in my office at work:

i have 4 monitors, an iMac, 2 dell desktops, 2 powermac G5s, a laptop, and a catalyst 3750 as my desktop switch

i have a large model fire truck on one of my bookcases as well as various toys and lego models

i printed out that Periodic Table of Typefaces on the huge ass 48" plotter. it now adorns one of my walls.

there is a schematic currently drawn on my whiteboard.

people have started to refer to my office as "the command center."

various people from various other departments will drop by sometimes whenever they're stuck on a problem to see if i can come up with anything. this is happening more and more as apparently people are telling other people to come ask me questions.

i have bookshelves upon bookshelves of tech books.

i have enough supplies to work a full code if needed. ironically, i was on vacation during the last two codes that have happened in my building. (guess that's more medical geek than tech geek)

8/25/2009 12:05:59 AM

i spent my saturdays this past spring dissecting a human cadaver.

8/25/2009 12:52:01 AM

Quote :

"i am having a private tour of CERN arranged for me when i go to switzerland next month"

Quote :

"i am intensely jealous of this... "

it was a very lucky strike. when i emailed CERN for a tour they couldn't fit me in until Oct 22. i was disappointed and my friend, who i am going to visit, happens to have a really good friend at CERN that offered to give me a private tour. of course i accepted, its even more geektastic than a guided tour!

8/26/2009 12:09:30 AM

I'll spend hours reading up on internal combustion engine theory and practice...and pondering ways to get 50 mpg on my car.

Or designing a new model airplane.

8/26/2009 12:45:44 AM

I got excited when Crime Warner gave me a phone number where the last 4 digits were a power of 2.

8/26/2009 1:02:37 PM

Quote :

"i have an obsession with the weather"

This is something that should be in the "What makes you an old man?" thread.

8/26/2009 1:24:29 PM

read for fun/analysis/education
listen to physics lectures on my ipod (micro black holes, Tunguska event) (i don't take or have to take physics anymore)
listen to a sociology/psychology text in podcast format on my ipod
i read historys for fun
i'm researching and inquiring about the best tires for my car and why they are the best for the performance qualities that are meaningful to me.
i'm studying and in a class for a standardized test.
i read national geographic, nature, and scientific american for the last 20 years (there is some other sci-tech mag that only has 10-11 issues a year but i can't remember the name of it, used to read that back in middle school)
i enjoy classical music
i have read more books than many people own
i rigged up a way to open and close my trash cans from the back porch without having to walk around the building

8/26/2009 1:32:24 PM

Dico Latine et scio dicere "dico Latine" quam "dico linguam Latinam."

8/26/2009 1:39:03 PM

bumping a bunch of old threads based on various criteria

9/22/2009 4:56:33 AM

what is said critera?

9/22/2009 5:03:34 AM

last person to post, how many posts were in the thread, what the topic is, who made the thread. probably a few more

9/22/2009 5:04:57 AM