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Over the last two weeks, if one thing has beeen made clear to me more than anything else, it’s that Facebook is taking over the web. Last week, they announced that, as long as your computer knows you are logged on to Facebook, many of the sites you go …

The NBA Playoffs are an under-rated time of the year, and TNT has capitalized on one of the great monikers for a sporting event. College basketball has “March Madness”, the Super Bowl has, well, the “Super Bowl”, but the NBA Playoffs …

With the recent release of the iPad, I am reminded on how far we’ve come, technologically, as a society. Best case example: here is a video of Windows 95 software running on the iPad. It’s slow, bogged down, and it takes forever just to get …

Was this the best March Madness ever? From that first Thursday through Monday night’s epic Butler-Duke championship game, I can’t remember a tournament that featured more upsets, buzzer-beaters, and close games. The teams I was rooting for …

Almost always in sports, the bigger the hype that surrounds a game or event, the more the game doesn’t quite live up to it. The NCAA Tournament this year though? Beyond expectations. Last night featured a great, close upset game between Butler and …

This stretch of mid-March through early April is my favorite stretch of the year. Its basketball 24/7. Its tournament week for college basketball (meaning high-quality basketball being played from 11am-11pm or later), followed by Selection Sunday, followed by …

Well, the Oscars are this weekend, and thanks to The Dark Knight rule, there are plenty of contenders for that big prize, “Best Picture”. I usually try and see each of the movies before hand, but since they expanded it to 10, there was no way …

I’m not entirely sure how today’s music scene got to where it is at. A few weeks ago, I was watching Saturday Night Live and saw the band that was named Them Crooked Vultures. “Never heard of ’em,” I thought to myself. Well, it …