Posts Tagged Papa Geek
Geek Blog – Yeah, I Like WoW
This song has been making the inter-meme rounds lately and I found a WoW-related one that is pretty darn decent.
-SnowytheGeek [via GAS]
Geek Blog – Halloween Fun
It seems we have a little bit of a Mario fetish at our house. Decals on the walls and shower curtains. Some of this has bled over into our Halloween fever. The GeekWife is an awesome tailor and always comes through with the best costumes for us (Halloween or not). This year is no different. More pics after the jump, including one of the little geek as a 900 year-old green guru.
Geek Blog – Science, Music and Metaphysics
Take a moment and think about the Universe. I’ll let these videos speak for themselves.
A Glorious Dawn, featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking
We Are All Connected featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Bill Nye, Neil degrasse Tyson
Big thanks to youtube user melodysheep. More info (including MP3 format and lyrics can be found at The Symphony of Science.
-SnowytheGeek [via YouTube]
Geek Blog – Things Your Kids May Never Know
The GeekDad authors at Wired have posted an interesting article relating to older technologies that we may be familiar with now as adults, but our children will never get exposure from. Some items were humorous, others, a little frightening. I’ve picked my favorite 10, but encourage you to read the article.
17) That there was a time before ‘reality TV.’ (I can’t believe there was such a thing!)
30) Blowing the dust out of a NES cartridge in the hopes that it’ll load this time. (I’m guilty of this)
33) Having to delete something to make room on your hard drive.
37) Finding out information from an encyclopedia. (You can find information in books??)
38) Using a road atlas to get from A to B.
62) Getting lost. With GPS coming to more and more phones, your location is only a click away.
75) LEGO just being square blocks of various sizes, with the odd wheel, window or door.
81) Han shoots first. (I can’t stress this one enough)
82) “Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.” But they’ve already seen episode III, so it’s no big surprise. (*sigh*)
86) Finding books in a card catalog at the library. (You mean that place where we go to get free wifi?)
Bonus:
100) When a ‘geek’ and a ‘nerd’ were one and the same. (I’m actually kind of glad this one changed)
-SnowytheGeek via [Wired]
**EDIT: Fixed Hyperlink (thanks Drew!)**
Trailer Tuesday: Clone Wars, Tron, Alice in Wonderland
New trailers that caught my eye last weekend:
Alice in Wonderland: Tim Burton’s dark re-imagining, although backed by Disney is still quite like an acid trip. Johnny Depp gleefully plays the mad hatter, with Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and Helena Carter as the Red Queen. Other stars cast include: Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Stephen Fry, Crispin Glover and Christopher Lee. This is one of the Geek Wife’s favorite shows – I hope she loves it! In theaters March 5, 2010.
Geek Blog – 100 Essential Skills for Geeks
Geekdad, over at Wired (a man after my own heart – not in a vampiric way) posted a collection of essential skills to have in your set if you want to keep your Geek Card. Among them are my favorites:
3. Leech Wifi from your neighbors
4. Screw with Wifi leechers
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7. Wire your home with Ethernet cable (one the projects at the top of my list)
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18. Troubleshoot any computer/gadget problem over the phone (bonus points if it’s for family)
19. Use any piece of technology intuitively, without instruction or prior knowledge
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62. Know the Konami code, and where to use it.
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82. Know all the names of the Dwarves in The Hobbit
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84. Know where your towel is and why it is important.
85. Re-enact the parrot sketch.
… And my favorite of all off this list:
90. Be able to explain why it’s important that Han shot first.
Thanks, GeekDad!
-SnowytheGeek