All of the Engineering computers and printers were named after Star Wars characters when I inherited the SysAdmin position from Brooke. This familiarity aided me in scoring 33/43 on the Web 2.0 or Star Wars Quiz. I want to know, are you more nerd than I?
Brooke is mildly obsessed with hair salons with pun names, such as A Cut Above or Hair Today or Head Hunter’s Salon just to name a few OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. If you start looking, you will see these punny establishments everywhere. It makes you wonder: do all barbers and stylists make business [...]
I love PHP. I love MySQL. They are powerful. They are easy to use. They are well documented.
I have no particular aversion to Microsoft Word. As a word processor, and more, it has served me well over the years. It has produced for me innumerable essays, reports, resumes, Engineering Department notices, and letters to Santa. [...]
“I can see the nerds here, and I know how hard it is for you. And I just have to tell you that we run shit on the outside. WE RUN SHIT. And that’s the fucking truth.” -Mike Krahulik/Gabe
Check out Jerry Holkins and Mike (Tycho and Gabe) on Nerd of the Week. I would have [...]
Lei-Out weekend was, for the most part, a resounding success. Saturday morning, I avoided setting up a single field and finally met Adriana from VC, who had a set of fantastic sublimated jerseys for my team. I led Dark Horse, a hearty band of Claremont alumni and friends, to four victories in our Saturday B-bracket [...]
Lei-Out is this weekend and I was all set to play pick-up this evening, you know, get some more Ultimate in before the tournament. My athletic pursuit has been stymied by a fluffy yet insurmountable foe.
It’s snowing! Outside! Are you listening to me? ¡Afuera! ¡Está nevado! ¡Ahora mismo! (I was forced to switch to Español [...]
I have not cut my hair since mid-July and this video further fomented my desire to shave it all off after Lei-Out. The first few days of shaved head are just exquisite: the sensation of a warm, fuzzy towel or the act of slowly removing a fleecy hat are almost too much to bear. I [...]