Summer movie season is almost upon us, and I for one couldn’t me more thrilled! I always enjoy those comfy movie theatre seats and the relief of the air conditioning on those hot summer days. And let’s not forget the bonus features of popcorn, Twizzlers, and soda. I’m pretty sure I went to see some [...]
Riley’s Summer 2008 Geek Movie Preview
By Riley Porter on Apr 28, 2008 within Entertainment, Lists, Reviews | Comments
What to Watch While the Writers Are on Strike
By Riley Porter on Jan 15, 2008 within Entertainment | Comments
It’s been more than two months since the writers’ strike started, and we are running out of new episodes of our favorite shows. Sure, there are plenty of reality tv shows available for your viewing pleasure, but if you prefer something a little more scripted you do have some options. Below I’ll point you [...]
Recommended Music Download - Boxer by The National
By Steve Henderson on Nov 16, 2007 within Music | Comments
Here’s a nice recommended download for the day. A little bit of rock, a little piano, and an awesome voice: Boxer by The National. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just stream some samples from anywhere.fm under the playlist TGIM: 9/3/07. Feel free to tell me what you [...]
Recommended Music Download - La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project
By Steve Henderson on Nov 16, 2007 within Music | Comments
Thank God It’s Friday! Take a listen to La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just stream some samples from anywhere.fm under the playlist TGIM: 9/10/07. Feel free to tell me what you think of Gotan Poject or even suggest other artists [...]
Recommended Music Download - Anouar Brahem
By Steve Henderson on Oct 1, 2007 within Entertainment, Music | Comments
Thank God It’s Monday! This is a regular weekly post of music that got me through the week last week, so I’m hoping to spread the love. This week includes two albums from Anouar Brahem: Conte De L’Incroyable Amour & Le Pas Du Chat Noir. You can read some of my random [...]
Recommended Music Download - Ellen Allien and Apparat
By Steve Henderson on Sep 24, 2007 within Entertainment, Music | Comments
Thank God It’s Monday! This is a regular weekly post of music that got me through the week last week, so I’m hoping to spread the love. This week includes two albums that continue a previous review of Apparat: Ellen Allien’s Berlinette as well as Ellen Allien and Apparat’s full-length collaboration Orchestra of [...]
Images for the Week of Sept 21st
By Franklin Davis on Sep 21, 2007 within Coffee Break, Images | Comments
Here are some interesting images that I have come across recently. Have you seen an amazing image I missed? Leave me a note in the comments and I’ll add it to the next collection.
Disclaimer: All credit for the images should go to the website linked in the image.
Recommended Music Download - Spoon
By Steve Henderson on Sep 16, 2007 within Entertainment, Music | Comments
Thank God It’s Monday! This is a regular weekly post of music that got me through the week last week, so I’m hoping to spread the love. This week includes an album I absolutely love: Gimme Fiction by Spoon. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just stream [...]
Recommended Music Download - The Brand New Heavies
By Steve Henderson on Sep 10, 2007 within Entertainment, Music | Comments
Thank God It’s Monday! This is a regular weekly post of music that got me through the week last week, so I’m hoping to spread the love. This week: Heavy Rhyme Experience: Vol. 1 [Explicit] by The Brand New Heavies. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just [...]
Recommended Music Download - Apparat
By Steve Henderson on Sep 4, 2007 within Entertainment, Music | Comments
Thank God It’s Monday! Well, really it’s Tuesday, but yesterday was a holiday, so there. Anyways, this will be a regular weekly post of music that got me through the week last week, so I’m hoping to spread the love. This week includes: Walls by Apparat. You can read some [...]
Six Originals and Their Original Remixes
By Steve Henderson on Aug 22, 2007 within Entertainment, Music | Comments
Six songs paired with a remix… or cover, mash-up, whatever you want to call it. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just stream the music from anywhere.fm (Note that the songs don’t play in the order listed. They’ll play at random, with possible repeats, and you’ll only get a [...]
Recommended Web Reading - TUAW
By Franklin Davis on Aug 15, 2007 within Apple, Coffee Break | Comments
“The Unofficial Apple Weblog” or TUAW is one of my most frequently read blogs. This site contains everything you could possibly want (or not want) to know about all things related to Apple, Inc. TUAW is a member of Weblogs, Inc. which includes many of the most popular blogs on the web such [...]
eMusic: Helping to Make Independent Music Mainstream
By Steve Henderson on Aug 11, 2007 within Featured, Reviews | Comments
eMusic offers more than 2,000,000 tracks from more than 13,000 labels. DRM free, mind you, and at high quality 192K VBR MP3 format. Not to mention every conceivable genre you can come up with (ambient trip-hop country?) Well, maybe not. Keep reading and find out what eMusic is about, what [...]
TV Shows for the Science Geek in All of Us
By Riley Porter on Aug 8, 2007 within Entertainment, Reviews | Comments
Do you find yourself bored with those same old re-runs featuring Captain Kirk, Jack O’Neill, and Buffy? Are you tired of waiting for Season 4 of Battlestar Gallactica? Never fear, riley’s here with some fun sci-fi alternatives that are sure to rev up your pulse!
Web 2.0 Browsing With Lynx (Text Browser Extraordinaire)
By Sam Davis on Aug 1, 2007 within Coffee Break | Comments
When I started undergrad (way back in the last millennium (1997)), I was introduced to email for the first time. But we didn’t have Outlook or Mail, we had to used TELNET and Pine (remember these wonders of the information super highway). My college was not exactly on the cutting edge of technology. However, we [...]