By Frank on April 26, 2010
When it comes to books, the geek in me has always been a sucker for a good series. Yeah, there are always those one-offs that are a treat to read, but when it comes to spending some nights voraciously devouring a new book instead of updating blogs, I like me a good series. The reason [...]
Posted in Internet, Social Geekery | Tagged dresden files, jim butcher |
By Frank on April 22, 2010
Over at Kill Ten Rats, Ravious talks a bit about unsubbing from a blog and what it takes to get people to go away from following various writings on the intenret. I peered intently at this article, and the comments that followed it, not just because the subject was interesting and caught my eye, but [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged blogs, Internet |
By Frank on April 6, 2010
With a blog like mine that’s about geekery, how can I not promote an interesting little project like this one? http://myextralife.com/56geeks/big_poster.php It seems they have just about every kind of geek covered – at least that I can tell!
Posted in Internet, Social Geekery |
By Frank on January 15, 2010
If you keep up with late night TV at all, then by now you’ve heard about the great NBC entertainment messup that starts just after prime-time and lasts until 1. In response to affiliate concerns, NBC has decided to move former Tonight Show host Jay Leno’s new show to the slot currently occupied by old [...]
Posted in Internet, TV and Movies | Tagged facebook, Internet, jay leno, late night, team conan, teamconan, Twitter |
By Frank on January 13, 2010
You know, every so often, a commercial comes out that catches my attention and forces me to stop forwarding through it. Why? Because it’s something different, the kind of innovation that you only typically see during the SUper Bowl when there are tons of watchers. Today, Coca-Cola actually dropped in one such video. It’s cute, [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged coca-cola, coke, happiness machine |
By Frank on December 31, 2009
As 2009 comes to a close, I think that it’s a good time for everyone to kind of look back on what they achieved and reflect on it. The thing is, from both a non-geek and a geek perspective, it’s difficult at times to look positively on some of the things that have happened to [...]
Posted in Computers, Gaming, Internet, Serious Business, Social Geekery | Tagged new year |
By Frank on December 21, 2009
As if doing it with Star Wars characters wasn’t enough, College Humor is back with a few status updates on good ol’ Saint Nick. It’s it great that technology can modernize even an old guy who works one day a year? I know this week is especially stressful so close to the holiday, but hopefully [...]
Posted in Case Of The Mondays Cure, Internet | Tagged case of the mondays, facebook, santa claus |
By Frank on December 18, 2009
Most of the stuff on the world wide web is a bit…well, let’s just it’s just a little bit sketchy sometimes. The internet isn’t quite the first place that you’d look when it comes to trying to find out more about yourself – unless you want to see that the various masks that people place [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged Internet, personality test |
By Frank on November 13, 2009
Ah, forums. Once again we wade right in and introduce a few of the best gems from various internet forums I frequent for the week. Better keep an eye out folks – there’s some real treasures out there to be found if you are looking for real, intelligent, mature discussion. For some of the rest, [...]
Posted in Forum Friday, Internet | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Gaming, Internet |
By Frank on November 2, 2009
Yesterday began a day of furious writing for many inspired authors as NaNoWriMo kicked off yet again. For those not in the know, NaNoWriMo is a mashed-up term for National Novel Writing Month, where folks challenge themselves to write a novella (50,000 words or so) in a month, comprised of original ideas and fiction. I [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged nanowrimo |
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