Google allows you to do a lot more than just search pages for information. By utilizing a wide range of search term modifications you can find additional information that may not turn up in a normal search.
For example if you wanted to find out who is linking to our blog. You would enter in Google’s [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Using Google to Find Links in Reverse
Posted in Geek Stuff, Technology, tagged data mining, Google on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Left4Dead: Most Disappointing Purchase of 2008
Posted in Video Games, tagged left4dead, valve, xbox, zombies on November 20, 2008 | 8 Comments »
After waiting in line for over an hour at PAX to play Left4Dead, I left excited to play it. I saw the possibility for fun. Invite 3 friends over, and have a go. As an added bonus, my girlfriend loves zombies so I saw the opportunity to include her and play a game with her [...]
You Speak Every Language Google Does
Posted in Geek Stuff, Random Thoughts, Society, tagged Languages on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Not perfectly of course… but enough to read and write. For example my brother knows Hebrew. I don’t. We communicated in Hebrew a few weeks ago due to Google’s Language tools. They’ve been around for a few years, but it is amazing how many people still don’t use them.
You can find them here: http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
So [...]
On Pirating
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged global warming, pirates on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, the real kind. With the latest hijacking of a Saudi oil tanker, Greg Gutfield offers his tongue-in-cheek explanation on the apparent rise in pirating.
Though he is ignoring the obvious answer. They just take combating global warming that serious.
Cybernetic Prosthetic Eyes
Posted in Geek Stuff, Random Thoughts, Technology on November 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Another wordpress user has posted a call for engineers to design a prosthetic camera eye for herself.
Read her entry here: http://tanyavlach.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/call-for-engineers/#more-201
The very idea of what she is asking for is so awesome. We’ve seen similar ideas in science fiction and movies like Doomsday… but it would be amazing to see this exist in my lifetime. [...]
New Watchmen Trailer
Posted in Movies, tagged watchmen on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excited Boosh! I’m loving how it looks like they handled Rorschach’s mask.
If you are interested in the song, it is Take a Bow by Muse. I bought the Pumpkins song from the first trailer, I may pick this one up, too.
If I may go off topic for a moment, this is [...]
蟲師 (Mushishi)
Posted in Anime, tagged Anime on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hulu was something I had heard of but was effectively ignoring as just another cyberwebtubes fad. However, this all changed when they started adding anime to their selection.
Mushi-shi was an anime I had never heard of, but quickly devoured once I started watching it. Each episode can stand on it’s own and there are [...]
Simon Pegg on Zombies
Posted in Geek Stuff, tagged Simon Pegg, zombies on November 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The article is a review of a British mini-series, but he talks all things zombie. From their origin, to his theory on why culture is fascinated with the zombie, to a rant on why zombies shouldn’t run. (Agreed).
On a personal note, it was kind of a shock to discover that the zombie phenomenon is a [...]
Post apocalyptic Trend
Posted in Movies, tagged Mutant Chronicles, post apocalypse, Ron Perlman is the sex on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wired showcases a list of 8 upcoming post apocalyptic movies. I had only heard of one of these, and will likely do my best to watch them all.
The trailer for Mutant Chronicles looks particularly tasty. Ron Perlman, Tom Jane, John Malkovich, and the hot Asian chick from Sin City? Yes please.
Very [...]
X-Rays
Posted in Geek Stuff, Technology, tagged security on November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have a box. It is a box with a known purpose and a clear function. However, this box also purportedly contains countermeasures that prevent it from functioning should the case ever be opened. This is a problem as it is my job to open the case.
So you see my conundrum. I have to [...]
