<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:27:48.316-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nerd or Geek?</title><subtitle type='html'>Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-8610141086542597154</id><published>2008-09-08T12:37:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T12:37:59.142-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Adventure Begins</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;So Saturday night, I sat down at a table next to John, Travis, and a woman named Roxana. John and I both quieted down, and she began "The patter of rain wakes you from your sleep, as your caravan rolls along the road."&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;So began my very first real table-top campaign of Dungeons and Dragons (v 3.5). It was a blast. John and I were both knowledgeable about the game and its mechanics, but Travis was a complete and utter novice. A lot of time was spent explaining how combat worked, or how to roll a die, and other elementary stuff most players take for granted. That being said, Travis added a very interesting element to the game. Once he learned that you're allowed to throw a roll pretty much any time, he took advantage of it. Pretty soon, every person that glanced at us was subjected to a Sense Motives check. It got pretty funny. At one point, someone cast Entangle on us, and Travis tried to use a Sense Motive on the trees that tried to grab us.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We played for three or four hours, at least. Probably more. Rolling up our characters was the hardest part, especially for Travis, who didn't even know what a d6 is. But now that we've got our characters, we're ready for this Saturday (or Sunday, if I can't get Jamie to reschedule me to work on Sundays instead).&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Roxie says she can make the campaign last a year. I hope it's true. I had a LOT of fun Saturday night.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-8610141086542597154?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/8610141086542597154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=8610141086542597154&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/8610141086542597154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/8610141086542597154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2008/09/adventure-begins.html' title='The Adventure Begins'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-1495415349881307337</id><published>2008-09-07T22:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-07T22:22:39.466-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dark Sky Entertainment</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;Two very exciting pieces of news today. Firstly, I have been officially hired as a Customer Service Representative for Dark Sky Entertainment, publisher of the MMORTS game Beyond Protocol. Originally, I bombed a few questions on the evaluation test, and the Jamie, the executive producer, told me that I wasn't going to be taken on at this point. Well, last night, I got a call at 8:50 PM from Jamie. He told me that if I wanted a job, I could show up at the office at 11 AM today. Well, you can bet your candy ass I showed up at the office. Only problem was that I greatly overestimated how long it would take to get to said office. I was an hour and a half early. I beat Jamie. He let me in to the office, and he talked to me and told me how to piss him off. After that, I spent about three hours grinding through the longest tutorial I've ever played. No lie. Once that was over, Will had me help with some work. I'm going to sign and NDA and Non-Compete Agreement soon, so I won't give too many details, just to be safe. After a few hours of that, I was dismissed, and asked to return. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Okay, I'm tired as hell, and not up to writing another section. I'll write a second post tomorrow morning after math class. Good night!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-1495415349881307337?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/1495415349881307337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=1495415349881307337&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/1495415349881307337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/1495415349881307337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2008/09/dark-sky-entertainment.html' title='Dark Sky Entertainment'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-451550359996904201</id><published>2008-09-03T08:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T08:31:52.966-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasa Web Albums</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;This is really exciting for me, so I'll write up a quick post on it. A day or two ago, Google released their beta of Picasa 3. They added a bunch of new features and redid the UI, making things look a lot nicer. One of the most exciting things they added, though, is face recognition (to Picasa Web Albums, at least). It's almost like Facebook's face tagging system, except photos that you upload to a web album are automatically scanned for faces, and if the face matches someone already tagged, Picasa will suggest that name for you. Also worth noting is that your GMail contacts can be tied to faces. I'm sure there's a practical application here, but really, I'm most excited about how well Google's services all tie together.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Also, I've set up Google Analytics for the blog. I'm not sure why, but my Adsense doesn't work at all.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-451550359996904201?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/451550359996904201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=451550359996904201&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/451550359996904201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/451550359996904201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2008/09/picasa-web-albums.html' title='Picasa Web Albums'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-6062224840303007970</id><published>2008-09-02T19:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T19:26:30.562-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Practice and Life Story Part 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;I'm going to try to update at least once a week, so I can get stronger in my content-fu. I'll try to practice my writing here, and see how long I can make posts without filling them with BS content.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;So I've started working on &lt;a href='http://projecteuler.net/'&gt;Project Euler&lt;/a&gt;. So far, I've solved problems 1 through 4. I think I've got the fifth one solved, but my loops seem to be infinite and the program hangs forever. Annoying. I'm taking a break from the whole furiously-coding thing. Math and programming is fun, but when I hit a wall like this, it takes me a bit of time to untangle it all in my mind. I'll come back to it in a day or two and I'll see right through it all.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;As promised, I'm going to fill in a small chapter of my life story between now and two years ago, when I abandoned ship out of boredom. So, the story begins.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It was my second year (or my first? christ, I can't remember anymore) at Colonial. I think it was my second. I was riding the bus home, and this cute chick with pink-and-black hair (I'm a sucker for crazy hair colors) asks me for the time. We start talking, and we end up friends. Well, she, who goes by the name Mercedes, talks almost incessantly about this game called &lt;a href='http://unwritten.net'&gt;Unwritten Legends&lt;/a&gt;. Eventually, she helps me and a friend sign up for the game, and we begin playing. It was my first real MUD, so it was awkward at first, but I soon found myself comfortable with text-only interfaces. Then, I learned that UL was very roleplay-oriented. It was here that I met Kaylie. Our characters hit it off. It wasn't too long before we started getting closer to each other for real.