Category Archives: Geeky Stuff

Why Does Your Birth Year Plus Your Age Equal 111?

I saw this on a friend’s facebook the other day. Read this and see if you think it is STRANGE…This year we will experience 4 unusual dates…. 1/1/11 – 1/11/11 – 11/1/11 – 11/11/11 !! NOW figure this out…. take … Continue reading

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Fun with Anagrams

I love anagrams.  They are a combination of two of my favorite things: words and being nerdy! As you regular readers have probably read before, Shatter Nicely is an anagram of my name.  I discovered it using a link that … Continue reading

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Visitor Map

I thought this was kind of cool.  It is a map of the most recent visitors to this blog.  It’s neat to see that people from all over the world stumble onto my little corner of the Internet. Click to … Continue reading

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Blogging Shop Talk

I started a new writing project.  It’s a blog, but it’s the kind of thing that I don’t want to make public until a certain amount of writing has already been done on it.  I think it will be about … Continue reading

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Old School Video Games

Mashable has a list of 10 Awesome Vintage Video Games You Can Play Online.  I thought this list was, well, awesome, but judging from the comments, its awesomeness might be age-specific.  Most of these games were popular right around my … Continue reading

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First LOL of the Day

I ♥ xkcd.

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I Am Pure Nerd

Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test… Pure Nerd 74 % Nerd, 30% Geek, 22% Dork For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some … Continue reading

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Happy National Grammar Day!

Today is the third annual National Grammar Day.  You can find out all you every wanted to know about it, and all about the proper use of grammar, over at the Grammar Girl website, linked above. March forth on March … Continue reading

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Althouse Totally Disses Apple iPad

“So it’s not even a a big, dorky iPhone.  It’s a a big, dorky iTouch.  I don’t want one.”

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The I’s Have It

Before I start this grammar rant, I just want to say a few words about good grammar.  I do not have perfect grammar, especially when speaking casually, nor do I expect everyone to have perfect grammar.  The problem is not … Continue reading

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