In case you hadn’t heard, TripAdvisor is hosting reviews of Schrute Farms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/business/media/29tripadvisor.html?th&emc=th
Archive for the ‘general nerdiness’ Category
I want to visit Schrute Farms
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Buy these for me
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Great, another necessity
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009I’m trying to analyze my needs in this economy, but with inventions like this my needs keep growing. Magnetic tape that cleanly comes off of the surface you adhere it to. Brilliant!
free coffee for smart people tuesday
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009First, the answer from last week: Don Knuth, truly an important historical figure in computer science.
Now, this week’s question:
I brew a pot of coffee and end up with 8 cups of drinkable delight. Assuming my entire brewing process conforms to the Golden Cup standard, what is an acceptable mass (in grams) of the soluble coffee particles in said delight? Accuracy to the decigram is sufficient.
Bring in the correct answer for a free 450mL beverage of your choice. I recommend a peppermint mocha this week.
computer friends
Thursday, January 8th, 2009I made this post for everyone, since everyone fits in one of the following groups. Hopefully you are in the first group:
- Those who have seen the video, downloaded the song to support this type of hiarlity and need to see it again because they haven’t played it today yet.
- Those who have been sleeping underneath a slab of granite and haven’t yet seen the piece of marvelousness
- Those who think it is dumb, but should watch it again (and again) in hopes that their eyes will be opened to the beauty of nerd-core rap
happy day of giving thanks
Thursday, November 27th, 2008i’d like to wish all of my devoted followers a happy thanksgiving day.
in the spirit of giving thanks, i have compiled a list of things i’m thankful for.
note: this list does not include the standard items for which one is commonly thankful for (family, health, provisions, and so on).
1. linus torvalds.
2. perfect coffee.
3. the information super highway.
4. robotslinus torvalds.
5. telescopes.
6. chaos theory.
7. pumpkin spice (as it pertains to the latte).
8. binary.
9. pseudo-random ghost movements in ms. pacman
10. this turkey recipe (and related site).
52% Pure Nerd
Thursday, September 11th, 2008I happened upon this test today that determines what percentage of one’s genetic makeup consists of Nerd, Geek and Dork components. See my results below:
Pure Nerd
52 % Nerd, 30% Geek, 13% Dork
For The Record:
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.
The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the “dork.” No-longer. Being smart isn’t as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.
Congratulations!
updates and excuses
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008regretfully, an inexcusable amount of time has passed since my last post. an array of reasons has contributed to my absence from the world wide web. below, you can find an enumerated list of the most important factors, which can be categorized as either a) an important update or b) a poor excuse for not blogging.
1. the new store opening
brew nerds 2.0 opened, offering phenomenally stunning coffee to patrons residing in the downtown winston-salem vicinity, as well as to those willing to travel to the new mecca of caffeinated beverages. there were some glitches and delays, but things are running along smoothly now and we are one step closer to global domination.
2. preparing for defcon
i have been busy honing my capture the flag and hacking skills (white hat, of course) in preparation for defcon 16 which will take place this weekend in las vegas.
3. viewing the dark night
several days ago, i made the decision to trek to the local theatre to view the latest installment of the batman movies. in an effort to fully engage in my movie experience, i spent many hours preparing for the event by taking in the previous batman movies, reading up on my collection of batman graphic novels (or comic books, to the lay person), and searching the internet for obscure batman facts. in homage to the batman, i spent some time dusting off my collectible action figures of him and his various foes. i even went so far as to assemble several lego batman play sets. once i achieved the proper mindset, i was off to the theatre and i was not disappointed. i urge and implore all of my loyal readers to see it.
4. mario kart for the wii
this can most certainly be filed away in the category of b) excuse. something has come over me, and in every single moment of free time that i have (which is negligible in the first place), i am consumed with the need, the obsession, to play mario kart for the wii. i have unlocked almost all of the characters, cars and races, and with each one, the hunger for the next is increased. mario kart is my drug.
Sierpinski carpet fractal cookies
Monday, June 30th, 2008while perusing the internet for delectable treats suitable for accompanying the universe’s best coffee, i happened upon an article from fellow intellectuals at evil mad scientist laboratories that details how to create these fractal cookies in the likeness of a Sierpinski carpet:
The guide can be found at this location in the www.
Suffice to say, I’m now on a quest to obtain a Play-doh extruder so that I can make these, and other various forms of pixel cookies.
more geek decor must-haves
Thursday, June 12th, 2008these will compliment the ascii curtains very well.
actually, since they appeal to two opposing interests of nerdiness (computers and video games), it would not be ideal to put these in the same room as the curtains.