While watching a recent episode of Front Page Tech, I paid attention to the two-minute sponsorship spot. The Opal C1 webcam for the Apple Macintosh is now available for order. If that webcam looked familiar, Casey Neistat gushed about its DSLR video quality on Twitter in January 2022.
A year-and-a-half later, should you still buy the Opal C1 webcam?
Read more “Should You STILL BUY The Opal C1 Webcam?”The first episode of Marvel’s “Secret Invasion” premiered this week on Disney Plus. Nick Fury, played by Samuel Jackson, and Maria Hill, played by Cobie Smulders, take on the “bad” Skrulls. Alien shapeshifters who want to start World War III and claim Earth as their new home. The unexpected cliffhanger ended with the “fridging” of Maria Hill.
Read more “The FRIDGING of Marvel’s SECRET INVASION (“Resurrection” – EP1)”Last weekend I went to the FoodieLand Night Market at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose. Over 170 vendors served food from around the world. Tickets were $7 per person (online only) and parking was $15 (credit card only). Vendors accepted cash and credit cards.
FoodieLand Night Market started at Berkeley in the summer of 2019. They rebounded from the COVID-19 shutdown and the pandemic restrictions of the last three years. Hosting 15+ annual events throughout California and Las Vegas.
As far as I know, this was their first time in San Jose.
Read more “Visiting San Jose’s FoodieLand Night Market”FortNite Chapter 4/Season 3 opens with a new jungle biome. Lara Croft from Tomb Raider arrives in the jungle with “Welcome to The Jungle” by Guns N’ Roses playing in the background. She has the Emergency Raft glider, the Expedition Backpack with Durr Burger Relic, and the Raider’s Relic harvesting tool from Chapter 3/Season 3.
According to Casey Neistat, New York City has the worst air quality on the planet. From my perspective in California, I’ve seen much worse from the annual wildfires. Or when Pacific Gas & Electric tries to burn down the state.
Wildfire smoke from Canada is blowing down into New York City and the East Coast. Many people there haven’t experienced that kind of air quality since the 1960s. One way to protect yourself while outside is to wear a face mask.
Read more “Best Face Mask For NYC/East Coast Wildfire Smoke”I read neither “Godzilla” nor “Shogun Warriors” as comic books. The comic books were based on imported Japanese toys from popular movies and anime shows. The toys were put out by Mattel.
The person who negotiated the licensing deal passed on licensing a 20th Century Fox movie called “Star Wars.” Oops.
I had the 24″ tall “Mazinga” giant robot in 1976. One fist could launch spring-loaded plastic rockets that could injure kids and pets. The spring-loaded mechanism caused the giant robot toys to disappear from the market by 1980.
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Marvel Comics announced that “ROM: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 1” will come out on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. The omnibus will have the first 29 issues from 1979 and “Power Man and Iron Fist #73” from 1978. According to Amazon, the omnibus list price is $125 and currently discounted to $85.
The reprint of “ROM #1” will be available this September.
“ROM” was one of several comic book series that I read from the first issue as a kid. I remembered the character but I don’t remember any of the stories that I read in the early 1980s. I look forward to re-reading this series again.
A tweet from Jim Nightshade in response to the announcement caught my attention: “Now that ROM is back home with Marvel can we get Micronauts, Godzilla and Shogun Warriors?”
Those four comic book series have one thing in common. They were based on toys from the 1970s.
Read more “The 1970s Toys That Inspired Classic Marvel Comics”