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;December 2, I skipped school, and sat around at home all day long. She came home from school herself, and I saw her get online. The original log is lost to a Windows reinstall, but the conversation went something like this:&lt;br/&gt;Kaylie: I like you.&lt;br/&gt;Me: Me too.&lt;br/&gt;Kaylie: You wanna go out with me?&lt;br/&gt;Me: Yeah, definitely.&lt;br/&gt;And so began a new chapter in my life. Part 2 of however many I want to make is coming soon.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-6062224840303007970?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/6062224840303007970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=6062224840303007970&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/6062224840303007970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/6062224840303007970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2008/09/practice-and-life-story-part-1.html' title='Practice and Life Story Part 1'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-4464381360266778874</id><published>2008-09-01T23:22:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-04T09:40:15.415-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ho boy.</title><content type='html'>Jesus. It's been a long time. Little more than two years. Well, a lot has happened. Trying to describe all of it in a single post will just ruin the post, so I'll keep it short, and fill in the missing pieces over my updates in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've got a girlfriend now. She and I got together nearly two years ago. In fact, shortly after I stopped posting here. We've been through a lot of shit together, but we're still here, so something's working right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm in college. I actually managed to PASS high school, which shocked me as much as anyone. There was a mad rush at the end of my senior year to earn credits; I had failed three classes, and because I wanted to graduate on time, I took all three online. In the space of about three months, I managed to take three 36-week courses. It was the first time my parents ever though I achieved something worthwhile. Which didn't last long; now that I'm in college, dad is on my ass about getting a job, which, in this economy, is nigh impossible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm taking a very active role in a beta testing environment. Unwritten Legends, a MUD that's been in beta for maybe a decade, has just added a wiki to its site. This has spurred me into wanting to make a contribution. For reasons I can explain in later posts, I haven't been playing UL very much, but now, I think I'm going to be hardcore about helping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is me and Kaylie. I look like an utter tool in the monkey suit, but Kaylie is an angel. She and I both busted our balls to get together for my prom night, and it was...something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3lIromHnRYM/SL_zLiGwv7I/AAAAAAAAA0E/SvG9BLdPp4w/s1600-h/dcp_1344.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3lIromHnRYM/SL_zLiGwv7I/AAAAAAAAA0E/SvG9BLdPp4w/s400/dcp_1344.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242175870741823410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's enough for one post. If I spill it all at once, then I won't have much content for another year. I'm out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On my to-do list: fill in the two years I've been absent.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-4464381360266778874?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/4464381360266778874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=4464381360266778874&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/4464381360266778874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/4464381360266778874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2008/09/ho-boy.html' title='Ho boy.'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3lIromHnRYM/SL_zLiGwv7I/AAAAAAAAA0E/SvG9BLdPp4w/s72-c/dcp_1344.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-114417905422353854</id><published>2006-04-03T22:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-07T09:04:54.993-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Back Again</title><content type='html'>Once again, I've decided to take up blogging again. I've done several things in my absence, none of which are worth mentioning in any amount of detail. Despite that fact, I will now summarize some of the more important things:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;li&gt;I bought a Python book.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;li&gt;I've written several new scripts, one of which was distributed among a few of my friends.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;li&gt;I have a debit card. That means I can buy things online and all that good stuff.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-114417905422353854?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/114417905422353854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=114417905422353854&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/114417905422353854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/114417905422353854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2006/04/back-again.html' title='Back Again'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-113634501863491917</id><published>2006-01-03T22:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T22:23:38.646-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Allpeers- the p2p app to rule them all</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, the "blogoshpere" (I hate that word) has been set ablaze by the latest and possibly greatest extensions for &lt;a href="mozilla.com/firefox/"&gt;Firefox&lt;/a&gt;. The idea is to allow filesharing between private groups. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, you have several categories of files to share. They could be family photos, porn, and music. Then, you create a whitelist for each of these groups. This means you tell Allpeers "This guy, this guy, and this guy can acess my family photos" and so on. The real kicker is this: The whole thing runs on top of a BitTorrent client. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is really good news, especially for those without broadband. But, I mean...odds are, if you don't have broadband, you don't have Firefox and you're a loser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="tag_list"&gt;Tags: &lt;span class="tags"&gt;&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/firefox" rel="tag"&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/allpeers" rel="tag"&gt;allpeers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/p2p" rel="tag"&gt;p2p&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/geek" rel="tag"&gt;geek&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/computer" rel="tag"&gt;computer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/tool" rel="tag"&gt;tool&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/app" rel="tag"&gt;app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-113634501863491917?