16 is sweet.

My BF is 1337… well, according to PC World. Matt made #16 on PC World’s “The 50 Most Important People on the Web”. Not that I’m a fan of rankings like this (in fact, I hardly believe them), but check out the list itself. When you skim through, you may realize that it’s actually quite a nice honor if you consider the company he’s sharing. Pretty amazing.

1 comment March 6th, 2007

South By Southwest Interactive 2007

Well, Spring Break for geeks is almost here, and I’ll be heading to South by Southwest Interactive (SxSWi) for my third year in a row, and that’s coming up at the end of this week. I’m currently very busy and running around nuts, trying to prepare for the annual trip out.

It’ll be my second time on a panel at SxSWi and this time the hijinx include MJ, Andrew, Tony, Nick, Lynne d Johnson (whom I’ve never met, but I’m looking forward to it), and of course, Tantek (oh yeah right, like I don’t see him everyday). We’ll be kicking-off your week in Austin in a big way, so be sure to come by. I am really good at pre-gaming, by the way, so you know I’m gonna bring it in a big way. (You best believe it!)

Different this year is the fact that I’ll be holding down a slot at the wonderfully creative SXSW tradition of 20×2, where I’ll be attempting to answer the question “What If?” (Not that I don’t ask this question of myself all the time, mind you.) It will be challenging in the fact that I have only two minutes to answer the question.

One thing’s for sure — If it’s one thing SXSW isn’t short on, it’s creativity and inspiration in every corner.

Uh, and Shiner Bock.

2 comments March 5th, 2007

Star Wars in ASCII… no lie!

Someone has taken it upon themself to do all of "Star Wars: A New Hope" in ASCII.  It's really amazing.  I'd link it for you, but it honestly is a bit more complicated than that.   So here are some instructions that will allow you to see such geekery.  Of course, big ups to Erik for coming over to my desk and totally bugging me out with this find.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. In Windows, go to your Start menu.
2. Find the icon for "Run…" and click it.
3. When the prompt comes up, type this: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
4. Witness the awesomeness.

1 comment April 14th, 2006