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Somewhere old, something new
They say you can never go home again. Perhaps not, but sometimes you can visit. Despite having moved back to the part of the world I came from, there’s still some part of me that remembers Albuquerque as the place … Continue reading
Ada Lovelace Day!
It’s Ada Lovelace Day! Ada Lovelace Day is a day for celebrating women in “STEM” – that is, in sciences, technology, engineering, and math. There’s all the details you can stand at: http://www.findingada.com I’m struggling under a giant mass of … Continue reading
Putting the ‘work’ back in ‘coworking’
You asked for it, you got it A while ago Ferrett Steinmetz asked on the twitters if someone would make him a shirt that said “I’m only awesome on the Internet”. Myself, I hear I’m much more awesome off the Internet, … Continue reading
Why I use a Coworking space
Get Out Of the Damn House Already About a month ago, I made a connection with the folks over at Hive4a, a local coworking space. They’ve got reasonable monthly rates (cheaper than going to a coffeeshop!) and a pretty cool … Continue reading
Posted in About the Me, RiotNrrd, Spontaneous Bloggery
Tagged be who you are, diy, nerds, tea, wit
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Where beauty meets logic
Not just a bad teen dramedy. One of my favorite polymath tricks is to take the nerdy and reframe it in ways that make it intuitive and appealing to the person who is not just “not a nerd” but thinks … Continue reading
Posted in Humor Theory, RiotNrrd
Tagged humor theory, logic, nerds, politics, polymath, wit
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418 I’m a teapot
A nerd is me! Earlier this week, a friend linked me to the “HTTP status codes as cats” images. From the SRS CAT (200 OK) to LONGCAT (414 Request-URI too long) to the kitten inside the computer case (500 Internal … Continue reading