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Independent computer consultant with many years of project and technical management experience with firms from 10 employees to Fortune 50 companies.

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After Hours

Comic hero/slacker Scott Pilgrim comes to the silver screen

Bryan Lee O'Malley's acclaimed comic series Scott Pilgrim has been adapted for film. TechRepublic member Jerry Taylor gives you an idea of the level of sheer joyful insanity in the comic.

After Hours

Why Watchmen is the ultimate geek comic book

Geekend contributor Jerry Taylor thinks Watchmen forever changed the world of comics and set new standards for the classic nine panel page format.

Security

If zombies attack, we have eight days

Four statisticians have mathematically modeled a zombie apocalypse, and their analysis and conclusion is grim. Find out how long humans have if there is a zombie outbreak.

After Hours

Texting E.T. an invite for 2029

The site Hello From Earth is allowing registered users to send English-language messages of up to 160 characters to the planet Gliese 581d. The service is free and will be available until August 24, 2009.

Storage

Great low-budget horror films you probably missed

Jerry Taylor agrees with Ralph Waldo Emerson's observation that, "Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." Read about Jerry's favorite low-budget screamfest movies and then share your picks from that genre.

After Hours

Confessions of a Superhero

Jerry Taylor invites you to see Cosplay taken way too far in Matthew Ogens' Confessions of a Superhero.

After Hours

Hi, I’m a Marvel… and I’m a DC!

This is probably the film that comic book and film executives SHOULD see before making another comic book movie

Enterprise Software

Data center primal scream

Jerry Taylor states that screaming at hard disks is a bad idea.

After Hours

Fra-gee-lay — that must be Italian

Want your very own leg lamp, which was made famous by the 1987 film A Christmas Story? Jerry Taylor tells you where to get one.

After Hours

Happy Holidays

My holiday wish is for everyone to be with friends and family during the holiday season.

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bfilmfan

Comic hero/slacker Scott Pilgrim comes to the silver screen

Why Watchmen is the ultimate geek comic book

If zombies attack, we have eight days

Texting E.T. an invite for 2029

Great low-budget horror films you probably missed

Confessions of a Superhero

Hi, I’m a Marvel… and I’m a DC!

Data center primal scream

Fra-gee-lay — that must be Italian

Happy Holidays

Employee privacy policy

Security response policy

End user data backup policy

Electronic communication policy