PowerPoint Karaoke: June 5th at the BLB!

Four people give a PowerPoint presentation to the audience. The only problem is the presenters have never seen the slides before, and they’re complete nonsense!This month’s guests: Joe Bozic, Mike FotisKelvin Hatle, Allegra Lingo, and Levi Weinhagen!This month’s judges: Leah Cooper and John Middleton!   Slides by Bill Stiteler and …

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Your Daily Dose of Green (and Purple)

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New Geek Life: Who Needs Show Notes?

A new episode of The Geek Life is live! I see that Mike has titled it, rather accurately, “Who Needs Show Notes? Melissa Has Scotch!” Enjoy!

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MCBA Springcon: Nifty Costumes and LEGO Bricks

On Sunday, I attended at the MCBA Springcon comic book convention. Usually, I either have a table there, or I wander around taking photos. This time, I mostly just chatted with people I knew. I do miss being more involved with the MCBA shows, which happen twice per year in St. …

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The New Intervalometer Is Here! The New Intervalometer Is Here!

“What the barking frogs is an intervalometer?!” I hear you say. It’s a widget that you connect to a camera, which causes the camera to shoot images at controlled intervals. In other words, it will make my Sony a580 shoot time-lapse movies. Now that I’m done jumping up and down with …

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A Request

A Request, a photo by Chebutykin on Flickr. Via Flickr: I keep photos from my Galapagos trip on my desk at work. The VP of my division loves them, and in the past has bugged me to rotate them more often. He’s going to a different position in a different …

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Ebertfest Road Trip: Amusing Quotes

As one final nod to my Ebertfest 2012 road trip, I give you the amusing quotes that I noted during the week and a half I spent on the road. Enjoy! “Snuggles from Kiev! You’re on the air!” – Ken Hite “‘Watch the extended cut of Rob Zombie’s Woolite commercial!’ …

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Ebertfest 2012: Day 5 (sort of)

On the 5th and final day of Ebertfest, only one film was scheduled: the legendary Citizen Kane. I didn’t go. Don’t get me wrong. I love Citizen Kane. But they weren’t playing Citizen Kane straight up. They were playing it with Roger Ebert’s commentary track. Don’t get me wrong. I love …

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WANTED: Monkey Media!

At CONvergence this year, I will be on my annual “[Creature] in Fact, Folklore, Fiction, and Film” panel, and this year’s iteration will honor PRIMATES! Thus, I need help of the Internet hivemind to create a list of media (books, movies, TV shows, video games, etc.) that feature primates (monkeys, apes, lemurs, etc.). …

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Look what I found! (…a sequel)

I was out walking for an afternoon break, and I happened upon another wounded butterfly. This time, the victim was a Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa), which has a vast range across both America and Europe. It wasn’t keen on being examined, but the damage was heavy: the right forewing …

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