Archive for the 'Geek' Category

Lots of Ruby

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Fold is just about the coolest Web “page” I’ve seen in a long time. It’s essentially a very cool Web desktop using Ruby, Ajax, and some fancy Javascript. If you are a Web developer and plan to still be a Web developer 2 years from now, you need to know these tricks. [...]

Ben in the news

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

Ben’s a geek. Now the Los Angeles Times knows it.

Me talking about marketing?

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Jay Small pointed me to this long but excellent article on the future of media and marketing. I firmly believe that technology *can* make advertising valid again — both for consumers and advertisers. But if that will ever happen, it will take a huge shakeup in the current advertising philosophies of most corporations. [...]

Funniest video game bug ever

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

EA Sports halted a Madden NFL 2006 roster update after a bug was reported which made NY Jets offensive lineman Michael King 7 inches tall. Great pics!

Covering all the categories today

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

Upcoming Bob Ricci shows: 0. The Brimstock Music Festival has been cancelled. I’d point you to a link explaining the details, but the Worcester Telegram and Gazette has decided that their Web site adds no value to their product so they must charge to view articles. Morons.
NFL BEGINS! Patriots vs. [...]

Geek puns

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Amy sent me these a while back. I took out a bunch that were even too bad for my pun standards.

Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter is: Eskimo Pi
Half of a large intestine is: 1 semicolon
453.6 graham crackers is: 1 pound cake
1 kilogram of falling figs is: 1 Fig Newton
1 millionth of [...]