A Wandering Eyre

A cautionary tale of how a family full of geeks can carry a thing too far. On Saturday, my family got together to see the new Star Trek movie, eat homemade pizza, an enjoy the good company. Well, we really just wanted to talk about how cute our babies are, but who can blame us? [...]

Ever wanted a USB stick that would be the envy of every person you know? Well, geeky readers, they have invented it for us! A USB that is also a Transformer! Take that Autobots! I know this has been all over the interwebs, but I had to post it. –Jane, a child of the 80′s

I thought cool prizes in cereal were a thing of the past, but yesterday I saw an ad for the new Kellog promotion. They are offering five badges from the new Star Trek movie. The badges are Kilngon, Romulan, Command, Engineering, and Sciences (Federation). Each badge lights up. I feel like a kid again. A [...]

Unshelved frequently gives nods to nerds. Today, with my daily dose of Unshelved, I also received some lovely sketches. One of them shows Tamara in her Jayne hat. Cunning indeed. –Jane, it’s a girl’s name

I have heard about BarCamp before and I always thought it would be cool to go to one. A BarCamp is an unconference for geeks. You show up and are required to participate in some way: present on a topic, be on a panel, or bring your wifi router and power strip. You are required [...]

Mr. Rochester sent me an article from Gamespot while I was gone about Campbell County Public Library (last time I tried their website was down) in Kentucky that has started adding family friendly video games to their collection. He was surprised that this is a new concept. It does seem like the logical step, but [...]

Something funny to make up for the previous post which may have caused your brain to smash itself against the walls of your office – a YouTube Star Wars video. It does contain language, but it has been beeped out. I have two groups that I am moderating in Five Weeks. They are both eager [...]

Mr, Rochester and I have recently held many conversations about Macs. Many of them are spurred by the recent Apple commercials and some of them are due to the fact that many of my friends have Macs. You see, dear readers, I live in a PC household. I have nothing against Macs and see their [...]

This is my last post before I pack up and leave Seattle. It was fun. From Slashdot, wouldn’t you love to live in a hobbit hole? –Jane, shove the last things in the suitcase and go

***Warning: Spoilers for Eragon and Eldest ahead. You have been warned!*** Mr. Rochester recently finished reading the first two books of the Inheritance Trilogy and he remarked how much they mirror Star Wars and LoTR. Below is a guest posting by Mr. R which lays out the similarities of the original Star Wars and Eragon [...]