Archive for July, 2012

Comic-Con International 2012

The annual fan convention of Comic-Con International San Diego is one of many held throughout the world. This year’s Comic-Con International started on Thursday, July 12, 2012 and will end on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Convention Center in San Diego. It was founded in 1970 as the “Golden State Comic Book Convention” later it was known as the “San Diego Comic Book Convention”. Today it is commonly known as Comic-Con. This year’s production was so popular, all tickets were sold out in 90 minutes online when they were made available in late March 2012. This year’s attendance is expected around 130,000.

The show is about people expressing themselves and freely interacting with others. It can be best described as an annual gathering of pop culture creators. It highlights panels, seminars and workshops with comic book professionals. It also highlights upcoming feature films including “The Hobbit” and “The Twilight Saga”. All major TV studios highlight their lineup. Video games such as “Halo 4” and “Assassin’s Creed III” are also expected to be highlighted at the show. It is a place where we see people dressed as anime characters, villains, heroes, Star Wars and Star Trek characters, and many others under one large roof.

The improvements in the technology sector have brought a tremendous change to almost every aspect of our lifestyles, be it watching TV, listening to radio or playing games, to name some. Last decade has seen a considerable increase in the introduction of a number of online radio stations. The truth is that most of the younger generation prefers web radio compared to the traditional types of radio. The biggest advantage of web based radio stations is that you can listen to them from any region of the world without any restrictions from the local authority. This means you are able to choose the radio stations that you like and you are not forced to listen to stations just because you have no better option.

Web based radio stations also come in different varieties and most of them tend to specialize on a certain genre, for example, a talk radio may only be interested in airing talk shows throughout the day. Certain stations also prefer to play music from a certain artist or band only. Specialization means that you do not have to spend endless hours listening to the kind of music you do not like because you do not have any other option.

Most of the online radio stations are also free and this is very advantageous when compared to other digital radio stations that charge a subscription fee. Some online radios also give the user a chance to download free music that they like from the bands they are familiar with to the new bands. It should be noted that these downloads are legal.