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/03/allpeers-is-the-firefox-killer-app/trackback/' title='Allpeers- the p2p app to rule them all'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/113634501863491917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=113634501863491917&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113634501863491917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113634501863491917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2006/01/allpeers-p2p-app-to-rule-them-all.html' title='Allpeers- the p2p app to rule them all'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-113467923317749749</id><published>2005-12-15T15:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T22:35:04.816-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Homepage</title><content type='html'>It's amazing how awesome google homepage is. It can be pretty much anything you want. You can add and RSS/Atom/XML feed you have to it, plus something that I'll post about later: Google Modules.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-113467923317749749?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/113467923317749749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=113467923317749749&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113467923317749749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113467923317749749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/12/google-homepage.html' title='Google Homepage'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-113467887312372226</id><published>2005-12-15T15:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T23:08:58.523-05:00</updated><title type='text'>del.icio.us/recent</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="del.icio.us"&gt;del.icio.us&lt;/a&gt; is a wonderful service that I've seriously underestimated until now. I'm sure all of you know about it and use it, but I'm just discovering it. P.S: This is a test post, made from the new Firefox extension that lets me blog without going to blogger. :D &lt;div class="tag_list"&gt;Tags: &lt;span class="tags"&gt;&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/del.icio.us" rel="tag"&gt;del.icio.us&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/social" rel="tag"&gt;social&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/bookmarking" rel="tag"&gt;bookmarking&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/tagging" rel="tag"&gt;tagging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog" rel="tag"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/cool" rel="tag"&gt;cool&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/free" rel="tag"&gt;free&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-113467887312372226?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/113467887312372226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=113467887312372226&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113467887312372226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113467887312372226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/12/deliciousrecent.html' title='del.icio.us/recent'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-113391874408864578</id><published>2005-12-06T20:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T22:45:43.426-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dragon Fable: Beta Testing</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awesome. Dragon Fable, a game by Artix Entertainment, has finally gone into semi-public beta. Semi-public means that any Guardian who wants to sign up to play can. Sadly, the public cannot. So far, there's only one quest that is so easy, you can beat it without breaking a sweat at level two. However, I know that this is only the beta, and that the full game will be much more challenging. I'll update on my testing occasionally, if there's anything worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="tag_list"&gt;Tags: &lt;span class="tags"&gt;&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/game" rel="tag"&gt;game&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Adventure+Quest" rel="tag"&gt;Adventure Quest&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/game" rel="tag"&gt;game&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blog" rel="tag"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/cool" rel="tag"&gt;cool&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/free" rel="tag"&gt;free&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-113391874408864578?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.dragonfable.com' title='Dragon Fable: Beta Testing'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/113391874408864578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=113391874408864578&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113391874408864578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113391874408864578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/12/dragon-fable-beta-testing.html' title='Dragon Fable: Beta Testing'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-113381557628314744</id><published>2005-12-05T15:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-03T13:41:55.456-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Update</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've just got a couple of things to talk about in this post. It's nothing actually important, but things I'd just like to say anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;First, I've got my game working everytime I run it. I am, however, working on improving it even more. I'm still trying to get py2exe to work so that I can distribute it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;My computer finally got moved back into my room, but only for the Christmas holidays. After that, it gets moved back into the living room. :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-113381557628314744?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/113381557628314744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=113381557628314744&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113381557628314744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113381557628314744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/12/update.html' title='Update'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-113321104474650746</id><published>2005-11-28T15:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T20:04:45.756-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Err...Scratch That last Post</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oy...do these things &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;ever&lt;/span&gt; die? I've been working on it for at least two months and I'm still not finished with it. Of course, I'm adding features, not debugging, so I suppose that it's my fault. But I'll blame it on the government. Because I can. Stupid Republicans. &gt;_&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-113321104474650746?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/113321104474650746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=113321104474650746&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113321104474650746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113321104474650746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/11/errscratch-that-last-post.html' title='Err...Scratch That last Post'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-113217094410387915</id><published>2005-11-16T14:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T14:58:53.603-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Finito!</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God damn that took a long time. I finally finished the game referenced in &lt;a href="http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/checking-in-more-python-silliness.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post. Also, because it's supposed to be simulating a game simlar to football in an outdoors arena, I added weather that affects the outcome of the rolls. I'm working on figuring out py2exe, so that I can distribute my game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-113217094410387915?