Nerd Nexus

Linsanity and the Media’s Racism (TWoj on the Soapbox)

Todd Wojnowski — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:14:32 +0000

It’s always when people start patting themselves on the back that their true flaws start showing. Studies show that on long car trips, most accidents happen within 10 miles of home on the return trip. Another pattern we seem doomed to repeat. The Jeremy Lin story is as captivating as it is improbable, but [...]

Adele’s Ex-Boyfriend Takes to Twitter

Todd Wojnowski — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:27:36 +0000

Who is the man that broke Adele’s heart? Acclaimed singer Adele’s album “21″ cleaned up at last week’s Grammy Awards (we told ya so), winning Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, while two of its songs combined to win Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo [...]

Give me a call when it actually hovers (2015?)

Helder — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:36:47 +0000

My entire life has been leading up to the year 2015. You might think it’s sad that I consider the first three decades of my life a footnote leading up to a date on a calendar that hasn’t happened yet, you’re right, it is. But, according to the prophecy foretold in Back to the Future [...]

Grammy Awards Preview: Best Pop Group/Duo Performance

Todd Wojnowski — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:00:57 +0000

It’s almost show time! Tonight’s Grammy Awards are nearly upon us, and this is Nerd Nexus’s final installation of our Grammy Awards Preview. This installment will preview the nominees for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group. It’s a shame that awards often get picked this way, but it’s a reality we need [...]

Grammy Award Preview: Best Solo Pop Performance

Todd Wojnowski — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:00:23 +0000

Our preview for today’s Grammy Awards continues with the nominees for Best Solo Pop Performance. The obvious leading favorite here is Adele with “Someone Like You.” Plain and simple, this is Adele’s year: she should walk away with most – if not all – of the awards that she is nominated for, which includes [...]

Grammy Awards Preview: Country Solo Performance

Todd Wojnowski — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:00:36 +0000

The next stop on Nerd Nexus’s Grammy Awards Preview is for the best Country Solo Performance. Taylor Swift is the best bet to walk away with this award, to match her 2010 victory in the same category for “White Horse.” The topic of her song – bullying – is timely now and could help [...]

Grammy Awards Preview: Best R&B Performance

Todd Wojnowski — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:12 +0000

As our Grammy preview continues leading up to Sunday’s show, this installment takes a look at the nominees for Best R&B Performance. The favorite here is Corinne Bailey Rae with her cover of Bob Marley’s “Is This Love?” Bonus trivia: Rae was a featured artist on Herbie Hancock’s “River: the Joni Letters,” which won [...]

Grammy Awards Preview: Best Dance Recording

Todd Wojnowski — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:00:50 +0000

Next up in Nerd Nexus’s 2012 Grammy Preview is the Best Dance Recording category. This category is a bit frustrating for lovers of electronic music, as the Grammy’s will be awarding 78 (yes – 78!!!) different awards on Sunday night across a wide variety of genres, and yet the “Dance” category is unfortunately a [...]

Grammy Awards Preview: Best Rock Performance

Todd Wojnowski — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:31 +0000

Nerd Nexus’s preview for Sunday’s Grammy Awards continues with the nominees for Best Rock Performance. Radiohead’s “King of Limbs” album was much anticipated by music fans, and certainly did not disappoint amongst critics (you can read TWoj’s review here). “Lotus Flower,” the first single off that record, was nominated for Best Rock Performance. Also [...]

Grammy Awards Preview: Song of the Year

Todd Wojnowski — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:42:52 +0000

This Sunday marks the 54th Grammy Awards, and the media pundits are nearly unanimous in their feelings that this was Adele’s year. Her album “21″ featured hits like “Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You” and “Set Fire to the Rain,” and she is widely predicted to take home a whole armful of awards. [...]

The Bourne-less Bourne Trailer

Helder — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:19 +0000

Universal has just released the trailer for The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner and Edward Norton. As you can see, Matt Damon is nowhere to be found. It is a Bourne-less Bourne movie. Why even make it a Bourne flick? I can understand wanting to milk every schilling out of the Bourne cash cow, but [...]

Everyone says Sh*t

Helder — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:59:25 +0000

For weeks, I have ignored the “Shit ___ says” phenomenon that has held the internet hostage with its countless parodies and endless re-hashes. I consider my time precious, a valuable resource only to be used to drink coffee and watch old episodes of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. A man must learn to prioritise. Recently, I [...]

Over and Done: Vegas Releases Odds for Super Bowl 2013 (by TWoj)

Todd Wojnowski — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:22 +0000

There’s probably still confetti that needs to be picked out of the turf after Sunday’s Super Bowl, but Las Vegas isn’t a town built around nostalgia. Betting site Bovada.LV has already released betting odds on who will make the Super Bowl – for next year. With 2012 already a distant memory (ish), it’s time [...]

Selling the Super Bowl: This is what $3.5 million looks like

Helder — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:35:30 +0000

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, covered by 137 rocks, at the bottom of the ocean, you know that the Super Bowl happened yesterday. Those of you who only watched the game for the halftime show and the commercials are brain dead, mouth breathing, philistines who missed an amazing battle between football’s matinee Idol [...]

Super Bowl Recap for the NON-Football Fan (by TWoj)

Todd Wojnowski — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:55:52 +0000

It’s the biggest TV event of the year! You’ve got your snacks, your favorite spot on the couch, and twenty of your best friends over to share it with you. It’s a great experience – except for that pesky football game that keeps interrupting your fun. Let’s face it: the Super Bowl has come to [...]

