Category Archives: Geeky Technical Stuff

Any time I go off on a rant about geeky, technical subjects I’ll try and warn you by labelling it appropriately.

PHP toalpha and toalphanum

These aren’t default functions but I thought I’d post them: <?php function toalphanum( $string ) { $newstring = “”; for( $i = 0; $i < strlen( $string ); $i++ ) { if( ( ( $string[$i] >= “A” ) && ( $string[$i] < = "z" ) ) || ( ( $string[$i] >= “0″ ) && (

What we Still Don’t Know – Documentary

This is a really interesting video so I thought I’d share it with you. I’ve actually coded the game of life stuff when I first heard about it. It’s fun stuff to play with and change the rules to see what happens. Bad Science claims about the Multiverse Mostly I’m interested in the cell game

Crayon Physics – Pure, Unadulterated Fun

I hadn’t heard of this until I saw a digg video about the Deluxe Version. Crayon Physics is a game with a simple concept. You draw on the screen with your mouse, stylus or other pointing device and attempt to get your red circle to the stars. I find most of the fun is in

Sequential Time

Have you ever been staring at your alarm clock in the dark, trying to fall assleep at 12:34 AM and thought to yourself, “Hey! It’s Sequential Time!” Does it make you sad when it becomes 12:35? How about when it becomes 12:51? (Symmetrical Time)

Domo Arigatou Biru Roboto

Um, I have nothing to say about this because it speaks for itself. Enjoy! kampai!