Archive for August, 2006



Tizzight in the Hizzouse? Or somesuch nonsense.

Jesus’ nuts gravy, you just have to watch this.  I swear, if I had just been hired by this company, the only words coming out of my mouth after watching this would be, “I quit, you f**king wankers.”
Some Game Store’s Training Vid
Via Joystiq
EDIT: Link updated because GameCrazy (or someone) have no sense of humor and [...]

Brewery: Spaten-Franziskaner-Brau, Munich, Germany
Brewery Description: “Deep golden color. Natural cloudiness, with yeast. Crispy, refreshing, spicy and fruity.”
Brew Style: German Hefeweissen, 5.0% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Weizen
The Ugly Truth: Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse is a solid hefeweissen, though a bit on the darker and heavier side. The color is a few shades darker than most hefeweissens out there, and the [...]

BostonGeek Podcast: Episode 43

This episode begins with our tasty fun weekend (which had elements of tastiness AND of fun), and continues on to the Tech Top 3. There’s a hurried rant by Carl on the so-called security behind the RFID tag in the soon-to-be-issued Passport, a look at AOL’s latest business decision to derive their revenues from ads [...]

In this special edition of the Beer Roster, we will be drinking from the Brewer Patriot Collection crafted by Samuel Adams. There are four beers in the collection that we’ll be taking a look at: the 1790 Root Beer Brew, James Madison Dark Wheat Ale, Traditional Ginger Honey Ale, and George Washington Porter. The Collection [...]

Umm, helpful?

Is this serious?

Gizmodo points us to a video of some folks abusing their MacBook. Thankfully, it was protected by invisibleSHIELD. The drywall screws certainly did a number on the counter-top, but the shiny, white Apple notebook computer emerged unscathed.
The folks behind the invisibleSHIELD sent some gadget protection BostonGeek’s way. I was happy to test [...]




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