Hi, there. If I were the sort of person who emailed you dumb crap from the internet, this is the stuff I would email you. But I’m not like that. If you are curious about what I find amusing or entertaining on the internet, though, here it is. I can most easily be reached at my gmail address which is soterios. Favorite sites (Daily visits) Boing Boing Lifehacker (recent find) Comics Make’s blog Slashdot Other sites I like Google Finance BeeKeeper Comix Wikipedia Urban Dictionary Internet Move Database Free/Open Source Software Links Make Use Of SourceForge LH’s Top 10 Open Source Aps Essential Software 46 Best Freeware Aps NoNags Kinex Solutions Freeware Genius Some of my favorite FreeWare/Open Source aps FireFox Foobar2000 (instead of WinAmp) TrueCrypt Starter Siren File Renamer VLC Media Player AutoHotKey (I don’t actually use AutoHotKey for much, but it is one of the cleverest macro-makers I’ve ever run across, and has helped me out of a couple of mouse-clicking nightmare binds.) Favorite FireFox Plugins FoxMarks Bookmarks Synchronizer VideoDownloader Pictures The king and Milhouse. Take a good look. Wilfred has been no end of amusement to me since my diagnosis. An old classic A new favorite: Visit my static website, where I keep some stories, some rants, some of the files that are linked from here, and other odds and ends. -end-Tumblr (3.0; @soterios)http://soterios.tumblr.com/Matrioshka Brains: An interesting speculative paper I ran across many years ago about the...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/193123141http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/193123141Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:30:05 -0500Il Divo sings Amazing Grace: Not sure who they are or what else they sing, but they did a good job...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/187480582http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/187480582Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:57:20 -0500Twitter Feed: Shit My Dad Says: This guy cracks me up.  Apparently just twittering whatever his old...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/187477692http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/187477692Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:52:47 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0VuIShM5kAQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0VuIShM5kAQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Captain Kirk demonstrates his technique.</p> <p>Sorry, just can’t go long without a Shatner video.</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/185628240http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/185628240Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:43:33 -0500RepRap: Our Robotic Overlords Will Build Themselves: What is RepRap? Look at your computer setup...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/185453592http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/185453592Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:51:52 -0500Blog Article: In Praise of the Sci Fi Corridor: I have just run across a blog I’d like to...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/183329976http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/183329976Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:50:19 -0500A Wikipedia List: Inventors Killed by their own inventions: A few samples from the Aviation...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/178484367http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/178484367Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:25:53 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2B6jgkcANRE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2B6jgkcANRE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Silly Trilogy: 3 of 3 — Dewne, The Remastered Version - Preview.</p> <p>Thanks for this one, FW.</p> <p>“It is by will alone I set my mind in mo-shun.”</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/176910605http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/176910605Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:06:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uE-1RPDqJAY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uE-1RPDqJAY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Silly Trilogy: 2 of 3 — They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard.  Viewing is NOT recommended; it’s a very silly piece.</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/176905636http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/176905636Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:58:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zLpLU7D7MWk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zLpLU7D7MWk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Silly Trilogy: 1 of 3 — Da Shatner Funk.  No dear reader, you didn’t deserve this.  But here ‘tis anyway.</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/176901538http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/176901538Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:52:40 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp64me8K7n1qz4a3no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Return of the Dropbox Hottie.  Ava Gardner!  Full size <a href="http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s210/addergoole/hotgardner.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/175139592http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/175139592Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:37:26 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-KxjVlaLBmk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-KxjVlaLBmk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Latest in the “Welcome Our Robotic Overlords” department.</p> <p>Updated:  <a href="http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/fusion/index-e.html" target="_blank">Here’s a link</a> to the lab in Tokyo working on this stuff.  There are many more of these videos there.</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/169824248http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/169824248Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:46:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4-IainlpGzg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4-IainlpGzg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Awesome old video that I forgot about, that someone dug up for me again.  Posted here so I can find it again later.  Excellent SFX.  In case the vid should disappear, it’s the 3rd world robocop video, search terms ‘tetra vaal’</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/163263751http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/163263751Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:39:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HU2ftCitvyQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HU2ftCitvyQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Why is Captain Kirk climbing the mountain?</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/160193184http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/160193184Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:01:29 -0500A WoW Player Quits: Excerpt: “I just left WoW permanently. I was a leader in one of the...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/155326564http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/155326564Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:41:56 -0500Losing my Religion for Equality -- by Jimmy Carter: Excerpt: “…my decision to sever my...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/148068172http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/148068172Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:04:34 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/POe70OKEdI8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/POe70OKEdI8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Johnny Guitar Watson - A Real Mother For Ya - Thanks FW, for the link :-)</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/141175990http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/141175990Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:03:13 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-jBKKV2V8eU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-jBKKV2V8eU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Living with First Person Shooter Disease.  Funny.</p>http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/141156155http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/141156155Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:26:30 -0500Some thoughts on Michael Jackson: By Bob Rosney from a blog called Koax! Koax! Koax! (found at...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/133044516http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/133044516Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:16:00 -0500Charlie Jane Anders has written the most astonishing movie review I have ever had the pleasure of...http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/131249331http://soterios.tumblr.com/post/131249331Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:51:04 -0500