Tag: television
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Life Imitating Art, Remixing Art, Art Imitating Life, and Remixing Life
Aside from the sad (but expected) death of Dick Smith, one of the greatest special effects makeup artists of all time, there’s a lot of creative stuff going on in the feed today. Not all of it is what I’d call “good” creative–that new Sprint plan that kind of steps all over the idea of…
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Just a Whole Lot of Stuff
I meant to update Thursday… and even Friday… but… well… it was a holiday weekend and I figured I’d use it to catch up on things. And by “things”, it turns out I meant all those games I bought during the Steam sale. Because I really didn’t do much else for most of that long…
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Bad Dice, Blackwater, Continued Hobby Lobby Hubbub, Nature, and a Little Fan Service
The two big bits of news that were bouncing around today were the Supreme Court’s decision in the case for Hobby Lobby regarding whether it should have to pay for insurance plans that cover contraception and the recently released documents that show just how messed up the U.S. relationship with “freelance security” firm Blackwater was.…
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Being Watched, SHIELD Finale, Amazing Animals, History Underwater, Far Fetched Contingency Plans, and Anticipa…
So, the U.S. military apparently has a plan for dealing with a zombie apocalypse. On first blush, that’s both disturbing and reassuring. But if, like me, you know a bit of the history of contingency planning, you know it’s really not that unusual. There have been numerous times in the history of the U.S. where…
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Science, Madness, Ice Cream Truck Music History, Slowly Impending Doom, and More
I’m really not much of a programmer. Yes, my job title technically does have “developer” in it, but I’m really not happy when I have to build things from scratch. I much prefer to mix already working things together in ways that get the job done in a quick and effective manner. Hopefully something that’s at…