The Great Geek Manual

It seems that not everyone appreciated the end of the Harry Potter series.

Source: WaffleBox

So, you’ve probably seen this simple flowchart that demonstrates how a Dungeons & Dragons game works, right? It made the rounds of popular blogs, such as Boing Boing months ago. Well, it’s been sitting on my hard drive every since, and the more I look at it, the more I’m convinced that this flowchart doesn’t even capture the tip of the iceberg. I mean, seriously, since when do roleplayers like anything to be simplified?

So, I decided to create my own version of the flowchart. It’s a bit large, but it makes a great desktop! Below, you can download it as a .pdf file or as a .jpg to use as a desktop with or without a nice fantasy map background. The .jpg files come are all 1280×1024, but four of them provide space for your taskbar, whether it’s one row high or two.
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Awesome. This is sooooo true. I predict a major spike in cellphone-related accidents over the next week.

Source: The Joy of Tech

One Ring to rule them all, One map search to find them, One Store to bring them all, And in the network bind them!

Source: Mike Curtis’ webpage

Clumsy, forgetful, and a bit cowardly? Reminds me of Shaggy from Scooby Doo. Hmmmmm… I wonder why he shows such an interest in plants …

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The only downside to shifting from a Livejournal blog to a WordPress blog is that I miss those random, flashy avatar icons. I still compulsively collect the little buggers, though I don’t have anything to do with them any more, and I thought that others might find them useful in the festivities leading up to July’s Pottergasm. So, Here’s an eye full of animated gif for you!

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Thirty years ago the Friday before last, George Lucas first introduced us to the Storm Trooper. It wasn’t until decades later that we learned the true origins of the Storm Trooper in “Attack of the Clones,” and still, we have no insight into the day to day life of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who uphold the rule of the Empire. It’s question that’s long intrigued me.

So I went on the hunt for an answer and was rather surprised by the abundance of information available on the topic. Here’s what I discovered…