SteamCon II

Posted in Fashion, Humor, InterWebs, News, SteamPunk on March 4th, 2010 by Dr. Warthan
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The SteamCon II SteamPunk Convention is scheduled for November 19th – 21st, 2010.  They’ve just announced a new website (much of it still under development), which is very nicely done.

The 1st SteamCon was a huge success.  I had sent Omega7Red’s own infamous Captain Jamison Dao of the HRMAS Prometheus to the SteamCon event.  However, he failed to report back.  Apparently, he was killed in a duel, most violently.  (hit the more to read on) Read more »

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Want to Blog SteamPunk?

Posted in InterWebs, News, SteamPunk on May 20th, 2009 by Dr. Warthan
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I’m opBen to allowing someone “special” to blog with me.  And by “special”, I don’t mean that you rode the short-bus…

  • Spend thousands of man-hours tearing your hair out looking for SteamPunk or other cool material to blog about.
  • Enjoy vast disappointment as you realize you can’t make squat with Google AdSense.
  • One-Up that Dr. Warthan idiot genius by showing us your superior intellect.
  • Impress women and/or men and get laid and/or respect.
  • Freely use foul language, such as [expletive deleted] and [expletive deleted].
  • Get even with that Geekologie bastard writer who didn’t want you on his team (j/k, he actually does good stuff).
  • Freely express yourself (freedom of expression subject to censorship).
  • Get a BS title, such as Doctor, Professor, Mistress, or whatever toats your goat.
  • Have a real hobby that contributes to the community so that you can finally stop playing World of Warcraft.

Since I mentioned AdSense.  The bone I will throw is this:  As the blogger, you can put your own ads into your own posts.  They won’t show on the main page, but will show up on the individual post page; and as an added bonus, I’ll throw in an ad box for you on the side-bar.  I already have a thing in that works with AdSense for multiple contributors, and I can accommodate other stuff as well.

Interested?  E-mail me at eric.warthan@gmail.com  Oh, and if you spam me or waste my time with BS, I will FIND YOU!

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The Website is Down

Posted in Humor, InterWebs on May 16th, 2009 by Dr. Warthan
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As an IT professional, this is just the funniest thing ever.  Best of all, it’s all true…

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Exponential Times

Posted in InterWebs, News, Technology on May 15th, 2009 by Dr. Warthan
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Fantastic video on the progression of information technology.  Example: It is estimated that a week’s worth of the New Your Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.  Example: It is estimated that 4 exabytes (4.0×10^19) of unique information will be generated this year, which is more than the previous 5,000 years.

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Flame War: The Modern InterWebs

Posted in InterWebs, Music, Technology on April 16th, 2009 by Dr. Warthan
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OMG, this is so funny.  I love these College Humor guys, and this parody of Billy Joel’s “We didn’t start the fire” masterfully captures the modern internet.  Also, I saw Billy Joel’s video debut on MTV back when they played video’s.  For anyone over 30, this should be a scarey wake up call.

I remember a world populated with Commodore 64’s, VCR’s the size of microwave ovens, microwave ovens the size of dog houses, cassette tapes coming in as 8-tracks went out, and you could smoke anywhere (bus, airplane, library, work, you name it).  I’m an IT professional, and the modern Internet is a very scarey place.  The future is cloud computing, wireless video and power and everything else, throw away data centers, and vertical farming.  Whoa, I need to live a life of solitude in my airship as it floats along the air currents high above civilization; kind of like that world in BioShock, but up in the sky…

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