Archive for the ‘Nerd Alert’ Category
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Colby Natale has made the shocking -- SHOCKING -- discovery that I host websites, specifically The Hammond Report.
He's absolutely right. I do. And sometimes I help them get up and running. And sometimes I help people out with technical issues.
I also host Parkway Rest Stop, KC Council ...
Posted in Blogosphere, Montana, Navel-gazing, Nerd Alert, Wacky Left | 18 Comments »
Friday, April 4th, 2008
So, not too much blogging tonight.
Posted in Nerd Alert | 9 Comments »
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
You hit page 644 in a book, and immediately think: -rw-r--r--.
Sorry, It just struck me.
[UPDATE]: Yup, just hit -rwxr-xr-x.
Posted in Humor, Nerd Alert | 24 Comments »
Friday, December 1st, 2006
Wow! Why didn't you guys tell me that this site looks like ass in IE?
Unfortunately, we're just going to have to deal with it until the Griz' season is over. Which is, at most, (and hopefully), 3 more weeks.
Posted in Navel-gazing, Nerd Alert | 5 Comments »
Friday, November 10th, 2006
Here's some more stuff from You Tube. Very interesting way of looking at data, and seeing the patterns that emerge.
Posted in J. Random User, Nerd Alert | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Firefox's "Aging Tabs" plugin, quite simply, kicks ass.
Posted in Nerd Alert | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
I get a kick out of those commercials for some reason.
But these parodies really crack me up.
I particularly like the ones where Linux shows up.
Good stuff.
Disclaimer: The word "Linux" is in my job title.
Posted in Humor, Nerd Alert | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
If you get these, you may be a nerd:
There are only 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary, and those who don't.
[. . .]
If only you and dead people can read hex, how many people can read hex?
Answer below the fold.
Posted in Humor, Nerd Alert | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
I'm talking about Wikimapia. It's like Wikipedia but with Google maps.
There's some funny stuff on there, like Helena's "Poop Smell Generator."
Go give it a look. Hopefully you won't lose your whole morning like someone else we know.
Posted in Nerd Alert | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
Sho 'Nuff.
I just wasted 20 minutes playing PONG.
I think PONG is older than me.
Not quite? Well, almost, dammit.
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
Yellowstone Public Radio is having a Net Neutrality Call-In tomorrow night (8/23) at 6:30 p.m.
Ken Siebert is moderating the discussion, and it should prove to be a lively discussion. If you're out of the listening area, you can listen online at the link above.
Here in Helena, you can catch ...
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
A while back, we talked about multiple appearances of the double helix
Today, we find yet another great example of micro to macro.
Makes you wonder, huh?
Posted in Faith, Nerd Alert | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
It's been a while since I've given a good old-fashioned Nerd Alert, so we're way past due.
If you're like me, and I hope you're not, you have loads and loads and loads of software on your PC. Everytime you install something new, you worry that something old will break.
Or, ...
Posted in Nerd Alert | 5 Comments »
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
And after watching this, it's going to be a long 3 months . . .
(H/T: Sean.)
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Seeing /.'s new layout just seems . . . wrong.
<geezer>I have a 4-digit UID.</geezer>
I held off getting a UID for quite a while, just because I couldn't see the point of it, but now I wish I could have gotten a 3-digit one.
Oh well.
Still, not seeing those godawful tables just ...
Posted in Nerd Alert | 3 Comments »
