1. May
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    You are a true Geek when…

    (Inspired by a conversation I was having last night)

    11. You get invited to more lan parties than actual parties

    10. When you are telling a friend about a girl you just met and they answer “in other words, you are a hacker, you went past the bitch firewall” (Hi Jonathan!)

    9. When you want to make an adium plugin to insert buzzwords into conversations to make you look cool (Jonathan, you there my friend?)

    8. You get as excited about starting a new application as when you start dating someone

    7. You recently stopped using a digital watch

    6. You still use a digital watch

    5. You buy more gadgets than clothes in a year

    4. You want an iPhone

    3. You own an iPhone

    2. You have a blog

    1. You understand, and actively use buzzwords like web 2.0, ajax, podcasts, rss, etc…

    if you my friend are identified by more than 5 items of this list… welcome to the club haha

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    The Perks of Being a Geek

    There is some stuff that will ultimately piss you off when you’re in the IT business, and a geek as myself. People tend to think you know it all because “that’s what you do”. This is a tipical conversation from someone who barely knows you:

    Them: “Hey, how do I make a macro in excel that i can edit myself and… (its all bla bla from here) bla bla bla bla bla…? ”

    Me: “Uh what? I have no idea…”

    Them: “But didn’t you go and study (insert IT-related career name here, in my case Software Engineering)?”

    Me: “Well I’m sorry but I seem to have failed my Office I, Office II, and Office III courses”

    WTF?, srsly, NO I DID NOT GET TAUGHT EVERYTHING THERE IS IN THE SOFTWARE UNIVERSE, and I couldn’t care less about it either.

    So with no more preamble, here is the ultimate “Perks of being a Geek” list:

    1. You will always get a call from a family member asking a random Windows-related problem they are having.

    2. You are supposed to have the answer to item #1 with the following problem description: “It locked up.”

    3. Family friends are supposed to get free tech support 24/7. You won’t get paid more than the occasional soda or cookie while making the house call.

    4. You are THE ms office guru.

    5. Web designer = FREE WEBSITES FOR ALL

    6. You become tech support not only for their PC but also their ISP, cable company, microwave oven, remote controls, surround sound systems, digital watches, lamps and all sorts of electrical installations

    7. You are expected to know where everything is located in every existing piece of software by hard

    I’m sure I’m missing a lot of other perks… I’ll be adding more along the way =)

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    Things Web Designers Shouldn’t Do Pt. 1

    Here’s a list of things I hate to see or find whenever I’m browsing:

    Automatically resize the browser window: I have my browser window resized to the size I want, I dont want it smaller or bigger or maximized, ok? Thanks for not messing around with my browser window.

    Top layer flash ads: yup those that cover up the text you are reading, and you have to find the close[x] button.

    Sound in flash ads: I don’t want to be browsing at 3 in the morning and have a freaking talking emoticon scare the hell out of me.

    Background music: If I’m browsing around, there’s a 99% chance I’m listening to my music, I don’t need your playlist, I’d rather listen to my own crappy one.

    Over Advertise: Ok, we all want to make money off our website, but trust me, most people are with me on this one. If I go to a site where there is a top ad banner, sidebar banners and adsense links ever X number of paragraph lines, I will just sail away.

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    Top 5 movie car chases

    I love cars, I love speed and the sound of a revved-up engine. So it’s no surprise I like a good car chase. Who doesn’t anyway?

    So as a tribute to great car chases, here’s my list of the best film chases ever, which I don’t ever get tired of watching over and over again.

    5. Bad Boys II

    Actually not one of my favorite movies, but its a great chase anyhow so it made my #5 spot.

    4. The Matrix Reloaded

    The fact that they actually built the highway in order to film this chase sequence got it into my list, well also the music, the Cadillacs, guns, explosions and everything that goes on on this chase. Its great. The last part when Trinity is driving the motorcycle is the cherry on the ice cream.

    3. The Italian Job

    This remake of the 1969 film, did the trick taking the new mini coopers and pushing them to their limits. I gotta admit, I’m a sucker for mini’s.

    -1 for poor vid quality

    2. Gone in Sixty Seconds

    Oh man, where do I start with this one… The cars, the chases, Eleanor… and admit it, you still fantasize about banging Angelina Jolie while she boosts a Ferrari for you. The best chase in this movie: Nicolas Cage driving the 1967 Shelby G.T. 500.

    1. Ronin

    What’s not to love about Robert de Niro pulling his Peugeot’s e-brake to catch the really really hot Natascha McElhone ? This movie has it all to make it to the #1 spot of my list: narrow European streets, great cast, great European cars, freakin’ long chases. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, I highly recommend it.

    (sorry its not in English)

     

    Honorable Mention: Smokey and the Bandit

    I know I’m going old school with this one… but hey the movie is great, the Trans am pwns ass, and it makes you wonder when did Sally Field stopped being so hot!

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