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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)
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
Save $5 Off $30 Or More At ThinkGeek.com
2007-12-04 22:23:00 Hello all! I’ve been posting quite a few links to one my favorite online stores in the entire web-o-sphere lately… ThinkGeek .com. So when I ran across this coupon code I figured I’d share it with you. Readers of GeekDad over at Wired Blogs are being given the opportunity to save $5 off of an order ... More About: Toys , Save , Thinkgeek
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 4
2007-12-04 14:00:00 What says geek like a robot? And ThinkGeek .com has managed to get their hands on a stock of really cool robots from Tomy in Japan. i-SOBOT is the “world’s smallest fully articulated robot.” With 17 servo motors and amazing lifelike movement the i-SOBOT is more like a mini version of some futuristic robotic race destined ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 3
2007-12-03 14:00:00 My grandpa always said that anything could be fixed with duct tape and super glue… and he practiced what he preached. As it turns out duct tape is useful for more than just fixing things; you can actually make stuff with it! ThinkGeek .com is offering a Duct Tape Wallet from Ducti in either a bi-fold ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 2
2007-12-02 14:00:00 So I don’t know how you feel, but sometimes I really miss those big bulky telephone handsets. Remember the old Motorola Star Tecs and those humongous square brick phones that important people used to carry around? The phones these days, even the ones for your home, are all small and sleek and stylish. I’ve ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift , Geek
Geek Gift Ideas - Dec 1
2007-12-01 14:00:00 What better way to treat the geek in your life this Christmas than a T-Shirt that has a built-in WiFi signal strength indicator? For all of you non-technical folks WiFi is a wireless local area network that allows you connect… well, without wires… to the internet. Of course it could just connect you to ... More About: Ideas , Toys , Gift Ideas , Gift , Geek
Site Error: DomainsBot.com
2007-11-30 21:24:00 I was searching for some new domain names today and I got this handy-dandy error from DomainsBot.com. Looks like the ole Microsoft .NET Framework is giving them some problems. BTW - Usually that site is an excellent place to brainstorm and look for domain names. Check it out… maybe later after they’ve fixed the ... More About: Site , Error , Mains
Friday Song Of The Day - Believe It Or Not
2007-11-30 16:46:00 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a super-hero? Well Ralph Hinkley, a school teacher, finds this out in the comedy series Greatest American Hero. The thing I remember most about this series though is the theme song being played while he flies into a crash landing through a wall. Great ... More About: Song , Friday
Software Engineering Tips For Startups
2007-11-30 16:06:00 Alex Iskold over at AdaptiveBlue.com wrote a very good article for any startup companies wanting to get their feet wet in the software market. Very well written and user-friendly guide titled… well it’s the same as I titled this post. Software Engineering Tips For Startups (the real article) More About: Erin
Funny Spam Comment
2007-11-30 15:18:00 I just received a spam comment this morning that I thought was kinda funny so I thought I’d share it. The Good lad and author! I much like site! Thanks much! What!? Anyway, I guess I’m an author and a lad today. lol More About: Funny , Spam , Comment
PC Upgrade Woes
2007-11-26 16:42:00 This web comic is brought to you by xkcd.com and Randall Munroe (A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language).
William Shatner Plays World of Warcraft
2007-11-21 12:53:00 Another great video by Blizzard Entertainment. William Shatner endorses the World of Warcraft game by telling how awesome a Shaman he is. More About: Video , Humor
Mr. T Plays World of Warcraft
More articles from this author:2007-11-21 12:49:00 Check out the latest hilarious video put out by Blizzard Entertainment where Mr. T tells about being a Night Elf Mohawk. What? There’s no mohawk class? Well there should be! More About: Video , Humor , World , Warcraft , Plays 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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