64 Things Every Geek Should Know - laptoplogic.com The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field. A geek is one who isn’t satisfied knowing only the surface facts, but instead has a visceral desire to learn everything possible about a particular subject. A techie geek is usually one who knows a little about everything, and is thus the person family and friends turn to whenever they have a question. 1. USB – Universal Serial Bus GPU – Graphics Processing Unit CPU – Central Processing Unit SATA – Serial ATA HTML – Hyper-text Markup Language HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol FTP – File Transfer Protocol P2P – Person to Person data sharing 2. 3. Here’s what one looks like: 4.
Cápsulas Tecnológicas Unfriendable - Public Displays of Fail (from Facebook, Twitter, and Yahoo! Answers) Chicken Nation - Patrick Alexander's Personal Internet The Featured Creature : Showcasing Unique and Unusual Wildlife 20 aplicaciones útiles y divertidas para tu teléfono móvil (CNN) - Las aplicaciones móviles han irrumpido con fuerza en el mercado de las tabletas y de los teléfonos inteligentes. Los lanzamientos son permanentes y suele ser difícil mantenerse al día con las últimas novedades. A continuación, presentamos una lista de 20 nuevas aplicaciones que nos han llamado la atención en los últimos meses. Basándose en productividad, fotografía, noticias o interacción social, creemos que te interesarás en más de una: Neatly Neatly se promociona como el cliente inteligente de Twitter para iPhone. Precio: U$S 1.99 Para iPhone, Android (en beta), Blackberry Haze Agrégale color al pronóstico del tiempo con Haze. Precio: U$S 0.99 Para iPhone CamMe Ya no necesitarás usar tus manos. Precio: gratis Swiftkey Los teclados táctiles no son para cualquiera. Precio: U$S 3.99 Para Android Winston Si eres de aquellos que prefieren escuchar que leer, Winston puede ser la aplicación para ti. Para iOS Switchcam Para cualquier cámara (solo debes subir los contenidos al servicio) Kickstarter
QC: New Comics Every Monday Through Friday Caught in the (Animal) Crossfire I forgot to visit my pal Rocco’s house in Animal Crossing ONCE and now I feel like can’t even show my face around town anymore. I’m the worst mayor ever. ALSO! I’ve got some BIG FUN STUFF happening on the In-R-Net this week. Here’s what’s-a-going down. First up. Lastly, I’ve been DrawCasting again! And that’s all I’ve got for this week, now I gotta go look for beetles so I can pay off my housing loan. Cheers, Caldy
Realistic Lateral Thinking Puzzles Lateral Thinking Puzzles, unlike most puzzles, are inexact. In a sense, they are a hybrid between puzzles and storytelling. In each puzzle, some clues to a scenario are given, but the clues don't tell the full story. Your job is to fill in the details and complete the story. Obviously, there is usually more than one answer to any given puzzle, but, in general, only one solution is truly satisfying. You can try solving these puzzles on your own -- that's certainly a legitimate way to go about this -- but usually you can have more fun if you involve other people. Warning: For some reason, these puzzles have a tendency to be rather morbid. The scenarios given on this page are realistic, if unlikely.