Archive for the ‘Geek Life’ Category
Geek life isn’t quite as impressive as thug life, but we have cooler toys and fatter pipes. These articles address various aspects of being geeky, from cool websites we like to thoughts on social networking.
MTAMO – My Tweets Are My Own
Posted on November 21, 2011 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
This is just a quickie note to let you know about a new site I’ve published, called My Tweets Are My Own, or MTAMO.
Hate Facebook Games? Turn Off the API
Posted on August 29, 2010 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
I spend a lot of time talking complaining about Facebook, and warning people about Facebook’s less-than-ethical privacy changes over the past year. While turning off the API altogether probably isn’t for everyone, it is possible.
Share Your NES Haiku, Enter to Win an NES Controller iPhone 3G/3GS Ski
Posted on July 24, 2010 by snipe in Featured, Freebies, Geek Life
Sad you don’t have an iPhone4 yet? Don’t feel bad – write an NES-themed haiku, and you might win a super-cool NES iPhone 3G/3GS skin.
Review of the 17-inch BookBook
Posted on June 28, 2010 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
I posted about the gorgeous BookBook laptop case for the 15″ Macbook Pro back in January on TehAwesome.Net, and have been impatiently waiting for a 17″ model. They’re finally available (first come, first serve!), and I received mine today.
Death in the Digital Age
Posted on December 31, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Life Tools, Web Development
Because it’s New Years Eve, and I’m kind of a morbid asshole, I thought I’d harsh your alcohol-induced buzz with some grim reality by asking the question: What happens to your online content when die?
The Perfect Geek Cocktail
Posted on December 22, 2009 by snipe in Geek Life
With the holiday season upon us, I thought it might be fun to highlight two posts that were simply made for each other that can add some spark to your geeky holiday plans.
Twitter Gets Down to Business
Posted on December 15, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
Twitter has taken the first steps of what will no doubt be a long journey towards providing more native support for businesses using their micro-blogging platform by introducing the new (beta) Contributors feature.
Awesome Gift Guide for the Geeks in Your Life
Posted on October 24, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
If you’re a non-geek, trying to shop for the geeks in your life can be daunting, but we’re here to help! While there are different kinds of geeks, we assure you that buying any of this stuff as gifts for your favorite geek will definitely give you a charisma point bonus and earn you some [...]
Twitter launches groups in BETA for some users
Posted on October 18, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Life Tools
In what seemed out-of-left field, when I logged onto the Twitter website early this morning, I was greeted with a notification of new list functionality being introduced in beta.
The Geek Pumpkin Roundup
Posted on October 11, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
Think you’re a rock-star with mushy, vaguely head-shaped vegetables and a knife? Think again – these pumpkin carvings will blow your mind. (I was going to call this post “The Great Cutter Roundup”, but I was afraid it would draw a bunch of emo gloom-cookies.
If Chuck Norris Had Designed Linux…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Humor
What started as an off-handed comment on Twitter quickly turned into a meme that had tons of people involved. It all started with “If Chuck Norris designed Linux…”. Hours of hilarity (and a good bit of tweet stream flooding) soon ensued.
