North Jersey, as in New Jersey? If so, where in New Jersey do you live?

I like my coffee like I like my women.

No... I bet he's going to say, "Black, like me".

I don't get it, if it's such a shitty book, why would you continue to read it? That's like watching a movie on TV that you hate; You can easily change the channel, but for some reason you're compelled to watch this one movie that you hate.

Then again, I suppose if your job is to review movies and/or books, you'd be forced to watch or read something that you hate.

So no, I haven't read it, nor have I heard of it up until this moment in time. I rarely find myself reading something that isn't a manual on how something works, or a book on a programming language.

I'm currently reading Marshall Brain's More How Stuff Works. A book that I think any Geek would enjoy.

I recently purchased the domain geekchatroom.com. I thought it would be a good way for you guys to kill time while you're at work without access to major IM clients, at home secluding yourselves from society, or just being anti-social in general.

The chat plays well with phpBB, and as a result no registration is needed, so as long as you have an account on The Geek Forums. I thought this was important because I know from experience it's a pain in the ass having 10 passwords for one site.

There's still some work to be done, namely designing the site itself. However, the script must reside on this domain in order for it to work properly with phpBB, which I believe is a small price to pay.

If you wish to join the chat, clack here.

I especially like this section:

besides, your Internet Marketing forbids you proposing walrus-bladder in such Internet Marketing as this.

...Walrus-bladder?

Why the hell is this even in my announcement thread anyway?

That's pretty geeky, I must say. I have a 512mb thumb drive as well, but I don't really use it that often because I too don't go to places that normally have computers.

I keep it as a backup while on campus just incase I can't login to my home network while at school. This way I'm not totally SOL if my connection goes down.

Today I did see a bunch of guys walking around with RSA Smart Cards hanging from their necks... now that's pretty geeky.

I know we have a thread about this around here somewhere (here) I would like to add on to this list, and eventually publish an article on The Geekery about popular alternatives to programs that people commonly use, but get ripped off on.

Here's one from me, though I am not sure if there is a widely used program out there like this:

Look@Lan

This program is great for people who have small business networks, or those who want to keep track of what IP addresses are connected to your network. This program can also send you an email if a host goes offline.

I actually have a forwarder set on my webserver to forward any email sent to that specific address to be sent to my cell phone so I can know ASAP when something goes wrong. This program is a must for network administrators.


Oh, and then there's the obvious "Use Linux instead of Windows" which I will mention here:

Linux instead of Windows.

There. Glad I got that out of the way.

First post in 2006! EDT, anyway.

I used T-Mobile for about a year. I could only use the phone service when I was outside. Forget about using it while in my house, place of work, or in a car.

In a nut shell, T Mobile sucks.

I don't think playing music really loud on the night of the State of the Union Address will do anything. I'm pretty sure we're just going to have to wait it out.

The only thing I keep asking myself is, "Why the fuck did anyone vote for him again?"

Thanks, guys.

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I have no complaints about my 17 inch flatscreen. The main reasons I got mine two years ago was the fact that they take up less space, as well as give off less heat.