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Best Buyer Beware - Digital Picture Frames Carry Virus
2008-01-26 00:13:00 The high tech retail store, Best Buy (Public, NYSE:BBY) recently confirmed that they sold a “limited number” of 10.4 inch digital picture frames during the holiday season that came with a computer virus pre-installed. The frames were part of their in-house Insignia brand and they were “contaminated with a computer virus during the manufacturing ... More About: News , Virus , Toys , Picture , Buyer
Friday Song Of The Day - I?m Already There
2008-01-25 12:00:00 I thought this song was appropriate for me being away from home for so long. It’s been the longest I’ve ever spent away from my family and I truly miss them. Fortunately I’m going home tomorrow! Here is I’m Already There by Lonestar. He called her on the road From a lonely cold hotel room Just to hear ... More About: Song , Friday
Alienware?s Curved Monitor For Gamers
2008-01-20 06:42:00 Alienware came to the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada to turn some heads. They succeeded. This LED lit monitor has a resolution of 2880×900 and is reported to have a 0.02 ms response time. All you gamers out there with extra cash to spend listen up. If you want to completely immerse ... More About: News , Toys , Monitor , Alienware , Gamers
You?ll Never Get Ahead Saying Yes To ?The Man?
2008-01-19 02:48:00 A good friend of mine (actually a family member) sent me a link to this video and I was absolutely in awe. There are so many glorious moments in this video, you just have to watch it to understand. Absolutely hilarious. Click through to the site if you cannot see the video. More About: Video , Humor , Ahead
Friday Song Of The Day - Space Oddity
2008-01-18 20:43:00 This week I bring you Space Oddity by David Bowie. This song appeared on his album by the same title, Space Oddity in 1972. Actually it first appeared in the U.K. in 1969 on the album with the same title and was later re-released in the US. Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom Take ... More About: Song , Friday
Subscriber Count Madness
2008-01-17 19:31:00 Wow, I loaded up my page this morning and noticed that I had a slight increase in my FeedBurner subscriber stats. By slight increase of course I mean it jumped from around 70 - 80 to 2,887. Wow, talk about a jump in numbers! I checked my web statistics and there isn’t a huge jump ... More About: Technology , Blogging , Count , Subscriber , Madness
The Ultimate Cubicle Prank?
2008-01-16 03:21:00 This is hilarious and one of the absolute best cubicle pranks I’ve seen. The video of the making of the cubicle house and the revealing to the victim is also very well put together. Enjoy! Click through to the site if you cannot see the video. More About: Video , Prank , Daily Grind , Ultimate
Video Progression? 1 Year Old To 100
2008-01-14 07:54:00 Scott Johnson over at My Extra Life posted this and I thought it was a really cool video. Thought I’d repost it here, though I’m sure many of you may have already seen it. Click through to the site if you cannot see the video. More About: Video , Year
Friday Song Of The Day - Ain?t No Sunshine
2008-01-11 07:37:00 This Friday Song Of The Day comes to you by request from one of my good friends. Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine from his first album produced in 1971 titled Just As I Am. Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone It’s not warm when she’s away. Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone And she’s always gone too ...
Watch Out For The Robotic Guitar!
2008-01-10 06:14:00 Now I realize that this has typically not been a blog about music gear, but please bare with me. I am a musician myself (somewhat) and so I appreciate the latest news in the music industry. Anyway, this guitar by Gibson and Musician’s Friend really caught my eye. Why? If you know anything about guitars ... More About: Watch , Toys , Robotic , Guitar
IM Using Yahoo While Flying
2008-01-08 23:08:00 Yahoo has launched instant messaging in the skies! Of course it’s currently only on their BetaBlue plane, the first domestic carrier to offer in-flight WiFi internet access. While on board you can connect via your WiFi enabled laptop or Blackberry device to use your Yahoo Instant Messaging service. What’s next? World of Warcraft anyone? Read the ... More About: Technology , Yahoo , Flying , Yahoo!
Pimp My Ride? Jihad Style
2008-01-06 12:00:00 This is a funny parody on the Pimp My Ride television series, brought to you by NationalLampoon.com. Click through to the site if you cannot see the video. More About: Video , Humor , Jihad
Manualist Plays The Pink Panther Them On His Hands
2008-01-05 12:00:00 Gerry Phillips, aka The Gunecologist, never ceases to amaze with his musical hand farting talents. Here he is playing the theme to The Pink Panther. More About: Video , Humor , Hands , Plays
Friday Song Of The Day - If You Leave Me Now
2008-01-04 06:45:00 This installation of the Friday Song Of The Day is brought to you by… ummm, the polar bears. You can’t really see any where I am at because they are all further north. Anyway, here’s a nice depressing love song to go along with my furlough in Fairbanks, Alaska. Chicago’s If You Leave Me Now ...
Agile Blogger Forums? Where Bloggers Meet
2008-01-04 06:07:00 If you are into blogging then you know that it can sometimes be a lonely world. Boy, that sounded like an E-Harmony advertisement. Anyway, it’s cool to have some place that you can go and ask questions from other people that are into blogging. Agile Blogger Forums is just such a place. They boards for ... More About: Blogging , Giveaways
Video Tutorial - How To Draw A Geek
2008-01-03 07:23:00 Fitz from the blaugh.com web comic shows us how to draw a geek. The really interesting thing that I enjoyed is that it shows first the hands-on portion with pencil. Then he moves on to show how to convert that into a digital drawing. I’ve always had an artist hiding somewhere inside me and seeing ... More About: Video , Humor , Tutorial , Geek , Draw
Happy New Year - 2008!
