Happy Geek Pride Day! Qapla'!

I submitted an idea to ThinkGeek a while ago, but I haven't heard back from them. Just in case they ever try to market without giving me any credit, I share it with you now:

Remember that earpiece that Uhura always had stuck in her ear?


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You know how the most annoying thing about shopping is having an over-eager clerk zoom right in on you and ask you if there's anything they can help you with?

Bell Canada is doing their part to make online shopping every bit as awesome as real-world shopping. After a few minutes of poking around their site, you get this happy pop-up:


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Any of my fellow North Americans who have visited Google today have seen this Google Doodle marking the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street:


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Yoinked from alivicwil.

01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and your current wallpaper at your LiveJournal.
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper.
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on.


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Who Watches The Watchmen? Tragically, not me tomorrow. Although I have been anxiously awaiting the debut of the movie for a very long time, mrs_clubber and I somehow managed to schedule a party at our home on opening day. As the flick is almost 3 hours long, there just isn't going to be time to squeeze in an afternoon matinee (and while I am seriously tempted ( Read more... )

In Flight Simulator X, I have a small fleet of corporate jets. This one, the 747, was en route from Anchorage to Los Angeles when an explosion pretty much destroyed engine #3. Fortunately, cameras were rolling to capture the entire incident, and here it is encapsulated into a minute-and-thirty-second film clip for ease of digestion.

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A quick tour of the world in my custom P-51D "Murpedo" Mustang.

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