I’ve No One To Blame But Myself
So I’m a complete liar and deserve all the scorn accordant with such, but I swear I have a compelling excuse: I was totally going to write a summary of my trip, but then I stupidly clicked on Gamespot’s E3…
Category Technology
Sweet Jumpin’ Jim Jeffords On A Rocket-Powered Pogo Stick!
Looks like I’m going to need to start searching for people to buy my internal organs, as the PS3 has officially been revealed. The purported performance specs are impressive, as are the inclusion of Bluetooth controllers, Gigabit Ethernet, built-in 802.11…
Pegging The Geek-O-Meter
While there are many valid uses for lightsabers, I would be extremely wary of and advise against using them to fend off muggers, slice bagels, trim hedges or light cigarettes.
Opportunities Missed
Dang, had I only listened to my wife and moved to Dallas (and decided to have a baby six months earlier, on Mothers’ Day, at Parkland Hospital), we’d be the proud parents of a bouncing baby TiVo unit and a…
Google Mini Review
As previously promised, I hereby present a mini review of the Google Mini. Installation The Mini came in a box conspicuously plastered with “Google” on every conceivable surface, which caused several engineers’ heads to turn as I lugged the box…
Engineering Humo[u]r
Understanding Engineers – Take One Two engineering students crossing the campus when one said, “Where did you get such a great bike?†The second engineer replied, “Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman…
“Alas, Poor TechTV, I Knew It, Horatio.”
When my wife and I first got DirecTV, I was extremely excited to find that TechTV was one of the channels that found its way onto my subscription package. While not all of the programming was top-flight, many of its…
Triple Wowsers.
Afraid of what George Lucas might do to further sully the good name of the Star Wars universe in Episode III? Looking for a Star Wars movie that captures the true feel of the original three episodes? Looking for some…
Yin And Yang
Good: defending the GPL against spurious legal attacks. Bad: invoking Godwin’s Law in order to do so. Bad, bad P.J.! Poor form!
It’s Like A Surreal Virtual Magnetboard…
I don’t know how better to describe it, although it gets to be a little aggravating when you’re trying to spell something out and people keep sniping the necessary letters…
