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The Best Windows Tweaks that Still Work in Windows 7 - windows 7 - Lifehacker

The final version of Windows 7 is being released this week to the general public, and after you get your hands on it the first thing you'll need to know is: Do all my tweaks still work?

windows windows7 tweaks geekery howto todo
october 2009 by ulrichp

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thinking with my fingers: Feign death really works

"After playing World of Warcraft, the 12 year old boy knew how to cope when he was attacked by a moose in the forest." He feigned death. See? Videogames lead to creative solutions, too.

animals games geekery humor news mmorpg
december 2007 by ulrichp

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TASK: Shoot yourself in the foot

How to shoot yourself in the foot in multiple programming languages.

geekery programming interesting humor
october 2007 by ulrichp

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Revenge of the Smart Playlist: 5 tricks for packrats & power users | 43 Folders
geekery howto ipod lifehacks music organization podcast software technology todo useful
august 2007 by ulrichp

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Transforming a Shell Script into an Automator Action

Automator is a powerful technology for building custom workflows. But sometimes you need functionality that the existing actions don't provide—functionality that could be easily accomplished using the shell with a scripting language.

apple automator geekery howto mac osx perl php python ruby software todo interesting
july 2007 by ulrichp

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Kempa.com: Vinyl Data

Adding digital content to music isn't a new thing - in fact, some musicians added Spectrum ZX code to vinyl recordings! Jawdroppingly weird. Includes some versions ready for emulation.

art computers emulation games geekery hardware history humor interesting music nostalgia programming software technology trivia video videogames todo howto
june 2007 by ulrichp

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LOLTrek « Live Granades

What would lolcats show if they had a TV channel? Star Trek. Duh. "We Has Tribbles, and Also Troubles."

animals geekery humor internet scifi television
may 2007 by ulrichp

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The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire's Worst Engineer

"can u put a knob on my breather apperatis so i can turn down the volume when im in the library or sneakin up on maintenence droids? why did u put a speaker on this thing in the first place lol"

engineering humor writing scifi geekery
april 2007 by ulrichp

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Eric's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea: steampunk star wars
art scifi geekery interesting
march 2007 by ulrichp

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ASCII by Jason Scott: Freedom, Justice and a Disturbingly Gaping Ass

It's like a love story: company makes layout and links to image, MySpacers adopt layout en masse, man discovers linked image is eating his bandwidth... so he goatse's them. Brilliant!

geekery humor internet
january 2007 by ulrichp

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Nerdy Shirts :: The Most Awesome Shirts in the World (Funny T-shirts, Funny shirts, Vintage Shirts, Vintage T-Shirts)
geekery shopping wishlist clothing
november 2006 by ulrichp

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Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence

Some awesome humor from the Atheists of Silicon Valley.

humor religion geekery education philosophy interesting math science writing
october 2006 by ulrichp

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Yay Hooray! » Console Emulation Station
emulation videogames nes nostalgia genesis firefox javascript mac todo project interesting geekery
september 2006 by ulrichp

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Hands-On: Opera Browser for Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite Test Report [Screenshots & Videos]

How to set up the Wifi for the Nintendo DS Browser - apparently the only part of the interface that's not self-explanatory. (Man, I can't wait for it to get here!)

ds internet geekery howto useful todo
august 2006 by ulrichp

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todbot blog » Blog Archive » Arduino breadboard shield: $10 & 10 mins

How to make an Arduino Prototyping Board for pennies.

hardware diy geekery development
july 2006 by ulrichp

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Convert a $3 pen into a $200 pen - Lifehacker

$12 Mont Blanc refill + $3 Pilot G2 Pro = imitation $200 Mont Blanc pen. Voila!

howto writing lifehacks geekery todo
july 2006 by ulrichp

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Rhyme Torrents: The Nerdcore Hip-Hop Compilation CD Project
hiphop humor music geekery
july 2006 by ulrichp

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ClassicGaming.com - GOTW: Keith Courage in Alpha Zones

Interesting coverage of the TurboGrafx-16's pack-in game. Complete with downloadable ROM!

nostalgia videogames geekery
february 2006 by ulrichp

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Sony's eBook Reader gets a price on SonyStyle store - Engadget

Between $300 and $400. Not cheap, but I know I'll get one ... eventually.

geekery gadgets wishlist
february 2006 by ulrichp

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reveal - Mystery Watches

An analog watch that reveals only the current time by means of a smoky glass thing that fades the past and future times. Pretty freakin' sweet.

clothing geekery art wishlist
february 2006 by ulrichp

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How-To: Build a practical HTPC - Engadget

For under $1000, mind you.

interesting gadgets computers geekery project
january 2006 by ulrichp

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MegaMan 3: Mechanical Maniacs

All about Rockman Strategy - a licensed game released only in China, apparently.

m3 geekery videogames
january 2006 by ulrichp

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50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod (kottke.org)
apple electronics geekery hacks ipod interesting useful tools music
january 2006 by ulrichp

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nintendope: more tomfoolery from doctor poppycock

The Minus World is a fairly well-known Super Mario Brothers 1 glitch - but do you want a technical-ese explanation of _why_? This is the link for you.

videogames geekery development
december 2005 by ulrichp

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How do I synthesize speech like in old video games? | Ask MetaFilter

Wizard shot the food! What do I need to synthesize a voice similar to that in the videogame "Gauntlet?"

videogames interesting geekery
december 2005 by ulrichp

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O RLY?

