cyber-paranoia
so it's always a debate for me how much to reveal in these postings. why? a) internet stalkers, b) my life isn't that exciting, c) i think my mom reads this (hi mom!). so we'll leave it at this. yesterday...
January 17, 2003 @ 9:40 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
tengwar
i have once again proved my lifetime membership in the sacred order of nerdity: yesterday i identified the etymology of tengwar (elvish to you non-nerds out there...i just keep getting lamer and lamer) and today i identified a quote from...
January 28, 2003 @ 9:31 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
lotr!
so last night we watched lotr: the two towers at our apartment. a bootleg of course. it was pretty decent...lots of artifacting and funky sound, but still all the hotness you can handle....or can you? oh, there was also a...
January 29, 2003 @ 9:31 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
speshul
today is my special day! well, one of them anyway. today is the 21st anniversary of the day i came to america. i celebrated with japanese pan noodles from noodles & company and "the recruit." mmm...colin farrell. oh yes. the...
February 4, 2003 @ 9:26 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
oh god, i'm lame
i can't help but notice that i've mentioned the lord of the rings at least one in my last four posts. you might ask yourself, is lord of the rings all that this kid watches? and the answer would be...yes....
February 6, 2003 @ 9:24 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
if it's not one thing...
so board games at kate's was super fun. i kicked ass at scattergories and then eric kicked ass at trivial pursuit. going home was overwhelmingly wonderful and i didn't want to come back. for my mini-welcome home dinner my mom...
February 11, 2003 @ 9:23 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
new slogans
yay! eric just showed me how to fix my html so i don't have to save the long way. hooray! meghan, eric, jon & i went to see 'old school' tonight. it was fucking amazing (just for you eric, just...
February 27, 2003 @ 9:17 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
and then there was one
'identity' was, indeed scary, but between mike and my theories, we pretty much had the movie figured out by the halfway mark. tonight we're going to see 'x2' and i am SO EXCITED!!!! everyone says how awesome it is, and...
May 3, 2003 @ 12:13 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i'm a nerd.
right now it's midnight. where am i? that's right! WORK. i have just finished making 6 mark overlays for our promo commercials. oh boy. further proof of my nerdity (besides making up words like 'nerdity'): i'm tired today...er, tonight. know...
May 15, 2003 @ 12:09 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
wha?
kate and i like to call ourselves nerds. but really, we're not. i mean, she's closer to real nerddom than i since she actually knows a computer language and some other mathematical stuff that i tossed down the memory hole...
June 24, 2003 @ 8:40 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
yay!
today at work all i've been doing is html, and it's been the best day ever!! perhaps (nerd) i should take a step back and examine (nerd) why this is so much (nerd) fun to me (nerd)....
July 16, 2003 @ 4:57 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
mmm...css....
this has been the coolest week ever. i've been doing html, editing mt templates and css, using TERMINAL (of course i didn't really get what i was doing with terminal...but still i used it like FIVE times!)...this is the most...
July 25, 2003 @ 4:36 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
the big 2-2
what do i want for my birthday (sept 4)? well, i'm glad you asked. in an effort to keep my family from complaining and to get my parents to buy stuff i want instead of just giving me money and...
August 28, 2003 @ 10:49 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
'sex before fall'
oh man, did you see that the rerun on enterprise on tonight is the one where t'pol is going through pon farr? oh my god!! yeah, i'll see you there jon....
September 3, 2003 @ 5:46 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
ha ha
i am such a nerd. just created my profile on startrek.com. oh boy oh boy. also just caught up on some production news about enterprise since the season premiere is next wednesday! pretty soon i'll be wearing a uniform to...
September 4, 2003 @ 1:10 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
season 3!
my parents ACTUALLY GOT ME SOMETHING I ASKED FOR!!! season 3 of ds9 is mine mine all mine! can't wait to plunk myself in front of the tv and turn my brain off. also, there is cake in the fridge....
September 8, 2003 @ 10:14 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
alias
the first season is mine! season premiere is coming up!...
September 17, 2003 @ 5:48 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
oyster
the oyster looks like a good idea to me - but the price! good press across the board it seems..word is the price is going down. my question: how do i get to my powerbook's slot-loading cd-rom?...
