Queen War, our chess variant
The male offspring and I invented a chess variant after a rousing game of “regular” chess. Behold the splendor of Queen War: Board Setup All pawns go in their regular places. Each queen too. The rooks...
View ArticleThanks Gary!
My geek hero, Gary Gygax died today. He’s the guy who invented Dungeons & Dragons. I almost titled this post “HP:0” or something about saving throw, but no. Better to say, “thanks Gary”. Thanks for...
View ArticleSchools Name Generator
Need to name your school? Try this. For Example: The Lavishly Prep School The Liberal Military School of Superior People The Scarce School
View ArticleGeek List of Movies
How many of these have you seen? Seeing a “Geek Movies” list on Facebook inspired me to make this list of movies. I’d say its my geek list of movies. Not the best movies ever made. Not the best science...
View ArticleDrinkGen – a tool for generating mixed drink recipies
Click here to generate mixed drink recipies with DrinkGen. Some examples of drinks invented with DrinkGen: Hopeful Cocktail3 oz. WhiskyJuice of 1 a LemonFill cocktail glass with Cola. Add cracked ice....
View ArticleFixed my iTunes skipping problem
Since I upgraded my PC to Vista, iTunes had been skipping. Under XP on the same machine, iTunes had been playing OK. Playback would stutter/skip several times a minute. It was really annoying. I...
View ArticleWallpapers
I’ve created galleries of photos (taken by Kim and I) suitably sized for desktop wallpapers (1024 x 768). Enjoy. Animals Wallpapers Chicago Wallpapers Plants and Landscapes Wallpapers Skies Wallpapers...
View ArticleHousehold Hacker
I’ve just discovered Household Hacker, it “specializes in creating quality items with little to no money and just a bit of imagination.” Videos describe how to for example How to…
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