Use your 3G phone as a Wi-Fi access point. no 3G phone, but just recently i did it with two laptops
Understand what “There’s no Place Like 127.0.0.1” means. yes.
Identify key-loggers. yep.
Properly connect a TV, Tivo, XBox, Wii, and Apple TV so they all work together with the one remote. haven’t done it with those particular items but used my visor edge as the remote for my tv & vcr
Program a universal remote. in my sleep.
Swap out the battery on your iPod/iPhone. have the tool to get the ipod open in my drawer.
Benchmark Your Computer. yes.
Identify all computer components on sight. yes.
Know which parts to order from NewEgg.com, and how to assemble them into a working PC. and yes, but why would i?
Troubleshoot any computer/gadget problem, over the phone. to the point where i find myself doing it far too often.
Use any piece of technology intuitively, without instruction or prior knowledge. scarily so.
How to irrecoverably protect data. is that even possible? but i have backups of my backups offsite
Recover data from a dead hard drive. too many times for it to even been considered fun.
Share a printer between a Mac and a PC on a network. is this really a skill?
Install a Linux distribution. (Hint: Ubuntu 9.04 is easier than installing Windows) in a virtual windows client no less.
Remove a virus from a computer. not since the 90s
Dual (or more) boot a computer. again, is this a skill?
Boot a computer off a thumb drive. this shouldn’t count as a skill
Boot a computer off a network drive. neither should this.
Assemble IKEA furniture without looking at the instructions. Bonus point if you don’t have to backtrack. i have, but it’s so much fun to use the instructions and a sheet pan to organise all your parts in their piles as you’ll require them.
Use a digital SLR in full manual mode. i was using SLRs before they were digital.
Know the difference between radiation and radioactive contamination. may save my life one day.
Understand basic electronics components like resistors, capacitors, inductors and transistors. yes.
Solder a circuit while bottle feeding an infant. (lead free solder please.) never attempted it.
The meaning of technical acronyms. does FUBAR count too?
The coffee dash, blindfolded (or blurry eyed). Coffee <brew> [cream] [sugar]. In under a minute. don’t drink coffee anymore and when i did, it was a one step process.
Build a fighting robot. no.
Program a fighting robot. no.
Build a failsafe into a fighting robot so it doesn’t kill you. no, but shouldn’t 79 include the three laws?
Be able to trace the Fellowship’s journey on a map of Middle Earth. oh the shame.
Know all the names of the Dwarves in The Hobbit. no.
Understand the difference between a comic book and a graphic novel. and if you don’t shame on you.
Know where your towel is and why it is important. i’m a cool frood.
Re-enact the parrot sketch. and i’ve passed the skill along.
still as fascinating as when i originally posted about it in 2004
Every hour, 10×10 scans the RSS feeds of several leading international news sources, and performs an elaborate process of weighted linguistic analysis on the text contained in their top news stories. After this process, conclusions are automatically drawn about the hour`s most important words. The top 100 words are chosen, along with 100 corresponding images, culled from the source news stories. At the end of each day, month, and year, 10×10 looks back through its archives to conclude the top 100 words for the given time period. In this way, a constantly evolving record of our world is formed, based on prominent world events, without any human input.
Can I Get An Amen? is an audio installation that unfolds a critical perspective of perhaps the most sampled drum beat in the history of recorded music, the Amen Break. It begins with the pop track Amen Brother by 60′s soul band The Winstons, and traces the transformation of their drum solo from its original context as part of a ‘B’ side vinyl single into its use as a key aural ingredient in contemporary cultural expression. The work attempts to bring into scrutiny the techno-utopian notion that ‘information wants to be free’- it questions its effectiveness as a democratizing agent. This as well as other issues are foregrounded through a history of the Amen Break and its peculiar relationship to current copyright law.
aside from funerals and working and retail and the holidays, i’m involved in a little project called whiskerino which involved me shaving on november 1 and not shaving again until february 28. you can track my progress and the progress of the 300 plus other participants atwhiskerino.org or if you just want to see my photos and make fun of me, there is an entire flickr set dedicated to the endeavour here
it`s silly season again, well it`s usually silly season but it`s ramping up. i truly can`t wait for this to be over, whatever the result. i just want the politicians to go back to what they do best, gouging us.
and there is a new Mr. Snaffleburger animation up, as well as a new little goth girl.
remember children Mr. Snaffleburger & the Snaffleburger Corporation says:
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a new samurai lapin 