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/113217094410387915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=113217094410387915&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113217094410387915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113217094410387915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/11/finito.html' title='Finito!'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-113129211014075362</id><published>2005-11-06T10:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T10:54:51.013-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Specific Miscellany</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm posting just to check in with you guys. Nothing very big has happened, but I've made a few minor ccomplishments. First, I'm starting to flesh out one of my programs so that weather changes the effect of the die rolls. Another thing I did was that I passed my geometry. Of course, I use the term "passed" lghtly. I only got a D. But compared to the other tests, that's pretty good. I'm pretty much out of news now, so I'll sign off now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-113129211014075362?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/113129211014075362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=113129211014075362&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113129211014075362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/113129211014075362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/11/specific-miscellany.html' title='Specific Miscellany'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112985655090086215</id><published>2005-10-20T18:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-02T14:59:38.213-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Flock- New Kid on the Block</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was linked to a site for a new web-browser called Flock. I've played with it for about thirty minutes now, so I can give a basic list of the features.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Blogging- This is a kinda nice little feature that lets you blog to your blog without having to go to your blog.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Extensions- This &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; a Firefox based browser. Actually...this is Firefox with a nicer default theme, and some extra features built-in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well...that's about it. Nothing too very new. If you 1) Use and like Firefox, and 2) Are a social person (i.e you have del.icio.us account(s), blog alot, etc.) you will enjoy this browser. If you aren't, then stick with normal Firefox. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112985655090086215?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112985655090086215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112985655090086215&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112985655090086215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112985655090086215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/flock-new-kid-on-block.html' title='Flock- New Kid on the Block'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112963023288784626</id><published>2005-10-17T20:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T05:10:32.903-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Anaconda. No...it's Python, right?</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More wacky shennanigans with Python. I'm amending my program which I have dubbed temporarily "Formulas." =/ The name sucks. Oh well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112963023288784626?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112963023288784626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112963023288784626&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112963023288784626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112963023288784626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/anaconda-noits-python-right.html' title='Anaconda. No...it&apos;s Python, right?'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112943635911132433</id><published>2005-10-15T23:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T23:19:19.116-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Crap! Too. Much. South. PARK!!!</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good lord. I have been up till one o'clock every day since Wednesday watching South Park. I'm going to over dose on this stuff. I'm serious. So much Cartman and Kenny and Stan and Kyle. It's just...too much. I'm gonna have to detox Monday. That's gonna be a bitch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112943635911132433?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112943635911132433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112943635911132433&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112943635911132433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112943635911132433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/holy-crap-too-much-south-park.html' title='Holy Crap! Too. Much. South. PARK!!!'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112933535400140428</id><published>2005-10-14T19:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T19:27:00.250-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brown Note</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Brown Note is an, as of yet, unproven note that when played, isntantly loosens the bowels of anyone within a certain distance. On a TC show called Brainiac on G4TV, they claim to have found this note, and will be playing it over the air. I'll publish this post, then amend it after they play it, to tell you if it actually works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edit: Well, that was disapointing. It didn't work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112933535400140428?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112933535400140428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112933535400140428&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112933535400140428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112933535400140428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/brown-note.html' title='Brown Note'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112897963626031738</id><published>2005-10-10T16:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:23:24.190-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Grammar: Use it!!!</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                 Grammar: Use it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Disclaimer: The following stories are sorta based on not-true stories. Names haven't been changed. Screw the innocent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The scenario should be familiar. Your chatting in your favorite IRC channel, when all of a sudden, cooldudeman432 pops in. Quoth cooldudeman432, “Lolz roffle wat r u dooing? Im the l337 haxx0r! I hax ur comp! I put virus on ur comp!” Seem familiar? It does to me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Some people may not know it, but an epidemic is spreading on the Internet It's called “grammaritis.” It's characterized by a peculiar lack of grammatical correctness, and lack of coherence. There is now only one known cure for this disease: a swift kick in the balls and a sound beating with a hardback copy of Don Quixote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Seriously though. These people, who think they are “l337”, who think they are “haxx0rs”, are a pain. If the English language were Julius Caesar, these retards would be Brutus. The source of this problem is laziness. These people are too lazy too type out the whole word. This has to stop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; My real solution: Include an automatic spell-checker in IRC clients, web-browsers, and anything involved with typing and posting on the Internet This would fix almost everyone's problems. Of course, I still like the idea of beating these retards up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112897963626031738?