Category Archives: geek

Are You Using The Internet, Or Is The Internet Using You?

I've been giving my internet use a bit of thought recently. I realised (wild generalisation alert!), there are two primary ways I use the internet: To waste time To find information and, of course, a few secondary ways: To build, create, produce, expand (eg, write a blog post, build a business, send love to people) To …

March 11, 2011 – 12:05 | By Si | Posted in communication, geek, life, self-improvement | Comments (3)

How Do You Suck?

I was talking with a good friend last night, and she mentioned that I was a great programmer. I found that a little surprising, as despite the unlikeliness of a lot of what I achieve, I don't generally think of myself in this way. pic by striatic I've thought a lot more deeply about this since, …

August 31, 2008 – 00:18 | By Si | Posted in geek, life | Comments (6)

War Games Cracks Me the Hell Up

So I'm reading an interview on Wired with a bunch of the people behind the 1983 hit WarGames, and I stumble across what I think may be the funniest sub-interview ever to grace a sidebar. It's with Ally Sheedy, the then 20 year old love interest of the movie (who set many a heart pattering …

July 23, 2008 – 11:50 | By Si | Posted in fun, geek | Comments (3)