Category Archives: Geekdom

Neat Google Search Feature

So I was tooling around with Google today, and noticed a neat feature in their search. If you type the name of a celebrity or well known person followed by eye color, the first result is indeed their eye color. This can also be done with other attributes like height, weight, ethnicity, hair color. I [...]

Trying out KDE 4.2RC1

Since I started my new job last October, I’ve been using Linux almost exclusively on my laptop. I still boot to Vista every now and then, but mostly just to make sure it’s still working.  My distro of choice is Kubuntu. I’ve got Intrepid Ibex 64-bit on my HP DV9543CL. My only real issues are [...]

I want the Asus Eee Keyboard

I’m always looking for ways to integrate a computer into my living space, but not have it look out of place. The Asus Eee Keyboard is pretty good camouflage, it looks like it’s only a keyboard, but it’s really a full fledge computer (well, except for a optical drive). It connects wirelessly to your HDTV. [...]

Groovy New Power Strips

I saw these today on my wanderings around the internets. We definitely need new ideas when it comes to power outlets and power strips. Everything has a different sized plug or wall wart. Toxel.com » Modern Electrical Outlets and Power Strips:

New Tab Screen for Firefox?

I found this today while perusing through my feed reader. Aza’s got some interesting ideas on what should happen when you open a new tab in Firefox. His ideas are pretty well thought out, like place a search bar in the empty tab window, including results from your awesome bar, contextual actions (did you just [...]

Welcome to my world.

This is the first official post on my blog. Yeah, I signed up a while ago and never used it. I wanted to compare how WordPress stacked up against some of the other blog platforms. So, now I’m going to use it, temporarily here at wordpress.com, and eventually it will have a permanent home on [...]