Archive for the 'Geek Life' Category

Geeky Posters

Friday, June 6th, 2008

GeekHere are some nice posters for the geek in your life. My favorite is the world map with each country’s top-level domains.

Link: http://royal.pingdom.com/…
(via The Presurfer)

An External Hard Drive Enclosure For Geeks

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Hard DriveNow this is -my- type of hard drive enclosure. It’s called a “stage rack.”

Link: http://www.engadget.com/…

Meditation For Geeks

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

GeekLearning to meditate is just a matter of using the right language.

Link: http://joyoftech.com/…
(via digg)

Geek Quotes

Friday, July 13th, 2007

GeekSeveral of these are really good. My favorite is: “The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty: it’s twice as big as it needs to be.”

Link: http://www.boardofwisdom.com/…
(via Neatorama)

Advertisements For Geeks

Monday, April 9th, 2007

GeekSome advertisers are targeting their intended audience by creating ads that only qualified people can understand. My favorite is the one that requires you to know the first 10-digit prime number in consecutive digits of e.

Link: http://texturl.net/…
(via Neatorama)

Delete-Key Eraser

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

EraserHere at Chad’s News we don’t write with pencils anymore, but if we did, this would be the eraser we’d use. It’s a good gift for the computer geek.

Link: http://store.artlebedev.com/…
(via Neatorama)

Rubber Band Gatling Gun

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Rubber Band Gun

This is a wooden machine gun that shoots 144 rubber bands from 12 rotating barrels. A finely-crafted work of engineering, and a definite must-have for the true geek. Apparently they’re quite popular, as they’ve sold out despite the $395 price tag.

http://www.backyardartillery.com/…
(via Neatorama)

For The Internet Geek

Monday, September 4th, 2006

InternetHere are some nice tools for the web site developer or networking geek. The first is a comprehensive color chart with the corresponding HTML color codes (beats my method of guessing until I get something close to what I want). Second, are some quick-reference header diagrams for the various internet protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, and ICMP). Both of these links are courtesy of digg.