I became a fan of ‘Fringe’ the first time I saw the show. It’s monster-of-the-week episodes combined with an ongoing mythology scratched my ‘X-Files’ itch. Also, the lead character was the smart and very capable FBI Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv). The mystery about her abilities, the villainous David Robert Jones, and the uneasy relationship…
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For quite some time I’ve become very aggravated with my first generation iPad. Not only does the screen look terrible compared to anything current, but my iPad has become slow and very unstable with modern apps. I also had the opportunity to play with a 7 inch tablet and I found that for my use…
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I have a confession to make: The majority of my gaming life has been on console. Okay, that’s not so much a confession as it is common knowledge. Growing up there was only a few games on the PC I was even allowed to play. Myst, Doom (which was a sneak in until someone realized…
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For years I’ve been a heavy iOS user. Not only do my wife and I both have iPhones, we also have had an iPad since the first generation. Being that the majority of my contacts have also been iPhone users, iMessage has really allowed me to send/receive message to a lot of my contact using…
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Cable cutting is becoming one of the newest technology trends. In today’s world many people feel that that can see anything they would have watched on cable on the internet. Broadband internet has made it incredibly easy for people to stream video content. Gone are the days where it would take 5-10 minutes to download…
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One of the first webcomics that got me well and truly hooked on the medium was C. Spike Trotman’s Templar, AZ. It’s best described in the author’s words; “Templar, Az is about a town and the people who live there.” Templar is a decompressed story focusing on a broad cast of characters in a fascinating…
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Not only has the Internet shrunk the world to the point where I can virtually walk through a shack in Antarctica, it’s also brought us the versatile and exciting medium of webcomics. Webcomics are free from the constraints of editors and publishers and the physical dimensions of paper. One or two people can sit down…
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For years I’ve enjoyed podcasting doing a variety of shows including some locally with friends, and others online mostly via Skype. Although I do enjoy doing the production side of the shows (editing) at the end of the day I am lazy. While a lot of people choose to manually insert splitters, bumps and music…
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I’m the first to admit that considering I only podcast once a week on a recreational basis, I have an overly complicated setup. My “Podcast Arena” (as I call it) consists of four monitors, two desktop computers, one laptop, one audio mixer, one six-channel firewire input device, a microphone, an iPad and a bunch of…
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A few months back I found myself getting more and more frustrated as I moved my mouse with no response on the screen. Thinking it was just the batteries dying in my mouse, I replaced them and soon discovered my keyboard was also having issues – a few tests later and I discovered my keyboard…
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