2008-01-01 21:34:00 What a holiday season it has been for me! I am in transition to a new job… a job working from home. Yay! I had lost work back in June and so took an office gig to pay the bills. This gig came with a side of commute up to 2 hours each way. Yuck! ... More About: New Year , Happy , Happy New Year , Year , 2008
Reset - What!?
2007-12-28 22:28:00 This web comic is brought to you by xkcd.com and Randall Munroe (A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language). More About: Humor , Reset
John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane
2007-12-26 14:23:00 This Friday Song Of The Day comes to you a bit earlier in the week, because well… I am leaving on a jet plane today. Where am I going? Nice, balmy Fairbanks, Alaska! I have a new job and will be doing some job training at the company’s headquarters. Of course for this occasion I ... More About: John , Plane , Denver , John Denver , Leaving
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 21
2007-12-21 18:08:00 Have you seriously waited this long to get your geek a gift? Well, not to worry! ThinkGeek .com has you covered with a gift certificate. What a great idea too! Your geek can get whatever (s)he wants at the greatest online geek store on the internet. Gift certificates come in denominations from $10 USD all the ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 20 (Backyard Ballistics)
2007-12-20 17:46:00 Have you ever wanted to build a potato canon? a rocket powered by match sticks? a Cincinnati fire kite (yeah, I don’t know what that is either)? a tennis ball mortar? or a pneumatic missile? No? Well, then this book is not for you. If it is… then hot dang, Backyard Ballistics is just the ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift , Geek
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 18 (56 Geeks Poster)
2007-12-18 17:30:00 56 Geek s Poster Scott Johnson, the always smooth and sultry baritone of the Extra Life Radio podcast and The Instance podcast, has created a poster full of 56 stereotypical geeks. This is a very nice poster, too! You are sure to find yourself peeking back at you from one or more of the characters. Comes in ... More About: Ideas , Gift Ideas , Gift
The Dark Knight Official Trailer
2007-12-17 22:55:00 Click through to the site if you cannot see the video. You may view a higher resolution version here where you will also have the option of downloading these versions: Best Quality (98.2 MB) High Quality (78.1 MB) Medium Quality (24.6 MB) More About: Trailer , Dark Knight , Knight , Dark , The Dark Knight
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 17 (Annoy-a-tron)
2007-12-17 20:34:00 Ah… sweet, sweet revenge! This little gadget can be your secret weapon in office warfare. The annoy-a-tron is simple, yet effective. This gadget is extremely small and has a magnet so that it can be concealed in a variety of places. What does it do? It simply produces a tone (that’s a sound for the laymen) at random intervals. You can select from 2KHz, 12KHz or alternating to really throw your opponent off. Just turn it on, hide somewhere in close proximity to the mark… and watch them lose their mind trying to find the source of the sound. The Annoy-a-tron takes one CR2032 battery (included) and measures approximately: 2.5″ x 1.25″ x .3″. It will run for 3 to 4 weeks on a single battery. Let the battle begin! More About: Ideas , Gift Ideas , Gift , Geek , Tron
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 15 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
2007-12-15 17:34:00 Today’s Geek Gift Idea is the latest book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . This is the latest and the last book in the saga and finally brings the conflict between Harry Potter and Lord Voltimore to a dramatic finish. If the geek in your life is into this ... More About: Ideas , Gift Ideas
Friday Song Of The Day - It?s Five O?Clock Somewhere
2007-12-14 19:27:00 I love the song It’s Five O’Clock Some where by Alan Jackson because it is a great representation of the spirit of… “I’d rather not be working.” You can find this song as well as some other great country tunes on Alan Jackson’s Greatest Hits 2 album. Check below the lyrics for a video. The sun ... More About: Song , Friday , Somewhere
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 14 (IOGEAR Digital Scribe)
2007-12-14 19:13:00 How many times have you been to a large meeting and every person in the place is typing away at a laptop, tablet PC or handheld device to keep notes? I’m a software engineer so the meetings I have been too have been full of fairly technical people. However, this situation has never occurred to ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift , Geek
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 13 (For The Horde!)
2007-12-13 17:52:00 The Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition is the ultimate notebook for serious Warcraft players. With exclusives like next-gen SLI technology and the custom Warcraft case design, this M1730 has the power to play and the style to impress. Did you catch the post on the World of Warcraft Figure Prints yesterday? This complete ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift , Geek
One Reason VB.NET Sucks
2007-12-12 22:22:00 I am working on some legacy code that is currently in VB.NET running on the .NET 1.1 Framework. I went to add a property to a class and received this error: Property without a 'ReadOnly' or 'WriteOnly' specifier must provide both a 'Get' and a 'Set'. Seriously? So I have to tell you that it is ReadOnly ... More About: Reason , Sucks
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 12 (World Of Warcraft Figure Prints)
More articles from this author:2007-12-12 13:56:00 With over eight million subscribers world wide, World of Warcraft is the largest MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) in history. Chances are very good that the geek in your life has another life in this world. Here is a gift idea that caught me entirely by surprise. Figure Prints can recreate your geek’s ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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