October 7, 2003 @ 2:39 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
koyaanis-money?
i love it when my checkbook balances....
October 19, 2003 @ 11:53 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
:)
more ichat smileys...
October 22, 2003 @ 4:34 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
lately...
uh, thought i'd better update with something other than my baby panda obsession. lately i've been building a new website in css - got to do some fun javascript menus too, plus the movable type-driven News section. other than that...
October 30, 2003 @ 1:34 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
yay mom!
please mom - don't buy the eMac...buy the iMac!!...
October 30, 2003 @ 2:33 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
for Mail
MailEnhancer for Panther and Jaguar...this will automatically synchronize your signature files to your email address if you have multiple accounts (be sure to make the name of the signature the same as the email address it's supposed to match), and...
November 10, 2003 @ 4:11 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
GAMES!
gamefest.com has carcassonne!...
November 12, 2003 @ 4:00 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
YES!
xScope is SO COOL. i can't wait to try it out on a project!...
November 14, 2003 @ 5:58 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
note the cynicism in the epistles....
The Brick Testament - look for the book too!...
November 20, 2003 @ 3:35 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
google runs the universe
whoa! look at all the stuff google can do! i mean really do! i knew it was glorious (in an odd way), but not this glorious....
December 15, 2003 @ 3:06 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
paper aminals!
cool paper models...
December 18, 2003 @ 10:34 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
typeflake*
check out typeflake*, an egreeting card composer that adds the bonus of font-fun. hooray!...
December 19, 2003 @ 9:55 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
one year and counting
i totally forgot, the end of december was the one year anniversary of hyperbolation.com - go here for the very first entry. the focus of the site used to be putting up photos and maybe a resumé, but then slowly...
January 8, 2004 @ 2:44 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the horror!
i love tetris ...
January 13, 2004 @ 10:27 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
pixelblocks
i am in love. i picked up the photograys (400) set yesterday and i have a cute little owl sitting on my desk now. pixelblocks™ have only been around for a year, but their online retailers seem to be sold...
January 19, 2004 @ 10:32 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i want the one with the camel
what did i get in the mail? the o'reilly catalogue! ha HA!! how deliciously nerdy is THAT? since wil wheaton has a book deal with these guys, maybe i can score that....
January 31, 2004 @ 12:41 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
"vulcan test subject"
oh man oh man oh man did you SEE enterprise last night?? when t'pol just like ATTACKED trip and started to kiss him and took off her robe i about passed out from (not-so-surprised) shock and excitement. i say 'not-so-surprised'...
February 12, 2004 @ 9:37 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
mtfbwy
i bet when people were thinking about modifying their cars, they weren't counting on something like this tricked-out car. ok...maybe they were. things to note: light saber holder on dashboard, extra droid parts in cargo net...
February 18, 2004 @ 9:53 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
kirk is an ocelot. what is an ocelot?
thanks to wil wheaton's blog for the link to the second version of the flowchart of geek hierarchy. i think i fall around the third or fourth level. ok. fourth....
February 19, 2004 @ 10:28 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
soundbridge
the roku soundbridge looks pretty cool...you know my cousin chris instituted a plan whereby every year he gets to buy himself one tech toy. that sounds like a good idea to me. i guess for me, last year's gadget was...
February 23, 2004 @ 10:24 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
mmm...donet...
behold the brilliance that is donet's branding! i am so hungry just looking at it....
February 24, 2004 @ 1:25 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
foled it up and take it with you!*
after reading this article posted on gizmodo, i started thinking about the oled. i remember reading about the oled, toled, and foled a few years back on the udc site and i couldn't wait until the day when i could...
February 25, 2004 @ 10:00 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
a new pretty face, but i'll take the ipod
check out the cute mp3 player from hyundai. it is tiny and elegant, but no display and only 128mb. but it does have a mic and an elegant design that gives apple a run for their money....
February 25, 2004 @ 10:23 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
teleport
cool, but i don't have a desktop, only a laptop suckers!...
February 26, 2004 @ 12:34 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
method: design = power
method has a nice looking website. THIS is what i want to build (but i would make the nav work better in safari)....
