Geekfoolery

You’re at the airport, and you want to plug in your laptop, but the only two outlets in a concourse large enough to actually land the plane in are already occupied by two people who don’t look like they are going anywhere. I have a sure-fire way to get yourself hooked up to some 120V […]

I have a very long commute every day, which is made slightly more bearable by the vast number of excellent podcasts that are available. A couple of new ones have come out lately, and I thought I would share my current drive-time favorites with you.
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Years ago, I was one of those guys who answered the technical support line, “How can I help you?” It didn’t pay a lot, but I was pretty good at it, and I enjoyed being able to help people who for one reason or another couldn’t figure out how to fix the problem they were […]

Can a tricycle be cool? The word tricycle tends to bring to mind images of toddlers on driveways. It seems that respectability derives either from being on two wheels, or four. Three-wheeled vehicles don’t get no respect. Here’s are some three wheelers that deserve another look.

Oscars are coming. It’s an event that never really did much for me, primarily because the Academy has traditionally ignored my favorite genre of movies, the “Things Blowing Up” category of cinema. So screw them. For today, I just want to look at some of the unsung stars of the action movies… the guns and […]

Listen to me, you little whippersnappers, when I was kid, there was only ONE kind of Star Trek, not counting that cartoon. When you talked about the Captain of the Enterprise, no one asked if you meant Kirk or Picard, and Star Wars hadn’t been invented yet! And when Star Trek was on the TV, […]