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112897963626031738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112897963626031738&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112897963626031738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112897963626031738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/grammar-use-it.html' title='Grammar: Use it!!!'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112897201653229605</id><published>2005-10-10T14:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:22:49.063-05:00</updated><title type='text'>More traffic? I can only hope.</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I commented on a blog by the author/character of my favorite web-comic and left the address to this blog, so I'm expecting an increase in traffic. Well, not really. Oh well. I just hope that someone will like my blog. At first, it was hard blogging, but I'm getting used to it. Hopefully I won't just die off like I expected to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coming Soon: Grammar: Use it! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112897201653229605?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112897201653229605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112897201653229605&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112897201653229605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112897201653229605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/more-traffic-i-can-only-hope.html' title='More traffic? I can only hope.'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112882906639918030</id><published>2005-10-08T22:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:19:13.563-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FMA: Not too shabby</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I write this post, I am watching Full Metal Alchemist. My first impression of it was "Hmm...not bad. I like it." Considering that this is one of my first forays into anime-watching, that's pretty good. The plot so far is interesting. It's deep enough to keep my attention for the duration of an episode, but not so deep that I can't catch up in the middle of the series. Cause that's what happened. I started watching &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;en medias res&lt;/span&gt;, as the Latin saying goes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.: that latin phrase means "in the middle"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112882906639918030?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112882906639918030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112882906639918030&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112882906639918030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112882906639918030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/fma-not-too-shabby.html' title='FMA: Not too shabby'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112871568097003032</id><published>2005-10-07T15:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T00:12:31.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>*sniff* Parting is such sweet sorrow...</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well. That was...disappointing. I finished that program rather quickly. Oh well. Now, it's time to flesh it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112871568097003032?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112871568097003032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112871568097003032&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112871568097003032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112871568097003032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/sniff-parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow.html' title='*sniff* Parting is such sweet sorrow...'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112854042703811809</id><published>2005-10-05T14:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:18:16.036-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Checking in; More Python silliness</title><content type='html'>Mood: Meh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm just checking in, so you people don't think I've died. I haven't done anything of major importance, recently. However, I am writing an essay for English. It's a character analysis essay about Edmond Dantes , from The Count of Monte Cristo. Of course, this isn't pleasure reading, but the reading was pleasureable. Try figuring that one out. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I've started working on another Python program, which basically rolls a d100, for two people, compares the result, and declares who ever has the higer number a winner. Once I get the framework set up, I may think about adding support for three, or perhaps four people. If I do get it to work, I'll try to figure out how to upload it, and let you guys play around with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess that's all, so I'll let you go. Don't forget...have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112854042703811809?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112854042703811809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112854042703811809&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112854042703811809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112854042703811809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/checking-in-more-python-silliness.html' title='Checking in; More Python silliness'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112821798816800865</id><published>2005-10-01T20:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:17:25.650-05:00</updated><title type='text'>More Python craziness</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes! I finsihed my Python program! It took a week or so of hard work, but considering that it's the first original, successful program I've written, it's worth it. All it does is perform some uome functions that you'd need for a science class (i.e. finding volume, density, temperature conversions). It's a really simple program, so it's nothing to brag about. I suppose that's all for now, so I'm gonna sign off. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112821798816800865?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112821798816800865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112821798816800865&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112821798816800865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112821798816800865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/10/more-python-craziness.html' title='More Python craziness'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112787249111110318</id><published>2005-09-27T20:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:16:47.506-05:00</updated><title type='text'>IF commenter != spammer: print "W00t!"</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ye gods! A commenter who isn't a spammer! *drops to his knees* It's a wonderful achievemnt for a blogger. *sniff* I'm so happy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112787249111110318?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112787249111110318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112787249111110318&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112787249111110318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112787249111110318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/if-commenter-spammer-print-w00t.html' title='IF commenter != spammer: print &quot;W00t!