From the monthly archives:

September 2007

I Killed the Open Office Market on eBay

September 30, 2007

So I was checking in on eBay to see if any copies of Open Office are still showing up on there after my last post about Open Office on eBay. Well they are. Not only are they but theres a bajillion of them. Mostly going for $4 buyouts and such as everyones seen the light [...]

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Star Wars: LEGO’s Millennium Falcon Unboxed

September 29, 2007

Star Wars: LEGO’s Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual – Gizmodo For only $499 you can get the biggest LEGO set ever made. This thing is crazy! It has 5000 pieces and a 4 POUND manual! If I only had a spare 500 bucks.

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10 Ways the World Could End

September 29, 2007

I just ran across this really cool video of a talk given by Steven Petranek at the TED conference. He describes 10 ways in which humanity could immediately end or become vastly affected. He also describes what we can do to prevent all these things. The talk was given a few years back but it’s [...]

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And the Lifeblood Stops Flowing

September 28, 2007

So my roommate forgot to sign up for internet and I’ll be without it for a little while. I have no idea how I will survive, I was barely cognizant before 1990 anyway. Not having internet for a short while has really made me realize how dependant/addicted I am to it. I wonder if that’s [...]

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Fall Geek TV Lineup

September 26, 2007

Looks like us geeks are starting to get our props from Hollywood. Many geek shows are becoming more and more successful and a lot of new ones are coming out this season. Wired has written up a list of reviews of new geek shows for this season. I’ll probably be checking out at least a [...]

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Dying Professers Last Lecture

September 25, 2007

I just ran across this video of Dr. Randy Pausch’s last lecture. He was dying of cancer and had one last change to give a lecture about what he wanted people to know. It’s really touching and I’d recommend checking it out here’s a short version of the video. A longer version along with the [...]

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Man dies after 3-day gaming binge – CNN.com

September 17, 2007

Man dies after 3-day gaming binge – CNN.com Another guy dies of exhaustion after gaming for too long. Though the cause of death appears to be exhaustion the story doesn’t make it clear whether we can blame gameing addiction for this. I say it’s just as likely that the guy had insomnia and games killed [...]

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Sex Quenches Thirst of Female Beetles

September 17, 2007

Sex Quenches Thirst of Female Beetles – Yahoo News So this is just crazy I’m not even sure I should describe it here but basicly these beetles get really thirsty and have sex so that they can drink the male beatles ejaculate and quench their thirst. (I couldn’t make this stuff up people!) Sometimes I [...]

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