Archive for the 'Nerdy' Category

Shared Post: Ken Jennings Responds to a Question about Final Jeopardy!

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

I always like to read interesting tidbits about the inner workings of my favorite game show. Ed wants to know: I have a question I’d like to ask, if I may. When Alex tells you the category for Final Jeopardy when you make your wager but before the question, are you also able to write [...]

Shared Post: NoteSlate

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

This is perfect for me. It could replace the millions of pieces of scrap paper I have on my desk. And only $100 to boot. Here’s an interesting little gadget: NoteSlate, an monochrome e-ink tablet built for writing. First models are due in June and will retail for $99. Originally found here.

Shared Post: Logical Proofs

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Reminds me of my Logic classes in college. Ah, the days… Originally found here.

Chile Earthquake Infographic

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

I just think this infograpahic of the Chile Earthquake is really cool.  The earthquake was rated an 8.8 on the Moment Magnitude Scale (MMS).  The MMS is the successor to the more commonly known Richter Scale. It’s also worth comparing to the recent Haiti Earthquake, which was rated a 7 on the MMS.  People who [...]

Pirated Vs. Legal DVD Watching Process – An Infographic

Friday, February 19th, 2010

This infographic has a lot of truth to it: Priated Vs. Legal DVDs.

Test Post From My Phone

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

I’m not sure I would ever really do much posting from my phone, but now I know I can.

Climate Change Deniers vs The Consensus – An Infographic

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

I am a sucker for infographics. I also happen to be one of those crazy people who care about the environment. This infographic on climate change deniers vs the consensus is pretty neat.

2009 Oxford New American Dictionary Word Of The Year

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

I always like to look at the “new words” list that Oxford Dictionary puts out each year.  It’s usually somewhat nerdy and well, that’s me. Word of the Year – unfriend Is unfriend Word of the Year material? I dunno, perhaps.  I’ve heard the word used before, it’s a Facebook thing, but I don’t know [...]

How to Take A Screen Shot

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Jackie hey, I have a computer guy question James Asher so naturally you think of me Jackie How do I take a screen shot and save it as a jpeg Yes, I know no others James Asher what kind of computer are you on? windows i assume? Jackie windows James Asher XP? Jackie xp James [...]

Periodic Table Quiz

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I got 26 in about 7 minutes, most within the first 2 or 3 minutes. How many elements of the Periodic Table can you name?

This tagline can kiss my ass.