Geeks’ Corner

Observations on the relative aspects of the floingderp

The International Day of Awesomeness

March7

So I got an invitation on all our truly beloved FaceBook to “The International Day of Awesomness” featuring approxiamately 5321 guests from around the globe. How awesome isin’t that? Anywho. To celebrate this severely cool day, all you need is to strut your stuff as if you were the most awesome thing walking around (I know I am, so I will). ;)

For those with difficulties figuring out their awesomeness, you should check out this periodic table. It’ll definitely rise your awesome-factor! I can’t help but ask… Awesome, isin’t it? Just click on the picture or follow the source below to be able to check out all the sweet details.

Table of Awesomenents

Table of Awesomenents

Source: http://pixelbits.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/tblofawesome.jpg


//The Dudette

You Know who your Daddy is!

November26

There’s cosplay, and there’s this. It’s insane…

Link: iheartchaos.com

//The Dude

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Hyperrealistic

November23

These are sculptures of the human form that are so detailed and realistic that they could pass off as the real thing. More real than real possibly…

Link via webdesignerdepot.com

There’s more…

See also these realistic 3D renderings of people

Noupe.com via FARK


//The Dude

It’s Tubesday!

November17

//The Dude

18 button mouse?

November7

Well WTF? How the heck are you supposed to keep 18 key-short cuts in your head to begin with? Never mind the ergonomic and tactile horror of finding the right button when you do remember it… Egads!

link: TechEBlog

//The Dude

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Fixing Inquisitor in Snow Leopard

October29

Inquisitor is one of my favorite plugins for Safari. But under Snow Leopard, it’s broken. In fact all plugins depending on the InputManager folder are broken now.

But there’s a fix!

Problemo number one:
All plugins must be owned by the root account.

Open terminal, navigate to /library/inputmanagers/.
Execute the following: chown -R root:admin *
That solves that.

Problemo number deuce:
No plugins will be loaded by an app running in 64-bit mode.

Go to your applications folder, select Safari.
Press Cmd+i to get info and activate “Open in 32 bit mode”.
Restart Safari.

And that should fix it.

//The Dude

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8 Bit Trip

August23

8bit

This is by far the sweetest fusion of LEGO, 8-bit and demo scene madness and awesome! Cudos to these crazy swedes for pulling it off :)

//The Dude

Via Spelfeber

Alan Turing may recieve official apology

August18

petition on the 10 Downing Street website calling for an official apology from the Prime Minster for the “prosecution of Alan Turing that led to his untimely death” has already attracted 2,200 signatures.

WWII crypto analyst and computer pioneer Alan Turing was persecuted into commiting suicide by the British government. It’s a real tragedy that a man of such brilliance and who did so much to change the tide of WWII in the favour of the UK was given such shameful treatment after the war – simply because he was gay.

Whereas I feel it is important that the British establishment owns up to it’s dark past, the damage is already done. Something like this should never have happened in a democracy in the first place.

Via The Register


//The Dude

P.S: A rather lame apology has been given by PM Gordon Brown

10 Most Unnecessary Products

August12
Ever wondered why some inventions EVER made it to the consumer market? Or why some of us care to buy them? Check out 10 of the strangest, most useless products no one would ever really need...

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Courtesy of www.oddee.com

//The Dudette

40K TACTICA: Napoleon Knows Best

August11
Whilst surfing around the web, I found something on one of my favorite Warhammer websites that might be of interest for all you Warhammerists out there (God knows it's an interesting read of tactica)! Check this article out before you attempt to claim (or re-claim) your portion of the cake. May Harry the Hammer be with you all, good girls as well as bad boys.

“It is an accepted maxim of war, never do what your enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Great advice, NB. But in 40K, we define objectives before a single model is placed. How do we go about not doing as our enemy wishes, since he knows the objectives just as we do? Understand the Limits of their List First, look to their unit choices. Are they an assault army, a shooting army, all about the Reserves and outmaneuvering? These are answered... Visit Bell of Lost Souls for the full article.

//The Dudette
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