Mingle2 Blog
A blog about dating, meeting people, being social and everything in between.
(and occasionally some geek stuff)
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1. Make a facebook app specifically for her cat - achieve viral success, sell it for millions.
2. Win the x-prize competition
3. Help her steal wifi from her neighbors, then use it to download a pirated copy of Ironman 2 and the new wolverine movie.
4. Code a bot that can crack any captcha. Use it to spam the entir...
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posted on 08/13/2008
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A little over two years ago I decided I wanted to lose some weight. I wasn't morbidly obese or anything but I had the figure of a typical computer guy: skinny arms accompanied by a lower half that was unusually fatter than my upper body (picture Tyrannosaurus Rex with love handles). My diet was mediocore and I never, ever exerc...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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I hate it when people say "It's the little things that count," but it's friday afternoon and I felt like writing a post about some little geek things that make me happy. Feel free to contribute any of your own.
My gmail notifier lights up. It could be a friend asking if I want to meet up for a drink later ...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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I want to begin by saying I had options: I could have chosen an easier difficulty level, even ultra-violence would have worked. There are plenty of nice, moderately sane girls out there who I could have dated. But no, I willingly chose nightmare mode. I went for the unstable, completely batshit-crazy girl who taught me ...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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Ever heard a woman say she has a thing for a guy in uniform? I've got a similar thing, except it's for baristas. It's an inexplicable attraction to someone who makes coffee for a living. I think this attraction exists because of a few different reasons:
I don't know how to make a latte, therefore watching a barista fly t...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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Being a geek in 2007 is nothing to be ashamed of, the stereotype that once existed is long gone and there are several characteristics of geek culture that could almost be considered chic. Consumating, Threadless, or even Apple are pretty good testaments to this fact.
The picture I'm about to paint is of the ideal, I'm not implying that ...
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posted on 06/13/2007
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