One of the ways we can tell we’re nerdy is that one of our favorite things to do is stroll through Fry’s Home Electronics. That’s what we did this morning: fondling gigabit switches, cursing DRM restrictions, wondering when netbooks loaded with Google Chrome OS will be available.

Next, we stopped off at our favorite boba tea shop. I got my usual caramel milk tea with boba, and Jon got his usual barley milk tea with boba.

Then we meandered home, back to football and programming, bill paying and data scraping.

What do you like to do on Nerdy Sunday?

World War I ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. It was called the “War to End All Wars”, but that did not last even a generation. Let’s remember the sacrifice of those who suffered and died for our freedom, and celebrate the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines that returned to us.

Courtesy of Mental Floss Blog, dogs welcoming veterans home:

Hello Boss!.

We Raging Nerds are Big Fans of what used to be called Appropriate Technology, and is now called Sustainable Technology. Basically the idea that human ingenuity will (and probably must) find ways to produce food, shelter, and communities that will last. Committing your society to exploiting limited resources didn’t work for the Mayans, the Easter Islanders, or most recently,  the inhabitants of Nauru Island.

Our approach has been the hacker/DIY approach, repurpose old tech, and reduce, reuse, recycle. Through the good offices of the Global Guerillas (not for the easily disheartened) we learn of a group doing the work of getting beyond our current resource limits.

Open Source Ecology talks about  “Inventing a New Civilization on a Shoestring Budget” and their newest announcement, a Compressed Earth Block (CEB) Press, could definitely start the process here in the Southwest, Latin America, and Africa, maybe even the Mediterranean region. Put one of these on site, crank out the bricks as you build the foundation, then start building.

We still have a lot of adobe in San Diego, some original (Casa de Estudillo, the San Diego Mission), some newer (see a lot of Cliff May’s work). They are special places, particularly on hot summer days.

Here are two projects we’ve been involved in recently. Check them out and let us know what you think—nerdy enough?

http://completewaveguide.com/

http://mekey.com/