March 2, 2004 @ 10:07 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
B0FFED F0CF0C
...that looks dirty, but it's not...
March 3, 2004 @ 6:00 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
insert witty title here, i have run out of inspiration
what would i do with 2.5tb of ram?...
March 10, 2004 @ 10:36 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i am optimus prime
...according to the colossal death robot test! it says: "Vast, red and ready to turn into a lorry at the slightest provocation, you are a robot to be reckoned with. Although sickeningly noble, you just can't resist a good...
March 11, 2004 @ 3:35 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
it's stored inside
the electrovaya scribbler just might be the computer of my dreams. except for that whole windows thing. (thanks to gizmodo for the link)...
March 18, 2004 @ 3:05 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
oooh...diatoms!
these forms from nature are so cool...and free! ...
March 18, 2004 @ 4:07 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
next up: transparent aluminum?
ok nu students: your days of being locked in dark depressing concrete tombs is over! áron losonczi has created light transmitting concrete ...
March 22, 2004 @ 3:46 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
chip is like every geeky adolescent boy
i am so fucking in love with chip's challenge for atari lynx. eric dug out his gen 1 lynx (eric's is in much better shape than the one depicted...here is his cool carrying case also) and i played chip's challenge...
March 23, 2004 @ 10:05 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
mac, meet pc. pc? meet mac.
my mac is hooked up to two nice sony g400 monitors. my pc is hooked up to the second input on my second monitor. this means i can switch back and forth and compare pages side by side all at...
March 24, 2004 @ 2:56 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
page 23
greg storey at airbag commanded and i obeyed: grab the nearest book open the book to page 23 find the fifth sentence post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. ...
April 15, 2004 @ 4:49 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
css pencils
holy. crap. this guy has created a collage of hundreds of pixel-sized divs and uses alternate style sheets to alter the resulting 'image.'...
May 3, 2004 @ 12:02 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
cruise ship
if you haven't actually seen an ocean liner, this is just about as good as being there. kevin hulsey is a technical illustrator and what we in 'the biz' refer to as "a pimp." check out his How To...
June 14, 2004 @ 9:53 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
behold, the most perfectly formed ejecta pattern ever. this reminds me of something (all too easy)...what (blast 'em!) could (nerf herder) it (rebel scum) be (that's no moon, it's a space station!)?...
July 28, 2004 @ 9:49 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
must...resist...iPod mini!
this was a really tempting 'happy birthday to me' but i have remained resolute - no new ipod until the screens are color or oleds. or mine totally dies, whichever comes first. fortunately, i bought my genOne 5GB ipod refurbished,...
September 3, 2004 @ 2:32 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
death star! for real!
on a more uplifting note (depending on your perspective i guess), i saw this really cool episode of 'nova' this weekend - "Death Star". it was about gamma ray bursts and black holes. super sweet! sadly, my original explanation: matter-antimatter...
September 7, 2004 @ 11:21 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
by all means, butcher your movie/the weekend in brief
star wars: a new hope last night there was a sort of impromptu star wars drinking game/viewing at ben's. it turned out to mostly involve eating and drinking beer and not much game, but this is only because the rules...
September 29, 2004 @ 4:15 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
katamari damacy!!
eric got katamari damacy! tonight...i play! what is this game you might ask? this is a very popular game from (where else?) japan. you play the son of the king of the cosmos and dad has lost all the...
October 1, 2004 @ 2:08 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
industrial beauty
two weeks ago i had the Best Day Ever but i haven't had time to write about it until now. actually, it was really the one thing that put me in an awesome mood and everything else was just gravy....
March 1, 2005 @ 12:17 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
Pending: LV report, the cell switch
currently trying to straighten out the cluster fuck that has become of my efforts to switch mobile companies and get a new phone. in summary: i'm going for the razr even though i don't need it. all of the rebates...
March 23, 2005 @ 12:08 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
redTaction
ever see a new gadget and you think to yourself, "it's the future!" and get all misty eyed about the days when there were two star trek shows on the air at once? no? well, maybe this will change your...
