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Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away this morning according to Roddenberry.com. Head on over and see the announcement there.
It is a sad day for trekkers everywhere. Condolences to her family, friends, and fans. There is a place to leave notes and thoughts in their forums.
Via Gear Live – This just plain looks neat and very simple.
This is the simplest portable GPS locating device available, ideal for finding your car after shopping, returning to a favorite spot on the beach, or returning to camp. Simply push a button to mark your current location and the device points the way back.
That is all there really is to it. I can certainly see applications for this either in bigger cities or those folks to tend to loose their car. Though at $79.95, it is a bit spendy unless you really think you need it. Then it could be priceless. (Think cost of wandering around the parking garage in terms of $$ per hour 
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These tiny coins that look like quarters can be used to hold the small microSD cards. They can be picked up from ThinkGeek.
While it sounds like a neat idea… I can tell you this. IF I had one, I am pretty sure my microSD card would have a much greater chance of getting lost. It just would.
First, let me say, if you haven’t heard about the HP Magic Giveaway contest yet… go look at it! HP is having 50 different bloggers around the world give away $6,000 worth of computer equipment. It is a pretty cool (and fun) contest. I have entered a few of the contests, though haven’t won yet. (We can all hope right?)
Really the best part of this contest for me has been discovering some new blogs. This has been probably my favorite discovery so far. As you will see by the name, and looking through the site, they are a “fire family.” The husband (called FireDad on the site) is a 26 year old career firefighter. The wife (aka FireMom) is a 27 year old freelance writer and mother of 2. So seeing similar ages, interests, blogging, and loving all things department related, perked my interest to the site right away.
They are starting their contest today: Stop, Drop, and Blog. Here is the post for the HP contest. (Each site has their own rules, so make sure to read the contest rules before commenting.)
Disclamer: this post counts as an additional entry to the contest… but I also thought it would be fun to share how winning (if chance likes me) would impact my family, friends, and readers.
First, I would replace our aging family laptop, but more importantly I would give one to my wife so she can finally have her own computer. (Neither is in the Christmas budget this year.)
Secondly, I would see if anything would be of use to my (fire) dept. – I am guessing the photosmart the guys would have a lot of fun with and actually use productively. (Well sometimes.)
Last, I would share online as well by having a contest of my own on supergeekblog.com – not only would it be a blast, bring a lot of new readers, but someone I don’t even know would have a better holiday season as well.
So winning would have a positive, lasting, impact on myself and others. I encourage everyone to head on over and check out the Stop, Drop, and Blog site. It is a blast 
Julie over at Gear Diary has a great post this morning on the reasons why upgrading your computer right now might not be the best idea. Head on over and check it out.
Overall – she is right. The deals right now, might not be what you really need and there are a lot of things one can do to increase performance on a PC or Laptop. Scanning for malware, spyware, etc can increase performance right away. (I couldn’t tell you guys how many times people have had me look at their PCs and just running Spybot fixed the majority of their issues.)
So if like a lot of people, you are toning down the Christmas list, Julie makes some really good points as to why a new computer might not need to be the top thing on your list. (That being said… there is certainly a point when a PC is *not* worth fixing or upgrading. Recently took a look at a Win98 machine and the only recommendation was to keep an eye out for a new one.)
With Battlestar Galatica’s return almost here… (*shakes fist at SciFi Network! Also grumbles about reality tv shows on the *scifi* network*) I loved this post this morning.
Via Galatica Sitrep:
BSG (now CSI) writer Bradley Thompson went and got hitched the other night, and he did so in grand style. The officiator was none other than Admiral Adama himself, Edward James Olmos, in a ceremony that concluded with a rousing “SO SAY WE ALL!” It was a great party and a blast to see so many members of the BSG cast and crew again. Reminding me that BSG will be back for the final episodes starting in January!
Now when I got married, having my Uncle perform the ceremony was awesome. I gotta say though, having “SO SAY WE ALL!” conclude your wedding… does rank up there in the whole awesomeness/geekness zone.
Also – webisodes that lead up to the last half of season 4 (Season 4.5) start this Friday at 11am CST.
For those a little more daring: Vista SP2 has now hit the net.
Yesterday Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta to the public. If you have been waiting for a second service pack for Windows Vista, give the new beta a shot!
You can download Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Server 2008 here. Note that this is the beta version and the final version of the service pack is not expected to be released until April 2009. However, if you enjoy testing new service packs or want to test it out before deploying it to your network next year, try out the beta.
Aseem over at Help Desk Geek has a great write up on this. He has included a list of updates/changes that come in SP2. Like he mentioned above, it is important to remember this is *BETA* software. It can potentially really screw up your machine. (Vista Sp1 beta I really didn’t have any problems with. WinXP SP1 I remember quite a few issues with.) It all depends on your setup, the tweaks you make, and the various applications and drivers if it is going to play nice.
If Aseem sounds familiar, that is because his wordpress plugin “Best Posts Summary” has been reviewed here before. A big fan of the plugin, so kudos to him!
Jason over at Lifehacker had this great little find. If you, like me, tend to reinstall Windows from time to time… (Huh, that beta software really *was* beta… doh) this little application might be a great help.
DriverBackup2 is a lightweight driver-backup tool. The application is portable with a caveat: you’ll need administrative privileges for full use. You can opt to backup one or all of your drivers, the backed up files are dumped into a tree structure based on driver name. DriverBackup2 also allows you to restore and delete unnecessary drivers.
With newer OS’s (XP SP2/3, Vista, etc) driver installs tend to be a bit more friendly. However, a great example is my older IBM laptop that runs WinXP. Every time I reinstall, I need to get new vid, ethernet, etc drivers from them. (Since I can never seem to find the backup folder on the external drive where I save them after downloading.)
Try it out and see what you think – could be quite the handy util.
I just thought I would do a quick 100th post. Actually for Supergeekblog it is the 287th total post.
Supergeekblog first went live on September 1st, 2005 with three editors. Olorinpc (me), ThatEdeGuy, and Irrision. Due to different projects and whatnot, SGB kind of withered away for a year with minimal posting. A few months ago I resurrected it and have been working on building it back up since.
Here is how the site has looked in the past:
Nov. 2005
Jul. 2006
Jul. 2008
Nov. 2008+
You are looking at it! I am still making tweaks to the template. I started with one I liked and then I am ending up rewriting chunks of it as I see fit. (I have rewritten quite a few of the pages/functions at this point.)
Well I hope you enjoyed that little look back at SuperGeekBlog and I hope you continue to visit in the future! If you have seen all 4 revisions of the site – you clearly have and it is appreciated!
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