Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

Prang, they make good chalk. Ever buy chalk? I think it’s a dying writing utencil. White boards or dry erase boards have been taking the gusto away from chalk boards. It’s getting annoying. So I’m going to stand up for chalk and black boards. Join me?
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Back from Paris, and I’m welcome to the daylight savings spring forward thing. So now I sleep late and wake up early. I’m getting into the waking up early part. The best is if I can do both — sleep late and wake up early. I get much more done, even though it’s just more work, which is always a lot. But since no one reads this blog. I’m gonna stop right here.
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I’ve been working on graphics all day to get everything set up for the festivities next month. gr/eats turns one, and gr2 has an upcoming group show. Groups shows seem easier, but in the end, nooo, it’s a lot harder. More people, more coordination, and that leads to possible mistakes. This show is going to be a great one I think.gr-eats.comgr2.net
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Podcasts. Not sure if we’re doing the podcast thing right, but for now, we’re just recording everything into an ipod with the Griffin technology microphone. We don’t have any extension mic, all we do is talk into the ipod. That seems like a genuine way to podcast. I edit it all in Garage Band, and then output it. As you can tell the issue 40 podcast is too long. So now we’re breaking down the podcasts into smaller files. I hope you enjoy.
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A bus carrying cruise ship tourists on a side trip through the mountains of northern Chile plunged off a cliff, killing 12 people, all of them U.S. citizens, authorities said. The bus was returning to the ship from a national park near the Bolivian border when it swerved off the highway and into a 260-foot canyon, said Maj. Carlos Valcarce, an Arica police spokesman.
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