Scythe Matters

Ending the Radio Silence

dylan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:13:33 +0000

It's been a few months since my last post, and I'm determined not to let this blog fall into obscurity and disrepair before it even gets going, like so many housing development projects of '08-'09. My excuse this time around is that my creative attention has been drawn away these past few months by a new job.

My Bracket

dylan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:28:03 +0000

I’m certainly no expert, but on the off chance that I get insanely lucky this year, I want to rub it in the world’s collective faces. Of course I filled out several brackets, but this is the one I like the best. Below is also the link to my bracket on ESPN, to show that it [...]

My Hairpocalypse

dylan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:05:49 +0000

As promised, in preparation for the 826Michigan Mustache-A-Thon, I have undergone a transformation. I have lost inches, pounds, and perhaps even years off my head (please ignore the copious gray hairs). It was in effect like going through a Haircut Time Machine. Hopefully it won’t get made into a movie. Now the difficult part begins. Many [...]

Growing a mustache for a cause!

dylan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:24:58 +0000

The walrus. The imperial. The handlebar. The fu manchu. Mustaches: they grow on you. And, now, they can help school children ages 6-18 improve their literacy, creative and expository writing skills! I’m going to be participating in the 826Michigan Mustache-a-thon. What’s that you ask? Well, I’ll let them tell you all about it at their official website [...]

Does anyone else resemble his team’s mascot more than Chris Bosh?

dylan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:37:04 +0000

I mean, the resemblance is uncanny. I’m just sayin, if the man grew 5-inch fangs and developed a taste for raw flesh, I wouldn’t be surprised. I hope he doesn’t leave Toronto. Long lost brothers?

Why I’m excited about the Nook

dylan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:14:49 +0000

For those of you who don’t know, the Nook is Barnes & Noble’s new eBook reader. It was announced this week, and despite the goofy name, it has instantly shot to the top of my holiday wish list, although it’s at least as much about what I think the Nook represents as the product itself. See, [...]

Where are all the powerful female tech geeks?

dylan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:55:41 +0000

I know this is an old and hashed-out subject, but today I came across the T3 Tech 100 list of the one-hundred most influential people in the tech world and couldn’t help but be shocked by the nerdtastic sausage fest. Not to say that this is the most well-composed top-100 tech list out there. For one [...]

Some compelling reasons to ditch your iPhone (and a few for keeping it)

dylan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:43:43 +0000

So about a month ago, after writing this post, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and ditch my iPhone. At the beginning of August, Tmobile introduced the myTouch 3G, a Google Android based iPhone competitor, and the economics of it were too juicy to pass up (more on that below). It [...]

Review of the Vertical Jump Bible, Part 1

dylan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:33:51 +0000

I love basketball. L. O. V. E. love. I love watching it – both college and pro – I love playing it, I love talking about it, and I can already tell I will love blogging about it. And, being that I’m a skinny 5′8″ white guy, of course one of my dreams is to [...]

The day that Apple killed the iPhone (for me, anyway)

dylan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:23:04 +0000

I’ve had the iPhone 3G for a year now, and I’ve been really happy with it. My wife and I switched from Sprint to AT&T to get it (even paid a hefty early-termination fee) because Sprint was sucktastic and we wanted the new hotness. And all was good in the land of Oz, until… Apple and [...]