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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)
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
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 11 (Playseats Evolution Gaming Seat)
2007-12-11 16:49:00 Geeks love games and this Geek Gift Idea will help improve their gaming experience. The Playseats Evolution Gaming Seat is a chair built to enhance racing game titles. The chair has a double-stitched vinyl cover available in black or white, reinforced steel tubular construction that adds stability and eliminates excess wobble, a non-flammable seat material, ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 10 (Star Wars Force FX Lightsabers)
2007-12-10 14:25:00 I obviously had to mention these sweet little beauties in a series of Geek Gift Ideas posts; the Star Wars Force FX Lightsabers. These are official reproductions of the lightsabers used in George Lucas’s Star Wars film series. Featuring realistic lighting and sound effects, these close combat weapons of the Jedi and Sith are absolutely ... More About: Gift Ideas
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 9 (Case Of Bawls)
2007-12-09 14:48:00 One of the geek’s best friends (especially programmer/hacker geeks) is caffeine. That usually comes in the form of a beverage and is most likely called Java or Joe or coffee. Non-coffee drinking geeks sometimes also go for the sodas, but alas these do not have the same kick as coffee… at least in my humble ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift , Geek
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 8 (iPod Touch)
2007-12-08 14:32:00 Now this isn’t late breaking news but with the iPod Touch you can get all of the cool, ground-breaking new features of the iPhone without all of the fuss and trouble of it being an actual phone. It has the gorgeous 3.5 inch vibrant touchscreen that lets you control everything with the tips of your ... More About: Ideas , Apple , Toys , Gift Ideas
Duracell Sweepstakes - Win $5,000
2007-12-07 17:04:00 Want to get your hands on all the hottest new gadgets? Enter the Duracell ® Recharge Your Holiday Shopping Sweep stakes for a chance to upgrade your collection: 1 Grand Prize - $5,000 10 First Prizes - $1,000 100 Second Prizes - $100 500 Third Prizes - A Duracell ® Battery Charger More About: Stakes
Friday Song Of The Day - Lost In Love
2007-12-07 15:00:00 Air Supply is a soft rock duo consisting of English guitarist/vocalist Graham Russell and Australian lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock. The band formed in 1975 having met during a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar. This is one of my favorites among their many hits. Lost In Love by Air Supply: I realize the best part of love is ... More About: Song , Friday
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 7 (USB Rechargeable Batteries)
2007-12-07 14:30:00 With the advent of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) manufacturers have been creating everything but the kitchen sink that has the capability of plugging into a USB port. When I saw this one though, I just had to include it in my Geek Gift Ideas series. Rechargeable batteries? Useful… cool. Rechargeable batteries that get their ... More About: Toys , Gift Ideas , Batteries
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 6 (Palmsize R/C Helicopter)
2007-12-06 16:33:00 I can remember as a small boy going to an abandoned field with my dad and watching a bunch of old guys flying radio controlled airplanes. I was absolutely enthralled. There was a helicopter I can remember that was very interesting and even a plane that was made from an old push lawn mower! There ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift , Geek
Site Malfunction - Me!
2007-12-05 18:02:00 I just love it when I’ve worked for the past fifteen minutes on a post, I hit the Publish button and… crap! I get a WordPress error explaining that it cannot reach my database. That’s just brilliant. I have a hosted web service through 1 and 1 and they are usually very good about keeping ... More About: Site
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 5 (IDE Ribbon Cable Belt)
More articles from this author:2007-12-05 17:32:00 I saw this and absolutely had to include it in my Geek Gift Ideas post series. This is the IDE Belt … that’s right! It’s a belt; you know the kind of thing that helps to hold up your britches. Only it is made of a silver IDE Ribbon Cable. Now, I know what you are ... More About: Toys , Gift Ideas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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