Support The Guild!
Nov0
I’m pretty sure that everyone that I know has seen a post from me regarding “The Guild” by now. If you’ve managed to click on the links that I’ve been posting here, Twitter and/or Facebook, then good for you! If not, here’s your chance to watch all of the episodes in one place.
The series is about a group of six guild members in an (unnamed) MMO called the “Knights of Good” which stand for good… and all things related to… good! The storyline revolves around Cyd Sherman aka Codex (Felicia Day) who is a socially awkward individual that talks into her webcam and plays RPGs. She was recently dumped by her therapist and has an online gaming addiction. She meets one of her guild members in real life after he mistakens Codex’s online flirting for the real thing… all because of a few misplaced semi-colons 
. Codex needs help and asks all of her online guild to meet face-to-face. That’s when things get interesting. And complicated.
Watch The Guild!
Buy The Guild!
(Do You Want to Date my) Avatar music video!
I know, a lot of you may be thinking “I have no interest in seeing this”.. but I challenge you. Watch the first few episodes from Season 1, 2 or 3, or the music video and I bet that you will have changed your mind and become a fan as well. With a 20million+ world wide views for an online series, you can’t go wrong. If you really don’t like it, at least you would have had a few good laughs in the hour! I also bet you that you can relate to the characters and there is an equivalent personality that you know.
-T
A random collection of “me” snippets
Nov0
I read Slashdot, HackADay, The Consumerist.
Surf Facebook and Twitter.
MySpace feels dirty. Xanga, and Friendster are no more.
XKCD and Ctrl+Alt+Del for the webcomics.
I listen.
I’m a bit nosy at times.
I’ve been known to ramble on and on with out a solid point (e.g. like the posts in this blog!)
I try not to dwell on the things that could have/would have been.
I’m easily distracted — especially for stuff not related to work.
I buy stuff on impulse, yet have a thing about saving money.
If I do buy something, I look at the top of the line stuff first… then see the price last. Then talk my way out of it or down a notch or two. Or three.
If I start making something, I’m going to finish it… unless I’ve reached the point where my time is worth more than just purchasing a retail version of the same thing.
I went on an audio system search for two weeks. Found what I want, but only after trying out 4 other systems. That was a lot of driving, and time. Sigh.
I really want a Jayne hat; think that I could possibly make one… but that would mean learning how to knit first.
Annoyed that Windows Live Messenger forced me to upgrade to the latest version back in August on my Win x64 machine, but only to find out that it doesn’t work right. I can’t downgrade, or uninstall.
Same for iTunes. Apple seems to think that a x64 version of Win XP doesn’t exist and the 64-bit world revolves around Vista. humpf.
Anyone remember ICQ? I’m still on that… 26833686.
Sometimes I really enjoy changing the WordPress layout of my website, but then don’t use it for the intended purpose of sharing thoughts for months on end.
I cycle way too much. Good for cardio, but wonders what will my knees feel like 10 years down the line.
I actually like climbing hills on my bike. A self torcher thing, but with the reward of bombing down the hill on the other side.
For the uninitiated, that is one hell of a daunting task.
I’ve played Metal Gear Solid 4 from start to finish for more times than I care to admit. I finished the game with no kills and no alerts too.. and got the secret trophies at the end of each boss fight.
First gaming console was the Super Nintendo, then the PS1, then the PS3.. yeah, I skipped many console generations.
I inherited a PS2 and original XBox from my friends but really don’t have games for these two consoles. No biggie.
Back in school, I prefer using graphing/engineering paper for homework.
Sketches are usually on a small note pad.
Hey, it’s my blog. I never said this has to make any sense.
-T
I’m a nerd/geek and damn proud of it.
Nov0
Somethings don’t change. And that is just fine with me. In the last few days, I’ve remembered something: be who you really are. If others don’t like you, tough shit for them. Of course, I don’t mean that you can be an asshole and get away with it. The context of this is within the bounds of being a ‘nerd’.
I’m a nerd, a geek, a computer/sci-fi/engineering/crazy cycling dude, whatever. I’m pretty damn awesome. I embrace my nerdyness (nerdiness?) and if you don’t like it. Tough luck.
I remember the days when I tried to just “fit in” in with a crowd. Not really my style. I’ve always been different — always been that quiet brainiac in the corner studying away and not really going out to social events. I like math, engineering, stuff that has to do with tech. I was comfortable with the textbook, a 0.5mm lead mechanical pencil and a pad of engineering paper. Really. Yes, really. I played computer games, like WarCraft (didn’t ever get into WoW though), StarCraft, SimCity, DnD, and if you go back further there were the days of the modem and bulletin board systems, I played a bit of major mudd. Mario is still cool. Also spent a lot of time on the computer surfing the web for random factoids.
At times, I’ve wondered how things would have turned out if I can do this all over again. But seeing how we haven’t invented the ability to time travel, or a way to deal with the associated paradoxes, that may be an issue. Of course, theoretically speaking, there could be a parallel universe with an alter-ego of myself that could be a horribly bad evil scientist. Who knows. See what I’m talking about? I’m fine with this.
As I noted in previous posts, I like love Sci-fi, and original independent works that support the geekdom. I’m a huge Firefly fan (though I must admit I only discovered this show/movie a few months ago), as well as the Stargate franchise. My new addiction now is The Guild that is written by and stars Felicia Day (who was also in Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog). I guess even nerdier is the “(Do you want to date my) Avatar” song and music video that was released prior to the beginning of Season 3 of The Guild. I think The Guild is one of the better examples of what you can do. If you have an idea, go with it, you’ll find an audience somewhere. Who knows, it might become something big.
::rant:: While I’m at it… this popped into my head: who the fuck decided the stereotypical male and female are superbuff and insanely thin? Why do we have a higher value on looks than intelligence? And why are shows like America’s Next Top Model even on the air? Is this what the majority of us think? That’s just gross. Seriously, what is worth more to you? Your intelligence, or just looks? ::/end rant::
The point being: support people for who they are, and are proud of displaying it for the world to see. If you can’t accept that, too bad.
Enjoy.
-T 
What makes time travel possible?
Feb0
Just awesome!
Uyen: what makes time travel possible?
Thomas: 1) the Flux Capacitor, and 2) 88mph.
Uyen: hahaha yay!