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Tag: nerds

  • The moon is in a phase and I guess that I am too

    Last night Graham and Thomas had their final orchestra concert of the year. In anticipation of the event, several months ago I invited my mother to visit us at this time so that she could attend. Graham’s fourth grade orchestra was the first to play and they did a very nice job of showing how much they had improved during the year. After they took their bow, they all started off stage to make room for the fifth grade orchestra. As Graham stood near the edge of the stage waiting for the rest of the kids to move, he chatted and laughed with his nearby friends. I looked away for a second to talk to Tina and then we heard a crash in front of the stage followed by a gasp from the audience. Somebody fell. Tina asked, “Who fell?” Scanning the group near the commotion, I realized Graham was no longer on stage. “It’s Graham!” I told her as she stood and then rushed down the stairs to the stage.

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  • No Heroics

    This upcoming sitcom on British television looks fun:

  • Photo Recursion

    You have to click on the photo to get the full effect:

  • Social bookmarking

    For me, the power of the internet is in its ability to facilitate communication with other people. Thus, I have lately found myself attracted to various “social networking” websites. Most recently I’ve been experimenting with several social bookmarking sites, all of which offer free memberships.

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  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 2472
    Van odometer: 153074
    Weight lost (in pounds): 0
    Aches & pains: left shin (still healing)
    Current reading: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
    Recent listening: News from Lake Wobegon, Fresh Air, Science Friday
    Recent viewing:  Numb3rs, Pardon the Interruption, Mo’ Better Blues, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
    Recent playing: Chain Factor
    Recently accomplished: sold G4, mowed lawn, cleaned cat boxes, resolved various online purchase problems, ordered replacement LCD for Thomas, attempted to fix The Doctor (GPS), recycling, got rid of junk (bed, mower, microwave)
    Imperative To Do: Get rid of junk (couch, vacuum cleaner), buy trailer for van, activate new Tivo, oil change for van, weeds, clean garage, moss, new muxtape, upload pictures

  • 1 minute, 5 seconds

    How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
    Created by OnePlusYou

  • Remix of Radiohead’s “Nude”

    James Houston took seriously the challenge by rock band Radiohead to remix their song “Nude”:

    Houston explains the remix on the YouTube page. More information about the remix challenge is here. Radiohead’s original is also available on YouTube along with loads of other user-created videos.

  • Lolcats

    If you’re a nerd like me, you probably know all about “lolcats” already. If you’re not a nerd (which is more likely), then you either have never heard of lolcats or you have but don’t know what it is. Allow me to explain.

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  • Office Gags for Nerds

    Cartoon Preview

  • The Nerds Are Taking Over at NBC

    NBC announced its new fall schedule. According to CNN:

    Illustrating the difficulties in introducing new comedies, NBC said it will have only one new sitcom next season — and it didn’t even earn a spot on the fall schedule. “The IT Crowd” is about a group of people who work in technical services at a large corporation.

    W00t! At last! 1337 jokes with many pr0n and MILF references! (Click here if you have no idea what I just said.)