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I’ve been chiptuned!

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I’ve known about the chiptune/demoscene for a while (when I first did a Mahalo Daily clip on the subject back in 2008), but I wasn’t aware of the work of Falling for a Square until today. Why, you ask? Because he titled one of his new demos after me!!!

Yes, it’s just that easy to get my attention*.

But I wouldn’t have written about it if it wasn’t awesome, so please check out the track on his demos page. Thanks to Doctor Popular for the email alerting me to this fact; he makes some pretty awesome music as well, in case you didn’t know.

*The Carps also figured that out a while back.

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Enterprise Pizza Cutter!

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Did you know ThinkGeek sells an Enterprise pizza cutter? They do, and it’s amazing. I will disclose that they sent it to me for awesomeness (err… reviewing) purposes, after seeing my Make It So shirt on Tekzilla last week! Thanks!

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Google Street View: Antarctica

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I love this: Google Street View has arrived in Antarctica. Say hi to the penguins!

via The Daily Wh.at, and visit them here!

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How relevant is computer engineer Barbie?

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Growing up, I was not a Barbie girl. This most likely stems from two reasons: I was a tomboy, and both of my parents worked for toy companies. Therefore (and yes, I’m only bragging a little bit here), I had no lack of toys, dolls, gizmos and games to keep me busy.

Barbie sat on the periphery; a known entity, but not one I was very interested in getting to know better. I was aware of her spectacular outfits and handsome boyfriend Ken, but at the end of the day I was far more interested in my Crash Test Dummies set or my Micro Machines.

My interest in technology, I feel very strongly, was incubated in part because I grew up in a house that encouraged it. I was allowed to tinker with my toys (usually destroying rather than enhancing) and to spend hours playing with my Nintendo or Game Boy. Kids are always going to make their own decisions about what they like or don’t like (and clearly not all of them have the advantage of a surplus of toys around the house), but I believe that one of the main reasons more girls don’t become interested in technology and IT is because they’re taught (or shown) that this is the realm of the boys.

Now, getting back to Barbie. (more…)

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