Andrew Turbott's personal blog
Posts tagged geek
Net Neutrality
Nov 6th
This article from Ben.geek.nz gives an easy to understand illustration of what an internet without net neutrality might be like…
I especially like the "massive" 2000MB (=2GB) you can add for only $5/mth!geek sleeping bag
Jul 21st
My sister finds the weirdest things… RT @abby_t: Coziest sleeping bag ever: http://bit.ly/ZKUIw
Will I be a Geek Dad? 20 reasons Jen thinks I might be…
Jun 22nd
Adapted from Kathy Ceceri (http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/06/top-10-ways-you-know-you%E2%80%99re-married-to-a-geekdad/)
1. I think that maintaining the computers, game systems and home network is just as important, if not MORE important than doing dishes or cleaning the bathrooms.
2. She never knows when she’ll walk into the dining room to find the table covered with a computer broken down into all its component parts.
3. I’m a packrat, keeping every spare cable, screw and or slightly damaged electronic part for a future project.
4. I am thinking of removing the TV, cancelling Sky, and replacing everything with a large screen computer because all the good shows can be streamed on the Internet.
5. I spend a lot of time maintaining my personal blog(s).
6. I have considered installing stilts under the legs of our bed so my comic book boxes can fit underneath.
7. Our kid’s college fund consists of boxes of first issues of my favourite comic books.
8. I would like to sit down with the kid and read through the first issues (when he or she is old enough to treat them with respect), college fund be damned. (Well, maybe not Preacher #1.)
9. Every computer in the house has its chassis half open…and is still running.
10. I may pause any movie at any time to make sure that the colour temperature and brightness are set just right.
11. I think nothing of having the laptop on the dining room table to share funny stories and pictures I’ve found with the family.
12. Our house is colourful, and not because of paint, but because of toys, models, and my collection of videos and comics.
13. I have dissected a new appliance just to see how it works…
14. At times I have debated the relativity of fictional characters and or logical outcomes to movies and television shows.
15. A Periodic Table placemat for our child would be neat (and instructional!).
16. I am more than happy to attempt explanations of obscure scientific answers to “why?” questions.
17. It pains me to limit the kid’s computer time.
18. She’s not sure if the new Lego sets are really for the kids or for me.
19. I want to build my own robot.
20. I spend lots of time “helping” the kid play videogames.
My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 21st
Apr 23rd
These are my links for April 21st:
- Wired 9.12: Take The AQ Test –
- Growing Up in New Zealand –
- Google News Timeline –
- Grand Designs: Wednesdays, 9pm, C4 | 4Homes | Channel4.com –
- Google Labs –
- Main Page * BrettspielWelt – Online Portal für Brettspiele –
- Mind and Body Consultants Ltd –
- Mind (National Association for Mental Health) –
- Welcome to Webware 100 Awards 2008 –
- What is a Good Recommendation Algorithm? | blog@CACM | Communications of the ACM –
- Rock, Paper, Shotgun: “Something’s wrong on the internet!” –
- Build a Website – Create a Blog – Squarespace –
- MythTV NZ –
- Firefly Media Server :: Home Page –
- Home Server Hacks –
- Giant In the Playground Games –
- We Got Served | Windows Home Server & Your Digital Home –
- d20radio.com –
- Ocean Quigley –
- Edge Magazine – Video Games, Game News, and Gaming Jobs | Edge Online –
- Mutants & Masterminds Headquarters — MutantsAndMasterminds.com –
- Meanwhile… – d20radio.com –
- Diagnosis and Management of Dementia –
- Comic Book Resources Forums – Powered by vBulletin –
- Your Games Now, Publisher Co-Op –
- NBOS Software Home Page –
- OnlineOCR.net: Online OCR service enables you to convert scanned documents to Text, Word, or PDF files –
- Exchange rates, currency tables, currency converters and historical forex data | rates.cx –
- Russâ??s Blog » Xbox Live NAT info (E.g. why you canâ??t play online) –
- Problems with XBOX 360 Live NAT Settings –
- Lewy Body Dementia Association, Inc. :: Index –
- Paul’s complete guide to installing OSX Leopard on your MSI Wind / Advent 4211 –
- AT&T Labs Text-to-Speech: Demo –
- NAS Devices – Network Attached Storage Guide and Reviews –
- Running Apple’s OS on PCs is a community effort that rewards preparation :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business –
- The Great Apple Netbook Experiment, Part 1, What to Buy – AppleMatters –
- Web development, web design, online marketing, and electronics blog by Joshua McGinnis –
- MindKits – New Zealand Electronic Robotics –
- Hack a Day –
- Installing Mac OS X on a Dell Mini 9 â?? the easy way (Updated 3x) | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com –
- The Apple Core | ZDNet.com –
