Too much into Technology

June 18, 2007 | Filed Under laptop, technology, computer, weird | 2 Comments

Microsoft office bus in china

June 7, 2007 | Filed Under technology, computer, microsoft | 1 Comment

A view of microsoft office bus parked in a parking lot in China

Inside view of Bus

Frog juice

June 5, 2007 | Filed Under weird | No Comments

A few other sites to visit if you haven’t had your fill…

Strange Foods

More Strange Foods

Bugs and Other Weird Food

Deep End Dining

Weird Meat

130 Top Geek Movies of All Time

March 16, 2007 | Filed Under entertainment | No Comments

 

Some of the best Geek movies ever, in no particular order…

 

  1. Star Wars

  2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy

  3. The Matrix

  4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

  5. Blade Runner

  6. Fight Club

  7. Batman Begins

  8. X-Men (1 or 2)

  9. The Big Lebowski

  10. Clockwork Orange

  11. Shaun of the Dead

  12. I, Robot

  13. The Fifth Element

  14. Star Trek – The Wrath of Khan

  15. Office Space

  16. Terminator

  17. Napolean Dynamite

  18. Time Bandits

  19. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

  20. Twelve Monkeys

  21. The Terminator

  22. Robocop

  23. Wargames

  24. Torque

  25. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

  26. Life of Brian

  27. Tron

  28. Good Fellas

  29. 300

  30. The Usual Suspects

  31. Kill Bill Vol.. 1

  32. The Hobbit (animated version)

  33. Short circuit

  34. Falling Down

  35. Howard the Duck

  36. Indiana Jones the last Crusade

  37. Braveheart

  38. 2001 Space Odyssey

  39. Snatch

  40. Snakes on a plane

  41. Hellboy

  42. Full Metal Jacket

  43. Revenge of the Nerds (1 to 10?)

  44. Akira

  45. Highlander

  46. Animatrix

  47. Mortal Combat

  48. Excalibur

  49. Darkman

  50. Conan

  51. Willow

  52. Conan the Destroyer

  53. Dungeons and Dragons

  54. Super Mario Bros.

  55. Porky’s

  56. Ghost Busters (1 & 2)

  57. Face Off

  58. Spiderman

  59. Harry Potter

  60. Superman (all)

  61. Grosse Pointe Blank

  62. The Abyss

  63. Transformers – The movie

  64. Pulp Fiction

  65. James Bond (all)

  66. Die Hard

  67. Lethal Weapon

  68. Remo Williams

  69. Mars Attack

  70. Requiem for a Dream

  71. Real Genius

  72. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

  73. Revolution OS

  74. Antitrust

  75. Swordfish

  76. The Net

  77. Weird Science

  78. Dune

  79. The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

  80. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

  81. D.A.R.Y.L.

  82. Catwoman

  83. Stargate

  84. Sin City

  85. Doom

  86. The 40 year old Virgin

  87. Total Recall

  88. Minority Report

  89. King Kong

  90. Back to the Future

  91. Hackers

  92. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  93. Clerks

  94. Spaceballs

  95. Real Genius

  96. Men in Black

  97. Underworld

  98. Legend

  99. Labyrith

  100. Serenity

  101. Mortal Combat

  102. League of Extraordinary Men

  103. Adventures of Baron Munchausen

  104. Gremlins

  105. Princess Bride

  106. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

  107. Breakfast Club

  108. Goonies

  109. A mighty Wind

  110. Heathers

  111. Say anything

  112. Ghost World

  113. Momento

  114. Waiting for Guffman

  115. Beelejuice

  116. Edward Scissorhands

  117. Dogma

  118. Chasing Amy

  119. Run Lola Run

  120. Peewee’s Big Adventure

  121. Cube

  122. Donnie Darko

  123. Rocky Horror Picture Show

  124. Starship Troopers

  125. Seven

  126. Swingers

  127. Unbreakable

  128. Evil Dead

  129. Best in Show

  130. Army of Darkness

What to Do (and NOT Do) if You Spill a Drink on Your Laptop

March 15, 2007 | Filed Under computer | No Comments

Spilling a drink on your laptop can be a very serious problem. But, depending on what you do, and how fast you react, you can potentially save a lot by minimizing the damage a spill can have on your laptop.

