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An IED - Improvised Explosive Device - isn’t a complicated thing to build. In fact, looking around the place I’m living in now, I can think of about 100 different ways to blow things up. So, I have to ask:
Where the hell are all the IEDs?
Post-9/11 we, as a people, were told that there were […]

I’m fucking stressed. Anyone have any suggestions for relaxing?

Tags: stress, relax

I say we all get into some cars and go kick ass. Who’s with me?

Tags: kick ass

Registering a domain name is as easy as baking a ready-to-eat pie.
First, seek out a reliable registrar. I personally can recommend GoDaddy, as it’s served me very well in the past (you can use the coupon code CHRIS1 to save some money).
Second, find the domain of your dreams. Every popular registrar out there will have […]

uStream is apparently slowly rolling out a bunch of updates to their website.The rollout appears to be staggered, but right now we’ve got:
A brand new broadcast screen, which shows both the local video, as well as the remote video being delivered to your users. This should help in diagnosing problems with the stream. Bonus points: […]

So, Chris Pirillo & Friends has got you hooked, and now you want more. You want more information, more secrets, more juicy details than you could ever get by watching a guy type at his computer? Well, here’s some information I’ll bet you didn’t know:
The entire page is composed of nothing but Javascript and PHP […]

Being a geek can be kind of funny: sometimes you find things that are so cool and so new that everyone else just “doesn’t get it.” For example, take widgets (including web widgets and desktop widgets). Back in 2000 the idea of a so-called widget was very new and unknown to most people, but fast-forward […]

So, I’ve heard a lot about Pidgin from the folks in the Live Chatroom. I’m not entirely happy with Miranda (they suffer the same problem that every open source product suffers from: piss-poor UI), and once I saw the Slashdot article on Pidgin, I decided to give a try. And, so far, so good.
Before I […]

Alright, I’m throwing this out to the entire Lockergnome Nexus: something on my system is FUBAR’d to hell, and I need serious help. I’ve searched Google. I’ve searched Microsoft. I’ve even gone so far as to get support for my audio recording applications, sound card, and motherboard. I’ve come up with nothing.
Here’s my problem: when […]

Last night on Chris Pirillo Live we hit the Digg front page.
Yes, that’s right: an interactive streaming medium hit the Digg front page. And we survived.
Before we go into any detail I want to give a big congratulations to Subwolf and Usrbingeek. They are two of the greatest folks on the planet. Subwolf and his […]

Well, we had fun last night over at Chris Pirillo Live (or whatever the final name of the product is going to be). If you were lucky enough to be in the chatroom or on the conference call you got to see a “live debug” of an Internet application. What we pulled last night was […]

I understand where the outrage comes from. I understand why the phrase upset a lot of people. What I don’t understand is why people were so surprised by that statement from Don Imus.
As someone who grew up listening to Imus in the Morning while in the car I’ve heard things far worse come out of […]

The Nintendo Wii is insulting the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in the sales department. As new sales figures are released every week, the Wii simply tromps on competition, yet the Wii is a small system that is underpowered by todays console standards and lacks a lot of third party support.  This has many”hardcore”gamers (read: […]

I run a website called Batty Auctions where we update the website with a few new batty/crazy/funny eBay auctions (we also have an RSS feed). In an effort of shameless self promotion I present to you, the lockergnome audience, some of the funnier auctions from this week.
Penis Enlargement - Every time I see this my […]

Since I’m living on my own now, I don’t have the luxury of using dad’s big outdoor grill. Sadly, most grills are either out of my budget or are just downright crappy (you know, those horrible hibachi grills that fall apart at the slightest touch). Quite frankly, I’m looking for a portable grill that not […]

I don’t know what in the world possessed me to do this.

Alright, I received a Creative Zen V Plus for Christmas. It’s a neat little MP3 player and serves its purpose well (although, I wish I had more than 2GB of space). It came with a card or free Yahoo! Music Unlimited service for one month.
Suckered in, I subscribed. Let me tell you: working with Yahoo! […]

GamesIndustry.biz has confirmed that UK sales of the Playstation 3 have plummeted 82%.
Last week Chart Track confirmed that the Playstation 3 was the fastest selling console on launch, selling over 165,000 units in two days. Sales of Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStrom have also dropped 60%.
One has to ask: are lackluster sales from an […]

This is a public service announcement to all gnomies.

Tags: microwaved foil, i am an idiot, omgponies

Ladies and gentlemen, Nintendo and Sega have confirmed that the two icons of a console war past are going to team up in the same game. Introducing “Mario & Sonic At The Olympics” slated to release this winter on the Wii and Nintendo DS.
“We are thrilled to partner with Nintendo and ISM on the ground […]

I’m startin’ up a new business: Jay’s Letdown Service.
Explicit content warning

Got a problem employee you want to get rid of? Let us take care of it!
That stupid bitch giving you a hard time? Let us break up for you!
Business partner turning out to be a really bad idea? We’ll sever the relationship in no time!

PLUS […]

It’s 1am. I have work in less than 3 hours. My neighbor across the hall has his damn bass turned up to 9,000. Anyone have any suggestions on how I can get some damn shuteye?

Tags: annoyed, bass, music, someone get me a bat and some quickdry cement

Should I really have the preface this with anything? Yeah: I’m not being serious Have a laugh, or just ignore me.
Guys, this is getting ridiculous on a level that is just stupid. I think it’s every two months now that we’re having this conversation: should gay people be allowed to serve in the military? This […]

Have you ever had one of those weeks? Those long weeks that involve multiple hours of work, only a few hours of sleep, and not a damn minute of fun? I’ve just finished one of those, and boy oh boy, am I glad to be at home, resting.
Let’s take a look at LordKaT’s week:

Started out […]

I learned today that a friend of mine had passed away this past weekend. I wanted to blog about it, because I know that the entire community comes together when one of its own is hurt, but I don’t know what to write.
How do you explain, with words, what is going through your mind? The […]

I’m a computer tech: I build, fix, modify, configure, and generally muck about with computers. So, you could imagine my confusion when I received a package of review material entitled “Psychic Power Development.” Why in the world was this package of review material sent to me? Why bother? Ah well, it’s two free books.
Here’s my […]

Fertilizer spreaders help you distribute grass seed, fertilizer, and feed onto your lawn. It’s recommended you buy a fertilizer spreader because it is neither efficient nor safe to spread fertilizer by hand. Simply put: you need a spreader. There are several types to choose from, and this article will help you decide which is best […]

I’ve got a problem: after requesting a credit report from the big three credit history agencies I noticed something that just wasn’t right: someone has applied for several loans in my name. Now, I know this wasn’t me because a) I don’t need a loan for such an absurd amount of money and b) I […]

World of Warcraft is loaded with easter eggs. I don’t mean that there are one or two easter eggs laced through this game: I mean there are literally hundreds of these things scattered all throughout WoW.
You can download a free World of Warcraft Easter Egg Guide here.
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the gems […]