October 2010

What's so great about Google's Chrome browser? 15 Killer Google Chrome Features You Might Not Know About explains the excitement.

This is going to be a bit different. Normally I don't talk about myself at all on this blog, but this is a story I have to tell. It's an open letter to Wil Wheaton, the actor and writer, whom I have never met, but who has had the most amazing impact on my life nevertheless.

Wil…

I want to tell you a little story about you, me, and the love of my life.

I'm in my mid-fifties, and a confirmed geek. I've been divorced about six years. It was an amicable parting, and my ex and I are still good friends… but still, such an event leaves a huge gaping hole in one's heart. Losing the one that you thought you would be with until death is nearly as traumatic as death itself. It was for me, at least.

After a couple of black years during which I was barely aware of anything, I started to climb out of the dark places. I had the help of some very good friends, and a couple of very good therapists. Eventually, I realized that being alone for the rest of my life was neither predestined, nor desirable. So I started dating again.

It went about as well as could be expected for the first couple of years. Occasionally I met a woman who was intelligent, charming, and interested in a long-term relationship. And invariably, I would screw things up, and the relationship would end. But I paid attention and tried to learn from my mistakes.

Then I met Nadine. She was beautiful, well-spoken, interested in just about everything. I took things slowly — very slowly, because one of the lessons I had learned was that I had sabotaged my earlier attempts at relationships by loading them up with emotional freight before they were ready to bear the weight. Things were going great… Read the rest of this entry »

Stressed out? Under pressure? Laughter truly is the best medicine, and Patrick Murphy Welage is among the top practitioners of laughter yoga in the world.

Designed for the new command line user, this 522 page volume covers the same material as LinuxCommand.org but in much greater detail. In addition to the basics of command line use and shell scripting, The Linux Command Line includes chapters on many common programs used on the command line, as well as more advanced topics.

Available both as a free PDF version and hardcopy.

HTMLInstant is an online HTML editor that displays the result of HTML code you enter as you enter it.

(via The Great Geek Manual)

There are things you can do in email that will earn you the undying hatred of all decent, upstanding netizens. This is one…

And there are many many more.

You have been warned.

Jason Lee loves to take photographs, and he loves his two young daughters. Put all that together, and you get the world record for cuteness…

More at Jason's flickr page.

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Science fiction geeks in the USA generally work on perfecting their Klingon or Browncoat costumes. British fans are a bit more ambitious — they toil at building their own Daleks.

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Is it possible to live with more digital possessions than physical ones? Those who have joined the 'cult of less' are trying to find out.