1 day ago by Patrix

All this would be nothing but thrilling—the tale of a decade when TV grew a spine and a brain—if it weren’t for the possibility that it could come to an end. The network model has crumbled in ways presaged a decade ago, then intensified by the bad economy. Product integration infests even the best s ...

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1 day ago by Patrix

Hell, we can translate the the basic beef of the Tea Partiers into faddish 90s jargon easily enough: They’re reacting against a hegemonic discourse in the centers of power that constructs them simultaneously as a bearers of class privilege and as a bestial Other. The elevation of figures like Palin ...

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6 days ago by Patrix

Continuing on with my TV on DVD series ( Part I), I get into the shows that I really loved; most of which were on premier cable channels like HBO and Showtime. Premier cable channels neither have to bow to the whims and fancies of censorship ( Carlin’s seven words you can’t say on TV) nor have to wo ...

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7 days ago by Patrix

Ben Crane, a PGA player, has even harsher words. “This is no surprise to anyone who knows Tiger,” Crane tells Life & Style. “He’s a phony and a fake and he can’t retain that squeaky-clean endorsement deal any longer.” Crane also believes Elin may have known about Tiger’s other women. “She’s no fool, ...

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8 days ago by Patrix

We have now switched completely to watching TV shows on Netflix barring the occasional movie. This allows us not only to watch acclaimed TV shows following critical acclaim but also savor them at our leisure. We highly recommend this format if you were late to the party and missed great shows becaus ...

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11 days ago by Patrix

Recently I switched to RAW image formats as a default on my Nikon D40 and am using Aperture 2.0 on my Mac for image editing. Although I am not professional photographer by any stretch of imagination, I was curious what would I gain by switching to RAW especially given the powerful editing capabiliti ...

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14 days ago by Patrix

[Source: The Flag Of Pure Bliss; via] An average of all the world’s countries’ flags weighted by population. Obviously, the big yellow star of China and the blue dharma chakra of India dominate. Cool mashup.

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14 days ago by Patrix

One of my pet peeves about SLR cameras is the awkward manner in which the camera dangles from your neck. The flimsy straps even if they are those broad Nikon-branded ones are too short to sling across your shoulders. I prefer to carry my camera across my shoulders on the side but then I have to alwa ...

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15 days ago by Angelo

The famous 9rules logo was created by the genius Mike Rundle and is one of my favourite logos ever designed. The logo wants to represent something “organic” or “always changing” hence the 9 layered leaves or petals. I’m going to show you how to recreate it using Adobe Illustrator CS4 and its all-too ...

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17 days ago by Patrix

2. The homebuyer tax credit makes buying a house more affordable. Not necessarily. Just because you got an $8,000 tax credit toward the purchase of a home doesn’t mean that you actually saved $8,000. In areas where there is strong demand for housing and the supply of new housing is limited — includi ...

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