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04.26.11 by Widge @ 9:03 pm There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. We thank you.
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04.26.11 by Bart Leahy @ 3:09 am 
Widge here. Okay, first up: we're about to get a guest post from Bart Leahy, who's the Conference Chairman for the 30th International Space Development Conference--and he'll be explaining shortly just what the hell that is and why you should care. But let me set it up pretty quickly for you--those of you who might be wondering why such information is here on Need Coffee: as Larry Niven said (although it was quoted by Clarke, from what I can tell), "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!"
This planet is what the geeks and other technical types among you would recognize as a Single Point of Failure. Granted, it's a very large SPOF, but that's it nonetheless. So one of the things I earnestly believe in is we have to get off this rock. Not you and me, I mean we as a species. These are some of the folks that are working on that. So they deserve a bit of attention. From here on out, it's Bart. Categorized as: Headsup
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04.17.11 by Widge @ 1:22 am There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. We thank you.
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04.04.11 by Wolven @ 6:47 am  You know I was just talking the other day about the fact that Neil Gaiman has always said that he would only ever make an American Gods film if it was perfect. Well, according to the folks over at Paste Magazine, "perfect" has just gotten a little bit more attainable: Many details are still unknown, but Gaiman says, "There is one cinematographer and director on board who has many, many Oscars and is, I think, a genius…I love the fact that he fell in love with this about six or seven years ago and has not given up and just kept coming back and coming back."
Now, we've talked a great deal about how wonderful we think American Gods is and why we think that, and all of that still stands. But what's best about this news is that it's coming to light just a two and a half months before the release of the 10th Anniversary Edition, an edition which will have a new introduction, the Author's Preferred Text (previously only available in the lushly bound and printed edition from the sadly now-defunct Hill House Publishers), and a "bonus scene." In other words, a must-have, for any Gaiman fan. In even more other words, Perfect Timing. Hopefully we'll get more news, soon, in regards to who this epic Director is (I have my speculations), and hopefully some notes about casting. We'll keep you updated as the information rolls in. Categorized as: Headsup
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03.25.11 by Widge @ 11:35 pm There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. Thanks.
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03.22.11 by Widge @ 3:58 am  Okay, so here's the drill. We like to make you aware of particular sales because we like to share cool stuff and we want you to save money. That's just part of what we do for fun around here. And Threadless has their March Mania sale in full swing with all tees for $10. As with any of their sales, we encourage you to do two things. First, jump on it because they sell out of stuff. Second, don't just look for you for the immediate future. Think about who's got a birthday or other special occasion coming up--stock up now. We encourage it. In fact, let me point you at a few recent choice ones. First up, the "Zombies" tee you see there pains me because it's got such simplistic goodness but is the exact opposite of anything I would ever wear. Reverse the colors and I'm happy. But alas. There's also the fun of Squinjas, which is Dindrane-approved for squirrel-based fu action. And for Flaming Lips fans, there's "Yoshimi," which really needs no explanation for most of you. Sale ends Wednesday, 3/23 at 11AM Eastern Time. Good luck out there. Categorized as: Headsup
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03.20.11 by Widge @ 5:43 pm There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. Thanks.
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03.11.11 by Widge @ 11:33 am   While we weren't looking, badass t-shirts snuck up on us. But, you know, they do that. First up, we'd like to draw your attention to Out of Print. They take classic covers of books and put them on shirts. That part is pretty cut and dried and The Neil confirmed via Twitter that he recognized two of the covers as the versions he read as a child. The one I'm getting is the Fahrenheit 451 shirt for two obvious reasons: one, it comes in black and two, it's Bradbury. However, they have all manner of different book shirts with different colors as well. And for each shirt sold, they donate a book via the charity Books For Africa. Nice. Check out their selection here. Categorized as: Headsup
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03.10.11 by Widge @ 3:09 am There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are all vying for your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. Thanks.
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03.06.11 by Widge @ 11:30 pm There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies want your coin. I'm sure looking at the big pile of tempting stuff, you don't know what's worth buying and what isn't. With these posts we try to take you through everything so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. Thanks.
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