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You know how you see something and you think, Oh man! I gotta tell people about this, but then you forget or put it off? Then, it’s been so long that you think, Well, they probably know about it by now anyway, so why bother? And then, you’re like, No, wait. I have something to [...]
It might be hard for those of you not from the 70s to understand how deeply satisfying I find Chris Hardwick’s steady rise to nerd-world-domination, but before I explain, let’s take a moment to discuss the likelihood that you know who he is.
There are probably two kinds of people reading this: 1) people who [...]
Typically, when I love something, I consume it often: coffee, songs, movie theater popcorn, even some rare and special books worth investing another 10 hours in. And movies. Man, do I love re-watching movies. If I stumble upon Jaws, Bridesmaids, Serenity or Shaun of the Dead while flipping through channels (or, let’s be honest, scrolling [...]
Over the last few months I have been spending lots of quality time in the lovely-on-the-outside, seedy-on-the-inside town of Charming, CA: home of the Sons of Anarchy.
Sons was one of those shows I watched the first two episodes of, and for some reason stopped. I’ve occasionally watched an episode here and there, obviously not understanding what [...]
“I think I’ve forgiven you, Proffitt.”
For what, Courtney?
“For your Mac product betrayal.”
Oh, for Pete’s sake.
Yes, that’s right, I left the iPhone. I think Androids are better and I don’t care who knows it! You can read all about it here.
I [...]
This post gets a bit long, so let me help you out with a table of contents – feel free to scroll.
Part I – my long love of Apple products, and the events that lead me to trade in my iPhone 4S for a Samsung Galaxy Note II
Part II – the features [...]
Word of the Nerd’s Sean Perreault may scoff at his homeland’s television productions, but Proffitt and I have been very impressed with Continuum, now three episodes into the first season on American’s SYFY channel. A touch of Terminator and [...]
There’s so much awesome to share in the world, and sometimes it’s just not really a fit or there’s not that much to say about it. So I’ll be concise and share three nifty things I am loving right now.
Gypsy and the Cat. Two former Australian DJs Xavier Bacash and Lionel [...]
Since my birth in 1974 there have been no fewer than 62 predictions of apocalyptic doom to gain at least some public attention, either because there seemed to be reasonable science behind the prediction, or because the leaders and followers of various groups engaged in strange, sometimes tragic behavior in response to their belief the [...]
2012 was a freakin’ awesome year for Good Girls Gone Geek. We met Neil Gaiman, our Facebook and Twitter followers doubled in number, and our Avengers Bootcamp brought thousands* of new readers to our site, many of whom have stuck around to see [...]