&quot;'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112786558708286418</id><published>2005-09-27T18:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:14:59.473-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Python, Dictionaries, and craziness</title><content type='html'>Mood: Meh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I've got a bit of news. It's nothing too important. Just a little bit of this, a little bit of that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm learning Python, finally. It's tough, in a way, but still fun. So far, I can create a function, use it, and I almost understand dictionaries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I made an enemy yesterday. A wasp was flying in my face, and I swatted it. A girl from my bus snapped at me. She yelled at me for killing an innocent creature, and how I was an ass for just killing it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, my internet connection gets cut off at ten o'clock. That BLOWS. Oh well. At least it gives me a steady time to start my homework. I guess that's all, so I'll let go of your ears. And remember, geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112786558708286418?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112786558708286418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112786558708286418&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112786558708286418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112786558708286418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/python-dictionaries-and-craziness.html' title='Python, Dictionaries, and craziness'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112734645246855361</id><published>2005-09-21T18:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:11:51.336-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Space Elevator: Episode II</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glenn Reynolds, of Instapundit fame, has posted his thoughts on why NASA should be building a space elevator instead or their current plans. Keith has also posted his throughts from an engineer's perspective (although admittadly still not a rocket scientist). "The challenges are many, but it has been a viable option since carbon nanotubes, structures so strong that one the width of a human hair could lift a car, were invented. A space elevator could be between 10 and 2000 times cheaper than conventional technology and will force NASA to change just about everything they do. Hopefully one day that bureaucracy will wake up and realize it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There ya have it. A space elevator is a "viable option." Thanks to the carbon nanotubes "so strong that one the width of a hair could lift a car," cheap, easy surface-to-space transport will be a piece of cake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112734645246855361?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112734645246855361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112734645246855361&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112734645246855361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112734645246855361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/space-elevator-episode-ii.html' title='Space Elevator: Episode II'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112726197787453794</id><published>2005-09-20T19:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:10:52.796-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Clean-up</title><content type='html'>Mood: Meh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a little clean-up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey folks. Or, folk. Considering no one reads this. Harumph. Anyway...I'm working the layout for the blog, and i'm trying to change the title that appears in the browser titlebar. Also, I'm going to remove those stupid proprietary markings that you may see around the page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112726197787453794?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112726197787453794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112726197787453794&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112726197787453794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112726197787453794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/clean-up.html' title='Clean-up'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112717998901806736</id><published>2005-09-19T20:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:10:27.153-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Arrrgh....pirates be we!</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, September 19th, is Talk Like a Pirate Day! Avast ye, scurvy dogs. There be trouble for any who not be speaking the pirate lingo in my presence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112717998901806736?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112717998901806736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112717998901806736&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112717998901806736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112717998901806736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/arrrghpirates-be-we.html' title='Arrrgh....pirates be we!'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112717171478083141</id><published>2005-09-19T17:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:09:17.110-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Space Elevators?</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just read an article on Slashdot about how the FAA (Federal Aviation Adminitration) has given LiftPort Group to do some testing on "high-altitude robotic lifters." So basically, they are creating an early prototype of the fabled "space elevator." This has incredible implications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With this technology, the huge costly rockets of today will be obsolete. A trip into space could be acheived with relative cheapness and ease. Shipping supplies to a shuttle, or even a space station, would be quite easy. I hope that this technology comes into fruition, because if it does, space will slowly be easily more conquerable. Well, I guess that's all for now. Remember, have fun, and geek out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112717171478083141?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112717171478083141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112717171478083141&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112717171478083141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112717171478083141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/space-elevators.html' title='Space Elevators?'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112707804089187967</id><published>2005-09-18T15:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:08:46.413-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Explanation: Moods</title><content type='html'>Mood: Geek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay...maybe I should explain the "mood" part of my posts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most people think that nerd and geek mean the same thing. In my most humble opinion, they are quite different. To most people, a nerd is someone who isn't "popular." They don't have loud friends, and don't tell loud jokes, or are into computers, and Magic: The Gathering. These people also think that nerds and geeks are the same thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my opinion, the only difference between a nerd and a geek is that a geek is happy. A geek is proud of being able to program in thirteen languages, read HTML like they read a book, and know what megahertz are, and how they apply to computers. A nerd is someone who, becuase of low self-esteem, avoid social situations. They are ashamed of being what they are, of not fitting into the mold of what's "cool."