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Raj Patel is a technology culture blogger and architecture professional in Toronto. Editor of Ohmpage.
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Sachin Hingoo lives in Toronto and is a dedicated follower of tech culture, video games, and film.
Hi. Welcome to Ohmpage. We try to deliver content we find interesting ourselves and encourage our readers to participate. We're undergoing some changes for 2010, expanding the site to include more voices and variety by adding new contributing authors. We've got a new site design and as always are encouraging reader participation. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us about our content. Ohmpage is fully independent and run on a volunteer basis. Much of our content is syndicated elsewhere on the web and we are lisenced under the Creative Commons. If you would like us to review your product or content or if you would like to advertise with Ohmpage please email us about it.

Review: Halo Legends

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Halo: Legends is one of those ‘is it an ad?’ compilation movies (see Batman: Gotham Knight or The Animatrix for other examples of this) which takes a popular character or mythology from one universe and hands it over to several artists to re-interpret.  Halo: Legends does at least as good a job as the aforementioned examples at extending the backstory of Master Chief and the Covenant, using some stellar animation and surprisingly mature storytelling (for the most part) to both excite existing fans and bring new ones into the fold (coincidentally right before the release of the upcoming story-driven installment of Halo called Halo: Reach). The film is split into six parts; each one a distinct short film with its own plot, while using Master Chief and the Halo universe as a common theme.

Caffeinated Maple-Bacon Lollipops

caffeinated-maple-bacon_largeThis 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 the brain you’ve been looking for. Ambrosia is for peasants. This is truly the food of the gods.

[Lollyphile]

Time: for poor people.

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Some people think that telling the difference between day and night would be one of the easiest things you could do and being able to afford a $300 000 a mere piece of jewelry would be one of the hardest. This watch is not for them. Behold the Day & Night watch by Romain Gerome.  For those who see telling the time as a peasants hobby and for whom it is always spend o’clock.  It originally sold for $300 000 but sold out within 48 hours of launch so you’ll have to resort to the second-hand market to obtain one, likely with significant markup. But hey, if markup is of concern to you then this watch was never for you in the first place. Right?

[Romain Jerome]

Pantone Wedding 2010

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If  you’re planning a wedding and arbitrarily picking out ugly colours for your bridesmaids’ dresses is too inaccurate and random for you, fret not. Pantone has released a wedding colour guide (specifically for 2010) to help you through this process. These aren’t your normal colours either. These are wedding colours so you know you’re on the right track. Don’t you dare try using them for a birthday or engagement party. If your wedding is in 2011 beware, you’ll be instantly dated a fashion dinosaur.

[Press Release]

Creative Comic Cover Conversion

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Cliff Chiang has a series of illustrations mashing-up classic album cover art with comic art. He does a lot of other stuff too but theres just something about this series of 12″ remix drawings that really strike a nerve. Keep going Cliff, we want to see more! This idea has legs.

[Cliff Chiang]

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