Geek Habitat

Yes, Justin and I have done it again. We always seem to splurge for something just before the holidays that would end up on one of our wishlists, anyway! One rationalization goes like this: by keeping it off the wishlists, it prevents my parents (all too generous year-round, but particularly around the holidays) from buying it for us, and thereby spending far too much money! That, and it lets us indulge in some geek gear appreciation a month or so earlier than the holidays/birthdays/anniversary allows!

This is a follow-up on my initial camera tossing entry from this morning.

I’ve already gotten politely scolded on another website for not valuing my posessions as much as the elder generations — I respect the “be cautious” commentary if not the grossly inaccurate assumption. Most of us set appropriate limits on our creative exploration.

Brought to you by my better half, Justin, who just wandered into the room awhile ago, insistent that I check out a WoW (World of Warcraft) video.

He was right. It rocks! You don’t have to be a slobbering WoW minion to enjoy it, since it actually has a plot, soundtrack, great voiceovers and cinematography.

Title: RETURN
File format | Size: Windows Media | 37MB
Character: Voldigar & Liadov
Description: An aged soldier returns from decades of war in Kalimdor to find Stromgarde in ruins … but to what end? Learn more at www.rufuscubed.com/return

I still pop in to Bob’s Knee Board occcasionally to see how familiar names are doing in their post-op ACL reconstruction recovery and resumption of normal life and activities. There are some regulars on the board who are well beyond their post-op periods but still provide input on the boards; one such person is Michael Frind. His posts are drafted offline and are so packed with technical details that it took me a fair amount of time (and distance from my own post-op period) to really find the value in his posts, beyond their potential as a natural sedative.

I know this has made the rounds of the blogosphere already, but since I just rediscovered it this morning –

Camera Toss: beautiful photos taken simply by tossing a camera in the air.

…proof that you should never stop seeing things in new ways.

Disclaimer: Beware if you try this yourself. I have been too faint of heart to try it, even with our least expensive, lowest resolution point-and-shoot digital cameras… because “least expensive” is still worth too much to gamble.

If I could find my wacky animated turkey graphic, that would go here, but since I can’t I’ll have to go low-tech:

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