Author Archives: Neil

To Kareen B. – thank you to the only honest tech at Linksys

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Neil

Ok, how many of you have been in a similar situation as this? We have this wireless Ethernet bridge, the Linksys WET54G, that connects a MFC photocopier to the network since there’s no ethernet jack in the room its in. … Continue reading →

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Hey Ric Astley, your cake is a lie!

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Neil

My co-worker, good friend and self proclaimed geek sent me this link (forwarded from her equally geeky husband) from Instructables.com. On the site they also have instructions on recreating the famed Blackforest cake from Portal as seen here: I’ve heard … Continue reading →

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Vagrants beware! The “Bum-Bot” is on patrol!

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Neil

Saw this article on Yahoo news about a bar owner in Atlanta that’s taken keeping his bar and his neighbourhood safe to a whole new level. He engineered the “Bum-bot” – a simple remote controlled bot designed to scare away … Continue reading →

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Green means stop?!?! Well to Microsoft it does!

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Neil

Ahh Microsoft. Just mentioning the name can get many people grumbling – myself included at times. But don’t get me wrong – I think Microsoft as a whole is a great company who have amazingly talented people working for them. … Continue reading →

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Get your Geek on x 2!

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Neil

Greetings and salutations geeks & nerds alike! Neil Egan here – now co-contributor (or co-conspirator?) to the spectacular GeekyThingz blog. Can I get a “WooT!” Creator of GeekyThingz, and one of my best buds, Dwayne aka Dopegroove, has been kind enough … Continue reading →

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