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Nerd Pride Friday: ‘Wars’ Trumps ‘Trek’

It appears that Princess Leia and Captain Kirk are in a bit of interstellar combat, albeit 30+ years later.  And regardless of what Kirk has to say about it, I think that Star Wars rules!  So, the big question is, why are we even talking about this?… Well, back in September, William Shatner, who portrayed

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Nerd Pride Friday: The People v. George Lucas

In this week’s Nerd Pride Friday segment, I wanted to highlight a documentary that was released on DVD a few weeks ago called The People v. George Lucas. For those of you who (like me) are big Star Wars fans, you’ll probably appreciate this documentary.  Star Wars has been a solid part of the popular culture since the

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Nerd Pride Friday: Triumph of the Nerds

This Friday, I thought I’d highlight one of my favorite and nerdiest documentaries of the technology industry.  Given the presence of the late Steve Jobs in the media lately – his loss to cancer, the new Walter Issaccon biography, and Apple’s re-creation of personal computing – I thought it would be nice to reflect upon

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Nerd Pride Friday: Space Monolith Action Figure

In an effort to spread geekiness to the world and make it catch on, I am starting a segment called Nerd Pride Friday. I am an unapologetic nerd – I dig science and math and science fiction movies and getting to the nitty gritty on how stuff works.  So, I am on a mission (well,

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Siri and the Robot Hall of Fame

In the latest edition of Newsweek magazine, they have a cool set of the greatest robots of all time, in honor of Apple’s introduction of Siri, the technology that will let you use your new iPhone 4S by voice commands. Here’s a link to Newsweek’s robot montage – but I’ve listed their picks below (which

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And The Champion Is…

On the night of the BCS National Championship, when Oregon is taking on Auburn, we’re about to crown the champion of the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs. (At least one sport has the courage to have a playoff to determine its champ!…). So the matchup pits the #1 seed 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake against the #2

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Peanut Butter Smackdown

It’s official – we have a final matchup set in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs! In the second semifinal, it was a battle of peanut butter chocolate cheesecakes – #2 seed Adam’s Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple and #3 seed Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake. Now, in our original scoring, we rated the 30th

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Oreo® Turns Into a Pumpkin

Cinderella’s run is over!  In the first Final Four matchup , the clock struck midnight on Oreo® Cheesecake, ending its improbable run in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs.  The number #12 seed, making it as far as the semifinals, couldn’t overcome the delectable chocolateness of the top seeded 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake. The Farris clan

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Pumpkin Gets Squashed

In the highly anticipated return of activity in the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs, Pumpkin Cheesecake got squashed against #2 seed Adam’s Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple, setting up a premier no-holds-barred peanut butter semifinal showdown. This past weekend, the Farris family renewed its effort to make cheesecake eating an actual sport, by finishing up the quarterfinal rounds, where #7

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Vacation Hiatus

So, we haven’t been posting for a while, but it’s NOT because we’re tired of the First Ever Cheesecake Playoffs. It turns out that we’re on vacation in NYC this week!  So, we’ll be back this weekend and ready to continue the contests – in the last quarterfinal matchup, #2 seed Adam’s Peanut Butter Cup

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