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May 05, 2005

iConsumer

I am a sucker for two things:

1. Cute girls with British accents
2. Accessories for techno-gadgets

While the former is pretty much a given for any male not born in Europe, the latter would be attributed to my inherent Metrogeek desires. It would explain why I am the proud owner of a Super Scope 6.

After purchasing an iPod mini two weeks ago it has taken all my willpower to stop myself from buying apple accessories for it. Oh look, in-ear headphones, surely I need the increased sound quality these provide. A docking station? Why yes, why have your new silver toy lie on the desk when it could stand up proud while it is charging.

Ever time I'd walk into a computer store I'd pick up at least one iPod related item on impulse only to talk myself out of it before I reached the cash register. My willpower for accessories may be weak, but the balance in my bank account is much more adamant.

Then I saw these babies. iSocks. Dang.

I bought a pack the first chance I had. Hey, I needed a case for my iPod anyway, and I'm giving half of them away as a belated birthday present.

Yeah ... I'm such a sucker.

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April 15, 2005

What is in your purse?

A purse? I carry a purse around? Look, you can call it a book bag, satchel, shoulder bag, whatever; if you can't fit your sweater inside, it is a purse. Yes I'm talking to that guy who wears a fanny packs over the shoulder and thinks he's all that. It is a purse!

Now that we have the details out of the way, let's check out the usual contents of my purse, shall we?

• 1 towel (blue, hand towel sized)
• 1 small roll of duct tape
• 1 hard covered notebook
• 1 notepad
• 2 pens (1 black, 1 blue)
• 1 permanent marker (black)
• 1 metal tin containing
  • 5 adhesive bandages (glow in the dark)
  • 4 antihistamine tables (non-drowzy)
  • 4 aspirin tablets (extra-strength)
  • 1 daytime cold/flu tablet (non-drowzy)
• 1 multi-tool gadget with
  • LED flashlight
  • knife
  • saw blade
  • philips screwdriver
  • flat head screwdriver
  • long nosed pliers
• 1 container of lip balm (medicated)
• 1 container of hand sanitizer (with moisturizers & vitamin E)
• 1 tube of Binaca (spearmint)
• 1 eye glass case containing
  • my clip on sunglasses
  • 1 commuter train ticket (spare)
• 1 commuter train ticket (primary)
• 2 TTC subway tokens
• 1 Air Miles card
• 1 Chapters/Indigo iRewards card

When you list it out like this it seems like a lot of junk but I swear with all that in my bag I still have enough room to carry a water bottle and a sandwich and a few other snacks for lunch. What is in your purse?

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March 09, 2005

These goodies stay in the jar

Read Me First. That's on par with the HTTP Error ones. I'd giggle with nerdy glee if I ran across either one of above during the heat of the moment.

There is never a wrong time for geek humor!

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February 13, 2005

I missed out on the Hulk gloves; I couldn't pass this one up.

After looking at this link from Mr. Kent it probably isn't the best time to reveal that I bought one of these bad boys yesterday. Dang.

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January 27, 2005

f33r my 133t P03+ sKi11z

roses are #FF0000
violets are #0000FF
all my base
are belong to you

That would make a great t-shirt. And here is little creation of my own:

How do I love thee?
int count = 0;
for (count : count++ : count = WAYS);

I belive it does Mrs. Browning justice.

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January 17, 2005

The Starch is strong in this one

Two words: Darth Tater!

Darth Tater!

Update: Dangit! Someone thought of that witty title before me. Kudos to you.

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December 14, 2004

The equivalent of bling-bling for your PC

I know a couple of people who would enjoy this little gizmo in their computer:

The Thermaltake XRay drive bay. Most PCs have an extra 5.25" bay on them, why not fill it up with something useful like a cigarette lighter and ashtray? For the non smoker you could use the lighter to power up those car acessories and the ashtray as a handy-dandy cup holder. No more resting your soda pop on the open CD ROM tray for you!

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December 13, 2004

The Formula

Whenever I bring The Formula up, there are always a few people suprised by it. I thought it was common knowledge, but if it isn't let me be the first to introduce you to this important social tool.

When it comes to deciding if a potential date is too young or old for you, there is no better way. The mathematics behind The Formula are quite simple: Your age, divided by two, plus seven, rounded up.

Younger date's age = round [( Your Age / 2 ) + 7 ]

For example, the youngest I could date would be 20; anything younger and I'm just a creepy old man hitting on co-eds. All systems go for Michelle Branch, but Lindsey Lohan is a no-no.

The Formula also works in reverse, dictating the oldest your pontetial date can be. In that case it would be your age minus seven, times two.

Older date's age = (Your age - 7) * 2

Again my upper limit is 36 and Lisa Loeb just makes it in (thank gawd!).

And now you know. Keep it, learn it, live it, love it.

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December 11, 2004

How do you know when you're a blogger?

It is 1:30 AM on a Saturday morning. The night is cold, wet and all together uncomfortable. You are standing in the parking lot of a gas station helping your friend change a tire he blew out on a bad curve. There is grease on your hands and the bloody wheel lock won't come off.

It was around that time when a single stupid though popped into my head. "Wow, I have something to post in my blog now." Hardcore geek my friends, hardcore.

