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Nerd, Geek, or Dork?

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Although their math is a bit off…

Tri-Lamb Material
52 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 52% Dork
For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.

You scored better than half in Nerd and Dork, earning you the coveted title of: Tri-Lamb Material.

The classic, “80’s” nerd, you are what most people think of when they think “nerd,” largely due to 80’s movies like Revenge of the Nerds and TV shows like Head of the Class. You’re exceptionally bright and smart, and partly because of that have never quite fit in with your peers or social groups. Perhaps you’ve realized, or will someday, that it is possible to retain all of the things that you like about being brilliant and still make peace with the social cliques around you. Or maybe you won’t–it’s really not necessary. As the brothers of Lambda Lambda Lambda discovered, you’re fine just the way you are and can take pride in that. I mean, who wants to be like Ogre, right!?

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 99% on nerdiness
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You scored higher than 99% on geekosity
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You scored higher than 99% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test

Things I thought I’d never see..

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

DNA Hack - The Website for Amateur Genetic Engineering

I could have sworn I saw something like this in Wired’s “Artifacts from the Future” section about ten years ago…

Enterprise Square USA

Monday, August 28th, 2006

In a discussion about “The worst tourist attraction you’ve ever been to”, a couple of Oklahoma City places came up.

Everyone agreed that The Omniplex rocked (and still does).

However, a few of us remembered some sort of economics-related place somewhere in OKC. After much Googling, I found it - Enterprise Square USA was located on the campus of OCU in Edmond.

“One of the most darkly appealing aspects of Enterprise Square was that it was slowly falling apart. It was built in 1982 for $15 million, and little appears to had been done to upgrade it. Color schemes and display designs dated from the tail-end of the disco era; the internal power systems were less reliable; a cheerful skeleton crew kept the place running.”

Tom Tomorrow called it “a rundown homage to the glories of capitalism which, perversely, has almost nothing for sale in its gift shop”.

I don’t think I could have described it better myself. In the mid-to-late 80s it seemed cool when I was in junior high, but looking back now (and seeing pictures) it appears incredibly lame… but cool in an incredibly lame capitalistic way.

Enterprise Square USA finally closed down for good in 2002.

I don’t think Marketing thought this one through…

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

The OSIM iGallop (watch the video)

Now available at Brookstone for only SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS!

It’s like someone was trying to redesign the Sybian, failed, and decided to make an exercise machine out of it…

However, the OSIM iDesire full-body massage chair looks like a great way to relax after a hard day at work.

Mahna Mahna

Monday, August 21st, 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahna_Mahna

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mahna_Mahna_%28song%29

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevYBsShxNs

New from Amazon UK

Monday, August 21st, 2006

The KittenTenna!

Some bad news…

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Unfortunately, the TSA will not touch your monkey.

Boy am I glad I have a sane wife at home

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Because some women are just batshit crazy and think way too highly of themselves nowdays.

The girl sure gets around…

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Stock photos ahoy!

roxio.com:

digium.com:

blackbox.com:

Windows Vista Beta2 out today..

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

When I saw the Windows Vista Home Page, this is the first thing I thought of..


Update: I never thought that an OS could bring a 64-bit system with 2G of RAM and 256M of video memory to a crawl.

This looks like Microsoft hired people from the Enlightenment team to design their user interface but fed them a hefty dose of LSD first.

Edit: Here’s my system specs, if you’re wondering:
- Asus A8N motherboard with AMD Athlon64 3200+
- 2G Kingston PC3200 RAM (4×512M)
- nVidia GeForce 6200 AGP video card (256M onboard)
- Hitachi 80G SATA hard drive, Lite-On DVD burner/CDRW
- PC Power & Cooling power supply, good steel case, etc