Category Archives: Geek Stuff

science love

So muck geek love coming out of Twitter today that I’m not going to bother to fit it all under 140 characters. First of all, Stephen Fry tweeted: Wheee!My alltime hero Richard Feynman.The legendary BBCCornell Lectures.God bless Bill Gates(never thought … Continue reading

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not mine

Aluminium casing. Intel dual core Core 2 Duo. Backlit keyboard. 4gb RAM. 500gb HD. Only bad thing so far – no firewire port. I must not be jealous. I must not be jealous. I must not be jealous. I must not be jealous. I … Continue reading

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(ass) backwards design

Apparently there is a document circulating the internet that’s a graphic identity manual for the new Pepsi logo – pages and pages of absurd justification of how and why the logo came to be and how it is a landmark … Continue reading

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I didn’t drink the kool-aid

The New York Times online deemed it worthy to have a 2-page article on the 25 Things meme that’s been spreading like the wildfires Down Under, mostly across Facebook. It’s a fairly decent read. Here’s the thing – if you … Continue reading

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ding dong the DRM-witch is dead

I’ve been railing again the iTunes store and sworn off buying music from it because of its DRM locked files that won’t play on anything except iPods. Since last fall I’ve been buying music from Amazon and telling everyone else … Continue reading

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If I had four hundred dollars

I would want spend it on this: The One Laptop Per Child program. You donate $199, you give a child an awesome laptop. For $399 on Amazon, you give away a laptop and you get to keep one for yourself. … Continue reading

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it’s what they don’t show you

So on TV you get this version of the Guitar Hero World Tour Risky Business ad: Which is kinda funny and whatever. And then there’s this ‘director’s cut’ version with Heidi Klum: I hate Brett Ratner. I hate him so … Continue reading

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the t(h)rilling sound of snark

the millionth xkcd strip that I relate to:

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the most important thing

yet another XKCD ‘toon that I can relate to:

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Pork and Beans and innernet’s esteemed

What does it say about me that I recognise almost every internet star in Weezer’s new video? Yes, that I am, indeed, very much, a geek. And all hail Weezer. While Pork And Beans isn’t, say, The Sweater Song (my … Continue reading

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i loled

Remember If Ancient Rome Had The Internet? This is 20 Websites From Before the Internet was Invented My pick would’ve been #2. But #1 is pretty bad.. er.. ass.

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it’s not always about the apple

bro: pa wants an iphone too me: no stock ah bro: so buy 2 units pa said wait until 3g me: also they will make them available in singapore end of this year bro: yeaaa….but US is still gonna be … Continue reading

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monday morning map musement

I make fun of Americans and their geography (in)abilities so often I feel like I should balance it out with bad map skills internationally. So let’s take on the Swiss and their airline’s confused map of their American routes, via … Continue reading

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i waaaaaaaant

Honda Hot Wheels Racer It’s SEXY. Not very practical but that’s not the point now, is it? I also want Mario Kart(IGN.com) for teh Wii. ’nuff said. At first I really wanted a second Les Paul guitar(Amazon) for Guitar Hero … Continue reading

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xkcd again

A comic that references both Mario Kart *and* C&H is auto feature on my blog.

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