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Adam Savage Is a Geeky God
At the end of July, the H.O.P.E. (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference was held in New York. One of the featured speakers was Adam Savage, co-host of the Mythbusters. Savage talked about his geeky passion for creating and learning, and described (among other things) his personal recreation of a dodo skeleton. He also took questions from the audience.
Continue reading...Frotz for the iPhone and iPod Touch!
18. August 2008
It wasn't too long ago that I noticed a nerdcore rapper tackling the subject of text based adventure games. Now it seems that the popular software (popular amongst us text based adventure game enthusiasts that is) Frotz has been ported to an Apple App!
Continue reading...Zombie Playground - the fantastic work of Jason Chan
14. August 2008
I love, LOVE this work of art by Jason Chan. (link to full sized image on his site) Oddly, I found it in a link on his website called The Junk Drawer. I recently stumbled on Jason's website be freak internet search accident and I'm glad I did. He's done a number of comics, illustrations for a few games and many independent works and his work is wonderful.
Continue reading...Netflix shipping problems
14. August 2008
Just a heads up that Netflix is having some issues with their shipping system, which "shut down unexpectedly". Here's the official word:
Continue reading...You Know You Are A Geek If…
13. August 2008
You Know You Are A Geek If…. You are actually afraid of Chuck Norris, and have a respectful fear of Christopher Walken. J00 c4n und3r574nd wh47 7h15 54y5. Your fingers are permanently in the WASD formation. Read on for more!
Continue reading...Deep Political Analysis of The X-Files: I Want to Believe
12. August 2008
If your geekery crosses into politics, check out Reason Magazine's Modern Day Frankensteins: the Return of Muldur and Scully.
Continue reading...Fringe: A Prequel to a Prequel
11. August 2008
At 8:00 PM on September 9, Fox will air the series premier of Fringe, the new TV show from JJ Abrams (the creator of Felicity, Alias, and Lost, as well as Mission Impossible III and the upcoming Star Trek movie). The show follows an FBI agent, a gifted high-school dropout, and his mad scientist father as they attempt to unravel the mysterious "Pattern" - a series of strange occurrences around the globe.
Continue reading...Do you prefer the original Star Wars trilogy or the Special Edition? Use this video as a guide.
11. August 2008
I remember when Star Wars first hit the silver screen. Actually, it's one of my earliest film memories. I also went to see the Special Edition digitally retouched, Han shoots last editions in the theater. Each has something to give, I think. The original trilogy is forever cemented in my brain as THE movies of my youth. The special edition looks shinier.
Continue reading...MC Frontalot just earned six billion nerd points for rapping about Zork
11. August 2008
I generally don't think all that much about Zork or other text adventure games on a regular basis unless something comes along to remind me about them. This usually happens about once a year. This time, my reminder comes via MC Frontalot - a nerdcore rapper who's compiled a wonderful tome of text adventure lingo into "It's Pitch Dark". Words that brought horror to many a Zork player. With the opening words (and chorus) "You are likely to be eaten by a grue" I was sucked into a style of music I'm not generally partial to.
Continue reading...China’s CCTV building’s new skin is on. Here are my shots of it from a few months ago.
7. August 2008
I was in Beijing a few months ago and got to snap a few pics of the building as they were still putting the windows in. My friend Chen, who lives in Beijing told me that they refer to this building as "the Giant Pants", which got a chuckle out of me. It really is quite big though, when driving below it.
Continue reading...Dice Bag - the iPod touch/iPhone app for the tabletop gamer
5. August 2008
Here's my new favorite app - available free through the app store. Dice Bag! It's nice, simple, sharp looking and a lot of fun to show off to other gamers.
Continue reading...Knights Templar sue Vatican for 100 Billion dollars in damage. 100 BILLION.
4. August 2008
The Register is reporting that the Knights Templar, in one of their modern forms, The Association of the Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ (TASOTC) is using the Spanish legal system to demand, in light of new documents, that the vatican take back all that nasty stuff they said about them. Oh, and return their assets, currently worth about $100,000,000,000 dollars. Give or take.
Continue reading...6 reasons why PC gaming is better than Console gaming is better than PC gaming
4. August 2008
Until some sort of convergence happens, where computers become small enough that a good gaming rig can be had in a small, quiet, cool little box there will always be a war between consoles and PCs when it comes to gaming.
Continue reading...Anonymous has release two new videos. Guy Fawkes mask sellers rejoice.
4. August 2008
Anyonymous, the psuedo-organization that is being used as a tool to fight Scientology, has released a few new videos to YouTube. How are things going for Anonymous? How much progress have they made, and what changes have come about in the six months or so that they've been in existence?
Continue reading...Amazing tribute video to John Carpenter’s The Thing - made with GI Joe action figures
2. August 2008
Yeah, at first that sounds pretty cheesy. Once you start watching though you’ll see just how fantastic a job the folks at Zombie Zombie did with the direction, score and action figures. This isn’t something you and your little brother made over a few hours on a boring Sunday. This rocks. Combining zombies, action figures and [...]
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19. August 2008
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