Author Archives: Gryphon

About Gryphon

In his career - well, not so much a career as a series of interesting but usually ill-advised vocational choices, if we're being honest - Benjamin D. Hutchins has been a tech support grunt, an Internet operations tech, a small-town print reporter, a public relations writer, and a semiprofessional muser upon the random. Now he's working on several books (none of which, just to buck tradition, is the Great American Novel), eyeing the relentless march of personal gadget technology with bemusement and often suspicion, and wondering what's with these kids today, with their clothes and their hair and that stuff they think is music.His first book, Off the Top of My Head: Personal Reflections of a Small-Town Newsman, can be had here or here.

Toy Review: Iron Man Stealth Operations Suit

Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 by Gryphon

Well, after a lot of scrambling around and wondering about the stocking procedures of my pseudo-friendly neighborhood Wal*Marts, I’ve finally got my hands on my first of the smaller-scale Iron Man movie toys, which happens to be the toy line’s … Continue reading →

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Traction Assist: The Winter in Review

Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008 by Gryphon

Well, after a truly mighty winter here in the Northeast, spring accelerated dramatically over the course of last week. We had such a spectacular amount of snow that it’s still not all melted even after a full week of temps … Continue reading →

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Toy Review: Repulsor Power Iron Man

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Gryphon

So, as many of you may know, there’s a movie based on Marvel Comics’ Iron Man coming out soon. And as you may not know, I happen to have been a huge Iron Man fan since 1982, through good times, … Continue reading →

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Technosophy: Murrow’s Lament, or Wires and Lights

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Gryphon

The other day, I used my laptop computer to order a copy of James Cameron’s classic 1984 sci-fi film The Terminator from Amazon.com. Within a couple of hours, the movie had been delivered to my TiVo, to be watched at … Continue reading →

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