March 24th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
We had an Easter party here at the apartment yesterday. After a couple hours of eating and drinking and pleasant conversation, the afternoon took a turn, devolving into a Rock Band noise-a-thon. That game isn’t exactly ideal if you live in an apartment building, particularly if you have downstairs neighbors. (I don’t feel too guilty. [...]
March 21st, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
It might be, and it’s available now at Threadless. Wil Wheaton blogged about this shirt on Monday, so they’re selling pretty quickly (mine was delivered yesterday!). I don’t think you’ll technically be a member of Wil’s gang if you purchase it from a link on my site, but if I ever start bangin’ and need [...]
March 19th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
Just a quick follow-up to my last post: This morning, news hit that Michael Cera is in final negotiations to play the lead in the film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, the first book in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s series. I’m not a huge fan of the word nerdgasm, but that’s about as accurately [...]
March 13th, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
The Scott Pilgrim series, written and drawn by Bryan Lee O’Malley, isn’t the most philosophical or complex or beautifully drawn comic I’ve read since getting back into these things, but I can’t think of one that I’ve enjoyed more. Four volumes of a planned six have been released so far (they come out roughly once [...]
March 1st, 2008 by Jeff Kocan | 3 Comments
I was always a little nerdy. As a kid, I competed in the Robot Olympics (I was part of a three-man team, programming ‘bots to perform tasks of increasing difficulty), attended a summertime “nerd camp” on the campus of Edinboro University, and spent vast sums of time planted in front of my Commodore 64. (I [...]