Diary of a Network Geek

The trials and tribulations of a Certified Novell Engineer who's been stranded in Houston, Texas.

6/14/2013

Short Fiction for the Nook

Filed under: Fun,Life, the Universe, and Everything,Red Herrings,Things to Read — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Hare which is terribly early in the morning or 6:42 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waxing Gibbous

Can you tell I’m really enjoying my new Nook HD+?

I hadn’t really intended for this to be my focus this month, my personal choice of ereader, but, well, sometimes these things just happen.
I love my Nook and I enjoyed my last one, too, which, honestly, is a surprise to me.  I used to be one of those hipster snobs who “preferred actual books” to these new-fangled, science-fictional tablety reader things.  And, now, here I am.
Another reason I love it is…
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4/30/2004

Spherical PC?

Filed under: Fun,Fun Work,Geek Work,The Network Geek at Home — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Hare which is in the early morning or 7:25 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waxing Gibbous

Well, that’s what it looks like.

And, that’s what it is! I was going through my old links the other day and found a strange Japanese website that featured a round, green ball that had a mini-itx motherboard in it. (Here’s an English translation of the page) Anyway, it looked totally wild and, well, like something I would like to actually own! With all the talk about casemodding lately, I thought it was an appropriate link.
One of the interesting things, for me, is that this is about two years old. If you look at the link, you’ll see reference to “2002”, which, I assume, is the year. So, I’ve had this link for almost two years before posting it.

Well, Friday is as good as any other day, I guess. Enjoy!

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