In Episode 996, Sam mentioned that five or so years ago he saw a tweet about Matt Kemp “in the studio” to record his first album. But what happened to this tweet? What happened to the album? http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=30878 Was his Twitter username originally @mattkemp27? This account has been deleted but evidence remains. “@mattkemp27: In the …
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Star Trek turns 50
Star Trek turned 50 last week. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, Star Wars was a three-movie series. It expanded with novels by Timothy Zahn, video games like Tie Fighter, Dark Forces, and Rogue Squadron, and eventually Episode 1. This was Star Trek time. A movie and TV empire. Two feature films, Star Trek …
The Grand Experiment or An Android User in an iOS World
I remember when I got my first camera phone. It was a flip phone. It was grey. And I put it through the wash the first week (it dried out and worked fine, aside from my voice sounding distant at times – note that was the only phone incident I had until someone ran …
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2016 Predictions
After wrapping up 2015 it’s time to look ahead with a few predictions for 2016. Star Wars: The Force Awakens will become the highest grossing movie of the modern era (so not the inflation-adjusted overall champ). This is still a 2015 leftover really, but the franchise has ascended to new heights and together with Marvel …