My wife said she wanted to see “Contagion” when we first saw the preview a few months ago. She nudged me at the trailer’s conclusion, gave me that typical moviegoer nod and thumbs-up that’s supposed to mean “That looks good.” It’s a movie about a full-blown epidemic disease that strikes without mercy at an all-star [...]
Hey. You. The person who treats Wikipedia’s content as Gospel. This is for you. I’m assuming you’ve heard about the encyclopedic service going dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill making its way through Congress intended to wholly remove websites that are viewed as circumventing copyright law in one way or [...]
I never wanted to be any of the following: -A Greek god -A vigilante cowboy -A Crusades knight damned to Hell -A space miner who can’t catch a break from space zombies -A gun-crazed widower with a chip on his shoulder -Batman OK, so I lied on that last one. The above list is simply [...]
I started today off a little bit heartbroken. Just a smidgen. Not the waking-up-hours-after-a-break-up type. The band-you-love-most-in-the-world-said-farewell-to-its-lead-singer type. Killswitch Engage, a Boston, Mass., based metalcore band has parted ways with its lead singer, Howard Jones, after seven years, according to an article on the Roadrunner Records website. A statement from the band read thusly: “We [...]
Each year at Christmas, the North American Aerospace Defense Command tracks an unusual airborne target around the world. And now you can, too. Using Google Earth, the Colorado Springs-based military operation posts Santa Claus’s activity here. There are also highlights from the Jolly Old Elf’s 2010 run, games, videos and historical information about NORAD’s yearly [...]
MTV, the network responsible for bringing pop singer Justin Bieber to the masses, may have actually redeemed themselves with their decision for the number-one geek moment of 2011. In the midst of the 2011 nerd maelstrom comprised of several well-made Marvel Entertainment films, ‘Super 8′, the final Harry Potter movie, the iPhone 4S, tablet wars, [...]
The race I remember running with my dad, John, more than any other is one where he beat me. I had to be 13 or 14. It was a 10K race in Colorado Springs. Might have been my first one. About two miles out from the finish line along a cement trail, Dad, then in [...]
I finally had an encounter with the new iPhone 4S. You know, the one that’s possessed. With the new “Siri” feature the phone has, you’re supposed to be able to ask it virtually anything verbally, and it comes up with an answer. The intrepid Sanne Specht just picked one up. I asked if I could [...]
After my grandma died last year, I made a video called “Epitaph.” It’s a testament to her life. I filmed it in the Jacksonville Cemetery with my then-girlfriend, now-wife and put a song in the background by an Icelandic post-rock band called Sigur Ros. It fits perfectly. After uploading it to YouTube, I got a [...]
We asked, you delivered. We’re so excited. The submission process for the Mail Tribune/Daily Tidings Spook-tacular Halloween video contest has concluded. We got 17 entries, 13 of which came in hours before the deadline. We got some doozies. There were some real scares, real humor, and just some all-around quality video-making efforts. Bruce Campbell of [...]