Category Archives: Uninformed Critic

Handwriting recognition on the iPad

Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 by Greg

A new app claims to answer the one major objection I had to buying an iPad: where’s handwriting recognition? So this means I’m buying an iPad, right? No, are you kidding? They’re expensive. I’ll manage without…for now… …and when I … Continue reading →

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Massive Bat Die-off in NJ? Maybe…and another fungus to blame!

Posted on Friday, June 5, 2009 by Greg

The Star-Ledger reports that 95% of NJ bats died off this winter from a fungal infection known as “white-nose syndrome.” That sounds pretty damned scary, until you read the article and find that the headline was taken from a single … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t go into the water Britain …Reason #1,767

Posted on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 by Greg

The Telegraph reports finding a 600ft jellyfish crop circle found in an Oxfordshire field. Kill it!!! Oh, wait… At the end of the article, the writer oddly refers to an entirely different crop circle from last year, and reuses the … Continue reading →

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Black Sheep, THE best grossout horror comedy I’ve seen in years

Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 by Greg

This Saturday we were graced by the lovely Liz and her charming Frank. We provided the pizza (pi for pie day. Sicilian, of course, because pi are square. I’ll keep saying that until its funny.) and they provided the love, … Continue reading →

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“…we are all vainer of our luck than of our merits…”

Posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 by Greg

– Nero Wolfe. Still breaking in my Sony Reader. Sure it isn’t as hip as the Kindle — and doesn’t have wireless — but it does what I want it to do very well. I’m on my third Rex Stout … Continue reading →

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And Louie, Louie Gets Me Hot Just Thinking about It

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 by Greg

Interesting press release in my morning Eurekalert! feed In an article published in the April 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that teenagers who preferred popular songs with degrading sexual references were more likely to … Continue reading →

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The Uninformed Critic Presents: Battle of The MST3K Stars

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by Greg

This is totally more Keri bait (dude, do you even read emails?)…but here’s proving that I can judge a book by its cover: RiffTrax vs. Cinematic Titanic…Mike vs. Joel… RiffTrax Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett Audio tracks to be … Continue reading →

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