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The New Tomb Raider Is Amazing: AKA I Haven't Played Video Games In A Long Time
The new Tomb Raider is a beautiful, incredibly well produced throwback to the original Tomb Raider. Even the game menus are amazing. And I have no idea if this is normal for video games these days, or...
View ArticleWhy My Next Computer Is A Linux Tower
Back in March, John Siracusa wrote an article titled "The Case For A True Mac Pro Successor": On paper, the Mac Pro may no longer be a viable product, but it would be a mistake for Apple to abandon the...
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My Next Camera Is A Fujifilm X-Pro1
While I still have a Nikon D3S (or a D4) on my wish list, I am beginning to think that my next camera will be a Fujifilm X-Pro1. In his review, Ken Rockwell sings high praises for the X-Pro1: Real...
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Yes, I remember Octopus Pie
In case you were wondering, Meredith Gran is still writing and drawing Octopus Pie. Read from the start of the latest story.
View ArticleDon't Trust The Man on the Street
These 'man on the street' videos are completely hogwash. If you haven't seen them, the videos show a scenario where a man walks around and tries to get people to buy a gold coin from him for only a...
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Official The Cultured Nerd Shirts
The Cultured Nerd is the branch of Waking Ideas dedicated to all things within nerd culture. As a natural expansion, the pre-order campaign for official The Cultured Nerd T-shirts is now live. We're...
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Justin Daniels - Potential
Justin Daniels' new EP Potential is aptly named. Late last year I interviewed him about his experience in an evolving music industry. In preparation for that interview, I dug through the various...
View ArticleOblivion (2013 film) - Review
Over the weekend I saw the film Oblivion. It's been over ten years since Minority Report. I'm glad the trailers and other marketing did not spoil the film for most people. Even going into the film...
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The Knitted Cap Club - The Antidote EP
The Antidote EP, the soon to be released EP from The Knitted Cap Club, is haunting, beautiful, and leaves me yearning for more. Fortunately, there's a nice selection of music from the band on their...
View ArticleMatthew Zellmer - "Asterisk"
Matthew Zellmer, the extraordinary spoken word artist, has recorded a poem of his titled "Asterisk". It is a poem about how I came to poetry, and I think it's an appropriate introduction to me as a...
View ArticleSpotify - One Week In
One of my resolutions for the year is to support the independent music movement. As part of this, I am purchasing digital and physical copies as directly from the artists as I can, reviewing music here...
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Google Reader Alternatives
We're one month away from the July 1st 2013 shutdown date of the much loved Google Reader product. Right now, there are only two alternatives for me that meet my needs: The Old Reader and Hivereader....
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Gather - by Anton Peck
Gather is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Anton Peck. After successfully raising funds through a crowdfunding campaign at Kickstarter in May of 2012, Anton set out to create what he...
View ArticleA Quick Note on The Future of Tesla
I hope Tesla is able to continue to run the business through to the 4th generation of cars and ramp up to mass manufacturing and meet demand. The 1st generation of Telsa electric vehicles was the...
View ArticleThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Simply put: Burt Wonderstone was hilarious. If you didn't see it, it's probably because it was misadvertised. The advertisements should have shown the relationship between Steve and Oliva. That entire...
View ArticleGatsby?
Gatsby...The Great Gatsby? The one where DiCaprio stars? It is a definite rental. Don't waste your money seeing it in the theaters. It is way too long and so many scenes are laughably bad. At one point...
View ArticleA Quick Note on Google Hangouts
With the shuttering of Google Talk and replacing it with Google Hangouts, Google isn't just abandoning open standards for instant messaging. They're abandoning instant messaging. They've moved from a...
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Mammoth Indigo - Auroras
Auroras is a six track ode to lush guitar sounds by Mammoth Indigo. The atmosphere and production of the tracks remind me of early Pinback. Robert Avila Jr., Rudy Rivera, and Jonathan Murhy signed to...
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Wintergatan (2013 album)
Earlier, I went out on a limb and said that I thought that this was going to be my favorite album of the year. I'm still getting through a backlog of albums, EPs, and other new releases, but it has so...
View Articleadministrative note
As a short note: the design for this blog archive has been switched to the default 2013 wordpress theme for speed purposes. Future projects will likely be built outside of the wordpress arena, but the...
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