Geekolinks: 3/27

Geekolinks

by James Plafke | 3:00 pm, March 27th, 2011

The strange story of www.hitmanforhire.com (Las Vegas Sun)

Color App founder explains why the app is a great idea. Looks like data mining is the reason (Business Insider)

What could Bill Gates learn from Chris Rock? (TechCrunch)

Essential Nintendo 3DS tips and tricks (GamesRadar)

Pennsylvania mayor dies from not opening his parachute while skydiving (Deadspin)

Woman has only eaten chips for the past ten years (J-Walk Blog)

The seven most heroic con artists of all time (Cracked)

(title image via Daily Picks and Flicks)

14 of the Best Geekiest Beers

Given beer's pervasive place in human history, it's not surprising that the geeky pastimes of drinkers would eventually rub off on the beers themselves. The result is a veritable cornucopia of nerdy beers, 14 of which are right here.

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Max I'm hotdog princess.
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Eric Limer So listening to some Andrew W.K. has successfully woken me up, but now all I want to do is party.
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James Plafke Asura's Wrath continues to look like a parody of video games, but is actually a serious video game.
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Eric Limer So the title of a judge in UK High Court (when not addressed directly) is "Mr(s). Justice." Words cannot describe the awesomeness.
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Max Some people want to live in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. I just want to wander around medieval europe in smelly robes. #dreams
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Eric Limer I just drank the milk left at the end of a bowl of cereal. It was the first time in my entire life that I've ever done that.
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James Plafke Why is "butthurt" such a good and accurate term?
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Max Baaaaa http://t.co/fMukV6Of
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Eric Limer I'm almost bummed out that I have no more dishes to wash. It can be a pretty zen activity.
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Eric Limer Cloacae are gross.
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Eric Limer The downtime before a movie is when I'm happiest to have a smartphone.
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Max Remember that time you found our your friend had those "stain resistant pants" and you spent the whole night dumping pepsi on him?
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Max I'm making fun, but part of me will always admire fic writers.
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Max What happened on that Thursday afternoon ten years ago that stopped the fic writer, already 30+ stories in?
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Max "This page last modified Thursday, May 2, 2002 1:06 PM PST" The only fitting epitaph for a Neon Genesis Evangelion fanfiction site.
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Max Harvard University has hosted a clutch of Neon Genesis Evanglion fanfiction for fourteen years. http://t.co/ZEgVGSh8
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Max (I'm old)
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Max I just looked at http://t.co/EXD81Ynn for the first time in easily ten years and I am saddened how I recognize so few of the animes
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Eric Limer I like that the general consensus regarding rules of grammar is that they don't apply so long as you're sufficiently badass.
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Eric Limer Well, I guess I don't need a good graphics card to read books. :/
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