Archive for 'geek' Category
Diggnation Comes To An End
“Diggnation will tape its final weekly episode at the end of 2011, closing out an epic 340 episode run.” Sad times… Good luck to Kevin and Alex with their next ventures! via Revision3 > Blog > Diggnation Retirement.
Windows XP on the ZX Spectrum
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One For The UNIX Geeks
At 23:31:30 GMT on Friday, February 13th 2009, UNIX Epoch time will be 1234567890.
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xkcd rules
I can haz Linux?
I can haz Linux? Originally uploaded by Surferbill. cd /dev; cat > mouseIM IN UR COMPUTR INSTALLIN GENTOO LINUX…^D
Firefox: Open a Search in a New Tab
Revision3‘s Tekzilla has a great daily tip on how to open a search in a new tab in Firefox: open a new tab type about:config in the address bar and press return in the filter bar, enter browser.search.openintab double click the entry in the list to set it to true restart Firefox for it to [...]
Two for the geeks, courtesy of xkcd
Firstly, people playing chess on roller coasters. Something I’d be very interested in trying too. Maybe I need to arrange another meeting of the Rollercoaster Police. Secondly, Randall (creator of xkcd) has also create the bash.org-like Limerick Database. Take a look at the Top 150 for a good (possibly overly geeky) laugh.
Listen to the Techie
Dell says, “Listen to the Techie.”
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
Jonathan Coulton – Still Alive – Lyrics
Jonathan Coulton – Still Alive – Lyrics This was a triumphI’m making a note here: huge successIt’s hard to overstate my satisfactionAperture ScienceWe do what we must because we canFor the good of all of usExcept the ones who are deadBut there’s no sense crying over every mistakeYou just keep on trying till you run [...]