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Posted by Jess Henderson on Jun 25th, 2010 | 0 comments

Review: Green Zone DVD

Alright, so we know what you’re thinking: Another cookie-cutter Iraq war movie. Explosions, guns, tension, half-baked and loosely interwoven love story, helicopters crashing, Matt Damon. But, hold the phone! We are quite happy (and pleasantly surprised!) to report that director Paul Greengrass’ latest offering, Green Zone, (inspired by Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s novel Imperial Life in the Emerald City) only...

Posted by Raj Patel on May 18th, 2010 | 0 comments

Review: Split/Second

In a world where Michael Bay has an unlimited budget and a reality-TV show of his own, he might come up with something like Split/Second from Disney Interactive Studios, developed by Black Rock Studio. Indeed that’s loosely the premise of the game. You are a contestant on a television show in which you race against other drivers on a sacrificial race track which is one part urban recreation and two parts...

Posted by Raj Patel on Apr 27th, 2010 | 0 comments

I heard you like football…

This Columbian white gold, silver or platinum ring encrusted with Andean Emeralds is the official ring of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It’s a bargain, costing between $2500 and $250 000 a piecem featuring miniature bejeweled stadiums and soccer balls. The platinum rings are selling for a quarter million, featuring 220 emeralds. Theres only seven of these being made. Theres thirty three white gold versions for...

Posted by Raj Patel on Feb 9th, 2010 | 0 comments

Caffeinated Maple-Bacon Lollipops

This is the most x-treme confection conflation in the illustrious history of food and food-like products. Its organic sustainably farmed bacon and I know you’re already on board but wait, theres more. Its got a touch of Vermont maple syrup flavouring. But wait. Theres more. It’s in convenient on-a-stick lollipop form. But wait! THERES MORE! It’s also double Caffeinated for that extra punch to...

Posted by Raj Patel on Jan 26th, 2010 | 2 comments

A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter

Check out Caleb Larsen’s work. He’s got this one project; an unassuming black acrylic cube (I love it already) which perpetually attempts to auction itself off on ebay. As Caleb writes: Combining Robert Morris’ Box With the Sound of Its Own Making with Baudrillard’s writing on the art auction this sculpture exists in eternal transactional flux. It is a physical sculpture that is perptually...

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about me

Hi, I'm Raj Patel. Nice to meet you. I'm a writer, photographer, film producer, avid reader, gamer, architect, programmer, artist, community manager, and general nerd.

Here at Ohmpage I try to cover the news and trends at the intersection between technology and culture. In practice this means you get a lot of high-tech, new-media, type of fun stuff (the stuff that interests me) presented to you. I surf hard so you don't have to.

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