+10 nerd points to wondra for posting xkcd comics on his blog, causing me to waste over an hour chuckling at nerdtastic jokes.
Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category
Small Talk… It’s so awkward
Posted 28 Apr 2007 — by nick
Category Blogs, Fun, Technology
Category Blogs, Fun, Technology
Global Internet NOC Page
Posted 20 Apr 2007 — by nick
Category Blogs, Fun, Technology
Category Blogs, Fun, Technology
Incase you notice your internets are down or slow you can check the Global Internet Status Page complete with a blog:
Skittles Commercial
Posted 12 Apr 2007 — by nick
Category Fun, Technology, Videos
Category Fun, Technology, Videos
I saw this commercial tonight and it caught me off guard – pretty sure I laughed through the entire next commercial slot.
enjoy!
New Product From Google :)
Posted 02 Apr 2007 — by nick
Category Fun, News, Technology
Category Fun, News, Technology
Just in case you didn’t catch this on Google today: they are offering a free broadband service in your home now. All you need to do is contact them to receive a free kit – complete with a wireless router, spool of Fiber Optic Cable and Installation CD. They are calling it TiSP. Here is a sample from the FAQs:
Is this offering a tiered service? How does Google’s position on Net Neutrality effect TiSP?
Although we understand that there’s a lot of crap on the web, we also believe strongly in providing equal opportunity access to all our users. While we won’t limit your surfing choices, we do offer three levels of TiSP service:
Trickle The #2 Royal Flush Download speed (max)
8 Mbps
(10X basic DSL)16 Mbps
(20X basic DSL)32 Mbps
(40X basic DSL)Upload speed (max)
2 Mbps
4 Mbps
8 Mbps
Price
Free
$9.95/mo.
$24.95/mo.
Actual speeds will vary, depending on network traffic and sewer line conditions. Users with low-flow toilets may simultaneously experience a saving-the-environment glow and slower-data-speed blues.
Apparently installation is simple. You attach a weight to the end of the fiber and flush it down your Toilet, letting the spool roll out. Then you connect the other end of the fiber to your TiSP wireless router and one of their Plumbing Hardware Dispatchers (PHDs) hooks up your fiber to an Internet access node.
Ah… happy April 1st.
VW: Ze German Engineering
Posted 28 Mar 2007 — by nick
Category Fun, Technology, Volkswagen
Category Fun, Technology, Volkswagen
Well I did it. After 8 months of searching, pondering and saving I bought a car. I had long since decided to buy a Volkswagen for their reliability and attention to detail – as one sales guy told me “there is a high correlation between engineers and Volkswagens.”
About a month ago I visited my dealer to talk to Brooks, my third sales guy – I didn’t really get along with the previous two. I had long ago decided I wanted a black, two door, manual rabbit which was suprisingly hard to find. Brooks was pretty accomodating, he didn’t have what I wanted on the lot and instead of trying to get me to buy something else or change my preferences on color, etc he began searching other dealers to make a trade for my car. About a week later he called me and said he found one.
She was leaving the line in Wolfsburg, Germany and would be in the USA on the March 22 and ready for me to check out shortly after that. A couple weeks past. On Monday, Brooks called me and said she arrived and was being unwrapped – she would be ready for pick up at 4:00. So exciting! I met up with Brooks at the dealer around 4:00 after work and we looked over the car, went through the necessary paper work, haggled over add-on packages, APR, etc. and at 6:15 I drove my new rabbit off the lot with just 12 miles on it. 🙂
I’m taking suggestions for names, keep in mind she is a girl (of course).
More Free Caffeine
Free Iced Coffee from Dunkin Donuts Wednesday March 21, 2007. (Press Release)
Well last week’s free Starbucks helped get me through the week – with the official change of seasons this week and free iced coffee from DD, I’d say getting through this week won’t be so tough either.
Just for fun: calculate your daily caffeine intake. See if you beat me I’m between 580 and 725mg / day. “OK. THAT’S ENOUGH”
Playing in the Sand
I’m being really productive this morning 🙂
It all started when I was reading JK’s recent post and then jumped over to his flickr sets – this dude has shot some pretty cool pictures. Once there I noticed a picture of a time I had almost all together forgotten.
A group of us from i-life were headed to Mexico to build homes for families in need about 3 years ago. One morning on our journey down we stopped off at White Sands National Park – I think simply to be kids again. The picture is of Ben Chase, Matt Dobsch, and Me (from left to right). We are jumping off the edge of a sand dune. Funtimes.
mmmm… Coffee
Just a quick post for all my fellow caffeine junkies out there:
Many thanks to the NCSA branch of Coffee Club for bring this to my attention.
"Close your eyes, Open your heart"
At some point I’m gonna need to sit down and write thoughts on a lot of the films I’ve watched recently, well the good ones at least:
This week I watched The Science of Sleep with a couple of friends. It takes a lot these days to really draw me into a story, to allow me to turn off my brain – this film did it. The story is painfully true to how awkward life can feel, at least my life. In an uncanny way it captures the feeling of being trapped by growing up. The movie has an almost music-video-ish feel to it, especially during the dream sequences. If you’ve not seen this film you should.
News from Lake Wobegon
Posted 16 Feb 2007 — by nick
Category Fun, Podcasts, Poetry, Technology
Category Fun, Podcasts, Poetry, Technology
Many thanks to Beno for bringing this to my attention: The great story teller Garrison Keillor finally available on iTunes. Listening to GK serves as a reminder of his mastery of comedy and story. Check out A Prairie Home Companion – the APM radio show he anchors and source of the podcast. The segment on iTunes is “News From Lake Wobegon” – a standard segment of each APHC installment.
Occasionally I listen to The Writers Almanac by GK, another production of American Public Media. It highlights a poem each day and gives history on literary figures.
“That’s the news from Lake Wobegon where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.”