- Hans Presto – BLAM design : Textning, kalligrafi, tecknade serier och handskrivning –
- 2000 AD Online – The Official Home of Judge Dredd, Nemesis the Warlock, Rogue Trooper and the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic –
- BrianBolland.net –
- BBC/OU Open2.net – Digital Planet –
- Font Generator – Make Your Own Handwriting Font With Your Fonts –
- FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts –
- PC PRO: IT News & Reviews –
- Programming Tutorials â?¢ Geekpedia –
- Cheap Laptop Battery, Australia and New Zealand –
- Score Hero – Home –
- Hack N Mod – Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects –
- TreeHugger –
- Wireless Routers & WiFi Networks: Indoor and Outdoor Wireless Networks By Meraki –
- Main Page – DD-WRT Wiki –
- TweetDeck: a simple and fast way to experience Twitter –
- Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! –
My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 18th
Mar 19th
These are my links for March 18th:
- DAN METH –
- Find the famous quotes you need, ThinkExist.com Quotations. –
- Buzzle Web Portal: Intelligent Life on the Web –
- The Tech Report – PC Hardware Explored –
- Billionaires – The World’s Richest People – Forbes.com –
- How to Install Satellite Coax Cable in a Home – wikiHow –
- Build a Home Theater PC – How To by ExtremeTech –
- Tech, games and culture, by geeks, for geeks – Atomic MPC –
- Joystiq –
- Elite Bastards –
- Play by Email (PBeM) / Play by Mail (PBM) Games Homepage –
- Eurisko, The Computer With A Mind Of Its Own –
- Cycorp, Inc. –
- urticator.net – Home –
- LinuxTracker .::. Index –
- Eeebuntu Official Site – Main –
- Calendar of ShangNing.net, find out your Chinese zodiac via birthday –
- How to Use and Edit Boot.ini in Windows XP –
- Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick | USB Pen Drive Linux –
- FDISK /MBR rewrites the Master Boot Record –
- Bootdisk.Com –
- Main Page – SystemRescueCd –
- Moria – The science fiction, horror and fantasy movie review site – Home –
- How children lost the right to roam in four generations –
- Tor: anonymity online –
- Enigmail: A simple interface for OpenPGP email security –
- snopes.com: 25 Hottest Urban Legends –
- Data transfer rate conversion online. –
- XBMC Media Center –
- Main Page – Plex –
- Classic Restoration Enterprises, Inc. – Home –
- GB-PVR mediacentre. TV, Music, Video, Pictures, DVD –
- HandBrake –
- JavaScript Corral – Free Scripts, Pop-up Windows, Tutorial, Help –
- IP Address Locator – Enter an IP address to find its location – Lookup Country Region City etc –
- Newsarama | Comic Book News, TV, Movies –
- 20000-NAMES.COM: 20,000+ Names from Around the World–baby names, pet, pets, sim, story character, meaning, origin, etymology, etymologies, meanings, origins –
- SmallNetBuilder – Small Network Help – NAS Section –
- iPhone News, Help and Guides –
- DRUGSAFETYSITE.COM: Drug safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding –
- Home/Search: Is This Your Name? –
- iPod Touch Tricks- Blog featuring Apps, Hacks, Programs, Emulators,Softwares, Themes, News of iPod Touch –
- All things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond | iLounge –
- StyleWriter plain English editing software, Write Group, New Zealand –
- Create WPA Key for your Wireless Network Router –
- Welcome to OpenVPN –
- Gotham Comics – New Zealand’s Finest Comic Book Store –
- Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) –
- Password Safe –
- The Playground & All Aboard Games and Toys New Zealand –
- Ebook Search – Pdf Search Engine –
- Audible Picks – The Official TWiT Wiki –
- King of the Nerds!!! –
- International Psychogeriatric Association –
- library services – ADHB Library Links – **needs password
- Calgoo Calendar – Free Offline Calendar –
- World’s Best Free Email Account, Calendars Online, To Do List | Zenbe –
- EphPod – iPod for Windows (and Linux) :: HOME –
- Watchmen Movie News, Watchmen Comic News, Trailers, Videos, Plot Summary and More – WatchmenComicMovie.com –
- Cinema Blend – Reviews, news, and opinions on entertainment. –
- My Chemical Romance –
- Flixster – Share Movie Reviews & Movie Ratings With Your Friends –
- Ping.fm / Update all of your social networks at once! –
- DOPPLR –
- Order home and office delivery from a wide selection of restaurants –
- Zenbu. Find Everything. –
- NZ Open GPS Project –
- Geocaching – The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site –
- Silva Screen Records – Soundtrack MP3s & CDs –
- Center for Internet Security – Standards –
- Belarc – System Management For The Internet Age –
- SIW | System Information for Windows by Gabriel Topala –
- VoIP Providers – VoIP Services – Broadband Phone Providers | VoIPReview.org –
- Stereogum: Music Blog: MP3 Downloads, Videos, News, Giveaways –
- Home | War Child –
- PC Pitstop: Free PC Scans and Tune-up Utilities –
- Main Page – New Zealand Connections –
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