Geeks, lots and lots of geeks. The origin of geek is likely to have come from the 15th century, but we all have our own idea of the word when we hear it. Usually it’s that nerdy guy in the office with a pocket protector. But that idea is quickly leaving our society. Now the…
There are literally millions of resumes posted online. Well, I’m guessing that the two million mark has been broken. If not, there certainly are hundreds of thousands. People post their resumes for different reasons. When i changed careers back in 2000, I posted mine to proudly tell the world that I was now a full-time…
I’ve been a full-time geek for eight years now. And thanks to my company’s wonderful training policy, that means that I’ve gotten a boatload of schooling on subjects that run the gamut from networking to system security to programming. I’ve been to outstandingly good schools, as well as outstandingly bad ones. So, where does one…
Ever heard of laminar reverse flow? Don’t feel too bad if you haven’t. You’d need to be a slide-rule-carrying techno-geek to know about it. But the fact is that it’s a pretty amazing process, which is demonstrated in a short video seen at today’s FamilyFirst pick. Here’s a summary of what’s going on: Laminar flow,…
Most of us deal with customers of one sort or another. The guy running the cash register gets the brunt of the customer, but even a programmer geek like me has to customize work for others. And obviously, we need to do our bts to please our customers. However, one thing is for sure. The…
Ah, the auld days. I remember sitting in an excited frenzy back in 1993 with my shiny new PC, knowing that I was a member of an elite group known as a home PC user. Part of the mystique was a subscription to PC Magazine. PC has been a part of the home computer scene…
We all love computers, right? OK, maybe that’s going too far. But we all DEPEND on them, right? Probably a majority of Americans feel like they need personal computers, in my strictly unscientific opinion. Many owners (particularly the younger ones) have gotten comfortable with opening them up and adding/removing/check out components. So if something goes…
I’ve been a full-time Linux user for nearly a year now, and it feels great to sidestep the various miseries that those who still use Windows in its various forms continue to experience. Today’s FamilyFirst pick is a nice little article written by Uber-Geek Matt Hartley over at Lockergnome. Matt is one of my favorite…
CGI used to mean Common Gateway Interface. That’s geek talk for executable scripts that run on a web server. That acronym still applies, but CGI has come to mean Computer Generated Graphics. CGI has gotten amazingly sophisticated. I recently watched I Am Legend, and the CGI monsters and monster dogs were amazing to see. So…
Sometimes, you just have to laugh. I proudly wore the title of Class Clown all through school. I knew I was good when I had the teachers laughing as hard as my classmates. At work, the tradition continues. I am employed as a geek at a manufacturing facility with around 1500 employees. And the plant…