Home of the original "O RLY?" owl and all its derivatives.

humor geekery internet
december 2005 by ulrichp

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4 color rebellion » NESCover - NES-ified Hit Songs

Woo! Famous songs covered by a synth made from an NES. Hot stuff.

videogames music geekery
november 2005 by ulrichp

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What Makes A Winning Game?

Another Firetop Mountain strategy discussion - more general, this time.

games geekery email
november 2005 by ulrichp

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Tactics 102: PPws

FM tactics for invisibility. Man, I'm such a freakin' nerd. Tactics discussion for a PBEM game.

games geekery email
november 2005 by ulrichp

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Firetop Mountain Rules - Spells

List of available spells for Firetop Mountain PBEM

games geekery useful
november 2005 by ulrichp

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Laptop Logic: Build Your Own Computer

Describes a step-by-step building a laptop using one of MSI's whitebooks (whitebox notebooks). More expensive, yes. More interesting, yes.

portables project geekery wishlist
november 2005 by ulrichp

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Pumpkin PC

Look at this. [They've] made a pumpkin into a computer.

hardware food geekery humor interesting
november 2005 by ulrichp

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qwantz.com - poster child mario question blocks!

How to make your own totally sweet SMB Question Blocks and hang them from things.

art games videogames howto geekery interesting humor
november 2005 by ulrichp

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Nintendo box type speaker

It's a babelfish translation, but the moral of the story is: POW-block and questionmark-block speakers, modeled after Super Mario Brothers' stuff. I want!

wishlist music geekery videogames
november 2005 by ulrichp

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Phoneswarm 2005.

Every week, a random payphone is targeted and people call it. It's like a flash mob without the flash mob ever showing up, even though flash mobs aren't cool anymore.

todo geekery interesting
november 2005 by ulrichp

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Howstuffworks "How the Death Star Works"

Be sure not to miss the bit on what would happen if you blow up a planet.

movies science scifi space technology geekery interesting
november 2005 by ulrichp

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RETROBRICK - the home of vintage and rare mobile phones

The world's oldest cellphones - literally - for sale.

mobile geekery interesting wishlist
october 2005 by ulrichp

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70s Sci-Fi Watch, Graphic Art of Time

Mmmm. Daddy want. Even if it is $94 before the likely-exorbitant shipping fees.

interesting geekery art clothing wishlist
october 2005 by ulrichp

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java.net: Building a Better Brain, Part 1: The Protocol
java project work interesting geekery development
october 2005 by ulrichp

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ZeStuff :: Presale :: This Is How I Roll

Preorder now, to ensure they actually make/ship these!

clothing games geekery humor videogames wishlist
october 2005 by ulrichp

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IndieGameDev :: "Twisty Little Passages" Now in Paperback

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. You can finally buy Twisty Little Passages for less money.

books geekery games videogames wishlist
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Flash / Feuer Frei!

roflcopter.

flash music humor geekery
october 2005 by ulrichp

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thristian: geekfindshobby

Java MIDlet port of robotfindskitten

robotfindskitten games videogames mobile java geekery
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Special: Geek to Live - Lifehacker

Power Texting Tips. I can't say I haven't done a few of these, but with a TON of texts per month and no chance of ever using them all, I like to take advice where I can.

mobile geekery howto blogging interesting
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Resident Evil S.T.A.R.S. Track Jacket 2XL @ Hottopic.com

On payday, this is so bought.

wishlist clothing videogames geekery
october 2005 by ulrichp

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The Farm: The Tucows Developers' Hangout :: [Databases / Funny] Dial "M" for MAXINT

It's hard to describe this story, but if you're a programmer, it'll be kind of funny. Deals with phone numbers, MAXINT, and database storage. Oh, and Google.

google humor geekery development
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Mac Geekery - Core Data as a Cheap Database

Holy crap. I had NO idea Core Data was this easy to use! Now I am going to have to look into it for some of the things I am working on. Excellent.

cocoa geekery tiger mac project development
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Nintendo Cartridge Type Pocket Calculator (random) Compare Prices

A fully functional calculator contained inside a replica classic Famicom (NES) cartridge, from either Super Mario Bros., Ledged of Zelda or Ice Climber.

geekery interesting wishlist
october 2005 by ulrichp

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LED Pimp Bed
electronics gadgets geekery hacks humor howto interesting project internet technology
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Leon's Random Generators

Random lyrics, random band names, AND random chord progressions? Can you say random album? Of course you can.

humor geekery internet tools
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Get A Google Poem: by Leevi Lehto

Pick a pattern, search for a term, get a poem, laugh. Repeat until sore.

writing google geekery literature humor
october 2005 by ulrichp

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D&D's anti-MMORPG ad

"If you're going to sit in your basement pretending to be an elf, you should at least have some friends over to help. Dungeons and Dragons: Get together. Roll some Dice. Have Fun."

humor ads games geekery
september 2005 by ulrichp

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Info From Us » Blog Archive » Record your life…

From your brain, to a handheld, to a computer, to a transcription program. Sweet. Too bad it's just one guy's schoolwork and not a product at all.

geekery technology gadgets wishlist
september 2005 by ulrichp

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