Happy 30th Birthday ‘War Games’
Sorry, it can’t be Star Wars 24/7 around here. Instead, let’s turn our attention to another movie from my youth I thoroughly enjoyed then and still do today. That movie? Director John Badham’s 1983...
View ArticleA Few Interesting Things For a Friday
It’s almost the weekend. Pat yourself on the back for making it this far. It’s been an interesting week for sure. But let’s put all that aside for a minute and take a look at some fun things for a …...
View ArticleInitial Thoughts on iOS 7 and Apple In General
Like many of you, I watched Apple’s WWDC keynote this morning with a great deal of interest. I was very curious what the next version of iOS, called iOS 7, would look like. Well, now we know. My first...
View ArticleThink ‘Pacific Rim’ Is Total Fantasy? Meet Atlas
Yes, the movie Pacific Rim is out today and yes, it features giant monsters called Kaiju who we humans fight with giant, mechanized, human-piloted robots we build called Jaegers. And sure, the idea...
View ArticleInitial Reactions to the Amazon Fire TV
As you may have heard, Amazon released the Fire TV this week, it’s own competitor to the Apple TV and other living room devices like the Roku. Because I’m a fan of all-things tech and love pretty much...
View ArticleRethinking Facebook
Like many of you, I have a personal Facebook page. It’s right here. I also have one for The Flickcast. That’s right here. I do spend some time on Facebook interacting with a few friends. I don’t spend...
View ArticleHow Apple Are You?
It should be no surprise to anyone (at least anyone paying attention) I’m an Apple fan. I like the company and I like the company’s products. Quite a bit, in fact. I like Apple’s products so much I’ve...
View ArticleiPhone vs. DSLR
I love photography. In fact, I’ve been taking pictures since I was given my first camera (an Olympus OM 1) in the sixth grade. Yes, that long. Over the years I had a succession of film cameras but made...
View Article‘Walking Dead’ Season 3 Visual Effects
Continuing our trend of highlighting visual effects work, here’s a reel from Stargate Studios showcasing their work on The Walking Dead season 3. In addition to all the great zombie kills, pay...
View ArticlePodcasting And My New, Improved Setup
Even though I really did consider keeping my head down and trying to just “make it through” this time of COVID, turns out I couldn’t really do that. I’m not a “wait and see” type after all, but I...
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