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Dragon*Con Press Release: Demons, Dali and Jeanie, oh my!

Dragon*Con Press Release: Demons, Dali and Jeanie, oh my!

Aug 26, 2010

The following press release is being re-printed as a service to our readers Don’t miss the premiere of John Zaffis’s movie The World Within! Get ready to step inside the world of a renowned demonologist with over 30 years of experience under his belt and hear stories few [...]

Microsoft invents computerized “lifeform” named Milo

Microsoft invents computerized “lifeform” named Milo

Aug 25, 2010

Meet Milo – he’s an 11-year-old boy who lives inside a computer. Developed by Microsoft, Milo is actually a computer program who apparently experiences emotions and interacts with you via ears (microphone) and eyes (a stereo video camera). Developed by Peter Molyneux and a team of [...]

Comic book series aims to give Islamic youth positive role models

Comic book series aims to give Islamic youth positive role models

Aug 22, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Naif Al-Mutawa,a New York-based clinical psychologist has worked over the past decade to give Islamic youth positive superhero role models. In the video below first published on TED.com, he dissects the Biblical origins of Superman, Batman and Spider-man. He shows how universal truths [...]

Halo Soundtracks & History Essays

So, I’m taking History 17A (from about the time of Columbus all the way to 1877) as an online course. For the last three days I’ve been writing two essays for this class, and that’s my first midterm (apparently I have two midterms plus a final). The essay topics are about slavery in the Chesapeake and the American Revolution. I think I got the first one...

Blackmore’s Night, Secret Voyage

Blackmore’s Night, Secret Voyage

Sep 30, 2008

A new CD by Blackmore’s Night called Secret Voyage is coming out soon (though I got sick before I could post this and so it may be out already). I managed to get my hands on a review copy from Victor of Special Ops Media, and of course the deal was to write a review for it! That seemed pretty spiffy to me, especially since I like Blackmore’s...

The Dark Knight: A Fan’s Review

I came out of the theatre stunned. Simply stunned. Hands down, this is the BEST BATMAN MOVIE EVER. This movie is nine kinds of awesome. Yes, really. Okay, more than nine kinds but here are the nonspoiler versions. 1: Heath Ledger IS the Joker. 2: Aaron Eckhart IS Harvey Dent 3: Maggie Gyllenhaal IS Rachel Dawes (she should have been in the first one) 4: Gary...