I'm writing a short press release piece on SSDs (Solid State Drives). I seem to remember this as an idea that has been floating around for the last year or so, but don't know much more than that. Apparently it is now THE hot thing in the next revolution of drive performance and capacitySo, to my geeky tech and engineer friends out there: what are ( Read more... )

The best part of these is that there's a sing-over soundtrack!

Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Translation

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White Wedding: Literal Translation

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With Arms Wide Open: Literal Translation

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There's also more on YouTube. Haha.

So... Sulu got married, Harold became Sulu, and Kumar works in the White House. What kind of crazy world do we live in?! And yet, some things never change: The Man is still keeping the little guy down... in SPACE ( Read more... )

When you see this, post a quote from Red Dwarf in your journal:

"So let me get this straight. You want to fly on a magic carpet to see the King of the Potato People and plead with him for your freedom, and you're telling me you're completely sane?"

"Mr. Flibble's very cross. You shouldn't have ran away from him. What are we going to do with them, Mr ( Read more... )

Before today, your life was not complete without Nerd Metal:


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This evening,  I found out that my friend's cousin, Tami, a 44-year-old mother of two, has been diagnosed with a bone marrow disorder often called "pre-" leukemia. The treatment requires a stem cell transplant for her best chances at overcoming this deadly and debilitating disease. But it's not the cost of the transfer that might cost Tami her life ( Read more... )

New website called Listable allows you to post public lists of things you like/dislike/need to write down in a linear order.

See my Extra-Fun Words list:

http://www.listable.org/show/extra-fun-words

And now, random quote:

"There is no God!"
"Then who's the one touching me when I cry at night?"

Signs by Craig:


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Watchmen was… not a disaster.

Bear in mind, I loved the dystopic, chaotic, anarchistic, angry, four-toned panels of the original comic, so my opinion about a shiny, flashy, high-res, and slow-mo studded movie is bound to be reserved. I didn’t want to walk into another Wanted experience, so I deliberately set my standards low, low, low for the ( Read more... )

Tonight, I was watching clips of Jackman's performance as host of this year's Oscars.

What.

The.

Fuck?