Aliens vs. Predator | Pool Hall

Posted July 2, 2009 – in: Blog, Movies, Nerdiness

Cuter than dogs playing poker? Maybe.

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Volcano Eruption Shot from Space. Awesomeness!

Posted July 2, 2009 – in: Blog, Nerdiness

Nothing else to say. Simply awesome!

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Snakr RSS reader – Lightweight, Pretty, RSS reader

Posted June 11, 2009 – in: Apple, Blog, Linux, Nerdiness, Technology, Windows

While searching I came across Snackr. It allows you to scroll your feeds along the edge of your desktop. It is very unobtrusive and looks very nice.

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In Japan, the bigger the mech the better.

Posted June 10, 2009 – in: Blog, Games, Nerdiness, Pictures, Technology, Viral

Came across this and had to post it. I am no anime superfan and I have no idea what/who this is. All I know is that it is awesome.

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Indicator-6 Nixie clock is handsome, functional, Khruschev-approved

Posted June 4, 2009 – in: Blog, Nerdiness, Technology

Man do I want this clock. $275 seems a little steep but I bet the tubes are difficult to source/produce.

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Steve Wiebe goes for the record (again) – G4tv.com

Posted June 3, 2009 – in: Blog, Games, Movies, Nerdiness, Viral

Steve Wiebe Donkey Kong World Record Attempt!

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Luigi finally snaps

Posted May 29, 2009 – in: Blog, Games, Nerdiness

Funny video with Luigi trying to find his place in Mario’s world.

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April 2009 browser stats: Firefox and Chrome gain – Ars Technica

Posted May 13, 2009 – in: Blog, Nerdiness, Technology, Web

Internet Explorer dropped a significant 0.72 percentage points (from 66.82 percent to 66.10 percent) and Firefox jumped 0.43 percentage points (from 22.05 percent to 22.48 percent). Safari dropped a minor 0.02 percentage points (from 8.23 percent to 8.21 percent). Chrome once again moved further away from Opera: it gained 0.19 percentage points (from 1.23 percent to 1.42 percent) while Opera dropped from 0.70 percent to 0.68 percent.

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