Oh my, this blog pause thing is becoming a habit. But I will still take a break. I'm going to Oslo to visit some friends, and finnish off my xmas shopping. I will try to make a few blog posts when I get back, but the xmas time will be a busy one for me. Lots of working and being social and parties and family time and so on. I promise that after New Years I will be more regular in my blogging.
But as earlier you can read my geeky Tumblr blog if you want to. I have qued a lot of stuff there.
I will leave you with a few of my favorite geeky pictures. See you after the weekend!!
Of all the memes around the internet Filosoraptor is my all-time favorite. I have had serious discussions about things on Filosoraptor pictures. But they can be dangerous, as in you can keep yourself awake at night if you start wondering one of the Filosoraptor questions.
I collected some of my favorites for you:
My brother showed me this site. And there so many fun facts on there! I'm not gonna say much more about it. I'm going to let a taste of the site show you how fun it is:
The skinny actor who plays Loki in the new Thor film originally auditioned for Thor!
Since actor Tom Hiddleston is over 6’5” and had worked closely with director Kenneth Branagh before, he figured he had as good a shot as anyone at the part. He actually made it to the final five auditionees, and was given six weeks to put on weight and add some muscle to his lean frame. Despite these physical improvements, Branagh believed Hiddleston’s innate intelligence made him better suited to play Thor’s devious younger brother, Loki. Tom admits he is still a bit disappointed about the whole thing, but he knows that he could not have played the part as well as Chris Hemsworth did. It’s kind of funny though - after all that protein and weight gain, Hiddleston had to LOSE weight in order to give him an appropriately gaunt and hungry look!
Source: OMG Facts
Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.
Source: OMG Facts
In Japan they have square watermelons.
They get square watermelons by growing them inside of square glass cases. That way they can fit easily into a refrigerator, and you can stack things on them. Square watermelons are expensive though (10,000 yen or about $82). Compare that to regular round watermelons which cost about $15-20 in Japan.
Source: OMG Facts
This weekend I won't be able to go online much. And I haven't had the time to make blog posts to lasts me out the weekend. So I will see you all when Monday comes!
I leave you with a happy picture:
I decided to try out podcasts, as the title suggests. So I searched the net for podcasts I thought would interest me, bookmarked a few, and then forgot all about it. Then I got into my internet/geeky phase a few weeks ago, and got reminded of one of the podcasts on Twitter. Turns out that many of the people I admire in the geek world have been guests on this podcast named nerdist.com. So I decided to check it out. Since my cellphone provider just granted me free internet on my phone for 6 months I decided to download some of the podcasts on my phone. And as soon as I started listening to them, I was hooked.
Chris Hardwick (@nerdist) is a “professional stand-up comedian and a self proclaimed nerd” says the “about” section of nerdist.com. He is the main drive behind this podcast, and he is joined by Jonah Ray (Jonah Ray on Tumblr /@jonahray) and Matt Mira (@MattMira). I think nerdist.com can classify as a comedy podcast with a very geeky/nerdy touch.
What did I think? I love this podcast!!! (Yes it does deserve three exclamation points). I admit that I don’t get all the references, and not being a Dr. Who fan is not a plus for this one. But all in all they talk about stuff I like, and I find myself laughing out loud very often. Some of the people I’m a fan of, and that has visited the show includes:
Felicia Day
Wil Wheaton
Neil Gaiman
The cast of The Guild
The cast of Big Bang Theory
Zooey Deschanel
Kevin Smith
Stan Lee
Just to mention a few, ‘cause there’s so many!
So for geeky people like me, who likes fantasy books, Star Wars, Buffy and roleplaying games to mention just a few things, this is the podcast I would recommend starting out with if you have not tried it yet.
I know it's "old" now. And many hate this kind of joke grammar. And is a lame meme. But they are sooo cuuute!!!
I just have to post some of my favourites:
