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Running on Emptynew

Once addicted to running, Diane Israel has sobered up from triathlons.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  08-25-2011  |  Sports

Colorful Plastic's Answer to 'World of Warcraft' Is the Brainchild of NetDevilnew

Spencer and Braxton Jones have to get off this spaceship. It's teetering on the brink of a black hole. The only way out is via the ship's escape rockets, but there's a catch: The rockets' components are scattered all about the spaceship, in the form of little plastic blocks.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  01-11-2010  |  Video Games

Colorado's Parkour Pioneers Are Running With Itnew

Thanks to a concrete fountain in Skyline Park and other celebrated parkour hot spots like Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, Colorado has become a destination for the parkour community across the country and beyond.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  06-08-2009  |  Sports

Denver's Urban Gardeners Are Digging Their Backyard Farmsnew

There's a lot of learning to do when it comes to backyard farming, and it's something more and more people are learning to do.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  05-04-2009  |  Gardening

The Astounding Adventures of Colorado's Own Superheronew

To the Wall Creeper, it seems that with each passing moment the world is getting worse, the shadows deepening, the hands ticking closer to midnight. That's why he's taking a stand, hopefully before it's too late.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  03-16-2009  |  Culture

The Gundersons Get Us Ready for Basil, the Robot of Our Dreamsnew

The Gundersons claim to have possibly solved one of the most challenging problems in robotics, and just a few weeks ago, they published an entire book, Robots, Reasoning and Reification, about it.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  12-22-2008  |  Tech

A Denver Scientist Helps Second Life Go Nuclearnew

SciLands' creators hope to give science education and advocacy a shot in the arm by invading the world of video games and internet obsessions that have wreaked havoc on museum attendance rates and homework assignments. Who knows? It may even work.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  09-22-2008  |  Tech

Denver's Own Royal Tenenbaumsnew

The late Timber Dick's children are carrying on a brilliant family legacy that includes Nancy Dick and Tom Lantos.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  07-15-2008  |  Culture

Baristas Abuzz With Caffeinated Competitionnew

Coffee lovers are buzzing about Denver's first-ever battle of the baristas, and things could get frothy.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  03-03-2008  |  Food+Drink

Inside Colorado's Viking Reenactor Societynew

Hacking, slashing, biting, pillaging and battle-axes. Welcome to the Fjellborg Vikings' world of warcraft.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  03-19-2007  |  Culture

The Legend of Leeroy Jenkinsnew

Ben Schulz issued the battle cry that echoed across World of Warcraft.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  03-13-2007  |  Video Games

Pot of Goldnew

Joseph Brodsky has a nose for great coffee -- it led him all the way to Ethiopia, in search of the Geisha.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  12-19-2006  |  Food+Drink

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