Category Archives: Geek Stuff

The Big Nerd Box: Preview

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Another goal for the Thanksgiving holiday was to straighten up my office. Usually this just means picking things up off the floor and cramming them onto shelves, into drawers, or into the closet, but I’ve declared a War on Things … Continue reading →

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The Question Isn’t Where, But Why?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

A while back I commented on how Travis Richey, who played “Inspector Spacetime” on a 20-second spoof of Doctor Who that appeared on Community was looking to extend his “fame” by Kickstarting a web series of the fake show. The … Continue reading →

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As If To Exactly Illustrate My Point From a Couple Days Ago

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

The latest Previews came yesterday, and this little wonder was in it: What you’re looking at there is a reproduction of a “playset” released in 1978. There are some differences between this item and the original. First, this is scaled … Continue reading →

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Assholes Geeks Love #41

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

#41: Ricky Gervais Previously: #22

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Scenes From the Class Struggle in Mos Eisley

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

Yesterday on Twitter, pal “Calamity” Jon Morris asked if the steampunk aesthetic showed “more than a hint of nostalgia for imperialism, class structure and a teentch of racism”. I replied that, “I think an argument can be made that most … Continue reading →

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HEY DAVE HOW HOT IS IT?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

It’s so hot… …I saw a nerd wearing a trenchvest.

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The Ever-Present Browser Woes

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

Ever since I discovered the secret of Chrome’s oddball memory/tab management, I’ve been frustrated by it. To avoid the problem of a single Flickr tab taking up 800MB of memory, I was constantly shuffling tabs around and basically having to … Continue reading →

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Kickstopping

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Kickstarter, in case you aren’t aware, is a “crowdfunding” website, where people can propose a product and ask other folks to fund it. If you decide to “back” a project, you agree to put up some money in return for … Continue reading →

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