tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35457942011-10-06T09:50:06.466-04:00GeekGeerThe Original Geek Gear SiteMarshnoreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-5775802005327967612011-07-23T12:18:00.001-04:002011-07-23T12:19:13.010-04:00 The Wall Street Journal says "Now that Everyone Wants to be a Geek, Lawyers Have Been Called", a June 20th, 2011 article talks about how Best Buy is suing companies using the word "Geek" that they say conflicts with their trademark GeekSquad. GeekGeer has been trademarked since 1997. It's kind of ridiculous and seems more like a publicity stunt. It would be like saying no one can use the Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-59770213588459051482011-07-07T21:03:00.010-04:002011-07-07T21:25:11.694-04:00My Next Office will FloatMy next office is going to be on a Boston Whaler traveling the East Coast of the U.S. I've done the trip 30 years ago and figured I'd have to wait until I retire to do it again. But with technology I can do it as soon as I can afford a big enough boat. These guys with the help of Office360 did it in a 19 foot Boston Whaler. I think I'll plan on a bigger boat to make the Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-7064527508238286752011-01-08T12:15:00.003-05:002011-01-08T12:21:30.629-05:00Time for a GeekGeer.com makeover. Adobe GoLive is an interesting too, lots more to it than the last time I attempted any HTML for the original GeekGeer.com. I need to move the site from being a Flash site to html. Also, have to decide it I want to move the blog from blogger to WordPress.Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-53098887460183308422010-04-10T11:46:00.003-04:002010-04-10T12:07:21.691-04:00So it seems some Austratlians are attempting to steal my domain geekgear.com by sticking an ".au" at the end. They started it sometime in 2007. From what I read about it, the site started out as an experiment for a well known Australian technology publisher APC. They started geekgear.com.au as a story on what it took to start an online merchant. It's an interesting story. I wrote them when I Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-90463960607490847642010-01-29T20:16:00.003-05:002010-01-29T20:19:07.851-05:00Another Steve Jobs Presentation Success?When Steve Jobs presents the world listens. Yesterday he presented Apples latest new product, the iPad at a much anticipated industry event. His presentations are often the high bar to be measured against. His style has changed little over the 20 years I've seen him present. I remember watching him present the Apple Newton many years ago at the then yearlyMarshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-76003729905015120242010-01-07T20:53:00.014-05:002010-01-07T22:40:37.314-05:00CES Keynote Address by Steve BallmerWatching the keynote. So far after five minutes, I'm unimpressed. One, Steve is not a good speaker - he needs some voice coach training. He sounds like he is shouting to the audience. Two, the intro video was a joke or supposed to be a joke - some guy "thanking technology" had some real important stuff like being able to do a video phone with his grand parents,Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-14867352462796699022009-11-21T09:25:00.004-05:002009-11-21T09:41:50.258-05:00Just tried out some great new software called Pixetell from Ontier, Inc. It allows you to communicate complex messages, record what's on your screen, email it, or embed it in a document, is is another tool for speeding up communications of information found on a computer screen.Check out my first Pixetell with this link.A big thanks to Ramon Ray of smallbiztechnology.com for alerting me to this Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-11757438319298265852009-11-20T12:20:00.001-05:002009-12-01T18:37:48.111-05:00Technology breeds multitasking (as computers do so excellently).Here's what I'm doing right now, besides writing this blog entry:eMail - in the middle of reading email as it comes in and writing quick responses, putting aside others that need a long responseMusic - listening to the 70's station on my FIOS cable tv connectionGroove - Keeping an eye on Groove chat in attempt to catch notes/Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-57549453331688029682009-08-03T13:15:00.007-04:002009-08-03T13:44:49.314-04:00The Real Robots are coming!According to the NYTimes article: Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man, by John Markoff, (Published: July 25, 2009), our computers are getting too smart. There are already computers that can vacuum my house and cut my lawn. they can detect intruders in my house. They can take a man to the moon and back. They help me remember 100's of phone numbers. They can searchMarshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-17579544057437703172009-04-29T07:46:00.014-04:002009-04-29T10:32:07.375-04:00SAVE Chuck!I don't watch a lot of TV these days, but was curious to watch this show with a pocket protector wearing Geek. After the first episode I was hooked and it keeps getting better. My kids love it too.@kihten started Twitter "save_chuck" and it started an online campaign to save Chuck. You can vote to save chuck at: http://tinyurl.com/ctbc83 You can read more about the save chuck campaign Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-994974162050226492009-01-31T09:14:00.010-05:002009-01-31T10:02:31.409-05:00Typewriter Technologyto TWITTERand BackHi, if you are coming from my Twitter link to this site . . . boy do I feel like an out of date Geek. I don't know if the technology just keeps changing faster and faster or I'm getting slower and slower to learn and understand all these new things . . . facebook, twitter, linkedia, youtube, social media feels like a social mess to me, but fun.The first "Marshnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-75393521503348594372007-11-10T11:04:00.001-05:002009-01-31T10:03:20.331-05:00 My First Real RobotI was skeptical at first, but it does an amazing job -my iRobot vacuum. It's an amazing little thing about the size of an oversized Frisbee. It whirls around bouncing gently off furniture and anything else that gets in its way. It some remember where its been and seems to know where to go. I have had the pet dogs and my