Apparently there’s a blog tag thing going around, and I’ve been caught by Cricket. So now I’m supposed to share with you 5 things you all don’t know about me. Hmm…let’s see..

1. I used to be deathly afraid of both dogs and cats, and now I love both.
2. I prefer to wear sandals over shoes, although in the cold and winter that’s not really an option.
3. I’m very peculiar about my bed. The sheets and blankets must be just so before I go to bed.
4. I love to cook, and I’m pretty good if I do say so myself, but sometimes I’m just too darn tired and/or lazy and I order out instead.
5. I’m very shy in real life. That is until I get to know you and feel comfortable with you. This doesn’t hold true in work situations though because I have to be somewhat sociable. But in social settings, yea, I’m shy.

So now that you know that about me, it’s time for me to get some of you. I’m tagging: Waffles, Todd, Davey, Louis, and Nick.

The Alaskan Senator’s lack of understanding of the Internet has sparked a blogging frenzy, thousands of posts, and some other interesting user-generated content including:

• A song (and accompanying MySpace profile).
• A t-shirt
• A Powerpoint presentation
• A Ninja Fight
• and more!

It looks Stevens himself clogged up the tubes by sparking an Internet backlash and blogging frenzy.  At this rate, he might not receive another “Internet” sent by his staff for weeks!! Oh no!!

The issue of Net Neutrality is now working its way through the U.S. Senate, and as you can imagine the debates and presentations regarding the issue have begun.

Senator Ted Stevens, a Republican from Alaska, had some amusing - yet frightening - things to say about what the internet is, how it works, and why he’s against Net Neutrality.

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show recently did a piece on Net Neutrality, poking fun at the incompetent Senator.  Here’s a excerpt:

Stevens:  I…just the other day got, an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday, I got it yesterday. Why?

Stewart: …Why didn’t Senator Stevens get it until yesterday?  This is just a little bit of a guess here, but maybe it’s because you don’t seem to know jackshit about computers or the Internet.  By hey! That’s ok! You’re just the guy in charge of regulating it.

Ouch.  Senator Stevens does in fact play a large roll in the regulation of the internet as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, under which telecommunications falls.  Unfortunately for us, it doesn’t seem like he knows what exactly the internet even is, yet he is qualified to help make legislative decisions regarding the oh-so-elusive Internet?

To hear more of what Stevens has to say about the internet and net neutrality, check out this video clip from the Daily Show.

I’m afraid, are you?

Forget Slashdot, the truly perverted geek hangs out over at Slashdong, where engineers meld sex and technology together into one beautifully orgasmic experience. Kyle Machulis (aka qDot) devotes his passions for technology and sex to come up with some of today’s most innovative, geeky sex toys, like the SeXBox.

The SeXBox was amongst Kyle’s first forays into teledildonics, whereby he hooked up a vibrator to a XBox controller. Soon after, he ported this to be compatible with PS2’s dual shock controllers. An alternative version of the SexBox includes the “Pink Sparkly Butt Plug of Doom“, if you’re into that sort of thing. Not into gaming? How about the Sexercise Bike, a mash-up of an old exercise bike and a dildo?

By this point you’re either like “wow, that’s cool”, or “damn, that guy’s a freak”. And you’re probably also wondering what got him into teledildonics, especially since he says he’s regularly getting it on with his fiance. In his own words, Kyle explains his bizarre fascination: “I’ve been a geek since as long as I remember, and being male, I like teh sex0rz. I like them a lot. So I figured, why not combine the two? There’s a vast amount of humor in the subject, as well as some places to actually teach people things about electronics, engineering, and pimpin’ it both large and in charge.”

Umm, okay…

If you’re into this sort of thing, Kyle has also set up a message board where you can discuss his latest DIY sex toy projects, or share some ideas of your own.

According to Geek to Geek, the top ten reasons to date a geek are:

1. Geeks don’t cheat. Geeks know that the grass only seems greener on the other side. They instinctively stay devotedly loyal to their lovers through thick and thin. Their social skills are also not well developed enough to support an affair.

2. Geeks appreciate their mates. Since you are likely to be one of the first persons a geek has ever had a significant relationship with, you will be treated well. A geek knows that there aren’t a whole lot of other possibilities. Frankly, geeks aren’t quite sure how they ended up with the person they have attracted. When you date a geek, you know that geek will be yours for as long as you wish.

3. Geeks haven’t formed bad relationship habits. After years of dating other people, the socially successful have become too confident to be intimate, think of partners as being only for their self-gratification, and focus on making themselves happy. None of this is true of a geek. The lack of past romantic partners allows the geek to approach lovers with the zest of a neophyte. Geeks are not full of romantic confidence. However, once encouraged, they are eager to please and enjoy their relationship.

4. Geeks are good at the things they try. Every geek has skills passionately developed over a long period of time. It could be role playing, chess, hacking, playing video games, or the ability to properly assemble a computer. So you know that geeks won’t quit until they have learned how to make their relationship the best.

5. Geeks are not interested in status. Geeks became geeks because they chose to spend their time doing things that would not necessarily make them popular with everyone else in school, like sports and fashion. The ability to resist peer pressure is important to geeks. This means that a geek is more interested in your happiness than in looking good to others.

6. Geeks have imagination. Boredom is important to avoid to the game playing geek. A geek will seek new and creative ways to play, and this translates to relationships as well.

7. Geeks are happy and successful in their chosen field. No matter what their education level, geeks are able to make good incomes doing work that they enjoy. That eliminates one of the most frequent causes of relationship problems, since people who don’t like their jobs may take it out on their significant other.

8. Geeks are analytical. If they don’t get it right the first time, they look at what they did and figure out what to change. And when they DO get it right, they still keep finding ways to improve on it.

9. Geeks can concentrate. Geeks can focus their energy on one task with total intensity. Granted, the task they are focusing on may have more to do with writing new software for their Blackberry, but the fact remains that a geek, once set upon a task, tirelessly sets about to achieving a goal.

All of which means that…

10. Geeks want to be the best at what they do. So they try harder. And they never stop trying.

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