Tag: GEEKY

Ah, Pokemon. Your collect-train-battle cuteness is a guilty pleasure for so many geeks. But wouldn't it be nice if we had an alternative to the cutesy little monsters (no offense, Squirtle)? Matthew Hollett thinks so, and he decided to create one for all of us to enjoy. Witness: Favimon! You'll begin the battle by collecting Favimon's own favicon, and you can then begin searching for other ...

While you're probably not going to use Console Font as your system-wide default, it's definitely the kind of typeface that geeky types should have stashed away in your fonts folder. Hey, it's way more awesome than some of the built-in fonts you have and it only takes up a couple kilobytes of disk space, so why not? You never know when you're going to need to whip up invites for your next LAN, ...

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/04/21/5-geeky-free-windows-programs-non-geeks-should-know-about/'; Download Squad's regular readers are smarter than the average bear when it comes to software. You're familiar with the apps we review -- or brave enough to go try them out if you haven't. Your friends and family probably aren't quite as up to speed, and they should be. There ...

6. Windows 7 Yeah, sue me -- while I'm by no means a Microsoft cheerleader, I am a huge Windows fan. 2009 saw the release of, dare I say, the best operating system ever made. Sales figures of both the bundled-with-new-PCs and boxed standalone versions have been massive, blowing all other competitors out of the water. Software support is great, the Superbar is awesome... I'm hard-pushed to ...

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/12/29/sebs-10-greatest-geekiest-and-most-awesome-things-of-2009/'; As you can probably tell, I'm not as savvy when it comes to software -- sure, I know my way around a computer, but it's nothing like the prowess that Lee and Jay display here on Download Squad. You see... I'm a geek. Not a Mac nerd like Jay, or a security-Linux-OMG-netbook dweeb ...

Using Twitter doesn't have to be a shiny, web 2.0 experience if you don't want it to. There are plenty of ways to tweet like a true geek - from your command line to your Excel worksheets. Who needs an Adobe-air powered client? Not you! If you've got another geeky way to tweet, share it in the comments! PowerShell to Twitter, PoshTweet, or Out-Twitter - Sure, PowerShell provides an ...

Warning, serious geeks need only apply. Serial terminals were once quite common in Unix environments. Allowing access to a shell with only a keyboard and screen, they can still come in handy for an uber Linux geek, but unless you're willing and able to dig up an old Wyse or an ancient PC running minicom, your options are pretty slim. Quaag7 shows us exactly how to dig that old Apple IIe out of ...