Archive for 'geek' Category

Anti-spammer fined $60K for using ‘whois’

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, January 18, 2008

This is ridiculous: “David Ritz, the veteran American spam-fighter, has been hit by $60,000 in fines plus lawyers fees after losing a civil suit that accused him of illegal hacking.” “The complaint alleged that Ritz “hacked” servers owned by Sierra (which describes itself as a specialist web hosting and internet services firm), obtaining confidential internal [...]

Here Comes Another Bubble

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 31, 2007

[ Edit: Original taken down, link updated. ] Here Comes Another Bubble

Depeche Mode’s ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ by Alex Leopard

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, November 22, 2007

Depeche Mode fan uses Leopard’s voice feature to make a cool tech/music video.

Exploits of a Mom

By Surferbill - Last updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2007

xkcd kicks ass.

Internet People!

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, September 7, 2007

The Meth Minute 39 presents Internet People! – an animated video of memes you may or may not know. Very funny.

Microsoft Surface

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, June 22, 2007

Another video of tech-enabled a coffee table. This time, it’s Microsoft Surface. Or maybe that should be…

Jonathan Coulton – Code Monkey – Lyrics

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, February 22, 2007

This is brilliant! Heard this on Net@Nite. Jonathan Coulton – Code Monkey – Lyrics Code Monkey get up get coffeeCode Monkey go to jobCode Monkey have boring meetingWith boring manager RobRob say Code Monkey very dilligentBut his output stinkHis code not “functional” or “elegant”What do Code Monkey think?Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write [...]