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 [...]
Sometimes awesome doesn’t need to be explained; sometimes it just speaks for itself. Exhibit A: Blue whale gets up close and personal with kayaker That…….I mean, seriously. What do you say about something like that? So cool and humbling to know an animal THAT BIG shares the planet with us. Moving on. Let’s talk about, [...]
New rule, guys: you can’t remake “The Thing.” The what? “The Thing.” What thing? “The Thing.” Howard Hawks movie. John Carpenter remade it brilliantly in the early 80s… Ohhhh. “The Thing.” That’s what I just… Doesn’t it just sound like a film title that has the potential to be in a “Who’s on First”-type routine? [...]
“I want to put a dent in the universe.” – Steve Jobs Dear Steve: You don’t know me. We never bumped into each other at work or exchanged pleasant waves in passing. I didn’t get mass e-mails from you about doughnuts in the conference room or that the staff meeting time had been changed to [...]
No. No, no, no. This can’t be happening. Can’t. For God’s sake, I’m 28 years old; twenty-eight and resisting the idea that the day where open-and-close books with their smell and their reader-made creases could be coming to an end. There were seeming options before: advance or stay right where you were. You had the [...]
The following is a scene from an upcoming episode of A&E’s “Intervention.” In this episode, friends of the popular social networking site Facebook confront the site in its living room following a recent tidal wave of redesigns. EXT. LIVING ROOM – MIDDAY MYSPACE, TWITTER, and GOOGLE+ sit on couches and chairs, looking at the floor, [...]
