Thursday
02Jul

Fireworks and photography

It's about that time of year when everyone and their mother who is interested in photography comes ou with a guide to getting great photos of fireworks on the Fourth of July (for those of you in the UK it's known as "Ingrate Day"). I will join them.

 Even proper preparation can make weather a tough task to take on.

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Tuesday
30Jun

Casually Gaming: The Sims 3

What can anyone say about The Sims 3, EA's latest addition to the behemoth video game franchise? Not much it turns out, but you might want to wait before you buy it until there's a little more going on inside.

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Thursday
25Jun

Abuse your friends for fun and profit

Looking for guinea pigs - err... volunteers - for portrait subjects during the month of July.

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Tuesday
23Jun

You want me to do what?

Suddenly the safety razor is a lot scarier.

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Saturday
20Jun

Funnier than I thought it'd be...

There's something entirely pointless about reviewing movies after opening night in the Summer of 2009.

Even as showbusiness falls apart, the summer schedule is glutted with a little bit of everything from Sandra Bullock vehicles to trainwreck movies inspired mostly a lust for nostalgia (I'm looking at youGI Joe). To last more than that first weekend it takes something special, or something with enough marketing inertia to carry it past poor word of mouth.

In that environment it doesn't look good forYear One. The Jack Black and Michael Cera caveman buddy comedy manages to deliver exactly what it promises, the two actors stuck in their usual places inside of world of dick jokes and hastily assembled biblical references (not that there's anything wrong with that).

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