Militant Geek Custom Shirts

So we’ve mentioned the embarassing hijinks that a certain #2 computer manufacturer have gone and gotten themselves into. It turns out not only was the head of the board illegally spying on other boardmembers and the press but also on their own employees. I guess one has to be thorough while at the top.

To celebrate these excessive abuses of power Militant Geek has created the special, limited time HP logo parody T-Shirt. Why did this design get accepted but the ‘Layoffs Inside‘ T’s get turned down? Can’t really say but grab these while you still can.

As much as we’d like to run Militant Geek and its T-Shirt shop as a dictatorship the sad truth is that things would get stale pretty quickly. Geeks are extremely bright people with a propensity for wit. Not tapping that in a manner most democratic would be like gathering cheese just for its conversational value…or something.

We are pleased to announce the chance to let you, empowered reader, to help us create a new design. To the right (->) on the sidebar you’ll see a snazzy new polling option. Just tell us the best way to immortilize Web 2.0’s hype. The poll will run until Sunday, September at which point we’ll put up something equally as participatory.
Got other ideas for a geek shirt? Let us know!

What can I say about HP’s board of directors that hasn’t already been said? How is it that the nation’s #2 computer company be embroiled in the kind of petty spin usually reserved for a school board election? Where is the company that started the geek-garage-startup-tradtion amid boardroom wiretapping and administrative vendettas?

I’m sure there are several extremely talented geeks in HP’s employ. But good luck seeing the brilliance shine through this latest mass of muck flowing from the leadership. Somewhere Carly Fiorina is cackling over her usual meal of ineptitude and arrogance.

If you’ve been following the recent depressing news coming out of Intel you know that there’s a lot of fine geeks who will be ‘transitioning’ and taking on ‘new creative challenges’ - 10,000 to be exact. Militant Geek wanted to release a special design to celebrate this special occasion. After all, how often does massive, livelihood upheavel happen? How much longer can I continue being facetious?

Unfortunately, vengence of the apparel sort will have to wait. Our store rejected our design of pink slip anger. The reason?

“you have one or more products or designs that are likely copyright protected by a third party.”

*Yawn. I’m simply too tired to read legaleese at the moment. But surely there is some parody-ic justice?

Today brings word that the free DemocracyPlayer just got an upgrade! The new 0.9 version can be downloaded from http://getDemocracy.com and includes several nice features for the online content consumer. If you’re not familiar with the Democracy Player it includes a video/audio feed puller, an integrated BitTorrent Client, and a media player based on the very robust VLC project (no more QuickTime bundled with unused iTunes!).

Along with the 0.9 announcment came news of Sheeps Week (playing on ‘Sweeps Week’ common in legacy media). Stay tuned for additional upcoming announcements!