According to The Japan Times, a Japanese publisher, Biblos, is offering a geek exam that if passed, would certify you as an official Geek, or “Otaku”. They’ve set up a website for the exam: http://www.otaken.jp/ From the Article: “The computer-scored test, which will be in a multiple-choice format, will be conducted by mail so anyone [...]
The chart on this page is a handy reference for those of us who can’t keep our browser/CSS compatibilities straight. The chart is also interactive allowing you to click on the CSS property to find out more details about that property and sample code. Clicking on a browser on the page gives ya a compatibility [...]
I don’t know why I haven’t heard of these fellas before, and by fellas I mean monks. That’s right, monks. Selling printer toner and ink…cheap. I’m running low on ink and I think I might give these guys a try next time.Here’s some of their backstory from Lasermonks.com: “All I wanted was a little bit [...]
Like most computer geeks I likes me a cool rig…but this is a little crazy: It seems this guy had a “few” fans sitting around the shop and decided to build a new case. There’s 70 fans in this bad boy, and get this, they all work. It’s not just for looks baby. It’s functional [...]
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For all you World of Warcraft (WOW) fans, you have got to watch this video. LMAO! Video (16Megs WMV) – Right click & choose “save as”
Wow talk about dedication! Some of these folks *really* believe in their OS. I kinda feel sorry for the guy with “Amiga” tattooed on the back of his head. Some of the other tats are pretty cool. View the Gallery
CNews has an article on being careful when you buy recordable DVDs. You may be paying for a Memorex DVDr, but you may not be getting a Memorex disc. “Imagine a DVD of the latest Star Wars movie shows up at a flea market – new in a full retail package. The movie hasn’t even [...]
Read the Article here It looks like Yahoo is introducing their own digital music store. And it looks like they are taking a little from Apple and a little from Napster. “For a fee of $4.99 USD per month paid annually, or $6.99 USD monthly, customers can stream or download an unlimited number of songs [...]
Straight from the Google Labs: How to navigate Google without a mouse. “Google Keyboard Shortcuts allows you to explore search results quickly and easily without taking your hands off of the keyboard to use the mouse.” Be aware though: Requirements —————– Internet Explorer 5+, Netscape 6, or Mozilla Javascript enabled Cookies enabled (optional) For Macintosh, [...]
You know the old saying: “an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters could, in an infinite amount of time, type all the works of Shakespeare”? Well, it seems the folks at 100monkeys.org are truing to prove that theory…only instead on monkeys, they’re using computers… From their “About us” page: “Inspired by [...]