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.
No, No – Let Me Google That For You
Posted on November 24, 2008 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Humor
Have you ever had someone ask you the answer to a question, and in order to find the answer, you did a simple Google search? That leaves you wondering why the aforementioned asker couldn’t Google it their damned selves…. (I have to confess here, sometimes I like being the fastest on the Google draw – [...]
Using Twitter for Business?
Posted on August 28, 2008 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Tips & Tricks
Two interesting articles have come out recently, discussing tips and techniques for people interested in using Twitter as a business or marketing tool. As I work for an advertising agency that specializes in leveraging new technologies (such as Facebook applications) to market towards a younger, more tech-savvy audience, this is something I was particularly interested [...]
What Exactly is the Point of Twitter?
Posted on July 3, 2008 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Tips & Tricks
Since this question has come up at least three times in the last week, I figured it might save time down the road to jot down my take on Twitter, just so its in one place and I don’t have to try to dig up what I’d previously written about it.
My favorite blogging tools
Posted on June 19, 2008 by in Featured, Geek Life
With all the social networks out there, how do you maximize your posting while minimizing your effort? As a member of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, Last.Fm, and a dozen other large social networks, it can be hard to prioritize when and where you post. LiveJournal is my personal blog platform, but reposting to LiveJournal and [...]
Stupid Monsters Someone Was Paid to Make
Posted on November 20, 2007 by snipe in Geek Life, Humor
If you were ever a D&D geek (like I was), you’l totally appreciate this article from headinjurytheater.com. I was *pissing* myself. I can so clearly remember bringing home the monster manuals and immsersing myself as if it were a fresh bag of crack. (Imagine the movie a Christmas Story, when Ralphie was in the bathroom, [...]
Geek Haiku
Posted on July 20, 2007 by snipe in Geek Life, Humor
Haiku is a mode of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku,the opening verse of a linked verse form, haikai no renga. The traditional hokku consisted of a pattern of approximately 5, 7, 5 on. The Japanese word on, meaning “sound”, corresponds to a mora, a phonetic unit [...]
Artists’ Eyes Rove Over Images
Posted on March 21, 2007 by snipe in Geek Life, Web Development
Following up on a fascinating eye-tracking study that showed that men’s gaze fixates on any visible crotches (male, female, human or animal) in photos, another eye-tracking study explores the differences between how artists and non-artists see the world.
Upside-Down-Ternet
Posted on March 20, 2007 by snipe in Geek Life, Humor
After a neighbor started stealing Pete’s wifi bandwidth, he decided to have a little fun. To give you some idea of the mayhem he caused, he: Sent all website traffic to the kittenwar website Flipped all of the images and text on the websites the neighbor was visiting, so that they were upside down and [...]
Firefox extensions I can’t live without
Posted on January 15, 2007 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life, Life Tools, Tips & Tricks, Web Development
The full list of Firefox extensions that I consider absolutely mandatory. All of these work with FF 2, and many work with older versions. All but one or two have also been updated to work with FF 3. (List last updated Aug 26, 2008.)
Technical Emergency
Posted on June 23, 2006 by snipe in Geek Life, Humor
So a girl I work with just came running into my office, trying desperately to be discreet but clearly panicked. She was asking where to find an image on the hard drive that hasn’t been saved specifically, but that was emailed using Outlook. I offered to help her find it, and she quietly said something [...]