Super Bowl Recap for the Football Fan (by TWoj)

Todd Wojnowski — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:53:22 +0000

17 weeks narrowed it down to 12. Three more weeks brought it down to two. And finally, we got to see which of those two won the right to be called “Champion.” You’ve already watched the game and seen the highlights, and there’s not much I can add that won’t be analyzed by everyone [...]

Music You Should Be Listening to: Gotye (by TWoj)

Todd Wojnowski — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:08:47 +0000

You may have already heard of Gotye, but this is notice that you should be listening more carefully. The Belgian-born Australian has been active in the music-making business since 2001. He produced a few albums (2003’s “Boardface” and “Like Drawing Blood” in 2006) that received limited success, particularly in his homeland. But his new album, [...]

Ferris Bueller pimps CRVs

Helder — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:06:05 +0000

Ferris Bueller has traded in his* destroyed 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California for a more sensible Honda CRV, because always looking like you’re taking the kids to soccer practice is “so choice”. He’s back, in a new Honda Super Bowl commercial that blurs the line between Ferris and actor Matthew Broderick, leaving all of us [...]

Win Mitt Romney’s Money! …or at least be really jealous of it (by TWoj)

Todd Wojnowski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:59:49 +0000

How rich is rich? Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and candidate to become the Republican nominee to run against Barack Obama for the United States Presidency, released his tax records last week. The result? We now have proof that Mitt Romney is a rich, rich man. But how rich? How can we look [...]

How to Control Death: Questions from Joe Paterno’s Passing (by TWoj)

Todd Wojnowski — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:45:06 +0000

Do we have more control over death than we think? Or, to put it differently, is death caused by more than physical conditions and problems? Joe Paterno, legendary Penn State college football coach, died on Sunday. On the surface, death at his point in life isn’t surprising. The man was 85 years old, and had [...]

The Top Films of 2011- The Finale

Helder — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:05:54 +0000

*Written by guest contributor Evan Stevens* Well, the big finale. Before I start, I’d like to perhaps clear the air for anyone who may read this and rage about “WHY YOU NO PICK MY FAVOURITE!?” or the “WHY THIS NOT ON THERE?” Well, these are what I personally consider to be the most deserving movies [...]

SOPA and PIPA Protests Make Us Hypocrites (TWoj: On the Soapbox)

Todd Wojnowski — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:23:09 +0000

The SOPA and PIPA protests are making hypocrites of us all. Today, many people are following the lead of major internet companies such as Wikipedia and Google by posting awareness notes on social media about PIPA and SOPA, proposed Congressional acts which could lead to the government censorship of internet content. Like all of [...]

Top Films of 2011 Part 2

Helder — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:01:38 +0000

*Written by guest contributor Evan Stevens* The top 5. These are movies that I thought just had that little it extra. Some more time, care, character and life. The performances are all spot on, the stories memorable and the acting in most just that much tighter. 5) Rise Of the Planets of the Apes Thought that [...]

Top Films of 2011 Part 1

Helder — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:40:52 +0000

I know Twoj hates lists, but I just can’t help myself. I love lists, not because I want to cram my opinion down your throats, but because maybe I can turn you on to something you’ve never experienced. Alas, this is not my list. This list of the top films of 2011 was written by [...]

2011- The year in failure

Helder — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:56:38 +0000

As a society, we love seeing people fail. The failure of others makes us feel better about our own pointless lives. 2011 was a banner year for failure. Whether it was Kim Jong Il’s failure to continue breathing, or my failure to become the world’s handsomest billionaire, it was a spectacular year for people coming [...]

TWoj: New Year’s Hangover Guide

Todd Wojnowski — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:00:21 +0000

Happy 2012! …oooh…sorry, that was probably too loud for you, hmm? Today is International Hangover Day, also known as January 1, and if you’re either still lying in bed feeling sorry for yourself, or you’re upright but wish that you weren’t, then you’ve come to the right place. This is your official guide to getting [...]

TWoj: The Top 10 Things I Hate about End-of-the-Year Top 10 Lists

Todd Wojnowski — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:29:48 +0000

Welcome back, Faithful Reader! We find ourselves once again in that weird week between Christmas and New Year’s. Christmas is already over, but no one’s taking down their decorations yet. It’s not yet New Year’s, but we all wish a happy one to our favorite barista and supermarket cashier. Some people are working, others aren’t. [...]

How To Sound Like A Protoss (Nerd Nexus Video Podcast Ver 1.0)

BurgerBlast — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:25:16 +0000

This is the Nerd Nexus Video Podcast Version 1.0 :] In This edition I will teach you how to sound like a protoss from Starcraft!

Nerd Nexus Video Advent Calendar- Merry Christmas Everyone!

Helder — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:16:44 +0000

Today is Christmas Eve, which means we’ve come to the end of the first annual “Nerd Nexus Video Advent Calendar”. I’m glad it’s over, I really didn’t have anything left to say about the holidays. I’ve written the word “yuletide” more in three weeks than any human being has in a lifetime (even more than [...]

Nerd Nexus Video Advent Calendar- The ratings man

Helder — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:25:37 +0000

Christmas is only a couple of days away, and since the NNVAC is winding down, you’d figure I’d have a classic planned for today. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? A Charlie Brown Christmas? Miracle on 34th Street? Jingle all the way? NOPE! Instead I bring you a three minute sketch from the geniuses of Mr. Show. [...]