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Google+ Automatic Photo Backup / Paranoia

I was recently making changes to my Google account on my Nexus 7 when I came across an option to “Auto Backup” my photos. When I saw this feature my gut reaction was “Hell no!” and to reach for the uncheck button – but then I realized, why? While I’ve always been an overly cautious…

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The Mighty Avengers Spotlight

With all the hype surrounding Infinity and its tie-ins, features, preludes, origins, add-ons, expansion packs, upgrades, turbo charger kits, etc. The Mighty Avengers slipped under my radar. Al Ewing and Greg Land have put together Marvel’s, and I believe comics’, first all-black superhero team. Okay, all-brown. Okay, plus Spiderman and some weird fanboy of his…

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Doctor Who Knitters & Hookers

Fiber Geeks are everywhere in mainstream geekdom; you’ll see knitters and hookers (crocheters) at cons working a few rows at panels, interrogating cosplayers where they got or how they made their own knit or crocheted pieces, and if the stars are right you may even see a group of fiber geeks break out the spindles…

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iThing of the Week: Office Note Lite

This week I tested the free version of Office Note by Resolvica, the next app in my experiment to find a decent word processing app that is good and cheaper than Pages. Unlike last week’s app, Office Note has a lot more features. You can tab, undo, redo, and look at the revision history. There…

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Casting call reveals that Ant-Man movie is going to be a comedy

With the upcoming Marvel film Ant-Man coming out in 2015,  a few recent casting calls reveals that the Edgar Wright directed film may be really funny. According to Cinema Blend, the British blog Bludhaven Banter via Yahoo! UK posted a picture of the casting calls for Marvel projects which you can see below.  While most…

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Comic Storefront App Sequential Releases Free Alan Moore Biography

In honor of legendary writer Alan Moore’s 60th birthday, the free comics storefront app SEQUENTIAL released a free Alan Moore comic biography to celebrate this milestone.  Titled “Alan Moore: An Extraordinary Gentlemen,” the biography was originally created in 2003 by Gary Spencer Millidge who has revised an expanded the story that is a mostly non-fiction account of…

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The Dangers of a Loyal Fanbase

Dont get me wrong, a loyal fanbase drives companies like DC Comics or Blizzard. It’s what every entertainment driven company shoots for. Casual fans are amazing and they fork over the big bucks but the loyal fanbase keeps your company afloat when the college students graduate and get jobs working 83 hours a week or…

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The People Choice Awards

Its that time a year again to honor who we, the viewers, find to be our favorites in the movies, music, and television industry.  The People Choice Awards have announced their nominees for the January 8th, 2014 awards show. This year is really special for the fantasy and sci-fi community because for the first time…

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Buy The First Two Arkham Games Along With A Few Others For Charity For $5

If you haven’t gotten a chance yet to play the first two games in the Batman: Arkham series, you can purchase them and a few other games for only five dollars on Humble Bundle.  In order to get this cool bundle, you need to donated more than $4.49. Or you can be like Bruce Wayne…

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