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It's all geek to us

Is social media keeping us honest?

Michael Gaines | Dec, 22, 2010 | 0 comments

People praise technology because it allows us to check in with our friends, and show embarrassing pictures of them on the internet for friends and potential employers to see, but there’s a downside to it all: we can no longer lie. We’ve all been in situations like this before – you don’t want to go to someone’s party because “Bob” is going to be there, and when we last left Bob, he was left in a pool of his own fluids babbling incoherently about how the universe is really just a science project of an alien fourth grader. Bob isn’t a fun guy to be around, and so you make up a story that you have to relabel your VHS tapes of Star Trek: The Next Generation because you finally found the font that matches the main titles and it’ll all look swell when it’s finished. It’ll be a busy Friday night.

Ten last minute geek gifts

Michael Gaines | Dec, 21, 2010 | 0 comments

Are you spending too much time in Cataclysm to get out to the malls and buy presents for your friends and family? Fear not! Here’s a list of ten items you can give up to the very last minute.

Pictures and video from last night’s eclipse

Michael Gaines | Dec, 21, 2010 | 0 comments

Despite the cold, I stood outside with my EOS 20D and took some pretty spectacular shots with my 300mm lens. I would have liked to get a closer shot of the moon, but I’m happy with the results. I had to put the pictures through Photoshop to get rid of the digital noise, but other than that, these pictures are untouched. Below is a sample, click here for the Flickr gallery.

Lunar eclipse on Dec. 21, 2010

Michael Gaines | Dec, 20, 2010 | 0 comments

Lunar eclipses are a sight to behold if you’re in a good viewing area. Tonight will be the first lunar eclipse in North America in three years. Starting around 12:30AM ET, the earth will pass in between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon which will make it look like it’s slowly disappearing and then turning red. It’s a spectacular sight to see the moon turn red and have an unnatural shadow cast upon it. This could be why ancient civilizations were so afraid of eclipses thousands of years ago.