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Archive for January, 2010

Destroy the Dork: 3 Inches of Blood’s “Advance and Vanquish” Reviewed by the Hopelessly Inept.

Right up front, let’s get something straight: I know nothing of metal. I am an outsider to the world of metal music, a novice, a greenhorn. Actually, a word with “horn” in it is probably too metal to describe me. I’m a greenstub. A greensponge to the world of metal. Sopping with shame. Metal culture? [...]

Cartoons Are Serious Business

Good morning, Confusionauts. You know, as a more or less grown man, I tend to spend my mornings watching cartoons. If there’s anything I’ve been assured repeatedly by our society, it’s that watching children’s cartoons long into your 20′s is not only okay, but entirely expected. Otherwise, how am I supposed to get nostalgic about [...]

The Song of the Count?

Um… happy… Today-day, Confusionauts. I’m… big news here, there’s a bunch of… stuff. Huh? Oh, um… Here, this is a video you can watch. Watch it already! Okay, good. Now… I’m not going to go play Mass Effect 2 for the next several days. No. I am going to do… work. Yes. Work…

If I See One More “Hacking” Scene in a Movie, I’ma Shoot Somebody

It’s no secret that computers have never been done well in movies or TV. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that the specifics of ANY profession portrayed in films leaves something to be desired, but that is NOT the point of today’s rant. No, today’s rant is all about computers and movies and why [...]

Yes it Does: That 1 Guy and the Magic Pipe “PACKS A WALLOP!”

Reid has been known to have insights from time to time. They usually involve predicting upcoming fires with suspicious accuracy, but sometimes his comments don’t make me scramble instinctively for the emergency exit. Sometimes. Recently, el webmaestro noted an interesting musical tendency, and the more I think about it the more I think he’s right. [...]