Everybody knows that pocket protectors are for nerds, right? In fact, everybody knows that pocket protectors are a symbol of nerdiness. They go hand-in-hand, like awkward clothing, taped glasses, and slide rules graphing calculators. In the past, I have jokingly half-looked around for a pocket protector of my very own. It turns out this is … Continue reading My ascension into nerdvana
Author: Brian Enigma
Ninja Me!
In the last couple of days, the internet world (and more specifically the Twitter world) has been all up-in-arms about the upcoming demise of the tr.im URL shortening service (later followed by the backpedaling of the news). You probably already know the type of service. It takes a really, really, really long URL like http://example.com/catalog/category/widgets?productid=12345&view=7&commentid=8675309&areyoureally=readingthis&mode=88 … Continue reading Ninja Me!
ARGfest-o-con 2009
ARGfest was a few weekends ago. For those not in the know, this is a convention for people who design (both professionally and as a hobby) and play Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). The most notable ARGs are marketing campaigns for video games, movies, and TV shows and are played out over mediums like websites, telephones, … Continue reading ARGfest-o-con 2009
Netninja Mobile, now with sudoku
A little over two years ago, back when the iPhone SDK consisted of “here, kid, here’s a text editor, now go away and make yourself a nice little web page, and quit botherin’ me,” I quickly hacked together a little web control panel and called it Phonemarks. It ran, and continues to run in some … Continue reading Netninja Mobile, now with sudoku
Like Clockwork
I took some vacation days off of work to turn this weekend into a 5-day vacation (Friday through Tuesday). The plan was to go camping at the coast. We made our reservation months ago[1]. We made some last minute acquisitions earlier in the week (we were lacking in the lantern and water jug department). I … Continue reading Like Clockwork
109 today? Seriously?
This can’t be right — can it? A high of 109? Posted in:
107
According to Wolfram Alpha, the highest recorded temperature in Portland is 107: According to Accuweather’s OS X widget, we are 2 degrees away [at the time of the screenshot we were 3 degrees, as I write this, we’re only 2] and will hit that record today: This sucks. Keep cool, folks. Posted in:
1984 goes down the Memory Hole
I’ll be blogging about the great time I had at ARGfest soon, but this particular bit of news was just too laced with irony to pass up… I do not know if you have read the biggest piece of irony in recent (or perhaps ever) tech news but in case you have not, let me … Continue reading 1984 goes down the Memory Hole
My Portland Event Calendar
Here are a few things I am interested in around Portland: Thursday July 16: Ignite Portland 6 – “If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show … Continue reading My Portland Event Calendar
Thx. (1138)
Yesterday, I was doing some shopping that was large enough as to require the car. I parked, top down, in the Fred Mayer parking lot and proceeded to shop. Upon returning, I found this note handwritten on the back of a business card, sitting on the driver’s seat: I should add, at this point, that … Continue reading Thx. (1138)