at least a year after the company promised to be working on a solution. Well I guess I […]
Every year around this time, I feel like made the wrong choice in not going to San Diego Comic-Con. Last year, I was even on vacation while it was happening, except that I was in Las Vegas for what turned out to be a mediocre West Coast Swing dance convention. And last Fall I barely […]