What to do in the event of a spill:

Turn off your laptop. If you have your laptop powered on when the spill happens, shut it down as fast as possible. Usually holding the power button down for 10 seconds will be your fastest option to turning off your laptop

Remove the battery. After your laptop has been shut down, remove the battery pack. This will keep your laptop from accidentally being powered back up and removes any way that power can still be going to the motherboard (example hibernation or standby mode)

Leave it opened and turned upside down to dry out. Let gravity be your friend and try to keep the liquid from drying on your components.

Get it repaired and cleaned quickly. Depending on what was spilled on your laptop, the liquid may be corrosive, like cola and can still be doing damage to your laptop. The best defense is sending your laptop in for repair as soon as you can. The quicker you get you laptop into the hands of a professional, the better chance you have of minimizing the damage.

What NOT to do:

Do not turn your laptop back on. A lot of people will make at least one attempt to see if their laptop still works after the spill. This is the worst thing you can do. I can not stress how important it is to keep your laptop turned off, with no power available to it, until it is fixed.

As you can see, your reaction to a spill can minimize the damage that spill can do to your laptop. I have seen laptop repairs from spills range from simple cleaning and diagnostics, to replacing motherboards.

By Justin Anderson

Beer launching fridge

February 26, 2007 | Filed Under technology | No Comments


Robotic Beer Launching Refrigerator - The best video clips are right here

Wow. Now this is an idea that could pick-up: a mini fridge with a catapult on top and an automatic beer launcher. Now you don’t have to get up off the couch!The cool part is that it’s very small and incredibly accurate. Seriously, it’s a gadget that I would buy!

Constructed for “several hundred dollars,” John Cornwell’s Beer-Launching Fridge consists of three limit switches, a 10-beer-holding magazine that looks like it came out of a soft drink machine along with a few other assorted parts, and it’s all controlled by a keyless entry system.

The result? It’ll toss a beer to you 13 feet away, and it’s perfectly accurate every time. Even though that beer might have developed quite a head on it by the time it reaches your hands, it’s still one clever piece of machinery.

Almost in Time for Xmas

December 28, 2006 | Filed Under video | No Comments

The Toshiba’s HD-XA2 will be coming out next week. The XA2 was supposed to debut this year but production delays forced Toshiba to release it in January instead. The $999 player will support 1080p/60Hz on launch with firmware upgrades already slated for the following month.

The Slimmer and Faster Samsung Z720

December 27, 2006 | Filed Under cellphone | No Comments

The latest slider cellphone from Samsung (Z720) packs a 3-megapixel autofocus camera and also has a front camera to enable video call. The document viewer, voice memo and PIM features will keep even the busiest executive on top of their workload.

TheSamsung Z720 also boasts ultra fast data transfer with data speeds of 1.8Mbps. You’ll be able to enjoy video and more on its 2.1 inch 320×240 display.

For additional convenience, the Z720 supports microSD external memory and is equipped with Bluetooth ® and USB connectivity. It’s also the first handset from Samsung installed with Google™ mobile search and Gmail™. It includes a Google icon in the application menu, offering one-click access to Google search.

Rune Larson’s Eclipse Design Phone

December 22, 2006 | Filed Under cellphone | No Comments

This simple phone is packed with all the features, of 1996. With no camera or other extravagance, this phones comes equiped with a honebook, sms and and is ready for calls.

The concept phone is going under the name of ‘Eclipse Design Phone’ and might actually be produced some day.

Nokia N95

December 21, 2006 | Filed Under cellphone | No Comments

The N series from Nokia is looking good.