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New startup Magic will deliver literally anything to your door

Magic, a startup less than a week old, has appeared out of nowhere, and it’s taking the Internet by storm. Here’s how it works: you text them at (408) 217-1721 with whatever you’d like them to get you, be it a pizza, screwdriver, plane tickets to Boston, or whatever else you can think of that can legally be delivered.

La Isla: working lunch in Havana

For this week’s Cuisine Corner, I was inspired by a couple of friends who were looking for something different. The original lunch plan was to get sandwiches at a local sandwich shop (review to come), when the idea popped into my head to stop by one of my favorite breakfast places, La Isla.

Sequels: have they gone too far?

As I mentioned in one of my previous articles, the year 2015 will see many good releases, many of which will be franchise entries.

Nintendo launches New 3DS XL with hardware improvements

Nintendo’s New 3DS XL, a hardware revision of its 3DS XL from 2012, hit store and online shelves last week. The changes to the hardware include an additional analog nub on the right side of the touch screen for camera controls, improvements to 3D viewing angles, decreased loading times for games, two additional shoulder buttons, and other miscellaneous tweaks.

Radioshack finally goes out of business

Radioshack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, February 8, ending the chapter of what seems to be the most drawn-out death of a business this century.

A retrospective on zombie games

This week, I solved the writer’s block that was plaguing me during the writing process for this week’s column by staring at H1Z1 streams on Twitch.