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Eating dots

Posted on January 20, 2012 | Leave a comment

Quick — wanna look busy?

THINK BIG.

Play the World’s Biggest Pac-Man game right on your computer!

It’s going on now online, and is being played by people around the world.

The mazes are interconnected and go on and on and on. You can start wherever you want and play as long and as far as your skill will take you. You can also play alone or challenge competitors online, and check your stats against…

THE WORLD

There now. Doesn’t that sound like a whole lot more fun than work??

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Tagged Business, commentary, computer games, eating dots, entertainment, games, Humor, Internet, life, maze, online, Pac-Man, Pac-Man dots, stats, sure beats work, technology, TGIF, World's Biggest Pac-Man game

Spirit stick

Posted on November 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

Do you remember the very first DVD you ever owned?

I do.

I had just bought a combo VHS/DVD player — back when they were still pretty pricey — and a friend gave me the campy cheerleader cult classic Bring it On. (It wasn’t a classic back then; just campy.)

It also wasn’t a musical, but it is now, and not on Broadway. My west coast friends have the bragging rights to this one.

Bring it On: The Musical may be playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles through December 10th, but they have recruited a bunch of Broadway award-winners to their team:

Tony Award-winning writer Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q)
Tony Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights)
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning composer Tom Kitt (Next to Normal)
Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler (In The Heights)

It’s gotta be good, right?

Tweets from audience members, both celebrity and ‘regular folk,’ have been very enthusiastic. The critics appear to have their doubts.

But it’s early yet. There’s lots of time to polish. Bring it On: The Musical is on a national tour, although no Broadway dates appear to be scheduled.

Yet.

I’m sexy, I’m cute,
I’m popular to boot.
I’m wanted, I’m hot,
I’m everything you’re not,
I’m pretty, I’m cool,
I dominate this school,
Who am I? Just guess,
Guys wanna touch my chest,
We cheer and we lead,
We act like we’re on speed,
Hate us ’cause we’re beautiful,
Well we don’t like you either,
We’re cheerleaders,
We are cheerleaders.

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Geek alert

Posted on November 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

Have you heard?

An aircraft carrier-sized asteroid is coming within 200,000 miles of Earth next week. That’s closer than the moon. But not close enough to hit us or change the tides or make our skin hang funny.

Or so they say.

Is this really an asteroid? Or is that story merely a cover? Could we be in danger of attack by an alien life form?

It’s happened before. On film.

If you know anything about Star Trek – and I do — that chunk of rock bears a striking resemble to the probe sent to Earth in 1986 to communicate with humpback whales in…

Anyone?

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

That is correct.

Perhaps this asteroid that scientists are so ready to dismiss is really an example of life imitating art.

Well…it could happen. (If you hear whale song, make a run for it!)

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Tagged alien probe, asteroid, commentary, Earth, entertainment, geek alert, gravity, Humor, humpback whales, life, moon, Movies, news, song of humpback whales, Star Trek, Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, superior life form, technology, tides

Robo Cop

Posted on October 24, 2011 | 1 Comment

Dear New York magazine:

In your October 24th issue you ask, “Who is the toughest robot in the nerd universe?”

A nerd myself, I surveyed with great interest your detailed chart on display, featuring metal men ranging from C-3PO to Wall-E to Iron Giant to Tik-Tok.

With the help of researchers from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, you crowned as ultimate nerd robot…

Optimus Prime, of Transformers fame

I’m not a fan of the movie, but the robot is pretty bad-ass…so I’m not disputing his right to the title.

My beef?

The world’s coolest robot skeleton being left out of the mix.

Geoff Peterson of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Sure, he’s scrawny, only has one working arm and no lower extremities. But his ballsy personality alone would have Optimus Prime eating out of the palm of his hand.

The one that works.

So, keep asking the tough questions, New York mag. Just don’t make them multiple-choice until you know your nerds better.

Careful, Icarus.

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Tagged C-3PO, Carnegie Mellon University, comedy, commentary, entertainment, Geoff Peterson, Geoff the Robot, Humor, Internet, Iron Giant, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, life, magazines, metal men, Movies, multple-choice question, nerd universe, nerds, New York magazine, Optimus Prime, Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, robots, technology, Television, Tik-Tok, Transformers movie, TV, Wall-E

The new cool

Posted on October 19, 2011 | Leave a comment

Guess who got an email thank you note from America Online yesterday?

This girl.

I’m guessing Steve Carell did, too. And Tina Fey. Sarah Silverman, Judd Apatow and Paul Rudd were no doubt on the list, too.

You see, we all still use AOL as our primary email client. Brand ourselves as pioneers of the Internet each time we hit ‘send’ by associating ourselves with AOL in this Gmail world.

I’m not crazy brand loyal; I’m just lazy. As AOL pointed out in their “celebrating you” thank you note, they’ve been my email service provider since 1996.

Before I was even born.

Do you know how many accounts, organizations and friends know me by this email address? The mere thought of changing it — and the domino effect of changes that would be required as a result — gives me the hives.

Of course, I have other email addresses for professional purposes — even a Gmail account that I rarely use — but AOL is still core.

And knowing that so many way cool people have an uncool email address like me…makes it the cool thing to do.

That’s what I keep telling myself.

