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Geek things, just for the sake of them
21May2010 Filed under: 5 Geek Friday Author: JennerosityThis week on 5 Geek Things For Friday, I thought I’d share a few Geeky things I’d like to do, just for the sake of doing them.
1. Hack someone’s wi-fi. I don’t even have to let anyone else know I did it, but just for my own satisfaction of knowing I could do it.1
2. Hack our router for improved wi-fi. Which is why I keep saving every lifehacker article that describes different ways of improving your router signal.
3. Watch the LOTR extended editions back to back without breaking for sleep.2 Mostly just need a mildly serious flu and/or time to burn to make this happen.
4. Try out all the Altoid tin hacks I keep seeing and saving online.3
5. Read4 the entire Wheel of Time series5
- Luckily for me, I have plenty of neighbours within range with secure networks for me to try on. I’ll likely pick the one with the most obnoxious name. [↩]
- I think every geek either has done this, or says they want to [↩]
- Yes, I promise, one day I WILL get around to tackling these projects! [↩]
- I reserve the right to interpret ‘read’ loosely to include listening to the audiobook versions [↩]
- though I’m going to wait until the final book is published before I begin [↩]
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Caitlin
June 6th, 2010 at 2:26 am
I would recommend not reading the Wheel of Time Series. I got to book seven and just got so sick of all the characters.
Also, my friends totally did an LOTR marathon while I was stuck at school, so can I join you? I promise not to speak along with EVERY line…just, you know, my favourites.
Jennerosity
June 6th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Caitlin – I’m thinking that I might be able to get through it if I cheat and use audio books. I can tune in and out of those without losing as much of the story (I hope) and I can play it on fast forward to make it go a little more quickly. I know it’s going to be a challenge though. I’m a genre hopper by nature. I can only read so much fantasy, and then I switch to romance, or something non-fiction, and then go to YA, and then . . . so this is gonna be hard! But, what’s the point of picking easy goals?
I will totally let you know if we can manage a marathon LOTR session. The hardest thing for me is going to be getting a day off that isn’t filled up with errands, get togethers, etc. Though if I can get my husband on board it might be easier to manage.
I don’t mind speaking along to your favourite lines, just so long as you don’t try to strike up a random conversation about something else in the middle of the movie ;)
Benevolance
June 7th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
When reading the Wheel of Time series you can always stop for long, protracted breaks between novels. You could stop for years at a time, in fact. It makes it far more challenging to recall all the bit characters that pop in only every three or five books. Life is boring without challenges. If anyone asked, just reply that you want the ‘authentic experience’. Don’t forget to complain bitterly about how nothing happened in book XIII!
Caitlin
June 7th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
This is a good point. I read books one through seven within two months. Mostly in grade 11 Socials as I wanted to do anything but pay attention in that class.
Which is probably another reason I dislike them. I associate them with Socials. Ugh.
Jennerosity
June 8th, 2010 at 2:09 am
Ok, there’s no way I could read all those books in 2 months! But, if I do take breaks, I’m worried I’ll forget more than just a few bit characters. I do have kind of an etch-a-sketch memory afterall . . . if I take a very long break, I’m likely to shake the whole plot out of my head again.
Benevolance
June 10th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Each book comes with it’s very own glossary that covers all the silly words he made up and brief bios of all the characters that you probably cannot remember. It’s very handy.
I wish George R.R. Martin had that sort of glossary or notes. A who’s alive/who’s not matrix would also be happy. And a chart about whose house likes/hates whose else’s house. That would be handy.