24
Feb
2008
Kameron Hurley
“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.”
-Lois Wyse
Archive for the ‘Geekery’ Category
02
Feb
2008
Don’t Buy a Tablet PC, Buy a Wii
The more I hang out with the IT guys at work, the more I love cheap hacks.
27
Jan
2008
Ring Pistol
Because really, you could put an eye out.
09
Jan
2008
"You know, like nunchuku skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills… Girls only want boyfriends who have great SKILLS."
The not-Boyfriend hacked my computer some months ago so that the “Start” menu read differently. He sent me an un-hack last week that would revert it back to saying “Start,” but I thought that was pretty lame (also, I liked what it read, but after this week, I figured it might be easier on my heart if I changed it).
I mean, I *liked* having a customizable “Start” screen. So instead of running the unhack, I did a little poking around and found out how to hack my own Start menu.
Which I then did.
Cause I’m cool like that.
Now that I know it works, I’ll probably switch it around to something else, but that’s a good test run. I think I’ll change the one on my home computer to “Nyx.”
I mean, that’s the computer’s name, after all.
I’m such a dork.
25
Oct
2007
23
Oct
2007
04
Oct
2007
Free Berkeley Lectures on YouTube
Berkeley’s put free full university course lectures online: Chemistry, Bioengineering, an “Introduction to Nonviolence” and more… and they’re apparently planning to put up more (also, why do I always misspell Berkeley? There are too many “e”s in this word).
21
Aug
2007
For Travis… (to clear up a terminology dispute)
Your Score: Modern, Cool Nerd
60 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 39% Dork
For The Record:
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.
Nerds didn’t use to be cool, but in the 90′s that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn’t quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and “geek is chic.” The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!
Congratulations!
Thanks Again! — THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST
| Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test |
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See, I may be a nerd, but I scored NEARLY AS HIGH on geekery!
29
May
2007
Novels
