Kulture

Pop kulture for geeks.

Portal: No Escape

Portal is awesomeness squared to the power of a quad-trillion. For me it’s one of the best games… ever… period. The internet is awash with Portal music, images, mods and videos. Portal: No Escape is easily the best Portal video I have ever had the pleasure of watching. Check it out it will be the [...]

The PC is dead

The PC is dead, long live the PC!

Router firmware hacking

The other day I wrote about Rockbox, a firmware replacement for a bunch of different Mp3 players. That reminded me of 2 other firmware replacement project for routers, Tomato and DD-WRT.

Sociopath Recordings

If you like Breakcore / IDM / Chiptunes / Jungle / Drum & Bass then you will love Sociopath Recordings a Taiwanese internet record label that releases everything under a Creative Commons license. Sociopath Recordings has been around since 2006 so there is a huge catalogue of music that would probably fill your shiny Mp3 [...]

Why Smart phones suck as Mp3 players

Not so long ago I was lamenting the loss of my lost Mp3 player. Not that I was really that disappointed because I wanted a new Mp3 player anyway but I didn’t have a need (I already had one) or a good enough excuse (there are plenty of other things I wanted more than a [...]

Rockbox

New Mp3 payers are a bit like like Michael Jackson (remember him?), plastic surgery makes them look different but they are still the same on the inside. How many times have we been advertisings bitch, been mind raped into submission then given it up to temptation and brought that a shiny new gadget when your [...]

You know you read too many web comics when…

When you see references to other web comics you know you read too many web comics. Yesterday I was stoked to notice a reference to one of my favourite web comics Diesel Sweeties in Jeph Jacques’ Questionable Content strip. In QC strip 1998: Robocameos, in the third panel behind the shop assistant on the left [...]

Hacking QR Codes for fun

I first heard about QR codes a few years ago, it was mentioned briefly in a magazine. Being curious and the geek that I am I decided to investigate. Once I discovered what QR codes were and what could be done with them I started experimenting with them.

Computer nomenclature

People name their cars computer geeks name their PCs, gadgets and devices. They even have naming conventions. I like to name my PCs, gadgets and devices after characters or objects from my favourite SciFi shows. Gaming rig – Talon from Farscape. ASUS laptop – Pike, a Diagnostic Repair Drone from Farscape. Dell laptop – 1812 [...]

Hackers hack, crackers crack

What’s the first thing you think of when you hear or read the word ‘hacker’, ‘hacking’ or ‘hack’? Did you think of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, Anonymous, LulzSec, Possibly Julian Assange or David Cecil AKA Evil, if you are geek enough then maybe it’s Kevin Poulsen or Kevin Mitnick. But you [...]

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