Those of us who just watch the Super Bowl for commercials have our own song now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWAzqE-MYcA

via Laughing Squid

This is painfully entertaining. So bad it is good.

via io9

In my pathetic, scifi geekness I am at a loss for words. Take advantage of this and move along Internet traveler.

I saw this over the weekend and I see it making the rounds, but I am just going to post it to fit in. Hodgman does his best to test Obama’s geek credentials.

Thanks to mmmPi

I have always enjoyed his take on ‘meh.’ Since I use that way too much.

It seems like each week brings another announcement that Hollywood will do a remake of something awful & unoriginal. That seems like a job I could easily do. Let me pitch a film version of Riptide to them:

The show has everything, cool dudes with guns, a geek, a robot, a hot car, a boat, a helicopter and plenty of opportunities for clever use of slow motion and jump cuts! Did I mention the boat? Boat equals water which means chicks in bikinis. A total box office win! What’s that? ‘What is the movie about?’ Bikinis, gunplay & geeks! A plot would just get in the way.

If you aren’t willing to take a chance with Riptide then you should remake the short lived Misfits of Science! Get yourself some of that mutant/Heroes money. People with superpowers helping others always makes bank. Maybe you can get Courtney Cox to do a cameo in the film. Also, make sure you list the middle names of at least 50% of the cast. I am pretty sure that will make or break the film.

Well this reminds me of Widget Hell, but less random. I mean if you are trying to impress your date and convince her that you are some sort of spy, I am sure this will work.

henchmanshelper.com

HA! I am kidding! This won’t get you laid or any geek cred, you’ll just be laughed at, like if Dr. Phil showed up at an actual conference of doctors.

I have often joked that my online friends are my favorite relationships because of the obvious emotional disconnect.  “What’s that user_greg 4000 miles away from me?  Your dog died? Bummer dude.”  And just like that I have fulfilled my Internet friend duties.  I didn’t have to awkwardly sit next to him as he sobbed, I didn’t have to take him out for a beer or buy him a card.  I’m not saying I don’t like my friends IRL (Think about that for a second, we have Internet slang for “in real life.”), I’ve just never been good dealing with emotions of others because I am a fixer.  I have to constantly remind myself that most people just want someone to listen to them, not go off and try to fix it.

And just like that, I go right into me.  Ironic, I was trying to introduce this article I read a while back about quiting facebook, which discusses the self-obsession and narcissism of blogs and social networking.

I’d be interested to hear what you thought about the article.  Come back here and comment after you give it a read.  And for those of you who are emotional detached like the other half of my brain, here’s a pretty picture.

This is a comic by Oliver Widder found over at his site GeekandPoke.  He’s got tons of them about the interwebz, programming and IT.  This one in particular was the other comic I thought about using here.

Hey fanboys, roll your pimped out computer chairs a little bit closer!  I found you a new game!  Is the person across from you a cylon?  Do you trust them?  From reading some of the material on the website, I am not even sure if you know whether or not you are a cylon.  I guess that is a pretty good simulation of the show, but sounds damn confusing for me as a player.  Of course, in the middle of the night I often wake up in a cold sweat, startled by a dream in which I am a champion, Norwegian row boat enthusiast being chased by bearded linguists through the streets of Hong Kong.  So, I don’t really know who I am anyway.  Here’s the link.