Avengers 2’s Ultron is a fresh take on movie ‘bots

It’s kind of amazing how little we’ve actually seen of Avengers 2, the follow-up to Joss Whedon’s incredibly successful 2012 superhero mashup flick. You’d think that we would have had more leaks on a production that big. Still, it’s worth the wait. The movie’s villain, Ultron, has finally been revealed, and he looks awesome. He is the anti-Transformer; instead of going the route that director Michael Bay and ILM went with their staggeringly complex robots, some of which bled into Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Ultron is a slick, modern throwback to science fiction serial villains…

At the Cottage and Makin’ Paddles

Here’s some of what I was up to at the cottage: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Beautiful new space sim scratches your retro itch

Look, I’ll level with you. I did not play the Wing Commander games when I was a kid. In the early 1990s, I certainly spent some time with the old Lucasarts flight sim Battlehawks 1942 (if you click through to watch, turn your speakers down), and later sunk some time into X-Wing and sunk many many many hours into TIE Fighter. Suffice to say, I have a lot of nostalgia for old-school flight and space sims, and it’s an itch that hasn’t been scratched for a long time. Enter Wings of…

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Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Pizzeria

Not long ago, I watched Tested’s in-depth video talking about pizza stones and their virtues when it comes to making pizzas at home. Being a fan of cooking in general, knowing that Whistler and the Fish (my girls) have a ton of fun making pizza from scratch with me, I wanted to see what kind of results we’d get with a pizza stone. I was mightily surprised when it turned out that WE HAVE ONE. The Fish, the eldest, gave it a good cleaning, and both helped me make the…

Photo Pheed

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Photo Pheed

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Photo Pheed

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Photo Pheed

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Photo Pheed

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Photo Pheed

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Photo Pheed

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor