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The Terror of Tiny Town

I would like to introduce everyone to a film that fills a very particular niche in the movie industry.  The Terror of Tiny Town.  It’s a musical.  It’s a western.  Also, every member of the cast is a little person.  … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!

Lately I haven’t been updating as much as I used to, and I wanted to leave a note to wish everyone Merry Christmas.  I also wanted to take the opportunity to share a Christmas movie… Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.  … Continue reading

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Exclusive New Picture of the Iphone 5!

As a member of the blogging press I have been granted access to an exclusive picture of the Iphone 5.  As you can see, it’s impressively designed, and Apple remains in the forefront of innovation and cool, pragmatic device architecture. … Continue reading

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Minecraft 1.8

*Update* Minecraft 1.8 is officially released now! Good afternoon! It looks like Minecraft 1.8 will not be coming out until later in the week.  Still, the pre-release is available, and I have been playing it.  Villages generate a ways out … Continue reading

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Moving house

Hello!   I apologize for so few updates.  I have been building a house!  A real house, not a minecraft house.  Since this has been such a big process it did take a lot of my time here.  I will … Continue reading

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Making Perfect Circles and Spheres in Minecraft

I wanted to make a short post to share a tip I found for Minecraft.  If you don’t like using mods like WorldEdit (or can’t), but want to make a perfect circle or sphere, then I have found an easier … Continue reading

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How Minecraft Has Affected the Indie Game Industry

Undoubtedly if you are interested in pc games you have heard of, if not played, Minecraft.  The addicting voxel based game has spawned a massive community of enthusiastic gamers who not only enjoy the game immensely, but enjoy talking about … Continue reading

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Google ChromeOS on the CR-48

I was fortunate enough several months ago to receive one of the Google CR-48 notebooks in the mail.  My fiance’ and I both registered for the testing program.  I never assumed I would get one because so many people wanted … Continue reading

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An Overview of Open Cloud Computing

Modern cloud computing has been popularized by the likes of Google and Amazon.  They take advantage of their robust infrastructure to power their very large hosting environments.  Google, for its part, leverages low end hardware on a quick network backbone … Continue reading

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The Walled City of Kowloon

I have always had a fondness for interesting cultures and places.  Unique villages built in the middle of a lake on reeds, towns carved in to the tops of mountains, even entire cities built underground.  When I came across the … Continue reading

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