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It was approximately one year ago that we all received astonishing news that the world had lost some of its humor when Harold Ramis passed on.
To me, Harold is one of the legends of comedy. I owe that notion to my parents, who raised me on classic comedies such as Stripes, Meatballs, Caddyshack, and Animal House, among others, all of which Ramis had a hand in either in front of or behind the camera or even the script.
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Jaclyn Foglia runs Jaclyn’s Alterations & Art, where she makes hand-made alterations to Magic the Gathering cards, but as this discussion reveals, she has bigger plans for her art. This Latham, New York native is now living in Troy, New York, where she is out of school and ready to take on the wor
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One of the most well known mascots in “Old School Magic,” is the Stuffy Doll, created by Richard Thomas. It was on the art for Black Vise, Cursed Rack, The Rack, Leshrac’s Rite, and Wall of Wonder long before it came out as its own card on Oct. 6, 2006 in the Time Spiral set.
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The New York Times called it “A remarkable collection of characters…courageously exploring mindspace, an innerworld where nobody had ever been before,” and they’re right. The book, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy is as great a story as the real-life characters and their accomplishments that adorn the book.
Names you’ve heard like Wozniak and Gates, and those you haven’t like Felsenstein, Greenblatt, and Gosper are among the many mentioned.
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We can all use a little help. Sometimes from our friends, sometimes from ourselves. Whether or not we admit to needing help, to others or to ourselves, will make it all the more apparent that we need it.
For nerds, self-help books are everywhere, because learning comes from everywhere – from video games, from that tabletop dungeon crawl from eight years ago, or from the many experiences in between. A good self-help book for nerds is a bit like the Highlander: “There can be only one.” That one is The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life) by the Nerdist himself, Chris Hardwick.
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