Welcome to the Spokesman-Review's new Tech Deck blog, where we discuss all sorts of different nerdy things, with an Inland NW slant. As one of the online developers for spokesman.com, I fortunately/unfortunately cannot escape the moniker, so I might as well represent.

One goal of this blog is to live up to the awesomeness that is this Spokesman-Review commemorative coin from 1981 that I found at an antique store:

First of all, Death Star. Second...

There's a DEATH STAR on the 1981 commemorative Spokesman-Review coin. That is all.

In case you were wondering, here are a few of the subjects that I plan on covering in the near future:

• SteamOS - Awesome or not?
• Building the ultimate gamer's box
• 3D printing and the local maker scene
• Cool stuff you can do with Arduinos
• Minecraft for moms and pops who have no clue what Minecraft is
• The science behind Kinect

That's just what I have written down on my notepad here, so if you have any suggestions or ideas, please comment below or send me an email at dang@spokesman.com.

There's one more thing™: Let's make sure we're all on the same page with regards to the term "nerd":

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