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Filmmaker Sharon Shattuck appeared on HuffPost live this week in a segment titled “My New Trans Parent.”

She discussed her experiences growing up with a father who came out to her as a transgender woman, Trisha, when Shattuck was in fourth grade after her younger sister found photos of their father in women’s clothing. Shattuck stated that she appreciates the fact that her family learned of their father’s true gender identity at such a young age.

“Little kids are surprisingly open-minded and I think that they’re pretty accepting,” said She said. “I grew up in a small town and the documentary project that I’m working on right now [Project Dad] is kind of about this whole topic. I dealt with it [her father’s coming out] by not talking about it at all. I just thought that if I didn’t talk about it, people would just accept that this is my dad and she is Trisha and it’s just gonna go away. Eventually I realized that everybody already knew in my hometown so it kind of diffused the tension and I realized that we could just be who we are and be a family unit. So it kind of diffused on its own just by living in a tiny town.”

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When it comes to digitizer tablets, the name Wacom would surely resonate with many of us, especially artists who have taken to the stylus like a duck to water, instead of relying on the traditional pencil and paper methods. Having said that, Wacom has a couple of new Bamboo styli for you to consider – the Bamboo Stylus solo and Bamboo Stylus duo. Both of these will arrive as second-generation and improved versions of the popular range of digital styli which was originally rolled out back in 2011. The Bamboo Stylus solo happens to come across as a stylus that will cater for touchscreen devices such as the iPad, where it sports a protective cap for the rubber nib this time around. As for the Bamboo Stylus duo, this is a two-in-one solution that comes with not only a stylus for touchscreen displays, but also caters for those unexpected moments when your John Hancock is required, hence a ballpoint pen function is also thrown into the mix for good measure.

Both the Bamboo Stylus solo and Bamboo Stylus duo have been described to offer a best-in-class pen-like experience, sporting an elegant, premium design. Your eyes will definitely be taken in by the soft touch paint located on the barrel as well as the color-coordinated, polished anodized aluminium cap that will set these styli apart from the rest that you can find in the market. Wacom knows that everyone has different tastes, which is why they have launched either version to arrive in a slew of colors to fit just about any mood, while maintaining a black and a white version for those more serious moments.

Not only that, your writing and drawing experience should also go up by a notch, as it comes with an even slimmer rubber nib that measures just 5mm, with the body of the stylus feeling solid and balanced in hand. Those who are interested in the second-generation Bamboo Stylus solo and Bamboo Stylus duo will have to fork out $19 and $29, respectively, as they arrive to the market later next month.

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The new Moto X factory spent more than a decade as a Nokia plant before closing more than five years ago. Some of the same workers who once assembled Nokia phones here have returned to put together the Moto X.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Along a stretch of Texas highway on the northern fringes of Fort Worth, a small herd of American bison graze in a field as corporate and cargo jets take off from nearby Alliance Airport and hunters outfit themselves to go after lesser game at a giant Cabela’s outlet next door. The giant mammals also count AT&T, Lockheed Martin, and of course, Motorola among their bigger neighbors.

Welcome to Alliance, Texas, Ross Perot Jr.’s master-planned community and foreign trade zone that lies within Fort Worth and three other Texas cities and houses acres and acres of industrial and corporate office operations for other global names like Nestle, Coca-Cola, and Mercedes-Benz. And don’t forget the subdivisions full of affordable homes, the community’s own rail yard and private airport, and a handful of shopping malls. If we were to start building America today from scratch, odds are it would look like Alliance.

It seems kind of fitting that this postmodern mashup of American landscapes is also home to one of the only places in the country where an American smartphone… [Read more]

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Birthdays are normally a time for celebration, but you know what? People heap adulation on Steam every day of the year. So let’s flip it, and spend today remembering when Steam was new, and was just about the worst thing ever.

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Some of you may remember the heroic death of our dearly departed Spacebat. Some of you may still be grieving. NASA, however, has moved on to a new tragedy. Its latest victim? The most powerful goddamn jumping frog the Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport has ever seen. RIP Spacetoad. You flew too high.

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