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Goodbye to Film?

We said goodbye to more than just 2010 in the last week. Legendary film Kodachrome also went by the wayside at the end of 2010. It was the first successful mass market subtractive method film. Kodak announced back in June 2009 that it would no longer produce the film citing decreased demand.The last Kodachrome processing […]

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Entertainment Technology

S.M.A.R.T Gaming

 I’ve never really liked first person shooters. Not because I don’t like shooting at things, but because I have a difficult time with the controls.  Navigating several different buttons to jump over an obstacle while being shot and trying to kill another player or character was too much for me, especially because I usually played […]

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iTunes and the Big Holdouts

The Beatles finally came to iTunes in November selling more than 1.4 million songs in their first week. Beatles was one of the biggest holdouts in the iTunes scene. Why? Apparently the Beatles’ umbrella company, Apple, has had a long time copyright feud with Apple… After legal battles since 1981, the two Apples, along with […]

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Entertainment

World of Warcraft WOWs with Cataclysm

  Today hundreds, actually probably thousands, of internet gamers with blood shot eyes reported to work today hopped up on Mountain Dew. And countless more have yet to emerge from behind their computers. At Midnight PST, World of Warcraft released their expansion, Cataclysm. The new expansion features, in addition to a new story line, five new […]

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Facebook Opinion

Facebook Cartoon A Hoax?

So, now there is an issue with the Facebook cartoons. I, personally, thought it was a great way to promote awareness. But, as with everything in this world, someone has to rain on the parade. The blogosphere is very talkative this morning about the cartoon trend, which started out of Greece. Many say that the […]

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Cartoons united against child abuse

Remember the bra color status updates to fight breast cancer? Well now we have cartoons to fight childhood abuse. Except now, guys aren’t kept guessing about purple polka dots and pink lace… Seen this status update on your friends pages yet? Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood. The goal? To […]

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Business

Write A Novel In A Month – NaNoWriMo

What did you do in November? Well, I wrote a novel. Not to brag or anything, really, cause it’s quite terrible at the moment. I’m also not alone in writing an entire novel in thirty days. I had around 200,000 people from around the world joining me in the National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo […]