Archive for the ‘Geek Stuff’ Category

Benchmark Hunting

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

I got a GPS for Christmas. Being unable to wait until Christmas, I've been playing with it for a week or so. I'd like to do some geocaching, but with all of the snow, it's not really the best time for it. Instead, I read up a bit about benchmark ...

Fun with explosives

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Last week was the annual Smith family reunion, which typically means my brothers, brothers-in-law, and I get together and shoot things. We decided to spice things up this year with some Tannerite - a fully legal explosive that makes a 'small' explosion when you shoot it. Loads of fun ensued. Enjoy ...

First Radio Signal Detected From Beyond Our Solar System

Monday, August 11th, 2008

The internets has it's collective panties in a bunch this morning after an article titled "First Radio Signal Detected From Beyond Our Solar System" was published by some geeks in South Africa. Many are heralding this as proof of alien life. The article (they are technically capable of receiving signals ...

Search Terms – Round Two

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Here's some more recent search terms that are, well, interesting. fired from radio shack I'm trying to imagine what you can possibly do to get fired from Radio Shack. Certainly being rude, ignorant, or lazy won't get you fired. I've personally seen that talking on the phone and texting instead of helping ...