Author Archives: Kip

Hah! As I’ve recently mentioned, I believe the entire geek world has a crush on Kari Byron from Mythbusters. That being said, it’s good news that she’s got a four-page spread in the June issue of FHM. There’s an online … Continue reading →

Okay, I was contacted in another post by the notorious Eurotrash punk, Mr. R., who demands my email address. Now, if I had time, I’d just type it up in Photoshop and make it an image. For those wondering why … Continue reading →

I dug up a page with ST on it and commenced mailing her (for those of you who hate the fact that I use initials, thppthh, sorry, I hate giving out full names). There has been a great degree of … Continue reading →

Alright. Wikipedia has this one slightly wrong, I believe. The backstory, quickly: a man once assaulted Dan Rather shouting, “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” or, according to Rather, “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” Now, the wiki just says that the assailant, … Continue reading →

I’ve got to do something to rein in my email-writing. I am positive that people don’t want to read all the crap I send them. Absolutely positive. Last night I was in rare form. I spent TWO HOURS composing an … Continue reading →

Now, there are very few people that I’ve shuffled off my mortal coil over the years that I want to get back in touch with. The ones I want to be in touch with, I’m in touch with (even if … Continue reading →

After about six months, I’ve completed my tour of re-reading Cryptonomicon (which I consider a prequel to the Baroque Cycle) and my first readings of the Baroque Cycle novels (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World). These are … Continue reading →

Found another nasty little trojan. Directprt.dll. Trojan “Goldun”, as NAV identifies it. NAV couldn’t do anything to it, so I booted in safe mode and ran NAV plus a few other anti-spyware anti-virus tools. Pretty sure I got rid of … Continue reading →

Got an email back from DF. All is well out there, he’s hopefully going to be in a short-distance relationship soon (with the same girl *bonk*), he has two weeks left to go (roughly) until he’s out of school with … Continue reading →

I was just reading Dick Morris’ column over at his Vote.com site and I have to quote something from it, something I think is very true: Isolationism, a largely ignored theme in our politics, is growing rapidly in the wake … Continue reading →