With weary regularity, my 15-year-old son flips aside his pencil and, slumping in his chair, asks why a person with no intention of becoming a physicist or mathematician should be tortured with science and algebra. He doesn’t yet see the value in learning the principles of logic, or the orderliness of the scientific method to [...]

A $100 laptop, for all the world’s children.
This is a fantastic idea. I might want a couple for myself.

Boston.com has published what they consider to be the Top 50 Scifi shows. It is, to say the least, an interesting compilation. Some notables:
41. Futurama
38. Batman
35. Battlestar Galactica (Original)
33. Lost in Space
32. My Favorite Martian
31. Alien Nation
29. Six Million Dollar Man
27. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
21. Quanum Leap
19. Dark Angel
17. Firefly
14. Star Trek: [...]

“Sweet googly moogle!” as Colin would say.
Last night, at the 2005 Boston Music Awards, the Dresden Dolls won some awards. Specifically, they won Best Live Act and Best Local Female Artist.
Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione are the duo that make up one of my favorite bands period, and that they’re a local band [...]

Okay, nothing so dramatic. But I needed a nice opener to follow up on Colin’s comment about perhaps having found a new Browncoat. It isn’t quite so epic, but I did indeed go to see the pre-release screening for Serenity last night, and I did indeed enjoy it.
Having said that, let me add [...]

… there will be a review of the film Serenity on this site. Since I have seen the movie a couple times, I don’t see a point in writing another review. But, Carl (who went to the screening last night with me) will be writing his thoughts on the movie. This should [...]

Image title: SER_Intl_1Sht3From: colinrego’s Flickr album.

The movie based on the fantastic television show, Firefly, is opening this week. As you may know, I have seen the movie already… although it was unfinished at the time. However, I shall make sure that I see the final version (soon) so [...]

You will probably see a few changes to the site over the next few days. As usual, let me know if anything breaks.
Thanks,
Colin

I’ve allowed this to go on far too long without public commentary. Within the scope of this site (geekiness), I feel a need to write an opinion.
Today marked the opening arguments in a lawsuit that promises, for better or worse, to help shape America’s educational system for a long time to come. I [...]

To complement Colin’s recent gripes about the problems he’s been having with his Powerbook, I figured I should mention another issue that’s popped up on the Apple radar recently: The mysterious and baffling ease with which customers are scratching the faces of their iPod Nanos.

Just kidding, but I’m back, at any rate.
This blog is a responsibility I’ve been neglecting for a little while. Rest assured, however, that I’ll be bringing you more of the sticky oozing mass that is my mind.

My MP3 player contains tracks by Vivaldi, Cyndi Lauper, Britney Spears, Marilyn Manson, and Nirvana. To say that my musical tastes are somewhat eclectic, would be a generous understatement.

Image title: Oblivious Care BearsFrom: Aaron G Stock’s Flickr album.

One of the things I like most about Flickr is just searching on fairly arbitrary tags. If you aren’t familiar with Flickr, it is a photo sharing service that has some social networking tech built-in. The basic premise is [...]

Looks like you can purchase a digital version of the Firefly Original Television Soundtrack right now. Well, let me clarify… If you are happy downloading WMA files with DRM, then go for it. If you are a Mac user like me… sorry but I think we are out of luck and will have [...]

Image title: My poor PowerBookFrom: colinrego’s Flickr album.

Update: Apparently, I am not alone in this issue.
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Things seem to be progressing for the worse. Not only is the lower memory slot not working, but the machine just hardcore crashed.
If you have anything you want to say… or get [...]

So, I noticed that my PowerBook (15″ 1.5GHz) has been performing a little sluggishly recently. After poking around, I checked the system profiler. It seems as though both memory slots aren’t working. Specifically, the lower memory slot appears to not want to register the memory that is in there. So, the [...]

No… not that wacky controller that Nintendo revealed recently. I am talking about the revamped NES/FamiCom that Messiah Entertainment has made available for pre-order.
If your old NES has long since died, or maybe you think it just doesn’t look nice enough to warrant a place in your home entertainment system (which is blasphemy, imo), [...]

Looks like the folks at Boston.com have compiled a list of what they consider to be the top local weblogs. Oh, hey, look at that… the Geek is on there. Well, what do ya know?

This is because a full 2-days early I shall be giving thanks to the Almighty for bestowing such a wonderful gaming console on me. Yes, on Tuesday, November 22nd Microsoft will be launching the Xbox 360 in North America.

… as filing this under Geek just doesn’t seem entirely appropriate.
It seems as though the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA will be showing a Firefly marathon. So, if you haven’t watched the shows yet this will get you 100% ready for the September 30th release of Serenity. Or, if you just want [...]