Geekery
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“Present Shock”, Game of Thrones, and Stories that Never End
Recently, Douglass Rushkoff talked about something called “Present Shock” in Wired. In particular one quote stood out for me, about…
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Drabble Lab Round 2: Truth
Drabble lab last week went phenomenally! There were so many great entries that I had a desperately hard time choosing…
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Stripsearch! (or, Where Has Maki Been?)
Maki Naro has been with The Lab since the very beginning. He’s written great articles. He has a wonderful webcomic.…
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Cosplaying While White
I am lucky. I look like 90% of the women on the big screen, the small screen, on the covers…
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Drabble Lab Round 1: Beginnings
Maybe you’ve been watching the photo lab with a certain amount of envy, because your camera is covered with a…
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Imps, Dragons and Skeptical Art
I love monsters. I love magic. I love the idea that we’re living in a world in which such things…
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Homemade Super Heroes
My kids have very active imaginations, and that comes in handy when they play, but they also like to have…
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Stem Cells, Telomeres, and other Biological Fountains of Youth
If you believe certain musical groups, everybody wants to live forever (while ruling the world?). Our fascination with immortality is…
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