Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

  The Podwits are in the weeds this week- literally! After debating the merits of preservatives, the boys go on about hunting, camping, DIY home projects, and doing manly things to help reinforce their fragile egos and prove they are still in fact MEN! Keep their fire going and download the podcast today!       Footnotes: 1970’s Las Vegas Home bomb […]

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Batman, The Podwits deliver a special edition of the Side Cast! Dion and contributor J. Blake celebrate the history of the character by sharing their memories and speak about the history, which leads into some very interesting topics: The various incarnations from comic, to small and then silver screen; […]

Strap yourselves in for a ride into the Wild Blue Yonder with The Podwits!  J. has anything but buyer’s remorse over his biggest, latest purchase… leaving Dion to ponder the moral implications of what is to come!  In the meantime, a major science fiction publication makes a comeback on the web in the form of […]

Dion and contributor J. Blake are back and ready to kick 2014 off with a duesy of a topic: Before you had the DVD, VCR, or even the Multiplex, how else could fans continue to digest their favorite films after seeing them in the theater? Well the duo discuss the short-lived 1970’s genre called the fotonovel, and film novelizations. The […]

In 2005, David Cronenberg‘s  A History of Violence, marked the last time a film saw a mainstream VHS release. Along with the overwhelming popularity of companies like Netflix and Redbox, these mailbox and streaming entertainment services virtually spelled the end to the 25 year-old industry known as the video store, and only a handful of small, “Mom & Pop” stores […]

Angus MacGyver is back for three webisodes!  In MacGyver and the New Citan, Mac is up to his nose in another adventure, courtesy of Mercedes-Benz, who with the help of our beloved hero, helps promote the company’s new Citan, which they bill as “the perfect tool for every job.”

My favorite time of the year brings all kinds of things. For me, I love the old TV Christmas Specials that for the most part, are luckily still aired. But a couple of years back I was in England and my mind was blown away by an advert which, I think is almost completely unknown back here […]

OK, the title may be a tad dramatic, but I thought it was completely appropriate to quote the iconic Schwarzenegger line from 1990’s Total Recall when writing this story. Bas Lansdorp, a thirty-five year old Dutch entrepreneur, has formed a company called Mars One which is sketching out plans to send a crew of ten on a one way mission—yes, […]

While on a much-needed honeymoon to the Lake George region of upstate New York (if you’ve seen or read The Last of the Mohicans, then that’s the lake it all occurred on), my bride and I took in a custom that I thankfully have been enjoying since since childhood, which was see a double feature […]

Well, people, after an almost-15-year boycott of seeing new films on opening day (Sex and the City 2 doesn’t count because I was dragged to the cinema by the fiancée), I went to see Prometheus last night and boy, was I impressed. Talking about a film for the rest of the night is proof for me that […]