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Tag Archives: geek
I chortled.
I chortled.
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shit programmers say
[Audio: English; Captions: None; Transcript: below] Alright, I LOL’d. If you have any hearing at all, go ahead and listen to this. Transcript below the fold: All you hear is the clackety of keyboards as the view switches from person … Continue reading
absolutely fascinating
[Audio: English; Captions: none] All the times Spock said FASCINATING :). Even a few from Tuvok & Zach Quinn’s Spock 😀 Like 0
don’t drop that!
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the real deal
Source unknown (let me know! I’ll update!) HA! Like 0
google plus
Well, I have added a new google plus feed on the sidebar to the right (near the bottom). As you may or may not know, I am extremely ambivalent about Google Plus, due to it’s so-called “Real (or Wallet) Name” … Continue reading
Posted in news, technical
Tagged geek, google, google plus, online culture
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Rebecca MacKinnon: Let’s take back the Internet!
[Audio: English; Captions: English (+ 4 more languages)] Very interesting talk. NB: I think I have managed to embed this with English subtitles! If I haven’t, or you’d prefer another language (Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Portuguese), you can click thru to … Continue reading
Posted in video
Tagged geek, online culture, TED
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comic con
I have to get my act together next year and go, I think. Especially since it is in my neighborhood, for pete’s sake. I’m hoping to get out and at least see some of the zombie walks, since there’s plenty … Continue reading
late night humor: geek squee!
HOW CUTE IS THIS?!!!! Looks like he’ll be making a print available at some point. AWWW! I don’t usually squee but I squee’d… And how funny is Internet Explorer in the background? I lol’d… Like 0
Posted in humor, visual imagery
Tagged browser wars, geek
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I’m The Computer Man
Yes… a mid-90’s ad for Apple’s Mac… [Audio: music; Captions: none] I have no words. None. 😯 Oh, except for the lyrics, here: Like 0
computer recognition of signs
[Audio: French; Subtitles: English; Languages: French, English, FSL] Some pretty cool work being done here. There are several similar projects underway, but this one’s using a neural network algorithm, which has the potential for recognizing more subtle gestures plus matching … Continue reading
late night humor: crowdsourcing around domain seizures
I love this: Firefox Add-on ‘Undoes’ U.S. Government Domain Seizures The seizure of file-sharing related domain names by the US Government hasn’t been as effective as the entertainment industries had hoped since many of them simply continued their operations under … Continue reading
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Tagged geek, online culture
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anathema
I should explain how I come up with some of these pictures — I’ll go into flickr and search on a key word and then browse the resulting selection for anything interesting. Most of the time the word I search … Continue reading