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, in summation: When I say Mood: Nerd; I'm feeling sad and depressed. When Mood: Geek is shown, it means that I'm in a good mood. Also, I'll sometimes put up Mood: Meh which means that I'm either really tired, or just sorta..."blah".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112707804089187967?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112707804089187967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112707804089187967&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112707804089187967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112707804089187967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/explanation-moods.html' title='Explanation: Moods'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112693391952130856</id><published>2005-09-16T23:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:07:19.253-05:00</updated><title type='text'>WB- Raper of memories</title><content type='html'>I feel pretty, oh so pretty...I feel pretty and witty and gay! Well....not gay. But as for everything else...yeah. Or at least as pretty and witty you can feel at 12:30 in the morning. Anyway...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The WB is the official raper of childhood dreams. &lt;a href="http://kidswbstatic.warnerbros.com/shows/LON/showpage/shows_Loonatics_Unleashed.html"&gt;Loonatics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are raping one of the most wonderful cartoons of my young life. No. My whole life. This is one of the worst things that a network could do. Now, kids are gonna grow up thinking that Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are all about superpowers and flashy grpahics. No one is going to remember the true spirit of Loony Toons. Rude Goldbergian-traps, courtesy of Wile. E. Coyote. Cross-dressing, thanks to Bugs Bunny. What the WB is doing is perverted and wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112693391952130856?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112693391952130856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112693391952130856&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112693391952130856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112693391952130856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/wb-raper-of-memories.html' title='WB- Raper of memories'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112672432960707272</id><published>2005-09-14T13:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:06:23.296-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy crap!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;OMGWTF!!!&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh em gee! A totally unprecedented event has occured. A totally good looking girl asked for my phone number! THat's the only time a girl has asked for my number. Well...the only girl who isn't a total slut. Unfortunately, I must assume her desires are merely platonic. She's already spoken for. Oh well...baby steps. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, there is no other news. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112672432960707272?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112672432960707272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112672432960707272&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112672432960707272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112672432960707272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/holy-crap.html' title='Holy crap!!!'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112562136608426945</id><published>2005-09-01T19:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T19:36:06.090-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well...this is my personal blog, so, I guess I'm obligated to post personal stuff on it. Anyway...here goes nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*sigh* Another year, another school. Having only been in a high school for one year previous to this, I'm kinda lost as far as what to expect. Homecoming caught me by suprise again. However, this time, I think I'll go. I'm hoping I'll get the courage to ask one of my friends, but...I'm a gutless coward. &gt;.&lt;  No, not really. I suffer from "nice guy syndrome". I'm so worried about being nice to ladies, I seem inconfident, and ladies don't like that. *sigh* Life goes on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news...I dont' have other news. I suppose I'll have to stop here, since I can't think of anything else to say. So, until next time, WAFFLE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mozilla.org/"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112562136608426945?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112562136608426945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112562136608426945&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112562136608426945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112562136608426945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/09/well.html' title=''/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112450254954789364</id><published>2005-08-19T20:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:06:04.453-05:00</updated><title type='text'>School sucks.</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;School *sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School is a bitch. I'm serious. It's the second week, and I'm getting blown to hell by the homework. *sigh* I guess I'm just slow. &gt;.&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway...home-coming is coming up, and I'm sure that eventually, I'll try asking somone to go with me. I have a girl in mind, but I doubt she's going to go with me. In other news &lt;a href="http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~shane/stasj/pics/humor/div/66.html"&gt;a bunny with a pancake on it's head.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/mozilla.org"&gt;Mozilla.org- Firefox home site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112450254954789364?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112450254954789364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112450254954789364&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112450254954789364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112450254954789364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/08/school-sucks.html' title='School sucks.'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112427376653464364</id><published>2005-08-17T05:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:05:15.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>School- Jeebus...</title><content type='html'>Week two of school. Not fun. However, it is canelled out somewhat by some friends I have. Homeowrk is terrible. I have a schedule where I take every other class every other day. That's classes 1,3, and 5 one day; then 2,4, and 6 the next. I've been waiting till the night before the clss todo homeowrk. Very bad. I'm going to catch up this weekend and stay caught up. I'll post my grades occasionally. Or not. They're always pretty bad.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112427376653464364?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112427376653464364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112427376653464364&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112427376653464364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112427376653464364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/08/school-jeebus.html' title='School- Jeebus...'