Archive for August, 2009

TECH: "Snow Leopard" Arrives This Friday

Aug 24, 2009 No Comments

Big news out of Cupertino, Calif., today as Apple announced they will release their new operating system this Friday, Mac OS X.6 or “Snow Leopard.” Snow Leopard will feature mostly “under the hood” improvements to OS X, improvements that Apple claims will “prepare Mac OS X for future innovation.” Some of the changes will be [...]

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POLITICS: Glenn Beck, Mormons and Political Correctness

Aug 23, 2009 No Comments

There’s a little too much love for Glenn Beck in Utah. I mean, I get it: He has an endearing story. He has overcome an addiction to alcohol and gone from a small radio program in Kentucky to CNN Headline News to the news source you can always count on, Fox News. He’s also very [...]

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OUTDOORS: Provo Canyon's Hidden Gem

Aug 22, 2009 3 Comments

How does a short, fifteen-minute hike to a beautiful waterfall sound? Oh, and to get to where you start hiking requires only a pleasant fifteen minute drive from Provo. Oh, and you’ll probably have the waterfall to yourself. Sound too good to be true? Provo Canyon’s Upper Falls is all that and more. Overshadowed by [...]

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CONCERT REVIEW/SONG OF THE DAY: Iron & Wine, Okkervil River

Aug 21, 2009 No Comments

Salt Lake City’s Gallivan Center was witness to a special evening of music Thursday night as indie favorites Iron & Wine and Okkervil River provided great tunes for a mammoth crowd. People packed downtown to here these two great acts, which made for a great sight if not always the greatest concert-going experience. It was [...]

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MUNCHMOBILE: Ninja Express

Aug 21, 2009 4 Comments

WEEK 6 — NINJA EXPRESS In the latest ride of the Munchmobile, our fearless heroes of hunger decided to go oriental as they tried the grub of Ninja Express, located near the southeast corner of 820 North and 700 East. The Munchmobile first heard of Ninja express when one muncher received a flier on their [...]

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SONG OF THE DAY: August 20th

Aug 20, 2009 No Comments

Okkervil River, “Unless Its Kicks” Okkervil River and headliner Iron & Wine will be playing the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City tonight as part of the free Twilight Concert Series. The show is sure to be a treat — it always is when you get two artists of this caliber on the same stage. [...]

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POLITICS: The Medical Monkey On Our Backs

Aug 20, 2009 No Comments

In what has been one of the most heated and highly publicized debates in recent years, it’s been amazing to see the upheaval of public interest in health care reform.  From countless YouTube videos and dozens of newsflashes and reports of town hall protests, it’s easy to see there are a lot of people that [...]

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SONG OF THE DAY: August 19th

Aug 19, 2009 No Comments

The Low Anthem, “To Ohio” The Song of the Day returns! Due to my weekend trip to Texas over the weekend, this space has been somewhat empty since last week. However, fear not, ye loyal readers: We have returned — and we come bearing gifts of great music. God knows I have an ample soft [...]

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TECH: Best of the App Store – August 2009

Aug 19, 2009 No Comments

After doing my two-part “Best of the App Store” piece last month, I received a lot of positive feedback via my Twitter page. I know that not everyone has iPhones (you should though, especially at $99 for the 3G) or iPod Touches, but I feel quite a large percentage of Rhombus readers do. So I’ve [...]

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FILM: Calling All LDS Movie Buffs!

Aug 18, 2009 No Comments

If you’ve never heard of ‘Fice, Mind the Gap or The Infinipede Space Monster From Outer Space, you are missing out on some of the best films of 2009. Each of these films screened and won awards at the 2009 LDS Film Festival that took place at the Scera Theater in Orem this past January. [...]

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