new wii game

May 20, 2008

last weekend, a new addition was welcomed into my home. i am now the proud owner of mario kart for my nintendo wii. i have attempted, unsuccessfully, to evenly distribute my playing time in such a manner as to allow for my necessary daily tasks to go without suffering. however, each time i pass...
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quote of the day

May 17, 2008

Toast always lands buttered-side down, and a cat always lands feet first. I propose we strap buttered toast to the back of a cat; the two will hover, spinning inches from the ground. With a giant buttered-toast/cat array, a hovering monorail could easily link New York with Chicago. -John Frazee (Journal of Irreproducible Results)...
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geek v. nerd

May 8, 2008

from wikipedia: geek: a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, gaming, etc. nerd: a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests. furthermore, it is commonly believed that nerds are socially awkward,...
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neglect, halo 3, employees, and a+bi

May 7, 2008

it appears this blog has fallen victim to slight neglect and has suffered from a long interval between posts. to my faithful readers, i send my deepest apologies. the fact is, there hasn’t been much to blog about in the life of leonard the coffee nerd. last weekend, there was a halo 3 tournament...
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quote of the day

April 22, 2008

“It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.” -unknown Tweet
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8.0 awesome things

April 19, 2008

1. partial differential equations2. brew nerds coffee, duh.3. www.wired.com.4. open source anything. 5. all manner of robots.6. rubik’s cube (and each of it’s 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 permutations).7. iStuff. iPods, iPhones, iPhotos, iMacs, and so on…8. nerds. Tweet
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