altereDad

Nothing says geek more than something you can display for all to see. Why not a shirt.
 
Pi anyone??
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/6e7e/
 
Oh, and I may be a few minutes late. Daughter is more important than the start of the show. Sorry Linus. I will be there though. "Fashionably" late, as it were.

So what is this?
 
Everyone's gotten a rotten present at some point or another. It's not that we're ungrateful or anything, it's just that... if my wife wanted a Crock Pot so badly... She should have just asked me to get her one rather than buy one for me then keep it for herself!!
 
As part of ASUS' "Transform Your Gift" promotion, they are sponsoring a special 1 hour live stream that will take place at 11:00am Pacific Time on December 12th, 2013 (convert to your own time zone with this handy tool)
 
It will be streamed at http://twitch.tv/linustech, and the TF100 Ultraportable Laptop giveaway we're running is for LIVE VIEWERS ONLY.
 
The topic of the stream is going to be Holiday Gift Ideas for Geeks with a particular emphasis on ASUS products that you guys would love to have as gifts this holiday season.
 
I want this to be a lot of fun and super interactive, so please post your suggestions for Geek gift ideas in this forum thread. I will definitely be taking more suggestions during the show as well, but it's great to have a starting point.. Something to remember is that while all ideas are fair game, this stream is sponsored by ASUS, so suggestions that relate back to ASUS products are more likely to be chosen, but as long as the idea you have is not a product that competes directly with an ASUS offering, there's a great chance it will be featured!
 
So how do I submit my holiday gift suggestions?
 
Post in this thread, so I can check out your suggestions ahead of time!
 
Submit your suggestions on Twitter by using hashtag #TransformYourGiftLinus.
 
We will also take some suggestions on Twitch chat and on Twitter during the live stream.
 
 
How do I win the TF100 Ultraportable Laptop?
 
The winner will be chosen randomly from the live viewers of the stream during a random period, so make sure you're paying attention!
 
1. Make sure you're registered for Linus Tech Tips forum and signed in while you're watching the live stream
2. Make sure you're watching from somewhere that you'll have access to a browser
3. Tune into the stream right at the beginning and make sure you're paying attention!
 
If you miss out during the stream, you can also check out ASUS' Facebook promotion that goes along with this for MORE CHANCES TO WIN!
 
https://www.facebook.com/asus.n.america/app_1410961655805485
 
 
Please note the giveaway is (unfortunately) USA and Canada only.

This contest is now closed!! Winners are below!
 
GRAND PRIZE: WINTHER
RUNNER UPS: SUSHISKY & WING2K5
 
INTRODUCTION
 
Western Digital is taking a "go big or go home" approach to at least two things right now. One is the all new 4TB 3.5" Red NAS-optimized hard drive, and the other is this giveaway. Western Digital provided us with an incredibly generous EIGHT 4TB Red drives to give away. Because these drives are RAID-optimized, we thought it would make sense to group up the prizes so that you guys can run them the way they're meant to be run!
 

 
Again... HUGE thanks to Western Digital for making this giveaway possible. They've been so supportive of Linus Tech Tips. They sponsored our trip to Computex, sponsored our trip to PAX, and they're giving awesome stuff away to our community
 
PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO READ THE SPONSOR MESSAGES BELOW!
 
 
SPONSOR MESSAGES
 
1. Check out this excellent review of the WD Red 4TB over at Storage Review. These guys are awesome and know far more about testing drives than we ever will!
 

 
2. Check out the WD Red lineup even if you're not planning to enter the contest: http://geni.us/YQabkT
 
3. Check out this video outlining the advantages of WD's Red lineup of drives: 
 
 
 
WD RED 4TB GIVEAWAYS RULES & REGULATIONS 
 
I decided to split things up into one GRAND PRIZE and two runner up prizes. The big winner (who will be drawn first) gets FOUR 4TB WD Red 3.5" hard drives. That's right. FOUR. That's enough to store 12TB of data in RAID 5, or 8TB of data in RAID 1. Each runner up will receive TWO 4TB WD Red 3.5" hard drives. That's enough for 4TB of RAID1 safe storage! This is a Linus Tech Tips giveaway (WD is providing the drives to us to decide what we want to do with them) so it's WORLDWIDE!
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
 
This giveaway is only available for Linus Tech Tips forum members, and as usual you can either get ONE entry to win, or you can get more!!
 
1x entry - Post about your storage setup in this thread. The most important thing is WHY you run the hardware you run. There are NO bonus points for talking about WD, and there are no wrong answers. It's okay to say what brands you're using, and it's okay to have a reason that's as simple as "my friend recommended it at the time"
 
1x bonus entry - Include a link in your post of you sharing the giveaway on your personal Facebook

1x bonus entry - Include a link in your post of you sharing the giveaway on your personal Twitter

1x bonus entry - Include a link in your post of you sharing a link to this giveaway announcement thread in some other community (forums, social networks, super-active community websites other than linustechtips.com like Digg... etc). We aren't trying to spam so make sure you are sharing with people who you genuinely think will care about it!

You can get a maximum of 4 entries by including links in your post to the three eligible sharing places. Here is an example of what an optimal maximum entry (4) post would look like:
                                                                                                                                                                                    
1. I don't have a desktop, but I run an OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD for my boot drive because it was a great price, and offers great speed with a 5 year warranty. I don't keep any storage drives in my system because I use spotify for all of my music and I don't watch many movies, but I do have a 1TB external USB3 drive that has 1-touch back up, so I plug that in once in a while so that if my laptop gets lost I will still have my data. 
 
2. Facebook share from (Name Goes Here): (insert verifiable link here)
 
3. Twitter share with Twitter handle @Example: (insert verifiable link here)
 
4. Community Site share with nickname (nickname goes here): (insert verifiable link here)
                                                                                                                                                                                    
 

The contest closes September 30th, 2013 and the winner will be contacted after we've had a chance to tabulate the entries. Good luck everyone! Thanks for participating, and a big thanks again to our sponsor, WD!

"Full homo" is a colloquial term used to imply that a relationship is sexual rather than platonic.
 
The "homo" part means that the relationship is between two members of the same sex, so while adaptations could exist that are appropriate for use with a member of the opposite sex, I didn't need to use them because Slick is male, and I am male.
 
It's about like any other joking around that friends (of same sex, opposite sex or anywhere else on the spectrum) might do. I've said similar crap to girls too, and no one cares about that. As long as everyone involved is comfortable with kidding around in such a manner, then it's all between consenting adults, and everyone else can just move right along.
 
If anyone was offended, then two things:
 
1. I'm sorry your feelings were hurt.
 
2. Lighten up.

Do I get brownie points for joining in the first few days, though?

Off topic but I feel really old seeing someone talking about learning something about a dual shock "as a kid". I was legally drinking when that thing came out.