When I was a kid growing up in Brattleboro, VT, I had to wait months for a big Hollywood movie to come to town. One of the big year-end holiday movies of 1980 was Paramount’s Robin Williams pic Popeye, but it didn’t come to my town’s Art-Deco historical landmark theater,…

Like many, I was sceptical on hearing that the Tories had the red wall dozens of long-held Labour constituencies stretching through the Midlands up to the north in their sights. Perceptions of the Tory brand had changed little in decades of listening to voters. A typical Tory was upper class.…

A raucous, rock n’ roll-tinged opening sets the stage for Susanna Nicchiarelli’s Eleanor Marx biopic, “Miss Marx,” all crashing music and zinging credits, giddily announcing that this will not be your typical biodrama. Yet, save for a few more uses of a modern punk score (including at least one scene…

Even the simpler Wi-Fi numbering system doesn’t help explain the technology, speeds, and limitations all that well. This essential guide will explain all you need to know about the names and terminology of Wi-Fi networking. For most people, their knowledge of Wi-Fi extends about as far as entering the network…

A Post By: John McIntire Getting your portraits right in-camera is a skill that every portrait photographer should strive to develop. Doing so will save you time and improve your photography across the board. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t post-process your images, and it doesn’t mean that Photoshop is cheating.…

The ways in which the internet has changed (and possibly ruined) humanity are seismic and yet to be fully understood. But theres one peculiarity of the online ecosystem that becomes painfully obvious the moment one dares to, say, make an irreverent joke about Spider-Man on a pop culture blog: When…

As is somewhat typical for the summer months, and certainly during a period of pandemic-driven work-from-home situations, new game releases have been somewhat slow as of late. That’s not to say there hasn’t been anything new to play, whether it’s the surprise launch of Super Mario All-Stars or the newfound…

Summer is the deadliest season for American drivers, and Labor Day is the third deadliest holiday overall on U.S. roads, a study cautions. In a typical year, more than 440 fatal crashes will occur over the end-of-summer holiday. The study conducted by AutoInsurance.org looked at road fatalities on all major…

Nintendo surprise-announced the long-rumored Super Mario 3D All-Stars recently: a Switch compilation of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. While it’s easy enough to see how Mario 64 and Sunshine would map to a Switch control scheme, Galaxy on the Wii made heavy use of pointer…

Its hard to imagine in todays crossover-crazy world, but here in the U.S., car-based pickups were once kind of a thing. Todays Nice Price or No Dice GMC is just one such car/truck and its a diesel to boot. Lets see if its price can turn back the clock. Have…