For whatever reason this seems to be a popular geek theme… every September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day.
So here's "Talk Like a Pirate" Geek:

If you are curious, the Wikipedia link has all the details.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day

Words are really unnecessary…

We've been hovering very near the 1 million pageviews per 30 days mark for a while now, but finally made it as of last night!

I'm incredibly thrilled, not just because of all the traffic, but because it's been my goal to hit this mark before our 1 year anniversary in October.
Time to figure up […]

I've never been a big fan of social networking (in fact I'm quite sure that MySpace is the spawn of the devil) but I've decided to give in to the dark side a little bit and signed up for a few sites.
So, here's the social stuff I've signed up for at the moment…
Twitter
http://twitter.com/howtogeek
Facebook
I'm geek@howtogeek.com on […]

Here's the fix…

Just uncheck the box for SQL Server in your project properties.

Many people have been going on about the reasons why Google bundled StarOffice instead of the completely free open-source OpenOffice.org office suite into their Google Pack suite of free downloads.
Techcrunch seems to think it's got something to do with Google lending credibility, Lifehacker thinks that it's about jabbing Microsoft in some way… 
Here's the real reason […]

Those of you that are fans of Family Guy probably remember the episode where Peter bought a machine that was supposed to make breakfast….

My co-worker Pratik sent me a link to this completely insane video that you simply must watch. Some person with way too much time on their hands made up a machine […]

It was very thrilling today to see that we've gone from 115,000 in the Compete ranking all the way to 33,129, which is a heck of a lot better.

Both Compete and Alexa have completely inaccurate numbers, of course, but it's good to see the jump anyway. I can't understand how their numbers can be […]

Readymechs are free toys that you can build from a single sheet of paper and some tape. I'm not sure that there's really a point, but they look like lots of fun…. and got me thinking…

I wonder if I could make a Geek Readymech? I might just try it out if I get […]

While attempting to download some patches to make my system more reliable, I encountered the Windows Genuine Advantage Survey after spending far too long to get my system to validate. Every time I click that validation required button, IE hangs up for a while or sends me back to the same screen… extremely annoying.
At the […]