Geeky

Ninja Stallman to sword-fight MPAA-RIAA

I usually try to keep it down at work, but the latest xkcd had me literally LOLing. Look at Stallman’s beard! Hilarious. And DVD Jon gets an honorable mention. Oh, how I love this comic.

NY girls talk to Patrick Moberg

I thought I would do my part to help this guy out. Good luck, buddy.

Wootable Awards at CES

I rarely post twice in one day, but this is too perfect to not send out on a Friday. The guys over at Woot give some good deals on stuff every now and then, but they’re pretty funny too! Check out the Wootable Awards for CES 2007. For all the work I’m sure some engineer puts into a…

On Leaders vs. Followers in business

I had to answer a few questions in my grad class on a very good article. The article is from the May-June 1990 issue of The Futurist, and is titled ‘The Importance of Followership’. Basically, it lays out the importance of cultivating an organization of employees…

Controlling Virus Outbreak — a real world example

If you have been working in iT for a few years and have not come across a virus outbreak, then you have probably spent most of the time surfing the Internet or not been good enough to notice what was going on! In the organization I have worked…

13 new episodes of Futurama in 2008

‘Good news, everyone!’ Futurama is back. And no, this is not a look into the WhatIf machine.

The original cast members of Futurama are returning to make 13 new episodes of Futurama, scheduled to air on Comedy Central for 2008. Katey Sagal…

Tech Geek Pranks

I once had a co-worker that kept getting severe signal degradation a few days after he would have a cable comapny rep out to see what the deal was. Rep would leave, the signal would be great, then turn to trash by the next day. Turns out that every house around him was tapping into his coax cable…

Getting started in IT (or anything else)

For some reasom, I’ve heard a lot of people talking lately about how they want to get into IT (either Information Systems or Computer Science), and some of them have been asking where to begin. Some want to start their own comapnies, some just want to get a…