kids have had numerous toy robots, but this one is the Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-18052610526296416842007-10-28T21:18:00.000-04:002007-10-28T21:20:01.644-04:00I can definitely relate to this article in the New York Times by By DAVID BROOKS Published: October 26, 2007. I've been outsourcing my brain for years. I'm sure my Treo can remember more phone numbers, passwords, addresses, and friends last names than I could ever remember. I'm waiting for the day I can plug a USB cord into my brain and transfer info back into it.The Outsourced Brain - New York Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-72187217784573166562007-09-21T22:05:00.000-04:002007-09-21T22:09:46.268-04:00GEEK of the WEEK . . . Randy PauschMove over Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, my new Geek Idol is Randy Pausch. An amazing man and inspiration to all (not just Geeks)."Randy Pausch Has Months to Live, but Inspires Others With Lecture on Living Life to the Fullest"from ABC News: Dying Professor's Lecture of a LifetimeFrom ABC's Good Morning America Show:Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old computer-science Marshnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-88118284488784541662007-09-19T21:32:00.000-04:002007-09-19T21:35:29.455-04:00Smile! You're on the Internet! :-)And some people think text messaging is a new thing. It has actualy come full circle, because in the old days of the internet people used text symbols and short phrases to save a few bits of into. Oh the old days of the CIS and when AOL was America Online with a big fat modem hooked up between your phone and your computer :-)Here's a great article on the old Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-71385264562496517932007-08-22T12:09:00.001-04:002008-12-08T22:16:53.073-05:00Growing up Geek My youngest daughter Geeking out with my favorite Glasses . . . . she is a wonderful geek. Watch for her upcoming music video The Singing Lil GeekGirl.Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-5203073392100107742007-08-22T12:02:00.000-04:002008-12-08T22:16:53.476-05:00My Lil GeekGirl daughter geeking out with GeekGeer Cap and Glasses. . .Order yours today, not many left.Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-52979915973007043342007-08-08T09:01:00.000-04:002007-08-08T09:09:24.931-04:00How Many Millionaire Geeks do you know? The dotcom bust, may have busted the market in the late 90's, but there seems to still be plenty of wealth built with the ongoing development of new geek gadgets and services. I wonder if there was a study of where the majority of wealth has come from in the past ten years if it came more from Geek/Tech businesses or Real Estate? But then the Real Estate Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-39971469808705050462007-07-31T10:00:00.000-04:002007-08-22T12:29:39.973-04:00I love PowerPoint. It is a standard of business communication today. The University of Chicago has made it part of thier requirement for applying to the University. I think I'll apply. Finally a school recognizes the importance of PPT. Do You?Read about it here:School Adds PowerPoint to Application - washingtonpost.comMarshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1170891478395344302007-02-07T18:37:00.000-05:002007-02-07T18:37:58.546-05:00Get Me The Geeks!, How Tricky Technology Is Giving Rise To The Geeks - CBS NewsMarshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1167187913993213962006-12-26T21:51:00.000-05:002006-12-26T21:51:54.023-05:00White & Nerdy "Weird Al" Yankovic's music video from his new album "Straight Outta Lynwood" (in stores Sept. 26) Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1164856009621746202006-11-29T22:06:00.000-05:002006-12-02T07:26:43.623-05:00I had intended to write a post every day, but I did not realize how difficult it is to find the time to write. How do all these people write blogs every day? There is so much information on the web it is amazing. I have plenty I can write about: Geeks celebrating "being different". It would be great if more of the world could accept differences rather than fighting about the differences. And thenMarshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1163349473987603642006-11-12T11:37:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:56:50.450-05:00This post is coming directly from Google's new Online Doc and Spreadsheet application. It seems very geekish to use this new Google tool. Google itself is such a Geeky company. They were another set of college computer geeks that pushed outside the box of typical internet search tools and came up with a winner to the billion dollar tune and now challenging the ultimate GEEK Master Bill Gates at Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1163300025705870142006-11-11T21:32:00.000-05:002006-11-12T07:05:57.130-05:00GeekGeer is eleven years old on November 27th, 2006. The internet was a relatively new thing back then. The World Wide Web (www) was brand new that year.I owned and ran a company called Digital Presentations. We produced digital (electronic) slides with a program called Aldus Persuasion (and Microsoft PowerPoint). These electronic slides were then output to a color acetate, or a 35mm slide or Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1138219887659799222006-01-25T15:11:00.000-05:002006-01-25T15:11:27.696-05:00US NSF - News - Closer to HomeMarshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1138118772195335312006-01-24T11:06:00.000-05:002006-01-24T11:06:12.206-05:00A New Breed of Pocket Protector - New York TimesMarshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1133752537028859682005-12-04T22:14:00.000-05:002006-01-11T12:07:07.576-05:00You can once again buy GeekGeer Pocket Protectors at GeekGeer.com. They are probably the only branded pocket protectors in the world. Buy one soon. I only have a few hundred left. They make great gifts for your favorite Geek.Marshnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545794.post-1118024039259664822005-06-05T22:10:00.000-04:002005-06-05T22:13:59.260-04:00I am such a geek. Geekgeer was one of the original geek sites on the web. I think the only other geek site at the time was "geekgirls.com". I wonder if she (they) are still around?Marshnoreply@blogger.com0