Category Archives: Nerd

Techy stuff that most people don’t care about.

Still not sure who to vote for? Oct 20, 2008

Check out: whoshouldyouvotefor.com. All you do is take a survey and check off how important you think a certain issue is in this campaign. Takes like 5 min.
Interestingly enough, when I did the survey, I got 48% Obama and –45% McCain. Actually that isn’t a surprise at all. I wonder who I would end up [...]

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FFFIIINNNAAALLLYYYY — A Myspace Redesign! Jun 17, 2008

This is soooo long overdue. Looks like Myspace contracted Adaptive Path to redesign one of, if not THE ugliest popular social networking site on the web. What a feat for these guys. They blogged about some of the project challenges (See: Rethinking Myspace, Myspace & Creative path, The Shelf-life of Social Networks) but in the [...]

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Facebook design improvements… May 22, 2008

It looks like Facebook is turning the profiles into a Psuedo Blogging/Aggregating system. Cool idea, but I already have a real blog for that. And my blog is way cooler. Especially because I can change my design whenever I want and there are no Apps/Ads

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Google X Feedburner May 16, 2008

Looks like Google and Feedburner have decided to join forces. I guess it couldn’t hurt. But I wonder if this merger is causing errors in the Stuff White People Like Feed in my Google Reader. Are anyone else’s subscriptions acting screwy in Google Reader?

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Another interesting idea from Upstart Blogger May 2, 2008

Ashley over at Upstart Blogger is at again with this rather innovative idea on getting a successful blog up and running in no time. All you have to do is pitch your idea and if he likes(loves) it you’re in! Once you’re in, Ashley awards you a custom blog design and one years professional blog [...]

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5 words I wish I had a reason to use in everyday, normal conversation. Apr 22, 2008

Apropos
Expeditiously
Drygulch
MollyWhop
Attackative (not in the dictionary — YET)

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Nike Air Kanye’s? *UPDATE* Apr 18, 2008

*UPDATE*

Kanye’s been rocking these joints on tour. Pictured here is the Black Gray and Red colorway. 1 Word — SICK. They also look like they have that glow in the dark coating on them which.

* OG Post * - March 03, 2008

Yes. You heard right. Kanye is working with Nike on a custom sneaker. Kanye [...]

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The Rather Difficult Font Game - #44! Apr 15, 2008

EXTRA Geeky I know.

33 Out Of 34. Consolas and Latinaires are two font names that I had never heard of before today. Incidentally they both showed up on the same question which caused my 1 wrong answer. I definitely thought I was gonna BOMB this thing. I’m sure once the real font guru’s get a [...]

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Delete your Facebook account. Apr 15, 2008

Ashley over at Upstart Blogger delivers this brilliant article about why you (and I) should delete your Facebook account.
…Delete your Facebook account now and stop generating page views and advertising revenues for someone else.
…The only way to really stand out on Facebook is to have nothing to do with it…
Read the full article here.
I couldn’t [...]

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