Archive for August 23rd, 2006

Nerdy, nerdy me

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

How nerdy am I?

Well, my wife and I went to a Shakespeare-by-the-Sea production of The Wizard of Oz in Halifax, which contained lots of fourth-wall-breaking modern references.

At one point, the Wicked Witch threatens to send a pack of wolves against Dorothy and the crew.

The Tin Woodsman answers back, “My axe is +3 against wolves!”

I was the only one who laughed. And I laughed my ass off.

Cooler than an iPod?

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

An article I wrote yesterday for the new CBC Tech section on the new SanDisk music player has been Slashdotted.

I might not have posted this if it hadn’t been for a new definition of cool in the /. post’s comments:

How about Bruce Willis on a hoverboard listening to bootleg OGGs of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic on a homemade altoids-tin music player, kissing Salma Hayek, and fighting Christopher Walken, Jet Li, the Rock, and an army of robot sharks with rocket-packs?

Gotta admit. That’s pretty darn cool. Except the sharks need frickin’ lasers on their foreheads.