Flight Of The Conchords – Frodo, Don’t Wear The Ring! (Video)
From Flight Of The Conchords, Season 1 Episode 11. Enjoy!
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Wal-Mart Ends Test of Linux in Stores
A few months ago, Wal-Mart started selling $199 Everex “Green PCs” in about 600 of their stores through the U.S. Unfortunately, it seems that the project was a total failure and that the interest of running penguin-powered systems among Wal-Mart customers was just not there. Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft […]
Study shows gamers get a thrill out of dying
By Mark O’Neill Not being a gamer, I wouldn’t know myself. But according to Wired, a new study just out has shown that gamers get distressed at shooting their opponents dead but they get very happy when they get killed themselves. According to the piece : Ravajas (the study author) isn’t entirely sure why gamers […]
On the verge of creating synthetic life
“Can we create new life out of our digital universe?” asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the TED2008 audience through his latest research into “fourth-generation fuels” — biologically created fuels with CO2 as their feedstock. His talk covers the details of creating brand-new chromosomes using digital technology, the […]
Want to play God? Hold the Milky Way in the palm of your hand
I don’t usually fall for useless desktop accessories, but when I saw this 3D Living World model of the Milky Way, my brain started trying to convince me that I couldn’t live without one. Each 12 X 12 cm glass cube is created using real space data collected from Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory and holds […]
When Dad wants to be your Facebook friend
By Mark O’Neill It seems that American teenagers these days are terrified of logging onto Facebook and finding one thing. Nope, it’s not finding out that they’ve been slaughtered by a ten year old at Scrabulous but instead finding out that that Dad has sent them a friend request! Oh shock! Horror! How will you […]
Geek Support : Using your Blackberry as a voice dictation machine
By Mark O’Neill Serge Nicaudie asks : I have a Blackberry and one thing I would love is the ability to speak into it and it would write an email for me. Like a dictation machine. I also want to use it for quick notes to remind myself about stuff. Can you see if there […]
Submit your questions to Geek Squad management
By Mark O’Neill Tomorrow, I will hopefully receive a callback from Geek Squad management in the UK about the possibility of an interview for GAS to address some of the negative comments that my last story received and about some of the negative issues about Geek Squad in general. Assuming that an interview is granted, […]
A Bad Day at the Office
Everyone has them from time to time, and if we keep our frustrations inside for too long, the following video shows what can happen. Enjoy! ¨
The best geek hotels in the world
By Mark O’Neill I don’t like to go on holiday much these days for a variety of reasons, one of them being that if I am offline for more than a hour I break out in a cold sweat. So an article on the best geek hotels in the world caught my eye because they […]