geekman.com http://geekman.com the eclectic interests of an aging geek... computing, online life, current events, and a side dish of weirdness... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Dai Vernon – Cups and Balls http://geekman.com/?p=4242 http://geekman.com/?p=4242#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:14:50 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4242 ]]> ]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4242 0 Doctor Jokes http://geekman.com/?p=4236 http://geekman.com/?p=4236#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:11:18 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4236 from Prairie Home Companion…

Doctor Jokes from PHC

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4236 0 Quote of the day http://geekman.com/?p=4221 http://geekman.com/?p=4221#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:44:01 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4221 Ray Bradbury in The Martian Chronicles (1950):
Life is a miracle. Art is an expression of that miracle. Science is an investigation of that miracle.

(via Great Geek Manual)

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4221 0 My Dog is Cool http://geekman.com/?p=4212 http://geekman.com/?p=4212#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:08:18 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4212 The 'My Dog is Cool' campaign seeks to prevent the very preventable deaths of pets left in overheated cars.

My Dog Is Cool

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]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4212 0 Medical Certificate of Insanity http://geekman.com/?p=4208 http://geekman.com/?p=4208#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:01:56 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4208 Just what I always wanted!

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]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4208 0 6 Steps To Remove TV From Your Life http://geekman.com/?p=4202 http://geekman.com/?p=4202#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:42:56 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4202 Lifehack suggests 6 Steps To Remove TV From Your Life.

2. Remove your cable subscription.
Being subscribed to the cable TV makes you feel compelled to keep watching, so as to maximize the value of your subscription. If you’re serious about removing TV from your life, unsubscribe immediately. Forget about the line-up of shows on cable – not only do you get a big chunk of your life back, you also save money in the process.

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4202 0 Laugh, and the world laughs with you http://geekman.com/?p=4197 http://geekman.com/?p=4197#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:50:46 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4197 (via Crooks and Liars)]]> The world is just nuts… so sit back and laugh.

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]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4197 0 The Egg http://geekman.com/?p=4191 http://geekman.com/?p=4191#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:39:23 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4191 ]]> Later today I will be having dinner with a lovely young lady who collects eggs. So I started to wonder, on this day set aside to celebrate the founding of our nation… does she know this little ditty about turkeys, eagles, and eggs from the film '1776'?

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4191 0 Brain infographics http://geekman.com/?p=4182 http://geekman.com/?p=4182#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:43:10 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4182 My beautiful and scary-intelligent sister-in-law is a physician specializing in the brain. So, naturally, when I see a list of 18 Beautiful Infographics About the Human Brain, I'm going to have to post it here.

If you are interested in seeing what the different regions of the brain are responsible for, this infographic is quite enlightening.

Brain Regions

It offers a look at what goes on in different areas, such as the fact that reading and comprehension take place in the parietal lobe, near the occipital lobe. You can also see that sensory speech goes over more than one lobe. Color coding makes it easier to identify different regions.

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4182 0 Scenes From A Multiverse http://geekman.com/?p=4171 http://geekman.com/?p=4171#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:51:46 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4171 My new favorite webcomic is Jonathan Rosenberg's Scenes From A Multiverse. The comic visits a different segment of the multiverse every week, and readers vote on which one to revisit.

Scenes from a Multiverse

(hat tip: BoingBoing)

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4171 0 Doctor Who – Where to start? http://geekman.com/?p=4154 http://geekman.com/?p=4154#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:31:36 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4154 Five years in, the new Doctor Who is an unqualified success. For those who may have yet to discover the series, here are my two favorite stories thus far:


Series 1: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) follow a mysterious spacecraft to London during the Blitz, only to encounter an equally mysterious — and terrifying — child:


Series 4:Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead

The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) visit the biggest library in the universe, and discover another mysterious child and a deadly danger lurking in the shadows:


Series 5: Preview

Matt Smith portrays the Eleventh Doctor in the current series. I haven't seen all the episodes myself, so instead of a favorite, here is a BBC preview. You might want to find something to hang on to…

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4154 0 Morning Announcements http://geekman.com/?p=4150 http://geekman.com/?p=4150#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:20:39 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4150 ]]> John Scalzi presents the morning announcements at the Lucas Interspecies School for Troubled Youth…

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4150 0 Best Places to Get Free Books http://geekman.com/?p=4146 http://geekman.com/?p=4146#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:56:15 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4146 FriedBeef's Tech has a sizable list of sites that supply free books — including ebooks for free download, and sites that coordinate swapping physical books.

]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4146 0 James Galea: Comedy Card Trick http://geekman.com/?p=4139 http://geekman.com/?p=4139#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:37:46 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4139 (via Erich Vieth)]]> James Galea performs his signature trick, 673 King Street…

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]]> http://geekman.com/?feed=rss2&p=4139 0 PigSpigot http://geekman.com/?p=4133 http://geekman.com/?p=4133#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:16:37 +0000 jgb http://geekman.com/?p=4133 "PigSpigot is an online, user-generated greeting card company that allows customers to send hilarious e-cards, Tweeting cards, and snail-mail cards to friends and family. We like to think of it as an anti-Hallmark with a wiki twist."

PigSpigot zombie card

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