Nik's Blips: Archive

Nik's Blips

May 2012

14 posts

Words by which foodies can live, guilt-free: I feel that if you really prepare food with love, with passion, you’re not gonna pack on the pounds. @lisaraniray is too cute.

Terrorist toddler! →

This is ridiculous. I’m just going to drive everywhere from now on. #brownanecdotes #frickinflorida

DVDs and Blu-rays to get *two* unskippable... →

Thus ensuring an increase in DVD and Blu-ray piracy. SMH.

Epic Games 20th Ann. soundtrack download →

To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Epic Games are offering this collection of 21 MP3s as a free download. The tracks range from Jill of the Jungle (DOS, 1992) to Gears of War 3 (360, 2011).

April 2012

2 posts

February 2012

1 post

A Very Geeky Proposal [INFOGRAPHIC] →

*sniff* There’s something in my eye…

January 2012

2 posts

Dear Customer who stuck up for his little brother, →

sweetupndown: you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. The only way to describe him was scrawny, neat, and very clean for a boy his age. They...

September 2011

1 post

August 2011

15 posts

ignore the code: The iPhone's Home Button →

A great example of when less is more…of a pain in the butt.

This just cracks me up.

Extract MAS reviews as text →

Flickr is dead? ORLY‽ →

Good God. Hawk has been playing this same tune for years. The thing is, his willing it alone doesn’t make it so. Funny, that.

“Last year 4,153,273 people got married.. Shouldn’t that be an even...”

– @FuckYeahRtThis Well, that’s odd.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Via Pinterest Love this rendition of the Android logo.

“Ararakshan[sic] has been banned in some states for the way it portrays...”

– @ashwinmushran

Sesame Workshop: Bert And Ernie Just Friends, Have... →

Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets™ do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation. Yeah, okay. Pull the other one, Sesame...

July 2011

2 posts

June 2011

1 post

May 2011

4 posts

New ringtone. Can’t stop laughing.

April 2011

1 post

March 2010

1 post

Behind Closed Drawers

Okay, look, I know what goes on behind closed drawers is their business, but come *on*.

February 2010

2 posts

(link via @anniemal)

I got the mic, yo.

via flickr.com I took the mic for a brief moment during the Mac Roundtable Live! session at Macworld Expo, 2010. The Mac luminaries I’m rudely obscuring are David Sparks of MacSparky and the Mac Power Users podcast, and Dave Hamilton of The Mac Observer. (Photo courtesy of Allison Sheridan of Nosillacast notoriety fame.)

January 2010

2 posts

Sasha & Digweed better watch out, that’s all I’m sayin’.

"Check-in" application/game roundup

A primer: These applications basically encourage you to log the places you visit. They do this by making a game out of it. The contenders: Gowalla, foursquare, MyTown, and flook. I started with foursquare, then found gowalla, MyTown (thanks to @ravenme) and flook (thanks to @not_ratched). After weeks and months (depending on the application) of use, I find myself caring most about Gowalla and...

December 2009

5 posts

I have made enough new friends this year who don’t know “the story” that it’s time to tell it again. If you’ve heard it already, sorry, it won’t take long. The story behind “Happy raisins!” is this: When I was a wee thing, I used to say “kishmish” instead of Christmas. “kishmish” is the Hindi word for “raisins.”...

I know, I know, it’s totally gross, but it’s what came to mind.