Category Archives: Geekitude

Playing “Telephone” with lyrics and translation

CDZA took the lyrics from Fresh Prince of Bel Air and ran them through Google translator to see what happened with the lyrics. I love stuff like this. Tweet

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The way “real programmers” do things…

Because I’ve been in conversations about emacs versus ed versus VI versus VIM vs pico… and have laughed at how everyone had some tweak that they could use to do anything. Regular expressions rule! Tweet

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Wifi calling issue on Note 2

Searching for articles on problems with using T-Mobile’s wifi calling on the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note 2 returns multiple results, including an enlightening good discussion on the XDA forum. The phone doesn’t keep a consistent connection to the wifi … Continue reading

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Killer Karaoke?

It’s like the producers of American Idol and Fear Factor had a love child and produced Killer Karaoke. In this show, singers perform while being scared, shocked, and otherwise put in bodily harm. Yup, not kidding. When I first saw … Continue reading

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Too much temptation…

And I could not resist. I have had a T-Mobile G2 for almost two years now. It’s been a solid little phone with a good keyboard and Android 2.3. For the past few months, I’ve been getting notices from T-Mobile … Continue reading

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Flashback on Windows XP

I keep a NetBook by my bed for those times when I wake up and have a story or article idea. Or, like now, I want to write a blog post before going to sleep. During the day, I use … Continue reading

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Phone wierdness

I have a T-Mobile G2 (HTC Desire Z) for 18 months or so and have been very happy with. It’s my first Android phone (version 2.3.3). My favorite part of the phone is that it has a physical keyboard and … Continue reading

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Cookie!

Found this on io9 this morning. Heh. Can’t stop snickering. I always knew there was a correlation between Sesame Street and Batman. Tweet

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Geekery at work

I work with a bunch of system administrators. For a geek like me, it’s a great opportunity to get to play with the latest technologies and learn from experts. (Okay, so I don’t get to play with the technology. I … Continue reading

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Cats in Space: The Feline Frontier

Cutest Star Trek spoof ever. Tweet

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Chocolate Easter Alien

What if the alien in the movie Alien was actually a chocolate egg… Tweet

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New Guild music video

Awesome new music video from The Guild (Felicia Day) and Knights of Good. “Now I’m the one that’s cool….” Yup, I was one of those geeky kids in school who preferred books over hanging out with other kids. Lyrics: 1ST … Continue reading

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Kanye the Giant

A friend of mine sent me a link to this Key and Peele skit where the DM invites a new player, who proceeds to take over the game. Kanye the Giant is on a quest for bitches. Tweet

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XKCD on gaming

XKCD is a web comic about geek, language, math, and love. And of course, the periodic jab at geek culture like role playing games, science fiction, etc. All fun and done in stick figures. Some times only gamers know exactly … Continue reading

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Tales of a first-time game master

I game mastered my first Warhammer session the other night. Oh man do we have a great group of people. We played for a few hours through an off-the-cuff nonsensical adventure in Ubersreik. It was a ton of fun and … Continue reading

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