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Gamespot talks about NES 20th

History Techy

I just found this, even though its way old. Current Mood: 😴tired

Here’s an excerpt from the list of countries in the 2008 Scripting Games, arranged by average score. I love that someone (or multiple someones) are playing on behalf of Hyrule. One guy I saw for Hyrule has the username “The Unl337 One”. I just thought, “Rock on, my geeky friend.”…

OMG! Microsoft uses l33t speak!

Techy

OMFG! I just saw this microsoft advertisement and just about pooed in my pants. I can’t believe that Microsoft would be using l33t speak, but I can’t figure out what else “1337 In-Car Voice Technology” would be. Props, Microsoft. Current Mood: 🙂surprised

US Navy tests “Big Gun”

Entertainment History Techy

The US Navy is using what they call a rail gun, which uses electromagnetic energy rather than chemical explosives. Sci-Fi enthusiasts will recognize the technology as being similar to that used on Battlestar Galactica and futuristic video games, such as Quake. read more | digg story

Great Viral Marketing from Intel

Entertainment Techy

Intel did a great job with this recent advertising campaign. They created some music videos on their site that really have viral potential. Check out these videos at ITgetsEasier.com [Editor’s Note: This is another long abandoned domain hidden behind ancient flash technology. From what I can gather, this was an…

More Phone Fun…

Techy

So I’m browsing through the live telephone directory in my telephone when I notice an entry for “Conference Room C.” WTF. There hasn’t been a Conference Room C in the hospital for years. My boss tells me to call it and see if I get a disconnect signal. I call…

Crazy Nintendo Support Call: Smack Wiimote to Fix It

Entertainment Techy

Nintendo Help Desk: “Okay – I want you to take the remote, button side down and smack it into the palm of your hand two or three times.” Russ: “You’ve got to be kidding” Nintendo Help Desk: “No sir, do it hard enough that I can hear it across the…

Linux is the future.

Opinions Techy

I’ve heard rumors that Northern is now starting to distribute Ubuntu Linux on the Thinkpads. THIS. IS. AWESOME. I’ve been using Ubuntu for almost a month now. I can easily do 95% of everything that I want/need to do. In addition, Ubuntu is never second guessing me like Vista was,…

High speed and redundacy finally reach the UP.

History Techy

In partnership with Peninsula Fiber Network LLC and Borderland Communications, Merit was able to connect the three public universities and the rest of the U.P. network to Merit’s backbone network via fiber and leased circuits with diverse path gigabit connections. Merit is the University’s internet service provider. They just recently…

Techy Science

Entertainment Techy

I’m thinking of having a set of papers published; Theories of Computivity. It would paraphrase Newton like this, “Every click needs an equal and/or opposite re-click.” Current Mood: dorky