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May 26, 2006
Thinkgeek Merch Awesomeness!
Thinkgeek.com is a crazy store just for nerds. Pretty much everything there caters to glasses-wearing people who got beat up in high school. Sometime their merch is kinda lame, but every once in a while, great things pop up there. While browsing their new stuff, I came across some awesomeness. So I thought I’d share:
Yoda Plush Backpack!
Remember in The Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is training and he carries Yoda on his back? I know you do! Here’s an official Yoda Plush Backpack!! I’m seriously thinking of buying this and finishing out my college career in style. Or badly beaten… Now all I need to do is get Frank Oz to follow me around and make grunting noises!
The Solution T-Shirt
I’m not what you would call a “chemist,” but I still think this shirt is pretty awesome. First off, it’s green. Next, it’s got nerd vocabulary on it! I’d get this, but I think I’d probably look like a poser since I hate chemistry.
Evil Genius Lab Coat
There’s just something about labcoats that makes people look smart. And cool! If it were socially acceptable, I’d probably wear a labcoat everywhere I went. But then people would probably be all, “hey, are you a scientist or something? Look at my mole!” And that’s just not what scientists are for.
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May 23, 2006
American Red Cross Hearts Threadless T-Shirts
So I guess the American Red Cross had a contest going with Threadless. There’s three shirts which, when bought, will cause a donation of $5 to the Red Cross. Pretty cool, but none of these shirts are really bitchin’ or anything. The Florence Nightingale is probably the only one I’d buy if it were $10 instead… Have a look anyway, though, it’s for a good cause after all:
St.George VS the Dragon
Florence Nightingale
Plus
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May 22, 2006
To Mac, or Not To Mac…
That’s the question. Yep, I’m well into the Summer break, which means it’s time for me to start on projects that have been postponed due to school and whatnot. I’ve been learning Ruby on Rails, which is a really cool framework for building web applications. Okay, so I bet that last sentence made about 0 sense to many of you…
Anyway, as someone who is developing stuff for the internets, I should probably see how things are rendered in different browsers. Not everyone uses firefox, though they should (even if it eats all of your memory). Since the new Macbooks came out, I’ve sorta wanted to get one, but it seems there’s still some issues. List time!
Pros:
- Runs Mac OSX
- Runs Windows XP
- Runs Ubuntu Linux
- Is fairly cool
Cons:
Now, the Macbook has only been out for like, a week, and all these issues have been brought up? I could probably wait a little bit until they resolve all (or at least most) of these.
I checked the student discount I get from UNM. Normal price is $1100, student price is $1070… Amazon.com has the Macbook for $1100 – $100 and no tax, so I’d probably get it there. I was gonna get a mac mini, but those cost $800 anyway, so I might as well get the laptop, right? Vote in the new poll: Mac? and let me know your opinion.
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May 14, 2006
Firefox – Take Back The Web; Give Us Your RAM!
Seriously, I like Firefox and all, but it’s a total RAMaholic! For your information, I’m browing with one window, five tabs. It’s been on for a while, sure, but 375MB!?
Maybe this is fixed in the new cool 2.0 alpha release… Should I install it?
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May 12, 2006
Yet More Cool Stuff From Japan!
So my brother recently came back from a trip to Japan, and he brought back some stuff for me! Here’s an inventory of the random junk I got:
Dr. Clinic Gum
So the only reason he bought this gum was the weird name. I guess it’ll fix my breath or something. It has a picture of a tooth under an umbrella…
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