March 23, 2005 @ 2:31 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
RAZR, first blush: HOT
this phone is awesome. it's the sexiest piece of machinery i've ever held in my hands. it's thinner than i thought it would be and the screen looks amazing. the menus are easy to navigate and although the flat keypad...
March 24, 2005 @ 2:20 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
GBA SP
got my new (used) game boy sp and it's super-neat. the guy i bought it from included the ac adapter/charger, case and 2 games! so far i'm totally sucking at mario 3 (to be expected...did i mention i'm really not...
May 16, 2005 @ 3:31 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
if you were a hunter-gatherer you'd be home right now
when i was in high school and trying to decide what i wanted to study at university i toyed with several different areas of study. one of them was archaeology. i ended up entering college with an undecided major (and...
June 29, 2005 @ 11:09 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i've gone to the dark side
i've ordered tivo. i swear i wasn't planning to, but i went to the website and saw that they were offering boxes free (shipping included) with a 12 month subscription and i couldn't let it go, particularly since as...
July 6, 2005 @ 10:15 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
flickr?
for those of you that use flickr, do you think it's super? should i use it instead of hosting my photos on my own site? update: after some vigourous IMing with ian, i've decided to jump on the flickr bandwagon....
July 6, 2005 @ 2:39 PM | 5 comments | 0 trackbacks
tivo is fantastic, flickr is saving me $$
so far tivo is pretty great. the dvr only has one tuner though, but i got it for free so i'm not complaining. so far the tivo suggestions thing has known that i like mythbusters and has recorded a really...
July 11, 2005 @ 12:20 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
phpinfo(); - hello?
i'm not saying i except tech support people to be gods. i don't expect them to know everything about everything. but when i go to a tech support guy at a hosting company with a question, the last thing i...
August 4, 2005 @ 3:20 PM | 4 comments | 0 trackbacks
1001 = 9
i just noticed that i've hit 1001 photos posted to flickr. for those of you that aren't quite as hopeless as me, let me point out that 1001 is all ones and zeros. it's binary. converted to the decimal system...
August 9, 2005 @ 3:42 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
all of my dreams are coming true
sweet holy god, LOOK AT THIS! sonnet offers CPU upgrading for the tibook i own. my beloved tibook that stopped a 50 pound dvd cabinet, the tibook that has no recordable optical drive, but i love him anyway, the tibook...
September 14, 2005 @ 1:34 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
CEOs causing panic
headline reads: Now even the CEO can edit the company Website! kara: did you see that ad at the bottom left? kara: the headline strikes fear into the heart of developers everywhere kara: what developer is going to buy that?...
October 3, 2005 @ 4:10 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
me <= band nerd
today i was waiting for the bus in front of the high school near work when suddenly i heard the all-too-familiar thud of bass drums. soon i could hear the whole drum line practicing their cadence. i was overcome with...
October 5, 2005 @ 9:28 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
qoop!
qoop is still in beta, but they'll print up a book of photos from your flickr photostream! awesome!...
October 21, 2005 @ 2:54 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
first contact: 10, nemesis: didn't even show up to the fight
just finished watching the director's commentary for star trek: first contact. man, that movie is SO good. The Best Star Trek Movie, in my opinion. oh, there's wrath of khan and everything, but the fact of the matter is first...
October 30, 2005 @ 7:44 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
transparent concrete
last year i pointed hyperbolation readers to an article about light transmitting concrete. today i was looking at luxist and saw a little blurb about the new litracon lamp. pretty cool! now where is that $600 i had laying around......
November 1, 2005 @ 1:28 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
worst record covers, tuesday night tv, harry potter viktor krum
first of all, i would like to direct everyone's attention to the worst album covers over on pitchfork. jon sent me the link today and it's been entertaining aaron, antonio and i all afternoon. the captions are the best part,...
November 15, 2005 @ 3:08 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
office of the future
this morning i spent about half an hour getting everyone in the office on ichat/im/[insert your preferred client here]. now we can use the 'current itunes track' function in ichat to show everyone in the office what's playing on the...
December 1, 2005 @ 12:38 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
when nerds wanna get it on
the funniest song i've heard in awhile - 'make you happy tonight' by tripod. of course, when jon sent it to me he thought that i would be playing it via some headphones, but we don't rock the headphones here...
