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That Time Of Year

Eseell — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:29:45 +0000

Yeah, it’s a week late, but I wasn’t even going to post the song this year until I found this version. It’s twice as awesome because this video is also performed in American Sign Language. Warning: This video is NSFW (language only) in two languages simultaneously! I’m not even remotely fluent, but I have had to give presentations in ASL (with much coaching) and this just kicks over my giggle box.

You knew this was coming

Eseell — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:01:58 +0000

Mid-week Brain Craving

Eseell — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:16:15 +0000

A co-worker introduced me to this band a couple of months ago. Considering their gimmick, Zombie Surf Camp is incredibly good.

StarCraft 2 bloggage will return this weekend.

Quote of the Day

Eseell — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:45:19 +0000

. . . [N]o-one of any sense has ever bet against the scorn and resourcefulness of young men.

Jerry “Tycho” Holkins, A Cyclical Argument With A Literal Strawman

Holkins was writing about Ubisoft’s ridiculous new digital rights management scheme, but this principle is just as valid when applied to prohibition of any kind.

Pocketses 2

Eseell — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:04:54 +0000

Continuing the meme started by Marko, here were the contents of my pockets and belt when I came home this evening:

From top to bottom and left to right:

Smith and Wesson 1911PD, “Gunsite”, .45ACP
Spare Wilson Combat 47D Magazine
Key chain, with Utilikey, flints, and spare lighter fluid
Casio digital/analog watch
Leatherman Charge TTi
Surefire E2L Outdoorsman
Black Crackle Zippo lighter
Lamy Safari Charcoal with fine nib
Mantis Knives “Classier Act” pocketknife
DIFRWear RFID-blocking wallet
Work phone: Motorola Q
Personal phone: Nokia E71x
64GB iPod Touch

You can see that I have added a bit since I did this last year. Two things from last year are missing; my Mantis Knives Necessikey was confiscated by TSA on my way to some convention last year and I upgraded my personal cell phone. I bought the Lamy pen partly on Marko’s recommendation with the hope that if I spent a few dollars on a pen and made it my dedicated “carry pen” that it might not go missing like all my cheap disposable pens. So far, so good, as I’ve been carrying it for about a month and it is still handy whenever I need a writing instrument. I bought the iPod mainly because it’s a better music player than my Kindle (for airplanes), and I find that I use it all the time so I consider it money well-spent. The Zippo I purchased mainly because I wanted one. No compelling reason, really.

Hey, Listen!

Eseell — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:42:52 +0000

It’s time for more nerdy music videos. Linoge reminded me of Friday’s xkcd which in turn reminded me of this depressing song about Laika by Jonathan Coulton, who will be playing Scottsdale in a couple of weeks. I’m tempted to go and see him perform, but I’d have to set foot in Scottsdale to do that. I’ll probably just wait until PAX this year. Because flying to Seattle is less painful than driving across the Valley.

Remote Cat Feeder

Eseell — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:53:59 +0000

Do you wish you could feed your cats from across the world? Well, check this out:

This guy built a pet-feeding device out of a cool machine and an old Cisco switch. The details of how he did it are here. (Via Jeremy)

Quotes of the Day

Eseell — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:33:12 +0000

“KHAAAAAAAAAAN” – James Kirk, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

“The Eagle has landed.” – Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11

“I don’t care, I’m still free, you can’t take the sky from me” – Theme from Firefly

“Yes, it’s true. This man has no dick.” – Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters

What do all these quotes have in common? None of them are on GeekDad’s list of 100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know.

Not Safe For Work

Eseell — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:10:30 +0000

Since I consider this blog to be mostly SFW, there’s a fair warning in the post title.

Anyhow, this post over at The Pervocracy reminded me of this little ditty by MC Frontalot:

Of course, lots of things remind me of nerdy songs.

They played us for suckers!

Eseell — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:21:43 +0000

Cephalopods know more than they’re letting on. (via Tam and Breda)