Dilbert has a blog
Scott Adams has just started a weblog.
Dilbert.blog A sample post:
Nerdiest thing ever
What’s the nerdiest thing you ever did?
I’m talking about thoroughly unnecessary nerdiness, i.e. the highest level of achievement. Recently I bought a projector that takes a signal from just about any source and shines a big picture on any flat surface. I hooked it up to my laptop and watched a wall-sized movie on my white office wall while I paid my bills.
You might ask why I bought the projector in the first place. No reason. I just couldn’t resist the urge to project large images on walls. It’s exactly the sort of device you have to acquire first and later figure out why you did it.
I was inspired by some friends who show movies on the side of their house during their annual Halloween party. All they do is hook up an X-Box to the projector, add a couple of portable speakers, and it’s like being at the drive-in.
I watched the movie Alexander on my office wall. It is quite possibly the worst movie ever made. But if you project it large enough on a wall, the nerdish pleasure in doing so actually compensates for the complete lack of cinematic value. I knew I’d enjoy it because my aforementioned friends showed Van Helsing on their house last Halloween and I couldn’t have been happier. The plot of that movie is, if I may summarize: Monsters get killed. That kind of storytelling plus a couple of beers makes for a good time.
Ever since I bought the projector, I spend way too much time looking for random, flat surfaces upon which I can project images should the opportunity ever arise. As I type this, I notice that my neighbor in an apartment across the way has the worst view ever of a big blank wall outside his balcony. Now I want to befriend him so we can sit on his balcony and project movies on the big wall while drinking tasty beverages. But I won’t. I just like thinking about it.
So what’s the nerdiest, unnecessary thing you ever did?
My answer would be my brief foray into PDA world. I bought two of them and have never used them more than a few days. I am using a spiral-bound book of 3X5 note cards for keeping track of stuff and it works a lot better for me.
Posted by DaveH at October 27, 2005 8:31 PM