Not all geeks are created equal. But in the sacrosanct room of all things geeky, there are rules to follow. There aren’t a lot mind you. But the few that exist are rather self-explanatory and downright compatible with the general ethics of this thing we call LIFE. Take this rule for example: Thou shalt not rip off code from a startup (especially when you’re a big conglomerate). We were first tipped off by high profile bloggers and Taiwanese users of our community that Microsoft had just launched a new Chinese microblogging service that looked eerily similar to Plurk. Needless to say we were absolutely shocked and outraged when we first Read more »
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Nerd Birthday Cake
What initially turned out to be as an error could easily be the dream of every code monkey: a cake with error messages. When a woman in New Jersey ordered a birthday cake from a Wegman’s supermarket, she used the option to print a custom message on the cake. All she had to do was send an email. Easy you would have thought, and it was. But the super machine, AKA computer had more problems with the cake and could not interpret Italian, in which part of the message was written. Instead a series of error messages showed up on the cake. I bet Sheldon would love one of these Read more »








