http://www.angry-geek.com Mish mash of rants, interesting links, Linux and other net cruft Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:55:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I found this funny and quite true post over at Once Upon a Geek. I especially like these excerpts from 'Job Description: Married Geek With Children' ; "Applicant is expected to give up most available geekery time.  Applicant must be willing to sacrifice geek-related activities in exchange for: chasing after children; helping with the ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2008/08/13/married-geek-job-application/ It is time to revive this blog! I have not posted here in a long time, mostly due to just being too busy and posting to another site I blog on. The other site is my main site and people I know, work with or am related to know of ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2008/08/12/time-to-revive/ This is almost too good to be true! Windows computers play "Fur Elise" or "It's a Small, Small World" at seemingly random intervals! Can you imagine how many people that this "feature" has driven mad? How would the average home computer user ever make the leap from "hmmm..my computer keeps ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2007/11/26/fur-elise-as-a-fan-failure-alert-2/ I found an interesting site, via Richard Wurman's site, who is the founder of TED, among many other things. 19.20.21. Is an interesting site that is starting a 5 year study about the worlds cities, the future and impact of these large cities. More and more of the earth's poplulation ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2007/11/22/5-year-road-map-for-our-world192021/ I found this on Richard Stallman's blog, he says it was anonymous on the web. Things Republicans Believe (received anonymously on the net) Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime,unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness andyou need our prayers for your recovery. The United States ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2007/11/21/thing-republicans-believe/ Check out these amazing Flight Patterns from outerspace! Designer Aaron Koblin took data from FAA and made awesome animations with all of the flight patterns. Every time I see something like this it amazes me the things that smart people will find to do with raw data!Share and Save http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2007/11/11/flight-patterns-as-art/ Check out these amazing Flight Patterns from outerspace! Designer Aaron Koblin took data from FAA and made awesome animations with all of the flight patterns. Every time I see something like this it amazes me the things that smart people will find to do with raw data!Powered by ScribeFire.Share and ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2007/11/07/flight-patterns-from-outerspace/ Perhaps a link of the day? Check out this nifty little offering from our friends at Google. GrandCentral is their gadget of the moment. I actually wish it worked in reverse; any number someone calls will route to your selected number. For example, all calls to my various numbers (home, office, ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2007/11/01/another-nifty-google-gadget/ Ah, there are just so many gadgets and too little money! I really need to become a better writer/blogger so I can start 'beta' testing devices like this. The Zonbu is an affordable computing platform that appears to be the ideal answer for moms, kids, or the luxury of a ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2007/10/17/zonbu-a-linux-based-low-power-mini/ I like this bumper sticker. I also like a lot of the other stickers they offer. I wanted to confirm the quote. Found it here, as well as other sites. Take a minute to read what he says. I'm an atheist, but I still get what he is saying. The things ... http://www.angry-geek.com/index.php/2007/10/09/gandhi-likes-christ/