The line-up for this summer’s blockbusters is looking really good…if you’re a male geek. Here’s my top 11 (w/ trailers and release dates) Harry Potter – the final movie Cowboys and Aliens Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop Super 8 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Captain America Winnie the Pooh TrollHunter Mr. Popper’s Penguin Transformers: …
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A bunch of nerdy interviews
Are you a nerd? It’s okay don’t answer. No need. We control the internets and establish what is cool. No matter what everyone else thinks. Let’s just develop, design, and build away. Bit by bit we take over the world. To help us along there is this really interesting site called the The Setup (aka …
Where have all the women with gray hair gone?
I miss my grandmas. I was lucky and I had two wonderful women. Neither was perfect but they loved me and taught me so much. Now I look around and wonder, where have all the mature women gone? Is there a role in our society for them. Or, does every women have to a seductress …
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X-Men: First Class – hotness
All I needed to hear was that Kevin Bacon is in the movie. He’s playing against the two most powerful characters in the X-Men world (Professor Xavier, Magneto) as Sebastian Shaw. A world-class tycoon and his power is an ability to absorb and then use any sort of unleashed energy (any energy, even a nuclear bomb). …
Kanji and the art of calligraphy
The Japanese name for calligraphy is sho do, which most directly translates as “way of writing”. — I really want to go to Japan but not because I want to go on vacation. I want to go for the Imperial Gardens and the tasty noodles. You could say that I am utterly fascinated with this …
2 Very Strong Words for Peter Corbett
After attending Thursday night’s 7th Ignite DC, I have two very strong words for Peter Corbett: THANK YOU. Closing the evening as the final talk, Peter reminded me and the other 300-some tech and innovation enthusiasts in the room that while DC may be, in Peter’s words, “the scrappiest mother fucking town,” we get shit …
Swiss Design WordPress Theme
Both Amy and I think it’s beautiful. I was searching for a new design that has one long text column and cool layout for the rest. It also has links for social media and a decent post layout. Definitely using this for an upcoming project. Check out Smashing Magazine for this free theme and three …
Wikipedia: Gateway Platform to More Girls in Tech?
Ever since the Wikimedia Foundation announced its goal to raise the share of female contributors to Wikipedia 25 percent by 2015, I’ve had it in my head to make sure my 11-year old niece is adding her voice to the collective knowledge of the world. It was with this goal of lighting the next generation’s …
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How to get a job in gaming
Since I have a little background in gaming folks are always asking me, “How do I get in?” Which is usually followed by, “Is it worth it?” First of all, it is. Definitely. It’s all that you think it is and more. The best part being that all your colleagues are huge fans so it’s …
1X57 is a Washington DC Tech Titan!
Hot off the presses! Fresh from the minds of the Washingtonian team and editor Garret Graff! The 2011 Washington DC Tech Titans: Quote: Our tech scene (DC) is the hottest it’s been since the dot-com glory days of the 1990s, with big investment by government in IT, surging green-energy programs, growing biotech research, and start-ups such as …