Salon, the highly democratic/liberal news site ran a personals service in which you paid for credits at roughly $1 each and you could contact a person for 1 credit. The site featured full search, etc. Recently they sold out to friendfinder.com and totally changed the service. It took them weeks to get the pts from… Continue reading Salon Personals refunds fee
Author: Steve Riggins
Explanation of Ctrl-Alt-Delete with Gate’s reaction
This clip is just too great for words, matey, arrrr.
Save Angela’s Ass
A friend asked me to post about Saving Angela’s Ass and while I have not researched it, I can be empathetic to insurance co issues, so take a gander if you like and decide if you’d like to support this person.
Jazz Pianist Eldar Djangirov
Click this link and check out Watermelon Island Great stuff even if you don’t like Jazz. (The song apparently is no longer a free download)
Great game for the kids in all of us
Cute, colorful, intelligent and easy to play but tough to solve. Check out the demo of: Professor Fizzwizzle
Geeks R Us has upgraded to MovableType 3.2!
The upgrade went pretty smoothly – I just had to change a couple of paths and I cleaned a bunch of files up. If you notice any weirdness with the site, please drop us a line!
Command-Control-D over words in Tiger
I heard about this tip from Rob Griffiths at PMUG the other night. Put your cursor over a word in any cocoa app, like Safari or mail, and press COMMAND-CONTROl-D. A popup window will show with the definition of that word!
Using an Airport Express as a wireless extension to Linksys WRT network with WPA2
Whew! What a mouthful. Alright I had already posted on how to get the Express talking to Sveasoft’s firmware using WDS and WEP. This allows the Express to connect wirelessly to the Linksys and let me play my music, etc. Since then I had upgraded my WRT to the Linksys 4.70.6 firmware which supports WPA2… Continue reading Using an Airport Express as a wireless extension to Linksys WRT network with WPA2
Episode #008 2005-09-13
This time on the Geeks R Us Podcast: PMUG Rob Griffiths OS X hints.com Butler Maccamp Dad has cataract surgery! World of Warcraft Social aspects mods My car had brake issues again, this time – Emergency Brake! Listen
Apple ships iTunes 5
For new phone, iPod, etc. Much goodness. download
Mork has landed – Nano Nano!
Apple released their latest ipod. Holy Sexy as Kristie put it. Apple ipod nano
Thoughts for those in the south
I have many special friends in the south and some who are displaced, maybe permanently due to Katrina. To dee and sass, I hear you are well and my deepest concern and thoughts as you collect your lives. I was so happy to hear from Ryan after four days of no power. He lives in… Continue reading Thoughts for those in the south
Asteroids watch
Ah too damn cool haha: Play Asteroids while taking off in an airplane, can’t disable your watch!
Easy Envelopes widget rocks!
Ambrosia is one of my favorite software companies. Get your free, awesome, no longer needing MS Word envelope printing widget for Tiger! it is gorgeous, prints well, uses address book and is just neat! Easy Envelopes
Howdy!
Well has certainly been a busy summer. I was in Minnesota 2 weeks ago, then I drove to Wisconsin for a date and to see the countryside. I didn’t experience any of that midwest weather people complain about and saw my grandparent’s stomping grounds. Was a total blast. This past weekend, I went to see… Continue reading Howdy!
Episode #007 2005-08-18
Yes a new podcast! Listen You can subscribe to the Geeks R Us Podcast via the iTunes Music Store or by pointing your favorite podcatcher at our feed.
del.icio.us/geeksrus
I’ve started a del.iciou.us page. Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site, where you can store your bookmarks, annotate and keyword them. Your bookmarks are shared and then you can cross-reference one bookmark to others sharing the same keyword.
I won!
I won a Wacom tablet at PMUG tonight!
I’m home! Expensive week!
Well am home from a week in L.A. for work. Am headed to Minnesota Wed, then Wisconsin to visit a friend. I learned it is crazy expensive to rent a car one way ($123/day) I went to see my Ophthalmologist today to check my right eye, since I bumped my head, and the eye has… Continue reading I’m home! Expensive week!
Long week!
It was a successful week of meetings in L.A. Now I can hang in the ocean breeze for two more days before heading home to what i hear is horribly hot Portland, then head out to Minnesota for the last half of next week. I am pooped 🙂 I took Tim (associate) to Disneyland last… Continue reading Long week!