Tag Archives: geekdom
Agree to Agree?
(Inspired by my brother’s innocent question, “How do you get Windows and Mac to read the same files on a USB hard drive?” …and the tears of frustration and disappointment that followed shortly thereafter. And yes, there’s also a T-shirt … Continue reading
Once, when I was small and pixels were big
I had some free time on Friday, so I busted out Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest for a couple of hours, and ended up beating it just after midnight. It was so nostalgic watching that dull, uninspired, pixelated ending again. I … Continue reading
Science Cookies!
Today is Cookie Day with the family. No, really. I’m doing Scottish shortbread; my sister’s doing sweet potato sandies (she’s such a show-off). Naturally, my thoughts have turned to how I, a simple wannabe baker, can use my Googled recipes … Continue reading
The Geek Alphabet
Geeks Are Sexy has posted The Geek Alphabet. My favorite letter would be K, of course, because letters E, M, P, W, and most certainly Z (Zork!) are impossible without it. If I have any beefs with the alphabet, it … Continue reading
Really Weird Game Controllers
It just so happened I was watching the Angry Video Game Nerd’s rant regarding the Atari 5200 when I spotted this blog entry in my feed reader this afternoon. There are some really, really weird video game accessories out there. … Continue reading
Regarding Awkward Poses Performed in Skin-Tight Pants…
This gem is from page 3 (towards the bottom) of a thread over at the TrekBBS forum: I swear I only found this by happenstance, and not because I routinely hang out on Star Trek boards where the members post … Continue reading
Steve Ballmer Signs MacBook
The above is what happened to one student’s MacBook during Steve Ballmer’s recent Trevacca Nazarene University visit. It should be noted that the MacBook wasn’t entirely Apple: …the machine was running Windows—we’ve yet to find out what would happen if … Continue reading
Windows 7 Sins
Windows 7 has been getting a lot of positive press lately—and this site aims to make sure the sour is appreciated as well as the sweet. While I’m not an out-and-out Windows hater, I can relate to point 4: Microsoft … Continue reading
Super Cheater!
If I’d known as a kid the cheat code to unlock the shortcut linked above (which is not actually from the game, but still a way-cool vector job nonetheless), I would have been so pimp. Does anyone remember being small … Continue reading
My New Favorite GTK Engine: Candido
Simplicity is beauty: I first discovered the Candido theme engine when I stumbled upon the excellent (and quite elusive) Carbon theme included with Linux Mint 7. Sorry, no link provided, as there’s not even an author name in the gtkrc … Continue reading
