I wanted to find a way to photograph smaller items, like action figures, in a more exciting manner than just snapping a picture of them against a white background. If you buy or sell toys on eBay, you know how important a good photo can be. So, I went down to the basement and got […]
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Yard Sale Finds — Transformers and a vintage Matt Mason Space Crawler!
There weren’t many yard sales this weekend, as the summer heat drains away the desire for people to drag out all there junk and sit around all day in the hot sun. We went out around 8:00 and were home by 10:30. I did manage to find a few collectible toys, but not too many. I […]
Remembering “They Live” as it gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment
[Guest post by Jeremy Harvey from Geek Chunks, AKA IAREGeek on Twitter.] Mondo unveiled this They Live print by Shepard Fairey at an Alamo Drafthouse screening last night. Good luck trying to get a copy! They Live is one of those films that came out at just the right time in my life. It has all […]
Pop Culture Diary — June 9, 2011
I can’t say it was a big week of pop culture viewing for me this week, but I did revisit some old friends. As always, beware the spoilers… Out of Sight This movie is Elmore Leonard at his coolest. I enjoy everything the man writes and this movie is probably the best example of his […]
Master Chief, I anxiously await your return
Microsoft announced this week that they will re-release the original Halo: Combat Evolved game with all new shiny graphics made for the XBox 360. They also announced plans for a whole new trilogy of Halo games. The internet fanboys immediately started whining and moaning about why they couldn’t just let a dead horse lay, but […]