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Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: Star Wars set photos, 34 years later
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . Did you know the sets from Star Wars constructed in the Tunisian desert were never dismantled? They're still there today, and a New York photographer went back in ...
May 15, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: Battle of the Mobile Sexes
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . Between men and women, who downloads more apps? Who games more? Who digests more news? Who uses social media more? You may be surprised. =) Bud
May 08, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Photoshop now subscription-only
During their MAX keynote today, Adobe announced that the next version of its Creative Suite software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Premiere, After Effects, etc.) will only be available via their...
May 06, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: UK + copyright = BZZT!
According to this story from The Register, it would appear that the UK has seemingly killed the idea of copyright. One theoretical example: if you're in the UK, and someone finds your photo, but - due...
May 03, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: A Boy and His Atom
The brainiacs at IBM have created the world's smallest movie. By animating INDIVIDUAL ATOMS. It's like pixel art to the most infinitesimal extreme! What I find hilarious is that the contraption used t...
May 02, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: The Science of Batman
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . did you know that there is a course at a Canadian university which explores the extreme range of adaptability of the human body . . . using Batman as a metaphor fo...
May 01, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Google Now, now for Apple
Android smartphone/tablet users have had Google Now on their devices for a while, but it released as an app for iPhone/iPad users. Google Now is a text- or voice-activated personal assistant, kinda li...
Apr 30, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: Twitter #Music (and #ComedyFest)
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . Twitter #Music has rolled out to the general public, giving you the top 140 (get it?) popular and emerging songs, as well as showing you what your followers are li...
Apr 24, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Beyoncé bans pro concert photographers
From the let's-ban-trenchcoats department, Beyonc, still stinging from the "unflattering photos" incident . . . If you missed this, some photos of Beyonc's Super Bowl XLVIII (that's 48 in modern numer...
Apr 22, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: A new Legend of Zelda!
I am a big Nintendo fanboy. Not at all afraid to admit it. In a new Nintendo Direct (Nintendo's released-every-so-often updates on games, consoles, etc.), The Big N announced that a new Legend of Zeld...
Apr 17, 2013
