New Geek on the BlockBloghttp://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010-02-08T06:09:42ZSquarespaceBeing productivehttp://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/2/8/being-productive.htmlgreg2point02010-02-08T06:04:14Z2010-02-08T06:04:14ZI had the whole weekend off and what do I have to show for it?

  • A bunch of new Achievements in Mass Effect 2.

  • Two empty cartons of chocolate soy milk.

  • An empty case of beer.

  • Moderate changes to my site's css.

  • The realization that weekends are actually kind of boring.

]]>RIP Brendan Burke – 1988-2010http://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/2/6/rip-brendan-burke-1988-2010.htmlgreg2point02010-02-06T06:14:31Z2010-02-06T06:14:31ZRead Ben's post on Two Minutes For Hockey, he puts it into words far more eloquent than mine.

]]>PADDhttp://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/2/4/padd.htmlgreg2point02010-02-05T02:01:02Z2010-02-05T02:01:02ZFrom Memory Alpha,

"PADD" is an acronym for Personal Access Display Device, a hand-held computer interface, used as early as the 22nd century and well into the 24th century. PADDs were used by such space-faring organizations as Earth Starfleet and the later Federation Starfleet, as well as by the Andorian Imperial Guard, Bajoran Militia, Cardassian Union, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire, and Vulcan High Command. They were common to cultures even as distant as the Delta Quadrant.

Looks like they need to amend that to 21st century.

]]>Graffiti artist pisses off right wing mediahttp://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/2/4/graffiti-artist-pisses-off-right-wing-media.htmlgreg2point02010-02-05T00:40:35Z2010-02-05T00:40:35Z

Another prime example why you shouldn't rely on television "news" as a reliable source of information.

]]>Brian Greene's TED Talk on the Universe and String Theoryhttp://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/2/4/brian-greenes-ted-talk-on-the-universe-and-string-theory.htmlgreg2point02010-02-04T22:43:49Z2010-02-04T22:43:49Z

I'm currently listening to the audio version of Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos

]]>The future of video on the webhttp://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/2/1/the-future-of-video-on-the-web.htmlgreg2point02010-02-02T00:54:47Z2010-02-02T00:54:47ZI haven't said much (publicly) regarding the whole flash vs. html5 debacle, but check out this example of html5 video by Jilian. Notice how fast the video loads? Now try to jump further ahead in the video; notice how it starts to buffer from that point instantly. You can even scale the video live to fullscreen, and resize it using the pinch-out features of a multi-touch trackpad.

]]>Hallie Does Hebron livehttp://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/2/1/hallie-does-hebron-live.htmlgreg2point02010-02-01T06:15:43Z2010-02-01T06:15:43Z

I randomly met Chris Hannah last week and made a total dork of myself. It's a strange feeling to meet someone whose work has been a big inspiration in your life; especially when they are sincerely cool people.
]]>Digital Fingerpainthttp://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/1/31/digital-fingerpaint.htmlgreg2point02010-02-01T03:54:19Z2010-02-01T03:54:19ZI can't wait to see what Jorge Columbo can do with an iPad.

]]>Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010)http://www.newgeekontheblock.com/new-geek-on-the-block/2010/1/28/howard-zinn-august-24-1922-january-27-2010.htmlgreg2point02010-01-28T18:08:35Z2010-01-28T18:08:35ZI posted a video a few days ago with Steve Earl, as you may recall he was introduced by a man named Howard Zinn. If you are not familiar with Zinn, he was an American historian, and political activist, who made significant contributions to the civil rights and anti-war movements. He wrote a very important piece of literature called The People's History of the United States, as well as many others.

Howard Zinn past away yesterday at the age of 87.

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