One Last Lolla

Julie Block  —  Aug 7, 2010

Lollapalooza weekend: Follow me as I check out "new" bands, Gaga crowd surfs, I take advantage of my newfound VIP status, and people keep stealing my chair.

Pre-Party Upper (or: The Real Reason Why Netflix Exists)

Julie Block  —  Jun 25, 2010

Before you go party hard tonight, watch Party Down: Starz's satiric telling of the harsher side of following your dreams. 

Doctor Who? Doctor What Now?

Julie Block  —  Apr 22, 2010

"So... All of time and space, everything that ever happened or ever will: Where do you want to start?"

3SOMES: The Most Epic Teen TV Love Triangles of All Time (Or at least those that aired on the WB)

Julie Block  —  Apr 13, 2010

All this New Moon excitement, and post GGOM3 disappointment, has made me think about all the most epic of epic-est love triangles ever.

As an important disclaiming factoid about moi: My older brother, as we crossed paths on his way out of town for Thanksgiving and my way in, reminded me that even though I’m the one who talked him out of ever seeing Twlight, my need to incessantly mock it makes me just as bad as all the crazy McStalker Moms out there who love that shit. Which… is actually a really fair point.

The Longest, Most Comprehensive, Mid-Season TV Recap That I Have Ever Written

Julie Block  —  Feb 2, 2010

Darling, darling, reader people:

I have been a lazy, lazy bum. I know that seems counterintuitive, or at least extraordinarily lazy, since this blog’s very existence seems to chronicle my very lazyness as well as my lovely posting compatriots. After all, to watch a lot of the TV, you have to spend a lot of time, sitting on your ass and doing nothing.

Eastwick 1.05: The Twitches Get Their Freak On

Julie Block  —  Oct 25, 2009

Eastwick, or as Rabia, calls, it, the Twitchie show. Even though there’s no Previously On, I just wanted to say that I’m surprised that ABC is trying to remake The Witches of Eastwick, even though multiple previous attempts have failed. Regardless, I actually find it kind of fun and whimsical, even if the characters are all such cardboard cutouts that I can’t ever remember their names.

Livin' the California Dream, Boobs and All

Julie Block  —  Oct 3, 2008

Showtime really messed up the other day, for which I am ecstatically grateful: when my roommates and I went to watch our On Demand, ready-for-viewing copy of the Californication premiere, there was not one but two episodes of Californication in my On Demand box. Two. As in: the premiere and next week’s, not aired yet episode.

Teens Gone Wild? More Like MSNBC Producers Gone Clueless

Julie Block  —  Jul 16, 2008

If you’ve read my stuff before, you know I tend to comment on the lighter side of things. You know: theatre, music, cleavage, television, the occasional Ugg boot … It’s rare that I find something disturbing enough to change my tone, especially when I’m at the freakin’ gym, running in place like a gerbil. But when I do, the serious comes out.

This is (f)Artsy. It’s pretty self-explanatory, but we’re going to explain anyway.

Julie Block  —  Jun 19, 2008

Hey y’all, how’ve you been? We’ve missed you.

Welcome to The Sun’s Arts and Entertainment Blog, which we have oh-so-cleverly titled (f)Artsy, because of both (what we hope is) our healthy ability to laugh at our own pretensions (listen to us, telling you what you should and shouldn’t like in the art/entertainment world!), and our humor that resembles that of pre-adolescent boys, which makes farting is funny.

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An Easier CS Curriculum Isn’t a Better CS Curriculum

Derek Chiang  —  Apr 30, 2013

 

Introductory courses should be about separating talented students from those won't be able to succeed in the field, an idea the computer science department has recently shied away from. 

The Road Not Taken

Susie Forbath  —  Apr 25, 2013

 GPS systems have made getting from point A to point B easy. But as they've become ubiquitous, we've also grown depedent on them.

How OSS Will Get You a Job and Make You a Better Person (and Programmer)

Parker Moore  —  Apr 24, 2013

 Juniors hoping to secure jobs in the software industry should look to open-source software as a way to learn practical knowledge about software development from peers and to meet developers who have a passion for great software.

iPhone 5: Teleportation from the App [Third] World to the App [Super] Store

Morgan Beller  —  Apr 23, 2013

 

Did you finally get rid of your BlackBerry and buy an iPhone? Here are 6 app to get you caught up on what you've been missing.

New York vs. Silicon Valley: A Battle of Two Mindsets

Ali Hamed  —  Apr 22, 2013

 For the New York City tech scene to succeed, the tech community must create an identity separate from that of their peers in Silicon Valley.