Brinke’s favorite toys include his Samsung Galaxy Tab S, Toshiba Chromebook 2, Motorola Moto G4, and two Kindles. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music Broadcast Division, he's an avid old-school James Bond fan who favors the Fleming novels over the movies, and finally replaced his tattered paperbacks with Kindle downloads. Brinke and his wife live in the SF Bay Area.
The ultra-private email provider Lavabit went offline in 2013 rather than comply with government access requests. Now Edward Snowden's email of choice is back, with enhanced privacy tweaks.
The iconic Hollywood expression of "the show must go on" was evident Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival. Despite hackers messing with the box office, the shows went on as scheduled.
Many Hollywood movies fit a safe format. Sequels are a good example. Have a hit with one particular title? Remake it over and over. The new Anne Hathaway movie Colossal isn't quite like that.
CBS and Paramount hold the Star Trek rights, and there's a lot of money involved. They were about to go to trial over a fan made film concept, but it's been settled and the trial won't happen.
Pixar has a reputation for an impish sense of humor, which is on display in their many films. Easter Eggs are a part of that sense of humor, and it turns out they connect all the films together.
"To boldly go where no man has gone before" has long been the Star Trek credo. The new franchise entry is Star Trek Discovery, but it faces another delay and will miss its May liftoff date.
