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Month: December 2011

Radio Americana: ‘Love Like the Movies’ by The Avett Brothers

December 29, 2011Erik Kain

Since we’re on a film kick today, I thought this installment of Radio Americana would carry on the theme. This is off Carolina Jubilee from The Avett Brothers. Read more about the band here. They have a new song out – The Once and Future Carpenter – which I reviewed here. Follow me on Twitter […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Avett Brothers, byline=E.D. Kain, Carolina Jubilee, Carpenter, Facebook, Forbes, Google, Lifestyle, Once, Twitter

Roger Ebert Explains Why 2011 Wasn’t a Big Year for the Movies

December 29, 2011Erik Kain

Roger Ebert is easily the most entertaining film critic out there, and only more so since he’s been blogging. His explanation for 2011′s decline in ticket sales at the movie theatre is well worth the read. He lists six reasons why 2011 wasn’t a huge year compared to 2010: 1. There was no major must-see […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Avatar, byline=E.D. Kain, Dark Knight, Ebert, Film, Google, Lifestyle, movie, Movie theater, Netflix, Roger Ebert, Television

‘The Troll Hunter’ – A Parable of Myth and Bureaucracy

December 29, 2011Erik Kain

The Norwegian film delves deep into the mythology of trolls and the mundane bureaucracy that keeps them under wraps. Norwegian mockumentary The Troll Hunter is a parable of bureaucracy first and a modern myth second. The peculiar juxtaposition of massive, ancient trolls with the sterile, pencil-pushing government job of the man assigned to hunt and […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Blair Witch Project, byline=E.D. Kain, Christian, Lifestyle, Netflix, Norway, Norwegian, Otto Jespersen, Troll, Troll Hunter

Reddit Users to Target Supporters of SOPA in Congress After Successful Boycott of GoDaddy

December 28, 2011Erik Kain

When GoDaddy.com revealed that it was a supporter of the internet censorship legislation bills SOPA/PIPA, Reddit users and a few big names in the internet business including Wikipedia decided to boycott the web-hosting company. They threatened to pull their domains, stop using GoDaddy, and get their friends and associates to do the same. Within a […]

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byline=E.D. Kain, Citizens United, Go Daddy, Libertarian, Media, Reddit, Ron Paul, Social Media, SOPA, Tech, Wikipedia Gary Johnson

Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ and the Science Fiction of Corporatism

December 28, 2011Erik Kain

Ridley Scott’s new science fiction film is set to release in 2012. How will it deal with our future corporate overlords? A lot of science fiction deals with the theme of a future of massive corporate overlords. A book like Neuromancer basically takes it for granted that the future is pretty stateless, governed instead by an ad […]

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Alien, Art, Arts & Entertainment, byline=E.D. Kain, Charter Ciies, Corporatism, Future, literature, Neuromancer, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Science Fiction, Tech

Mom and Baby Rescued After Facebook Status Update

December 28, 2011Erik Kain

A Utah woman and her 17-month old son were rescued after a five-day abduction after the woman hid in a closet and posted a Facebook update on a laptop that said she and her son would be “dead by morning” which prompted a call to local police. At times these horror stories are simply overwhelming. […]

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Apple Reported to Utilize Custom ARM Chips in New Apple TV Sets

December 28, 2011Erik Kain

According to the DigiTimes,  Manufacturing Company, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering and Siliconware Precision Industries are three firms bidding on chip orders for the coming Apple TV said to be slated for release in 2012. The chips would be ARM-based custom chips similar to those released in the iPad in 2010 and in the TV set-top box […]

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Apple, AppleTV, ARM, Business, byline=E.D. Kain, DigiTimes, Gear, Intel, IPad, Mobile, Sandy Bridge, Siliconware Precision Industries, Tech, Television, TSMC

Why Apple Needs to Sell More than Just a Television Set with the Apple TV

December 28, 2011Erik Kain

The internet is abuzz with an increasing number of reports on the 2012 release of 32″ and 37″ Apple televisions in third or fourth quarter 2012. Commenter aaronl makes a really smart point about what the reported size of these sets means about ‘s strategy going forward: “If is targeting the 32″ and 37″ market, […]

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Did the New York Times Copy Reason’s 2008 Story on the Ron Paul Newsletters?

December 27, 2011Erik Kain

Back in 2008 reason ran a long piece on the Ron Paul newsletters which went into a great deal of depth on the story behind revelations of racism and bigotry that were surfacing at the time. The primary focus of the piece was to try to piece together who actually penned the racist screeds contained […]

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byline=E.D. Kain, Ed Crane, Facebook, Forbes, Julian Sanchez, Leadership, Media, Mike Holmes, New York Times, Newsletter, Paul, reason magazine, Ron Paul, Twitter

Get Ready for Apple TV Sets in 2012

December 27, 2011Erik Kain

  Rumors of an Apple TV set have been floating about the internet for a long time, but it looks like eager fans can expect full-blown Apple television sets should hit shelves in third or fourth quarter 2012 according to PCMag.com: In the doldrums between rumor-mongering about Apple’s iPhones and iPads, speculation about the company’s plans […]

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