I think this is funny – its interesting to see how people react. – kudos to Tony for bringing it to my attention. They also did some other things that were quite cool.
All posts in category Geeking Out
Technical stuff i am passionate about
Star Wars Subway.
Posted by Owen Richardson on January 24, 2012
http://owenrichardson.com/2012/01/24/star-wars-subway/
Downgrading Lync 2010 to Microsoft Office Communicator
I had to deinstall Lync today, and reinstall Microsoft Office Communicator. it didnt really go smooth – after the deinstall Outlook stopped working – it would hang on the splash screen. The solution – was to start outlook in safe mode (from a command prompt type: outlook /safe Then looking in the addins i found [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on January 20, 2012
http://owenrichardson.com/2012/01/20/downgrading-lync-2010-to-microsoft-office-communicator/
Dihydrogen monoxide
BAN DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE – THE INVISIBLE KILLER! Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. What are the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide? Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on January 10, 2012
http://owenrichardson.com/2012/01/10/dihydrogen-monoxide/
Floating in space.
So here’s the scenario – you’re in the space shuttle, you pass wind because you unwisely consumed a lot of Newcastle Brown Ale at the pre-launch party and your fellow astronauts flushed you out the airlock without a space suit – how long would you survive? Now i knew a couple of things [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on January 9, 2012
http://owenrichardson.com/2012/01/09/floating-in-space/
Passwords
Posted by Owen Richardson on January 1, 2012
http://owenrichardson.com/2012/01/01/passwords/
Wacom Bamboo medium graphics tablet
I got to play with one of these today and was fairly impressed – Its a mid range tablet but is really good, though having never really used one before it takes some getting used to. I was using it connected into photoshop and was able to do some pretty detailed work with it. I’m [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 27, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/27/wacom-bamboo-medium-graphics-tablet/
A summary of doctor who
This two minute video is silly and funny – I quite like it! Craig Ferguson summarized doctor who!
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 25, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/25/a-summary-of-doctor-who/
Halo Helljumper
I caught the trailer and liked it…. I wasnt too sure what to make of it – halo was an awesome game and theres been rumours of a movie for years, and i didnt want to get my hopes up. The trailer is awesome and I love the music in it. To read from [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 24, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/24/halo-helljumper/
Breaking into Windows.
Restricting physical access to computers and password protecting the BIOS is essential – it doesn’t matter if your running windows Xp, windows 7, windows server 2008 or any other operating system! The other day at work we had a server that had a broken domain connection and we had no idea of the [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 20, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/20/breaking-into-windows/
Advanced searching with Google
There are lots of really powerful things you can do with google, particularly if your a bad person, and don’t care about the law! I present a few things here because many administrators and site owners pay little attention to securing their sites, and theres a mistaken perception in some places that obscurity is a [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 19, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/19/advanced-searching-with-google/








