That new TV trope where they ‘surprise’ you with a side impact collision

On November 25, 2015, in ATFMB, by Patrick Hester

I’ve noticed this thing. Maybe you have to. You’ll be watching a tv show, or a movie, and they’ll give you this view of the car interior so you can see both the driver and passenger, plus the street moving in the background. You get a couple of back and forth camera shots, going back […]

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ATFMB – Big Brother

On March 14, 2013, in ATFMB, by Patrick Hester

Welcome (back) to All Things From My Brain. Big Brother. Born of Orwell’s 1984, the term ‘Big Brother is watching you’ has become part of our culture.  For some, it conjures images of tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists hunkered down in cold-war era bomb shelters scribbling paranoid ramblings in a seemingly endless supply of notebooks.  […]

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ATFMB – eBooks

On April 26, 2012, in ATFMB, by Patrick Hester

Welcome to All Things From My Brain. eBooks. Ugh. Recently paid $13 for an eBook. I know, I know – you’re thinking, “What the Hell?”  Me too. I did it because I was curious about the author, Elmore Leonard, whose stories about a U.S. Marshall named Raylan Givens, served as inspiration for the FX TV […]

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ATFMB – 3D

On October 6, 2011, in ATFMB, by Patrick Hester

Welcome to All Things From My Brain. 3D is Pointless (Except in Avatar). 3D.  It’s the new, cool thing.  Heck, Sprint even has a new phone capable of recording 3D video (EVO).  They hope it will usher in a wave of amateur 3D videos.  I think it’ll usher in a wave of 3D amateur porn. […]

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ATFMB – Text Messaging

On September 8, 2011, in ATFMB, by Patrick Hester

Welcome to All Things From My Brain. Text Messaging. Remember when text messaging was free?  I do. The concept of the text message is a simple one – you have 140 characters or less to relay a message from yourself to someone else.  The message flies wirelessly from your phone, through the air and to […]

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ATFMB – Used Books

On August 25, 2011, in ATFMB, by Patrick Hester

I’ve been trying to come up with a format / column for me to contribute to Functional Nerds for quite some time, but nothing ever seems to feel right to me. Then I realized that I’ve already created it. So welcome to All Things From My Brain. Used books. Going to the library always bugged […]

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ATFMB – Used Video Games

On August 10, 2011, in ATFMB, by Patrick Hester

I’ve been trying to come up with a format / column for me to contribute to Functional Nerds for quite some time, but nothing ever seems to feel right to me. Then I realized that I’ve already created it. So welcome to All Things From My Brain. Used Video Games I buy 95% used video […]

Nerd News Roundup for June 17, 2010

On June 17, 2010, in News, by Patrick Hester

Nerd Worthy News Scifi & Fantasy Guardian.co.uk: Terry Pratchett enters parallel worlds of science fiction LATimes: Free science fiction for the iPad from Tor.com CNNTech: ‘Spock’ promotes ‘movie karaoke’ at E3 Grasping for the Wind: Book Review: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor io9: Return to Narnia with Voyage of The Dawn Treader’s first trailer […]

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