Nerhood Weblog

The Internet says that I am: Joe Normal , 43 % Nerd, 26% Geek, and 30% Dork to be exact, at least according to The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test. Their findings state:
For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or [...]

I ran across an article about Dungeons & Dragons while reading Wil Wheaton’s blog (yes, that Wil Wheaton). Anyway, it seems that Wizards of the Coast, the company that now owns Dungeons & Dragons, is sponsoring an after-school D&D program for libraries.
The Afternoon Adventure with DUNGEONS & DRAGONS program will include everything librarians need to [...]

Last night as I was flipping through channels I caught the last few minutes of 50 First Dates (a good movie by the way). Near the end of the movie, there is song almost moves me to tears every time I hear it. It is this haunting version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Having heard [...]

After years having mediocre KVM switches at the offices we finally got what I think is the ultimate KVM switch. We just purchased and installed a Raritan Dominion KX216 this week. This box allows us to connect up to 16 computers to the switch (they have models which can support a whole lot more). [...]

Summer in Maryland is just wrong!. I’ve lived on the East Coast for the last 14 years and ever since moving here I’ve always felt that summer has been, well just … wrong. I could never put my finger on what felt different, until now.
Let me back up for a minute and provide you with [...]

I’m in the process of updating the design of my blog, and I’m looking to make a change to the name and layout of it as well. What started out as just a test blog 20 months ago has grown in to the thing you’re reading today, and if you’re curious, Nerhood Weblog is really [...]

Published early each morning, Tech News Review is a podcast for IT professionals which summarizes the latest technology news and headlines from around the world. It is produced by my good friend Rusty from Rusty’s Ramblings (although he keeps calling himself Russ in the podcast).
It is a nicely produced 7-10 minute update from the previous [...]

Last night we watched I, Robot for the first time. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised. Being a big Issac Asimov fan, I was a little apprehensive before watching it. While the movie obviously didn’t follow the story directly, it did hold fairly close to Asimov’s fictional world and the Three Laws of [...]