Category: Geek

Tech­nol­o­gy, Sci­ence, etc.

A Scanner Brightly

I had writ­ten some time ago about get­ting a new scan­ner to replace my aging rel­ic. How­ev­er, the old one was work­ing well enough, I just nev­er had the heart to replace the thing. I mean, why spend mon­ey on a new scan­ner when the one I have does just fine? Well, last month, when hav­ing… Con­tin­ue read­ing A Scan­ner Brightly

Find-Your-Fate Returns on DVD

As a kid, I loved B‑level sci­ence fic­tion and fan­ta­sy books. Of course, of those, none were bet­ter than choose-your-fate books (note: I had most­ly the D&D brand­ed books, myself). Well, they’re back in a DVD for­mat in Scourge of Worlds — A Dun­geons & Drag­ons Adven­ture (actu­al­ly released in 2003). I’ll have to give… Con­tin­ue read­ing Find-Your-Fate Returns on DVD

Cobra Journal — Part II

It’s as if the peo­ple at McSweeney’s heard my cries at night: “Jour­nal Of A Sea­soned Cobra Vet­er­an” by Kei­th Pille (also, read “Jour­nal of a New Cobra Recruit”). “June 28, 1987 — We sure seem to have a lot of nin­jas on the COBRA payroll.”

MacWorld-SF 06

Since I wrote some last year about the then new­ly announced prod­ucts at Mac­World, I thought I might post some thoughts on this year’s as well. I stat­ed last year’s theme was afford­abil­i­ty (with the announce­ment of the Mac mini and the iPod shuf­fle). I’d say this year’s theme is more like play catch up… Con­tin­ue read­ing Mac­World-SF 06

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My Pandora Thinks I’m… Okay, It Just Thinks

I just this evening dis­cov­ered prob­a­bly the only online stream­ing web site for music I’ve ever want­ed to lis­ten to. That’s because I actu­al­ly get to dic­tate what gets played on this sta­tion. I real­ly quit lis­ten­ing to radio a few years ago and buy­ing an iPod real­ly sealed that cof­fin. As much as I… Con­tin­ue read­ing My Pan­do­ra Thinks I’m… Okay, It Just Thinks

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Plans For The Holidays

In case you’re in need of some instruc­tions on how to com­ply with mod­ern build­ing codes in your Hol­i­day (that’s right, I said Hol­i­day!) prepa­ra­tions: No, I did­n’t cre­ate this. The title block lists Win­zler & Kel­ly of Eure­ka, CA as the firm. I have no idea if they’re even real. I can tell by… Con­tin­ue read­ing Plans For The Holidays

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Calendar Girls & Boys

A new year is fast approach­ing and you’re going to need a new wall cal­en­der. Why not con­sid­er pur­chas­ing a “When Har­ry Met Mag­gie” cal­en­der from LuLu.com. You’ll get 12+1 full col­or pho­tos of our two love­ly and charis­mat­ic pooches to bring you cheer through the year. You’ll see them grow from young pups into… Con­tin­ue read­ing Cal­en­dar Girls & Boys

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Social Amazon

Web2.0 Might Just Have Gained It’s Great­est Ally Yet.

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How I Know I’ll Be Married A Long Time

It’s not secret that two things that real­ly pull on my wife’s heart strings are pup­py dogs and lit­tle, gray-haired old men. Then there’s pup­py dogs who resem­ble lit­tle, gray haired old men (as in these). She can bare­ly stand to look at them with­out run­ning the risk of get­ting emo­tion­al. How­ev­er, it’s the fact… Con­tin­ue read­ing How I Know I’ll Be Mar­ried A Long Time

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