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Tagged America Online, AOL, AOL email address, AOL thank you email, brand loyal, celebrities, commentary, cool people, domino effect, email, email client, email service provider, entertainment, Gmail, Humor, Internet, Internet pioneers, Judd Apatow, life, outdated email address, Paul Rudd, philosophy, Sarah Silverman, Steve Carell, technology, Tina Fey, uncool email account

Tech diff

Posted on July 16, 2011 | Leave a comment

I worked today.

Nothing else did.

The slide deck I planned to use in class — the one I have used for the past two years — suddenly decided not to open.

You can’t read the error message, but it basically says, ‘Ain’t opening your deck today, sister.’

Thank goodness I know it backwards and forwards and just used the chalkboard.

But still.

Right now I am typing this blog on my phone because the wifi on the Bolt Bus back to NYC isn’t working.

I know it’s Saturday, technology, but if I don’t get the day off..

Neither do you.

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Tagged Bolt Bus, Business, college, computers, error message, Humor, PowerPoint, slide deck, technology, transportation, Travel, WiFi, working on Saturday

Say…

Posted on July 6, 2011 | 2 Comments

As I sat down to write this post, I happened upon a quote:

“The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.” – Roger Babson

Made me wonder if I should write at all. (Obviously, that didn’t happen.) Instead, I vowed to follow the direction of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe:

“Less is more.”

Such a wonderful philosophy. It’s probably why blogs first became popular (and are being rapidly replaced by the even briefer tweets and text messages).

It’s why one bold accessory works best. Why you do either a bright lip or a smoky eye (but not both). Why minimalist home design will always endure. Why classic jeans and a tee will always be the perfect outfit, no matter the occasion.

And why just a kiss of chocolate is always enough.

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Tagged blog, blogging, bold accessory, bold lip, celebrities, chocolate kiss, commentary, Foods, hershey kiss, home design, Humor, Internet, jeans and a t-shirt, less is more, life, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, philosophy, quotes, Roger Babson, smoky eye, technology, text messages, The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing, tweets, Twitter

Bookish

Posted on June 24, 2011 | Leave a comment

JK Rowling, you witch.

When you launched pottermore.com last week, you had to know what Muggles everywhere were thinking.

Pottermore? Pottermore?? JK Rowling is going to write a new Harry Potter book, we immediately surmised.

You’ve said more than once, JK, that you might not be finished with Harry and the gang.

But what did you announce instead? E-books for everyone…of the existing Harry Potter saga.

Where’s the magic in that?

Sure, you’ve promised additional materials that will only be found in the e-books. That’s all well and good. We’ll enjoy that, of course.

But knowingly dangling the possibility of more Potter books in front of a rabid public? You should be ashamed of yourself. I demand an apology — a written one, in fact.

In the form of an eighth novel.

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Tagged books, celebrities, commentary, e-books, entertainment, family, Harry Potter, Harry Potter books, Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter saga, Humor, Internet, JK Rowling, life, Movies, pottermore.com, technology, witch, wizards

R-e-s-p-e-c-t

Posted on June 19, 2011 | 3 Comments

Today is Father’s Day — Happy Father’s Day, everybody! — and like a lot of holidays and special occasions, Google has created a logo dedicated to all the dads out there:

Wow. Went all out, didn’t they?

I mean, on Les Paul’s birthday, they designed a Google logo that was a functioning guitar you could actually strum. And I recall a PacMan version of the Google homepage that you could play using your arrow buttons.

What does Dad get on his special day? A tie. A tie that just…hangs there. Doesn’t even swing from side to side when you click on it. (Would have been a nice touch, don’t you think?)

As usual, Dad gets remembered but not really fussed over. And he won’t mind. Won’t say anything. Because he doesn’t really expect much…especially not from the Google homepage.

Would have been nice, though. Goodness knows he deserves it.

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Posted in Children, Commentary, Design, Family, Holiday, Home, Humor, Internet, Relationships, Technology

Tagged commentary, dad, design, family, Father's Day, Google, Google homepage, Google logo, Google tie logo, Holiday, home, Humor, Internet, Les Paul, life, Pacman, Pacman Google logo, Relationships, strumming guitar Google logo, technology, tie

Can’t top that

Posted on May 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

When my oldest brother Kent, a retired US Army Lt. Colonel, was active duty in Iraq during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he ate a lot of MREs (Meals Ready to Eat).

Like all prepared foods, they fascinated me.

When he returned after the war, he brought some home. Once I perused the contents, I could understand why he had doused everything liberally with Tabasco sauce.

Everything was bland and required water. Even the brown packaging looked unappetizing.

But I think I’ve found a new food item the US Armed Forces might want to consider including in their next MRE. It’s fun, it’s flavorful, and while the packaging might be too bright, it will survive the elements.

It’s the Candwich.

These sandwiches in a can — duh — come in three flavors: peanut butter and strawberry jam, peanut butter and grape jam, and barbecue chicken. There are also future plans for pepperoni pizza and french toast.

Now, I’m no soldier, but I think these would be welcomed in the field as long as they tasted anywhere near the original. No water required, either.

And did you notice the yellow sunburst on the can? “Candy Surprise Inside”

I’ve always been a fan of those, too.

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Posted in Business, Commentary, Cooking, Food, Foods, Humor, Life, News, Technology

Tagged active duty, barbecue chicken candwich, bland foods, Business, Candwich, candy surprise, food, Foods, Humor, Iraq, life, Lt Colonel, Meals Ready to Eat, MREs, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, peanut butter and jelly candwich, prepared foods, Tabasco sauce, technology, Travel, US Armed Forces, US Army

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