Jonathan Franzone Here is a neato gift idea for the music geek in your life. The Stylophone Retro Pocket Synth is a miniature stylus operated synthesizer invented in 1967 and used by such iconic musicians as David Bowie, Kraftwerk and Erasure. It features a metal keyboard played by touching it with a stylus. That’s right, over four …
Why not give the give of Batman this season. What geek wouldn’t love to his/her hands on The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) I took my wife to see this in the theaters (yeah, ain’t I romantical) and it was absolutely off the charts awesome! This is definitely one of the the …
Most geeks in this world love Star Wars. So what better gift could you give than a 4-port USB hub that looks like the lovable droid, R2-D2? Features Official Star Wars R2-D2 4-Port USB Hub 4 USB 2.0 ports ports along the base of his chassis Chirps, squeals and beeps when you plug a new …
For the World of Warcraft geek in your life why not give the gift of wrath this season. And by wrath I’m talking about the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack Of course if they are a serious WoW player then chances are pretty slim that they do not already own …
Well, it’s the first of December and so starts the season of shopping! And if you are going to do some shopping for that special geek in your life here are some ideas to get you on the right track. ThinkGeek, brings you the Personal Soundtrack Shirt. Ever wish your life had theme music? Well, …
Today is my official last day at a job, so I thought I’d post a song about moving on. This song is about couples breaking up, and more specifically about the split-up of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, so it doesn’t really apply. But I like the song so here it is. Go Your Own …
This is Kelly Valleau playing We Will Rock You by Queen on an acoustic guitar. I thought it was a cool little video for a Friday.
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xkcd is a hilarious web comic that I follow. The funny thing is that it’s drawn in stick figures. Of course that doesn’t matter because the humor is awesome and this story is one of epic proportions, I thought I’d re-post to give him a little extra press (not that he needs it).
I’ve been a software engineer for over 10 years now and I’ll be the first to tell you that I can’t just pull any code snippet out of my… umm… brain. And there’s nothing wrong with that! The important thing is to be a good software engineer, a good problem solver; the rest is just …