January 18, 2006 @ 3:40 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
ivan brunetti, seth & chris ware
stripped books is running a serial based on a comics panel that took place in chicago last year. it was moderated by ivan brunetti and mostly has to do with the other artists' workflow and respective styles. what is...
January 27, 2006 @ 1:32 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i bow down to the king of all nerdom
andrew carol, great mind behind much of the LEGO serial protocol, has constructed a working LEGO technic difference engine able to "compute 2nd or 3rd order polynomials to 3 or 4 digits." i mean...holy shit right? his explanation of...
February 7, 2006 @ 1:47 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
battlestar galactica
so i know that i'm pretty late to this party, but i just watched the first 5 or so episodes, and man 'battlestar galactica' is freakin' - er, frakkin' - AWESOME! i'm totally hooked. although i have to say, unlike...
February 8, 2006 @ 10:53 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
the life and times of a replicator repairman
check out this article over at somethingawful.com - it's a ficticious log from on board enterprise NCC-1701-D (ok, the next generation ship, alright? look, i'm a NERD OK? haven't i always been up front about this?). it is...HILARIOUS. a sample:...
February 13, 2006 @ 11:39 PM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
twee?
kara: i just used 'twee' in everyday conversation. i don't think anyone knew what i meant kara: i'm ahead of the curve! kara: ...the dork curve! eric: i think that's a valid word to use, but yeah not everybody...
March 10, 2006 @ 4:36 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
perplex city
so...i've been hesitant to mention this, because on the nerd scale it's only a few steps up from admitting that i'm really into d&d or gurps or i'm 38 and still a virgin or something, but for the past...
March 13, 2006 @ 10:57 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
time is on our side
eric: i like wil wheatons thing about the disposable mp3 player. that sounds good kara: ? eric: that is like what i've been saying there should be for YEARS now. eric: http://suicidegirls.com/news/geek/15147/ eric: they also should make disposable cell...
April 14, 2006 @ 5:29 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
silent hill
on friday silent hill opens and i've been breathlessly counting the days since i first saw the trailer. in preparation, antonio has set out to beat the video game 'silent hill 3', which is not the game the movie is...
April 20, 2006 @ 2:41 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
functions
note to self: use more functions when writing applications. why have i been retyping the same database queries over and over? i was all over functions, or components, or whatever, in coldfusion so why didn't that knowledge transfer over to...
May 3, 2006 @ 4:52 PM | 5 comments | 0 trackbacks
x-men 3! gang bangers!
saw x-men 3 tonight with nako and jyl - it was great! i suspect that brett ratner is responsible for the added schmaltz, but the action was fantastic and overall the story was pretty good. lots of fighting and different...
May 27, 2006 @ 12:59 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
need to sharpen my leatherman
last night we had camera prep for 'galileo's grave', the clayton brown written/directed and andrew suprenant produced film i'm working on this weekend. it went...alright. considering stef and i are both super rusty. setting aside the horrifying moment when i...
June 7, 2006 @ 1:49 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
last.fm
at eric's behest i got signed up for last.fm awhile ago. it's neat - i can see what i've been listening to - top artists by week and everything, so that's cool. but the 'neighbors' function, which seems like the...
June 26, 2006 @ 12:05 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
perspective
the size of our world uses images of various celestial bodies set on a virtual table top to illustrate the size differences between the planets in our solar system and the major stars in the sky. very illuminating - i...
June 29, 2006 @ 4:01 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the end of tetris
last night i was playing some marathon standard tetris on my gba sp (my favorite make-me-sleepy activity) when suddenly the game was interrupted...by a message that said "YOU WON!" (and some other stuff trying to get you to play...
July 10, 2006 @ 12:52 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
even my subconscious is lame
last night i actually had a dream about work. and not one of my usual crazy dreams where something cool happens like a spaceship materializes in the office, or someone blows up something or there's an earthquake and we're all...
July 12, 2006 @ 10:07 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
life (briefly) near a supernova
'life (briefly) near a supernova' (PDF) is a paper written by steven i. dutch which speaks in layman's terms about what it would be like to actually witness a supernova. for illustrative purposes, he offers some pretty chilling comparisons to...