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December 03, 2004

Hello Moto

My new shinny gadget toy came in the mail today. I am the proud new owner of a fancy pants Motorola V551 cellular phone. Colour screen, video / photo capabilities, bluetooth ready, MP3 ring tones, all in a sleek and sexy little package. I'm as giddy as I was when I was given Starscream for my 6th birthday.

You know, boys with their toys and all.

But what to do with my trusty Samsung? It has been with me through thick and thin these past 2 years, it would be a shame to just leave it on a shelf to gather dust.

So I'm going to donate it to charity. I have seen a few drop off boxes here are there through out the business district downtown. There are also some web sites to check out:

• Charitable Recycling Program
• Wireless Recycling
• Collective Good

I've even got the old box for my Samsung. And a certain girl scoffed at me holding on to so many boxes. Phhbt!

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October 14, 2004

Smell my feet.

Halloween is coming up and I've been toying with a few costume ideas for this year. These are the top contenders so far:

• Listerine Man - only because I'm too tubby to be the toothbrush from those "just as effective as flossing" commercials
• Storm Trooper - With all those extra troopers added to the Trilogy DVD release I'm sure there is a spare costume lying around somewhere
• Rannie - if I wear a camera around my neck I can fool about 60% of the GTA Bloggers on a first glance. Why not milk it?

What are you dressing up as?

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September 23, 2004

File it under G for Genius!

Instead of business cards, I should give out pre-filled rolodex cards. By passing these babies out I'll be saving you the trouble of writing my info down on your own cards. On top of that they're kind of neat ... a retro throwback if you will.

Hmm, yes the mind simply swims with these inspirational gems ...

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August 29, 2004

Wonder Twin Powers Activate!

When you were a kid did you ever douse your hands in warm water then run outside into the cold weather so the water on your hands would create these trails of steam that made your hands look like they were bubbling with plasma energy that you could use to blast the bad guys away?

No?

Um ... me neither.

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July 04, 2004

Check out the blocks on that Slayer

When Be@rbricks started popping up in and around town I didn't give them much though. Sure some of them were neat (aka Tron BeArbrick) but I passed the whole thing off as a trendy hipster version of the Pokemon toys they had a Burger King a few years back.

That is untill I saw these babies:

Can you say Buffy Palz Block Figures? Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles, Darla and The Master all from the first season! Act now and you may get your hands on a limited edition Vampire face Darla! I've gotta catch'em all!

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May 29, 2004

You can call me Ghost

If I could choose to have any super power it would be a two fold choice.

1. translucent the ability to allow light and energy to pass through me and through any material I come in contact with to a maximum of twice my body mass. I could control this to a varying degree ranging from my normal state all the way to total invisibility. These are the plain old powers of the Invisible Man.
2. insubstantial the ability to allow molecules to pass through me and through any material I come in contact with to a maximum of twice my body mass. Again I could control this to a varying degree ranging from being completely solid to being able to pass through walls. Think Shadowcat from the X-men.

Each power is independent of each other, i.e.: I could be invisible but still be able to hold things or I could pass through walls but other people could see me. Together they would give me the attributes of a Phantom which I could use to scare evildoers in their tracks ... or sneak away with top secret government documents.

And just to be fair I've also attached limitations on each ability.

• If I am using a power I must use it on the entire targeted mass. I would not be able to just make my head invisible. On the same note if I attempted to use these powers on a mass outside of my given range they will not work at all.
• Since I'm allowing light and energy to pass through my body in my translucent state, this will also prevent me from seeing things as well. The more translucent I become the more I turn blind.
• In my insubstantial state I am allowing molecules to pass through me, which in turn would diminish my hearing. Again the more "phased" I become the less I can hear.

I think those are reasonable (not to mention somewhat scientifically justified) special abilities to have. Yes I have put an awful lot of thought into them. It's funny where the geek mind wanders from time to time.

What would your super powers be?

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May 17, 2004

To The Movers Go The Spoils

When Toast and Marmalade needed help moving to their new apartment, the usual gang was quick to take action. While Graig, Rannie and Jay were there to do most of the heavy lifting, Emma and I managed to arrive for dinner, butter tarts and moral support.

I'd still like to think I managed to help in my own little way, and as a small reward I walked away with a set of Advanced Dungeon & Dragons books! Someone just equipped himself with a +5 Tome of Geekness and is simply loving it!

Graig also lent me his Supercade book "A visual history of the videogame age 1971-1984". Between this book and the previous ones I've got a reading list to make any self respecting Metrogeek giggle like a little school girl.

Watch me giggle! *tee-hee-hee*

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April 27, 2004

Fonetics

In the Philippines there is no difference between fraternal and paternal twins.

I'll let someone else explain that one to you.

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April 02, 2004

Narcississism*

I don't care what anyone says; I look good today. No, I look daa-yum good today and I like it.

(* The extra "iss" is for "I'm super sexy", rawr!)

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March 31, 2004

DVD Adultery

Start here and keep reading till you hit here. It's funny because it's true.

I know Toast should find this especially funny as well. I've got to grab me that DVD set!

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March 30, 2004

Word play

If the plural of goose is geese, would the plural of moose be meese?

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