Category Archives: Geek

It’s the end of E3 as we know it and I feel fine

Posted on July 14, 2007 by Dan

The show was very good this year. Quieter, calmer, a hell of a lot less crowded (last year I had to take a weekend job at GameStop just to get in), and so much quality software on display! Happy to … Continue reading →

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New Palette-Swap Ninja track posted

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Dan

Yay. After, like, five months of procrastinating, I finally finished my parts on the second Palette-Swap Ninja track, “Three Red Lights.” (Jude did his stuff back in April!) The guitars, quite frankly, scared me, and the bass is low in … Continue reading →

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JJ Abrams’ new movie

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Dan

I haven’t seen Transformers but there’s apparently a very cryptic trailer advertising a new unnamed movie, produced by JJ Abrams, and it’s rockin’ geeks’ socks off. The movie is unnamed, the cast is a bunch of barely-knowns, and the full … Continue reading →

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A real American hero

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Dan

Say the word “genius” and there are only three people who immediately come to mind as worthy of the title. Two are British and dead: Douglas Adams and John Lennon. (One of my favorite Lennon quotes: “When I was 12, … Continue reading →

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Foldin’, foldin’, foldin’…keep them wagons foldin’

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Dan

I hate folding laundry, but I love folding proteins. For a while now I’ve been taking part in the Folding@Home project that Stanford runs. It’s similar to the SETI@Home distributed computing project, but it has a more immediately practical application. … Continue reading →

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Geeks vs. nerds: I was right!

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Dan

Kimzey recently asked me the difference between a geek and a nerd. I answered with the same phrase I coined years ago: “Geeks are self-aware nerds.” I have always reasoned that nerds aren’t aware that they are social lepers; geeks … Continue reading →

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Jessica Rabbit…gone?!

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Dan

My…appreciation (which is the kindest possible word I can find for it) for Jessica Rabbit is well known by my inner circle. (I’m a sucker for redheads…and teh b00bs.) But, in researching some vacation options, I just found out that … Continue reading →

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Today’s evidence against celebrities

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Dan

We’ll always have Paris (I’m afraid, anyway), so take a break and read this LA Times article. It notes that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak did not call in any favors; he’s standing in line to buy an iPhone like the … Continue reading →

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Buy my old laptop

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Dan

Seriously, it’s nice. I’m super happy — kind of overjoyed, actually — with the new D630, and I was thinking of holding onto this one as a machine around the house…but c’mon. I have enough stuff, and I certainly have … Continue reading →

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Laptop love

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Dan

Cool, something else went right! After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I finally ordered a new laptop from Dell a few weeks ago; it was the brand-new D630 model and it looked like it was going to take a … Continue reading →

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