60th Post - Upping my Geek Quotient

My Future office...Nice Eh?

Hey!!. This is my 60th...yes 60TH blog post. Who'd a thunk that I would be still writing in this thing after all this time.  That being said...

What have I gotten myself into?

Ok, so this whole "Geeky Dad" thing has inspired me to take a next step to secure my own little corner of the interweb.  In order to make this dream a reality, I have decided to make my own webpage and merge my Blog with my photography, Twitter, everything in one online place.  In order to do this I need a new website for www.geekydadsden.com that's not just a blog site.  Unfortunately its not in the budget to spend hundreds of dollars to have someone else do it for me.  So to keep expenses to a minimum, I am endeavoring to learn how to create my own website.  I'm going to learn HTML, CSS and all the other stuff associated that I haven't even begun to read about yet.  I'm not trying to become a master or make a living doing this, far from it.  I'm just looking to learn enough that my newly created website functions properly, does what I want it to do, and doesn't look like ass.  Luckily I have already been using photoshop for some time now with my whole love of photography so graphics and photos shouldn't be a problem. I would also like to think that some of those college courses are still resting, hung-over in my brain still, enough so that some of the stuff about esthetics and what makes something look good are still there.  So I got my first book "For Dummies" to get me started (from the library, again since I'm looking to keep expenses minimal) and we'll see how it goes.  All I can do at this point is do my research, pick programmer friends' brains and try my best....

Ok...

I'm going there;

"No...Try not....DO........or do not....there is no try" - Yoda

Ya..taking my geekyness to a whole other level was a great idea...yikes.

MAY THE FARCE BE WITH YOU

Comic-Con Is Coming

Less than 2 weeks until me and the family visit the Toronto Comic-Con.  So excited.  Even more so now that the following arrived in the mail.

That has made me even more excited.  More to come.  Lots of photos hopefully When we get back.  Countdown is on.

MAY THE FARCE BE WITH YOU

Earth: The New Tattooine?

The Earth with 2 Suns??  I can see the brooding Moisture Farm-boys now (“but I was going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters”)

In all seriousness, this has got to be one of the freakiest/weirdest stories I’ve happened upon.

According to scientists, one of the brightest stars in the Orion constellation is due to explode.  The Red Supergiant, meaning it’s at the end of it’s life, could explode as soon as within the next few months.  The ensuing supernova could  be so bright that night would become day for a couple of weeks according to “experts”. 

What is less certain to these “experts” is exactly when this will happen.  While they say it’s possible that it could happen within the year, they also say that it could also happen within the next million years...talk about  your wide open timeline. Sheesh.  Check out the story I read here.

...sounds like the kind of window a furniture delivery or cable company gives you for a service appointment doesn’t it?

The other thing that kind of makes me smile about this story is that the star that’s due to go “blewey”..it’s designation is “Betelgeuse”...You know..like the movie “Beetlejuice”  So basically, when this thing goes up......

IT’S SHOWTIME!!!

 

MAY THE FARCE BE WITH YOU

So Much Geeky Goodness!!

Hello Geeky Dad Peons

The last couple of weeks has been a plethora of geeky goodness and I decided to put a bunch of stuff in one post, so this may seem a bit rambley but I don't seem to have the time to blog quite as regularly as I used to so this is what you get :)

First and most recent...I'M GOING TO TORONTO COMIC CON :)

I know it may seem strange to my readers, but I have never been to one of these things before and I am so friggin stoked!!.  My wife is even coming with me and we're also going to take my one year old.  We hit Old Navy the other day and picked out a suitable t-shirt for both of them.  My little sweetie is going to look so cute in her "Ewok" T-Shirt, and hopefully we can get a picture of her with one of the many Star Wars related guests the Con is going to have.  Fingers Crossed for Billy Dee :)

Superbowl has come and gone and with it the premier of the really neat-o commercials that it brings (if you're in the US that is..here in Canada you have to search for them online, super lame, Thanks a lot CRTC) Anyway, one of these commercials that actually showed here in the Great White North was a trailer for the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger.  Check it out

Now I was never really a huge fan of the story or the comic books growing up but this movie looks pretty excellent.

Another trailer that came out recently was X-men:First Class

I really really want this movie to be good.  I'm so scared they're going to ruin the whole thing but time will tell. The trailer looks good so my hopes are high.

Couple of final things...First...I want to officially say that the post I was totally against the ipad I was totally wrong.  It's the coolest gadget I have ever owned.  Unfortunately I have to fight my wife to use it which is no easy task. But I have got my hands on it a bit and Me likey and I'm totally addicted to Angry Birds.

I think that's enough rambling. 

MAY THE FARCE BE WITH YOU