Archive for 'Geek'
Is Firefox maxing out your Mac’s CPU? Try this!
I love Firefox. Really, I do. I can’t live without AdBlock Plus or del.icio.us bookmark support, so Safari is a non-starter. But both Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 use up 50-100% of my Mac’s CPU while idle. This kills the battery on my poor little Powerbook G4 laptop, and also makes it [...]
Posted: April 11th, 2007 under Geek, Tech.
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Coolest Wedding Cake Ever
As seen on Flickr:
Posted: April 4th, 2007 under Amusements, Geek.
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R2-D2 Trashcan
Must…have…this…
Posted: February 27th, 2007 under Geek.
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Drunken Jedi Trailer Trash
Alcohol plus testosterone plus lightsabers = disaster. From http://www.studio8.net/TV/JediTrash.html:
This is a short video we helped produce for a good buddy of ours, the budding Hollywood director known as Josh Trank. Now before we get called nerds or homos or Trekkies or whatever slanderings your angry, pea-sized brain can muster, take note of this: This [...]
Posted: February 22nd, 2007 under Amusements, Geek.
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The World’s Geekiest Crossword Puzzle
From Mental Floss magazine:
In order to solve this crossword puzzle, you’ll need to know a bit of Klingon, Elvish, Furbish, Esperanto and a handful of other constructed languages. In fact, all of the solutions are in constructed languages. Thanks to Kevin Kosbab for becoming fluent in each language just to put the puzzle together. And [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2007 under Amusements, Geek.
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32 Reasons Why Geeks are Severely Underpaid
From Tech Salary Negotiations - IT jobs
You’re good at what you do, maybe you’re an ace. So are you being paid what you’re worth? See how many of the 32 Salary Negotiation Rules you’re using.
Why are sales professionals still rewarded with the biggest pay packets? Are sales professionals better qualified or smarter than [...]
Posted: February 14th, 2007 under Geek, Interesting.
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Suspicious packages part of Turner Broadcasting marketing campaign
Oh lordy, Turner’s marketing team is stoopid:
Turner Broadcasting acknowledged late this afternoon that the suspicious packages that ignited fears of bombs across Boston today were magnetic lights that were part of an outdoor marketing campaign for an adult cartoon.
Turner was promoting Adult Swim’s animated television show “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” in Boston and nine [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2007 under Amusements, Geek, Interesting.
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Data BSOD
Posted: January 26th, 2007 under Amusements, Geek.
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My New Toy
I haven’t had a new gadget in quite some time, mostly due to the fact that I’ve sworn them off as evil minions of Satan (and being on hold with gadget company tech support is much like Purgatory). Still - I’ve been secretly pining for a Mac for years, ever since I had a [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2007 under Geek, Personal.
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Tupper’s Self-Referential Formula
This is one of coolest and geekiest things I’ve ever seen. From Mathworld:
J. Tupper concocted the amazing formula
where |_x_| is the floor function and mod(b,m) is the mod function, which, when graphed over 0
Posted: January 19th, 2007 under Amusements, Geek, Interesting.
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