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stupidface

( Amusing and Geekery )

I was just combing through my spam filter and noticed a certain number of emails, all with a similar theme: my stupid face.
While not particularly effective, it is nonetheless extremely funny.

M(i|u)x Tape

( Random and Music and Geekery )

I ran across this, and found it interesting: Mux Tapes. Create an account, upload up to 12 or so songs, and share it with people. I took a sampling of what has lately been in heavy rotation, and ordered it alphabetically.
Here’s mine, so go forth and enjoy.
And if you create one, let me know […]

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( Amusing and Geekery )

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View the source, I shit you not. Hell, select all of it and copy/paste it. This was done by Román Cortés, clearly a man with too much time […]

The Kool-Aid is a Lie.

( Gaming and Geekery )

Well, I beat Portal in a little over 5 hours, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Looking at my stats, I see there are 14 different achievements, of which I have completed 4. These look to be some fun additional challenges.
As for the NOMMUG meeting, well, I think they should change their name to […]

The Cake is a Lie.

( Gaming and Geekery )

I know I have written about Portal (watch the trailer (again) dammit) before.
Well, I just bought it and am itching to play it, except before I do that I have work here, some side work, and then some web nerd meeting before I start dreaming in portals.
Since I actually have Half-Life 2 (the single-player game), […]

HDR Photography

( Photos and Geekery and Linux/OSX )

I don’t remember where I got the original link, but this picture really got me interested in HDR Photography:

 
Not that I’m a photographer, or have a tripod, or anything really other than a point and shoot camera, but it really intrigued me. That photo, and many others (Flickr HDR pool) show the stunning results achieved […]

Goodnight Moon

( Geekery )

The last lunar eclipse for two years is tonight! Shades of turquoise and red will pour over the moon’s surface as it moves into the Earth’s shadow around 7:43pm.
As NASA reports:
Transiting the shadow’s core takes about an hour. The first hints of red appear around 10 pm EST (7 pm PST), heralding […]

Y2K38

( Amusing and Geekery )

I was reminded of this XKCD comic by a friends blog post the other day.
I won’t go into UNIX Time and bore the crap out of y’all, I just wanted to show you my shirt:

Ahh, 32-bit time. And a fun little fact for those of you who read this via RSS feeds / LiveJournal, the […]

That Damnable Windows Key

( Geekery )

On a related note on my less-than-heralded return to gaming, I rediscovered something that really puts my panties in a bunch: the left-side Windows key.
You know what I’m talking about. You’re in the middle of a map, and your pinky hits it, leaving your character dead in the water until your ALT+TAB fu kicks in […]

Orangelo Rising

( Geekery )

Now, at any given point in my life will I be considered a great gamer, but I’m not half-bad. I have fun, and that’s all that counts.
Lately (since I’ve gotten my new computer), I’ve been hopping back into gaming. I was logging a bunch of hours a while ago when beta-testing for GameFlood, but it […]