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112389280873104080</id><published>2005-08-12T18:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:04:19.996-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why delay the inevitable? Firefox vs. IE</title><content type='html'>Well...I suppose this post is inevitable in all blogs. Firefox vs. IE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I'll have to vouch for Firefox in this fight. IMO, Firefox is has more positives than IE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll do a side-by-side comparison, so that everything's clear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Speed:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firefox vs. IE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winner: IE. Firefox is slower than IE, but for a good reason. Trident, IE's rendering engine, is ancient, as far as HTML rendering goes. It is not standards-compliant, and because it's old, it may completely ignore some tags in a page, or show them incorrectly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;User Friendliness:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;Firefox vs. IE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winner: Firefox. Now, getting used to Firefox's user interface is a little confusing for long-time IE users, but once you do master it, then Firefox is easy and simple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;COmplexity&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firefox vs. IE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winner: Firefox. This is a tough call, because tastes differ. However, I'm personally leaning towards Firefox, because it's as complicated as you want it to be. If you want &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;just&lt;/span&gt; a basic browser, then it can do that. If you want a fully tricked out browser, with tons of tools and gizmos, then Firefox can do it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Aesthetic values&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firefox vs. IE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winner: Firefox. This is where IE is blown out of the water. Firefox offers, at last count 108 themes. IE's graphics remain static and unchanging and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;boring. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Security&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firefox vs. IE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winner: Firefox. This is a big one. Firefox has a lot of settings disabled by default( Javascript, ActiveX, etc). This means that whereas a javascript program in IE could launch a flurry of pop-ups, it couldn't in Firefox. Also, downloads never happen without your permission in Firefox. Can IE do that? ...Nope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall winner: Firefox. In four of the most important areas, Firefox beat IE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not trying to force Firefox on you. I'm trying to show you an alternative. It's your choice if you want to use IE, or Opera, or K-Meleon, or any of the browsers. However, I'm trying to show you which is better, in my humble opinion. Firefox is free to download, free to keep, free to uninstall. NO risks. No reason not to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;try&lt;/span&gt; it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112389280873104080?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112389280873104080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112389280873104080&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112389280873104080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112389280873104080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/08/why-delay-inevitable-firefox-vs-ie.html' title='Why delay the inevitable? Firefox vs. IE'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112293180414745852</id><published>2005-08-01T16:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T16:30:04.153-05:00</updated><title type='text'>House packing- Complete</title><content type='html'>Well...today, we pretty much finished packing the house. We're moving to Orland, which is in Florida, for those of you who don't know. I'm exhausted, because my room was left for last. Now, we've just got to drive to our new house. I &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hate&lt;/span&gt; road-trips that long. Especially when my sister's in the car. I'm going to be stuck with her for 7+ hours. With no escape, and what's worse, it that I'm not going to be able to bring my computer. =(&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to miss my internet. I guess I'll do my best to get my hands on some internet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112293180414745852?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112293180414745852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112293180414745852&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112293180414745852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112293180414745852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/08/house-packing-complete.html' title='House packing- Complete'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112249819804260873</id><published>2005-07-27T15:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-07-27T16:03:18.046-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ugh...rough day.</title><content type='html'>Hey. LIke the title says, it's been a rough day. I've been throwing away lots of stuff, and putting even more into boxes so we're ready for moving. Apart from that, I haven't been doing too much. I have been trying to learn how to make a &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/widgets.yahoo.com"&gt;widget&lt;/a&gt;. Click the link for specifics. I'd rather not go into details. Well, that's all I've got to say for now, so I will bid thee, adieu.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112249819804260873?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112249819804260873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112249819804260873&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112249819804260873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112249819804260873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/07/ughrough-day.html' title='Ugh...rough day.'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822424.post-112235922951824204</id><published>2005-07-26T03:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T20:02:21.276-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Programmers Jokes, introductions and more.</title><content type='html'>[programmer's joke] Hello world. [/programmers joke]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I know from the title, this sounds like some kind of mopey, emo livejournal. It's not, though. I just wanted to have a personal blog for some time now, but couldn't decide what to do it about. So, I just said "Fuck topics. I'll post about whatever I want." So, you can expect a little of this, and a little of that. It's probably going to be updated fairly often, as I"m always at my PC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway...I'm gonna wrap it up for my first post. I'm may think of something else to say later, but who knows?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14822424-112235922951824204?l=nerdorgeek.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/feeds/112235922951824204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14822424&amp;postID=112235922951824204&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112235922951824204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14822424/posts/default/112235922951824204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdorgeek.blogspot.com/2005/07/programmers-jokes-introductions-and.html' title='Programmers Jokes, introductions and more.'/><author><name>Nick Dumas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08613733113618855931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
