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- Derek | Geek | Homeownership
Geek Inventory
ByDerekThis weekend I’m focusing on unpacking the various boxes of stuff that should go in my office. Being the family geek means I accumulate quite a collection of computer pieces, cables, and other things to hang on my utility belt. So far I’ve uncovered: 8 Keyboards (1 USB, 5 PS2, and 2 AT) 6 Mice…
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Grape Irony
ByDerekSo, I got this email from Premier Wines/Prime Wines/Prestige Wines begging me to help it keep wine out of supermarkets with what has to be the weakest, most self-serving arguments ever: Don’t let “Big Box Greed” endanger your friends and family. • Wine in 16,000 more outlets means more traffic fatalities • Five times more…
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- Derek | Friday Five | Geek
Friday Five – March 25, 2011
ByDerek#1 – AP Stylebook Finally Changes “e-mail” to “email” [Mashable] The AP Stylebook, the de facto style and usage guide for much of the news media, announced on Friday that the abbreviated term for “electronic mail” is losing a hyphen, and with it, a relic of a simpler time when Internet technology needed to be…
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Recycling is Bullshit
ByDerekGot half an hour? Let Penn and Teller tell you a bit about the real costs of recycling. Thanks, Craig.
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Power back on!
ByDerekThe power came back on in my area of Hamburg (McKinley Mall area) at 7:00pm. Hopefully the same is happening for others as well. Our power went off about 11pm last night. Between the eerie silence, the sound of tree after tree snapping and falling, and the bizzare blue lightning, it was one of the…
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