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Wil
I was a Propeller Scout, and I ran the Geeks Group. AOL sent me to the land of Wind and Ghosts, though, so I don't spend nearly as much time propelling as I once did.
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Amarok 2 Released, Windows and Mac Versions in Beta »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Science & Technology
Amarok 2, the open source media center we'd previously toured while it was in beta, is now available in a release version for Linux ...
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Fables Is Possibly Gonna Be a TV Series »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
Yes, Fables, the fairy-tales-in-modern-times comic from Vertigo. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has ordered a pilot--no indication that it'll get picked up, but ...
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Computer scientists find audio CAPTCHAs easy to crack »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Science & Technology
Audio CAPTCHAs consist of a string of spoken characters, typically masked and distorted by a form of background noise. To start with, the researchers looked ...
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Surf the world's radio stations with Radio Beta »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
There are dozens of web sites that aggregate radio streams from around the globe. But Radio Beta is one of the few that I've ...
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Pathfinder Adventure Path: A D&D Campaign Delivered to Your Door »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
GeekDads tend to be busy, and haunting a game store looking for the latest and greatest often isn't an option. And for those of ...
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Forrest J Ackerman remembered »
Posted by: 1 year ago in News
Another great in the world of sci-fi and horror has passed away, the wonderful and genial gentleman encyclopedia of genre entertainment Forrest J Ackerman. Forrest ...
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First Look: UNO for iPhone »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Science & Technology
If you've ever played UNO before, then you know how addicting it can be. You can now enjoy that same UNO experience on your ...
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Make a papercraft Krampus for Christmas »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
Macula offers a downloadable papercraft of Krampus, a creepy companion of Saint Nicholas.
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Requiem for a Maverick »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Political News
Rolling Stone says, "John McCain ran one of the most incompetent, schizo campaigns in history — and for that we owe him big-time."
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Vintage-style posters for rocketship tours »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if we had been much more determined to venture out into our solar system? Artist Steve ...
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LA People: Wil Wheaton Child Star, Adult Geek »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
Wheaton, you see, is an unabashed geek. “It’s like high school,” he tells me later, “you’re either one of the cool kids or ...
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Book Review: Death From The Skies! »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Science & Technology
Phil Plait has a new book out, Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . ., and it is all about the ...
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Vintage Geek: Los Angeles Comic Shop in 1965 »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Weekly reached into the UCLA archives and came up with this awesome photo of a comic shop in Los Angeles from 1965.
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10 Geeky Movies That Were Terrible, but We Loved Them Anyway »
Posted by: 1 year, 1 month ago in Arts & Entertainment
What would be your top 10 geeky movies that were based on a really bad idea, but which we all loved anyway? What were the ...
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Excerpts from the extraordinary biography of Carrie Fisher »
Posted by: 1 year, 1 month ago in Arts & Entertainment
These excerpts from Carrie Fisher's biography are simply brilliant. Her writing is fantastically witty and self aware. The Mail says, "Dad ran off with ...
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