Nerdgasm
 

I'll have what Moebius is having.


Stick with it until you get to the sphere part.

Needn't post only science and math nerdliness...I'm an origami nerd, and perhaps you're sent into peals of nerdly guffaws by sci-fi or knitting or heirloom okra gardening....

okay you want nerdgasm?

so there's this video that came out in a small release on VHS in 1997. the record company that owned the distribution rights is no longer in existence (wax trax, god rest its soul) so there's very little chance that it will ever be reissued on DVD. the band responsible has been questioned by the fanbase repeatedly and they've made it clear that the entanglement of lawyers stands between us and a DVD issue.

here comes the nerdgasm:

i found a never-played, MIP copy of the VHS on amazon for $8. hooked the VCR up to my DVcam and transferred the material over to DV. pulled it into adobe premiere (which i had only used once before) and taught myself enough of the interface to get the material imported and color corrected (fixed the blacks. the blacks are never good on VHS, after all). i then dragged out my CD collection and fished out all of the albums containing material on the VHS. i ripped the music anew, then had to edit the tracks to match the special video-only versions contained in the original release. in some cases this meant listening to the release and the album side by side, bar by bar, to match the appropriate measures. i then resynced the new music back to the video (because VHS audio is beyond horrible), and exported. i then installed and learned adobe encore, pulled frames from the video to create artistically accurate menu pages, and authored a DVD. finally i scanned the artwork from the VHS box, patched it up in photoshop to fix the signs of wear and tear, screenprinting, and text. i identified the correct font used by the design house and regenerated the text for clean printing, tracked down logos for the associated record labels notated on the liner notes (and in one case, recreated a clean logo from scratch), and did a little photo editing to accommodate the aspect ratio of DVD clamshells, as it differs from that of VHS sleeves. i printed the artwork off, crafted a version to print on the disc, and BINGO! Footwear Repairs by Craftsmen at Competitive Prices on DVD! tomorrow i shall be shipping a handful out to others who want to share in my nerdgasm.

so nerdy, the spouse threatened divorce. ;)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/
http://www.xkcd.com/

A year ago, I swore I'd never read webcomics. Too addictive, too nerdy, etc.

Now I read six. :o

Have any of you watched the show Chuck, it comes on NBC, OMG, it is amazing =D

Perla, I love you :)


Prime Number Fractal on the Ulam Spiral


And of course:

^AAAAAAH! That's a great book. You should read Einstein's Dreams, you'd love it.

I love how he stops for apple juice.
don't miss the scaled dragon at the end...

i'm going to nerdgasm all over this place this weekend. i'm actually saving my pennies on the off chance that i find a really good chinese fluorite egg. or a particularly spectacular rutilated quartz egg or sphere.

i just got this t-shirt in the mail

^:D

1. My Mother's family name is Moebius.
2. I find fractal geometry kind of sexy.
   and
3. I own:

• An LED belt buckle.
• An assortment of black t-shirts with quirky nerd/gerk/dork sayings and catch phrases. ("No, I will not fix your computer." etc.)
• An Atari 2600 that still works.

Do I win?

I just bought a 500Giga hard drive for 20euros extra because I wanted a model that looked like a star wars prop.

I use emacs and latex to do my word processing.

I try to find ways to do batch processing for anything that requires more than 3 repetitions on my computer.

I know over 30 keyboard shortcuts for emacs.

eta: during the end phase of my thesis i watched one episode of askaNinja every day and have now seen the entire series.

You might've, but Frieda has a watch that'll make your belt buckle its bitch. :D

I have two undergraduate degrees. One of them in computer science.

I was about to quit my job, until they gave me a new assignment... using Linux.

I have either built, or disassembled and reassembled every computer I have ever owned. Including my Linux box. My text editor of choice, when an X terminal is unavailable, is vi.

I have seen every episode of Star Trek. From all five series. Including the movies. And more than a few fan-films.

I have an extensive, and I mean extensive collection of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Dune novels, and even a few novels from Red Dwarf. I have read the entire Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.

Back in university, some friends and I had a series of Web pages, the contents of which I hope that the Internet simply forgets about, because frankly, they're so nerdy, they scare even me.

I too own a working Atari 2600 circa 1983, with the wood grain panel on the front (four switch model). I also own every Nintendo console, two GBAs, and a DS Lite. For Christmas one year, my wife gave me a belt buckle in the likeness of a classic Nintendo controller.

I have life-sized cardboard stand-ups of R2-D2 and C3-P0.

back in college i built a rather extensive website dedicated to cartoon villains. excuse me while i radiate shame.

this isnt a friggin contest

show us what gives you a nerdgasm-- share the joy! :)

The fact that the term "nerdgasm" has been coined gives me one.

i'm too ashamed to post the URL. but please enjoy this ulexite egg as much as i do:

are you trying to buy my affection with a lovely hematite?

er-- i mean, hey, how YOU doin'?

^oooh, I like hematite too. I carry a teeny hematite rhinoceros in my bag since summer.

You know, because I am a rhinoceros nerd. :o

that explains your first post in this thread. hematite affects mathematical ability. oh, did i mention that i'm also a new-agey-nerd? i check everything according to resonance with bodily/emotional/mental function and which chakra is affected.

we just bought my mother in law a set of windchimes for christmas and before i wrapped the gift i had to ensure that they were tuned to a chakra that rang true (no pun intended) to her personality. i was absolutely willing to exchange them if the chakra wasn't right. fortunately they're tuned to E, which is the solar plexus. which is an excellent choice for her.

and while we're on the subject, say hello to my tibetan singing bowl:



it resonates a pure, clear B, which corresponds with the crown chakra. it's one of my favorite "save if there's a fire" possessions.

newagegasm.

^That's very interesting. I know very little about such things, but I recently became a sound nerd, so I'll have to do some reading. :D

Lookit, it's a bebe.

I will love him and pet him and call him George.

then again, there are few things more NERDY than a contest

ok after some thought i take that back...there are many things more nerdy than contests...

sorry i have impulses to blurt stuff out like that lately. Actually I just had an impulse to cancel my FAWKING bank card because i thought some AHOLE had spent 151 euros on pictures of his vacation using my stolen card (150 euros removed from my account under "FOTOVISTA")

turns out FOTOVISTA is a website where i just bought a hard disk and the AHOLE who spent 151 euros there is me

i called back to "uncancel" my card 2 minutes later and it was already too late

fck fck fkc kf ckk fkck


by the way have i mentioned that i have 5 Tibetan bowls and they are all tuned to play in harmony ? not that it's a contest or anything...:o

i think i need to recalibrate my chakras ASAP

just look at that carpet, take a deep breath and let it all go

:)

WHAT NOTES? AND WHERE IS A PICTURE?

holy god look at that smoky quartz.

you're absolutely right, i need to indulge in what trisherina likes to call "hygiene"

i am charging my digital camera's batteries for a nice nerdgasmic photo

as for the notes, i never bothered to check what they are (i unflty do not have absolute pitch). I will check using a synthesizer tomorrow...

*drool*

lookit this labradorite

wow, above and beyond the call of nerd duty :D

Tibetan singing bowls ftw!! If there ever was a contest, it's definitely over now. :D

Can't wait for the pics, TIP!

yum num
 

For all us sound nerds in pursuit of perfect pitch...
Ze's tone game.

Hard is hard, and super hard is impossible. :D