Conspiracy theorists divide the world into “Everyone even remotely involved/qualified vs. Me,” and decide that they’ll win single-handedly. They’re like Rambo with bullshit instead of bullets.

http://guisadong-gulay.deviantart.com

Before they were certified time-killers on  your desktop PC’s (and other mobile devices), Zuma was an Aztec demigod with an appetitite for human hearts.

There are rumors of a movie slated for a MMFF 2009 release. Here’s hoping it won’t suck.

More information at:

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/z/zuma.htm

Got this from http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-basic-geek-skills-for-geeks/

I’ll mark  the ones i’ve acquired with a (*).

1. Properly secure a wireless router. (*)
2. Crack the WEP key on a wireless router.
3. Leech Wifi from your neighbor. (*)
4. Screw with Wifi leeches. (*)
5. Setup and use a VPN.
6. Work from home or a coffee shop as effectively as you do at the office. (*)
7. Wire your own home with Ethernet cable. (*)
8. Turn a web camera into security camera.
9. Use your 3G phone as a Wi-Fi access point. (*)
10. Understand what “There’s no Place Like 127.0.0.1” means. (*)
11. Identify key-loggers. (*)
12. Properly connect a TV, Tivo, XBox, Wii, and Apple TV so they all work together with the one remote.
13. Program a universal remote.
14. Swap out the battery on your iPod/iPhone.
15. Benchmark Your Computer (*)
16. Identify all computer components on sight. (*)
17. Know which parts to order from NewEgg.com, and how to assemble them into a working PC. (*)
18. Troubleshoot any computer/gadget problem, over the phone. (*)
19. Use any piece of technology intuitively, without instruction or prior knowledge. (*)
20. How to irrecoverably protect data. (*)
21. Recover data from a dead hard drive.
22. Share a printer between a Mac and a PC on a network. (*)
23. Install a Linux distribution. (Hint: Ubuntu 9.04 is easier than installing Windows) (*)
24. Remove a virus from a computer. (*)
25. Dual (or more) boot a computer. (*)
26. Boot a computer off a thumb drive. (*)
27. Boot a computer off a network drive. (*)
28. Replace or repair a laptop keyboard. (*)
29. Run more than two monitors on a single computer. (*)
30. Successfully disassemble and reassemble a laptop.
31. Know at least 10 software easter eggs off the top of your head.
32. Bypass a computer password on all major operating systems. Windows, Mac, Linux (*)
33. Carrying a computer cleaning arsenal on your USB drive. (*)
34. Bypass content filters on public computers. (*)
35. Protect your privacy when using a public computer. (*)
36. Surf the web anonymously from home. (*)
37. Buy a domain, configure bind, apache, MySQL, php, and Wordpress without Googling a how-to. (*)
38. Basic *nix command shell knowledge with the ability to edit and save a file with vi. (*)
39. Create a web site using vi. (*)
40. Transcode a DVD to play on a portable device. (*)
41. Hide a file in an image using steganography.
42. Knowing the answer to life, the universe and everything. (*)
43. Share a single keyboard and mouse between multiple computers without a KVM switch. (*)
44. Google obscure facts in under 3 searches. Bonus point if you can use I Feel Lucky. (*)
45. Build amazing structures with LEGO and invent a compelling back story for the creation. (*)
46. Understand that it is LEGO, not Lego, Legos, or Lego’s. (*)
47. Build a two story house out of LEGO, in monochrome, with a balcony.
48. Construct a costume for you or your kid out of scraps, duct tape, paper mâché, and imagination. (*)
49. Be able to pick a lock.
50. Determine the combination of a Master combination padlock in under 10 minutes.
51. Assemble IKEA furniture without looking at the instructions. Bonus point if you don’t have to backtrack.
52. Use a digital SLR in full manual mode.
53. Do cool things to Altoids tins.
54. Be able to construct paper craft versions of space ships. (*)
55. Origami! Bonus point for duct tape origami. (Ductigami) (*)
56. Fix anything with duct tape, chewing gum and wire. (*)
57. Knowing how to avoid being eaten by a grue. (*)
58. Know what a grue is. (*)
59. Understand where XYZZY came from, and have used it. (*)
60. Play any SNES game on your computer through an emulator. (*)
61. Burn the rope. (*)
62. Know the Konami code, and where to use it. (*)
63. Whistle, hum, or play on an iPhone, the Cantina song.
64. Learning to play the theme songs to the kids favorite TV shows. (*)
65. Solve a Rubik’s Cube.
66. Calculate THAC0. (*)
67. Know the difference between skills and traits. (*)
68. Explain special relativity in terms an eight-year-old can grasp. (*)
69. Recite pi to 10 places or more. (*)
70. Be able to calculate tip and split the check, all in your head.
71. Explain that the colours in a rainbow are roygbiv. (*)
72. Understand the electromagnetic spectrum - xray, uv, visible, infrared, microwave, radio. (*)
73. Know the difference between radiation and radioactive contamination. (*)
74. Understand basic electronics components like resistors, capacitors, inductors and transistors. (*)
75. Solder a circuit while bottle feeding an infant. (lead free solder please.)
76. The meaning of technical acronyms. (*)
77. The coffee dash, blindfolded (or blurry eyed). Coffee [cream] [sugar]. In under a minute.
78. Build a fighting robot.
79. Program a fighting robot.
80. Build a failsafe into a fighting robot so it doesn’t kill you.
81. Be able to trace the Fellowship’s journey on a map of Middle Earth.
82. Know all the names of the Dwarves in The Hobbit.
83. Understand the difference between a comic book and a graphic novel. (*)
84. Know where your towel is and why it is important. (*)
85. Re-enact the parrot sketch.
86. Know the words to The Lumberjack Song.
87. Reciting key scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. (*)
88. Be able to recite at least one Geek Movie word for word. (*)
89. Know what the 8th Chevron does on a Stargate and how much power is required to get a lock.
90. Be able to explain why it’s important that Han shot first. (*)
91. Know why it is just wrong for Luke and Leia to kiss. (*)
92. Stop talking Star Wars long enough to get laid.
93. The ability to name actors, characters and plotlines from the majority of sci-fi movies produced since 1968.
94. Cite Mythbusters when debunking a myth or urban legend.
95. Sleep with a Cricket bat next to your bed.
96. Have a documented plan on what to do during a zombie or robot uprising.
97. Identify evil alternate universe versions of friends, family, co-workers or self.
98. Be able to convince TSA that the electronic parts you are carrying are really not a threat to passengers.
99. Talk about things that aren’t tech related. (*)
100. Get something on the front page of Digg.