I was reading this excellent essay by Roger Ebert and found it a very good read. I really connected to the following words from that essay: It is not important to be “right” or “wrong.” It is important to know why you hold an opinion, understand how it emerged from the universe of all your [...]
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Book Review – The Art of Black and White Photography By Torsten Andress Hoffman
August 7th, 2008 3 Comments
Feeling: tired Listening to: Megadeth – Black SwanWhen I saw this book up for review, I jumped at the chance immediately. Having a deep interest in Photography, with the new camera, I now have complete control over my photos and their look. I have always considered Black and white photography the real art form of photography. The representation [...]
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Book Review: Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers
August 1st, 2008 4 Comments
Feeling: sleepyRemember your high school computer theory class? References to the “ancient” (in computer innovation time) machines which utilized vacuum tubes, drum memories, ferrite rings? Remember ENIAC, UNIVAC, EDVAC etc? If these terms bring back nostalgic memories of your high school computer course and the thoughts imagining what these machines looked like, then Core Memory is [...]
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Book Review: A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren
July 25th, 2008 6 Comments
I have secrets. So do you and everyone else. We keep secrets out of embarrassment, fear of hurting others or importantly hurting ourselves. But a lot of times we keep secrets because we just do not know how to express our feelings – elation, hurt, sadness, love. The liberating effect of letting a secret out [...]
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Book Review – The Wrekening by Jayel Gibson
July 25th, 2008 2 Comments
Feeling: sleepy (Review of Part one of the Ancient Mirrors Series The Dragon Queen) In the second Ancient Mirrors tale, author Jayel Gibson continues the tale of Ædracmoræ two decades past the reunion of Ædracmoræ by the Dragon Queen, Yávië. (Refer The Dragon Queen – An Ancient Mirrors Tale). The Wrekening tells the story of Cwen, [...]
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Book Review: The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, Edited by Otto Penzler
July 22nd, 2008 Comments Off
During the Great Depression, many authors wrote stories at a penny a word to make ends meet. Some of these authors wrote up to a million words a year, usually in the form of detective stories, mysteries and thrillers. A lot of these stories, featuring smart, cynical but brave detectives, were first printed in [...]
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Book Review: The Dragon Queen
June 22nd, 2008 2 Comments
The Dragon Queen is the first part of the “Ancient Mirrors Tale” series by Jayel Gibson. This tale, based in the fantasy world of Ædracmoræ (pronounced Dracmor), is the story of the guardians Yávië and her companions Nall and Rydén resurrected and sworn to protect Ædracmoræ along with the help of other guardians who also [...]
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