Fed up with the usual soppy mush that invades your TV over Valentine’s Day? Sick of watching Kate Hudson in the same film she seems to release every year? Salvation is here in the form of an alternative guide to Valentine’s viewing. Depending on your point of view, it’s either a wonderfully … [Read more...]
Before Watchmen: the comic book prequel no one wants
It's always a bad sign when your press release launching a new project includes an apology for the existence of the project. DC Comics' announcement that it plans to publish 35 new Watchmen comics this year, 25 years after the original 12-issue series blew the doors off the entire super-hero genre, … [Read more...]
We’re on Tumblr!
A quick post today about our new Tumblr blog. It's a place to share all our favourite little finds that we don't quite get the time to blog about. Below are just a few of the things we've shared this week. Come follow us on Tumblr! Do you have a geek-inspired Tumblr? Let us know in the … [Read more...]
Why you shouldn’t watch The Walking Dead
Next week the television adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s epic zombie comic series, The Walking Dead, hits our screens courtesy of FX (via AMC). You probably knew that already. You’ve probably seen the huge billboard posters with Andrew ‘Egg’ Lincoln’s stubbly, resolute face staring out of them. … [Read more...]
Facebook Places: Why I won’t be using it
People who blog, eh? And tweet? And check-in on Foursquare? Can we all say ‘Oversharers’? Except it seems we’re not. It looks like even the most over-share-y of internet lovers aren’t particularly embracing Facebook Places. Could it be? Could the Daily Mail, and your mother, be wrong? Maybe we’re … [Read more...]
Why Apple's Ping won't catch on
Twitter/Facebook + iTunes x music = Apple's Ping Another end-of-summer evening, another Apple press conference. They have become a way of marking the eternal passage of time and your own undeniable mortality, right morbid gadget fans? Well, this conference bought the announcement of Ping, which … [Read more...]
3D TV: The Future Of Home Entertainment?
Cinemas have been offering three dimensional viewing for some time now, so it was inevitable that our living rooms would follow suit. After all, with more and more movies filmed for 3D, eventually the DVD buyer starts to feel they’re missing something. I imagine I’ll own a 3D set one day. So when … [Read more...]
iPad lessons – one week in
Having gone public on my complete bafflement as to what the iPad was supposed to be, it took only 23 hours post-launch for me to find myself in the Apple shop willing to part with proper amounts of cash for one. And I can’t help it - I frickin’ love it. But you're definitely a more considered … [Read more...]
Five ways libraries need to improve their internet offerings
I recently moved house and, while this entailed dealing with a whole litany of woes, the most damaging to my emotional and mental health was the loss of internet. Of course, you’re supposed to be able to move properties and have your web juice redirected without a hitch these days, but it doesn’t … [Read more...]
My Eyes! Four minutes on ChatRoulette
I went on it so you don’t have to. Things I saw: … [Read more...]
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