Geek’s Guide to Gift Giving

Rai    Linux     christmas, computer, geek, gifts, holiday, old, vintage

Christmas is getting near and giving gifts is an activity that is inevitable during the holiday seasons. One must go through the rite of passage by rushing to the mall and beating the holiday panic which includes annoying people, crying children and the Christmas traffic.

But since the thing called the Internet is already here, no need to leave your house. Or your chair for that matter. Christmas gifts ideas are one Google away but if you want a very unique geeky gift, vintage is the way to go.

Website The Collectors Weekly has the list of vintage computer equipment that you can get your little hands on. Most stuff are on eBay so you won’t have any problems ordering one.

One example: Remember how a computer looks like in 1980’s? Here’s to refresh your memory:

This is a 1980 Casio Personal Computer FA-10 being sold at eBay. Great addition to your arsenal of geeky treasure.

I am planning of giving away 1.44 MB Floppy disks to friends. They are vintage, are they not?

The Warcart

Rai    Gadgets     geek, hotspot, warcart, wifi, wireless

When you think that sniffing wireless spots while driving a car or just plain walking with laptop on hand is plain and boring, then The Warcart might awaken the sleeping nerd inside you.

The Warcart is a simple device wherein an ordinary cart is used as a mobile WiFi access point sniffer. Before there was Wardriving which then evolved into something that is more flexible and cheaper. I then present to you now the Warcart:

If the image above baffles you on how exactly this device works, then watch this video:

Warcarting from Zack A on Vimeo.

The ultimate geek cart.

Image and video courtesy of Zack Anderson Projects

Funny Geek Commercial

Rai    TV     banned, camera. picture, commercial, funny, geek, Jokes, underwater

Even geeks know how to outsmart beauties. They aren’t called geeks for nothin’!

Enjoy this funny albeit banned, commercial

Be Techie and Money Smart

Rai    Internet     finances, geek, google, money, smart

There are more than a few ways how a person’s IQ is measured. There are some who measure it by academic performance like how book smart a person is. People under this category are usually either rocket scientists or Google programmers, either way, geeks are uber sexy! On the other side, there people who are not so good with books but are ultimately the royalties of being street-smart. These people know may not be able to build a quantum gravity replicator (if there is such a word) but knows their way when it comes to budgeting finances or getting their life goals in their own way. There are also sexy smart, those who are both physically and mentally attractive and people who are dumb smart, those who are neither dumb nor smart.

Ideally, I am kind of in the dumb smart category simply because you cannot survive as an administrator if you are not one, and at the same time I tend to make mistakes which I consider as dumb. Take for example my financial status. I am earn well for my age, but still I think I am not earning enough. In reality, I just spend a lot time and money and my excuse is, I am just enjoying the fruits of my labor. It is not easy to work as system administrator, you know!

And so I stumbled upon BillsIQ which gave me a fair idea of how knowledgeable I am with my financial IQ and when I tried their online IQ test, it gave me 80% as my score. It is below average according to their report, but the great thing about BillsIQ is they give advice and helpful reminders to help you remain in control of your finances. It sure helped me in being more financially smart about my expenses because their tips are straight to the point and simple to understand.

The only thing left for me is to take into action what I have learned.