The Somewhat Ambitious

As far as facial hair goes, I’ve been pretty blessed. In fact, I’m thinking of grooming a turn of the century waxed brawler moustache, complete with twirly ends! Pan down to reveal open white shirt and suspenders, and two bare knuckles! I’ll box your ears, sir! Jealous? You should be.
Incidentally, do you enjoy a [...]

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Douglas Coupland posited in his masterpiece J-Pod that most, if not all, nerds have mild cases of Autism. One of the characters in said novel invented a hug machine, to provide fellow members of her software design company with the physical contact they craved. The machine was basically a mattress press, which somebody could crawl [...]

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Noah Goldstein, over at the Psychology Today has written up some helpful hints, all very subtle, for dealing with customer service consultants.
“To change their orientation toward you, try the following: If you find toward the beginning of your interaction that the customer service agent is being particularly friendly, polite, or responsive — perhaps before you [...]

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Taking a leaf out of Wowinsiders book, I’m going to relay a Warcraft-influenced dream I had last night.
I was at the Undercity bank. Alan Tudyk and I were holding hands for some reason, and we rocked up at the bank counter. I realised I was holding a can of Pepsi, and was prompted by Alan [...]

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Here’s a very lucid and accessible, but nonetheless brain smashing explanation of the concept of ten-dimensional space. It isn’t the exact mathematical model that certain aspects of string theory rely on, but it’ll give you some vague idea of what they’re talking about.

The best part about sting theory? To prove or disprove any [...]

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In a piece of news that isn’t specifically nerdy, but that I feel very passionately about, Britain’s honeybee population has been decimated*, resulting in a national honey shortage. What will make sweet the Queen’s crumpets now? The crisis was raised by the British Beekepers Association (ladies men, all), who revealed that nearly one in three [...]

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The first World Of Warcraft trade paperback has hit stands in Australia today. I’ve only read the first three issues before now, and I’m a sucker for a hardcover trade, even if the cover art is blindingly mediocre. Regardless, the story (which I’ll admit doesn’t push any narrative boundaries) follows an amnesiac who washes up [...]

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Sometimes you get the feeling that the internet amounts to little more than an attempt to vindicate our intense longing for and endless fascination with our lost childhoods. And other times you just think it’s fucking awesome.

Pogo Sticks: Seriously, can you believe they actually marketed pogo sticks to children? You show me a 5 year [...]

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If there was ever an overwhelming commitment to a fictional universe, this is it. Star Trek by its very nature covers a lot of geographical ground, but a listener to Nerds of a Feather drew to my attention this map of the entire Star Trek galaxy. Holy shit. I’d peg this as excessive, but to [...]

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(TJ, who is a girl gamer and who has a level 53 Shammy on WOW, has written up a treatise on the myths surrounding girls in gaming. Enjoy! – Paul)
I could spend the better part of this article telling you all that women game, and that it’s not unusual. But I BELIEVE that society (as [...]

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