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Maybe you won’t be splurging on a new computer or TV this holiday season because of the economy, instead trying to keep your existing tech gear running as smoothly as possible. Buying tech service as a gift itself can be a good idea.
Lose Weight the Nerdy Way (warning: there will be math)Want to drop 10 pounds in two months? All you have to do is the math, says Autodesk founder and Hacker's Diet author John Walker. Here's the skinny:
10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But Don�t | GeekDad | Wired.comThere are many, many laws having nothing to do with government, that are useful to know because they tell you something about how the universe works.
Nerd Purity Test - Are you a Bonafide Nerd?Take the test and find out just how much of a nerd YOU are! "You answered "yes" to 47 of 100 questions, making you 53.0% nerd pure; that is, you are 53.0% pure in the nerd domain (you have 47.0% nerd in you)."
12 Hottest Geek Girls There has been a sharp rise recently of so-called geek girls, and the sad fact is that many, if not most, of these women are nothing near geeky. While the elusive geek girl does, in fact, exist, she's much less common than most would care to admit.
The First-Person Immersion MythWhat most of us do is identify with the character -- and how can you identify with a character you can't see, a character who usually doesn't even talk or have any opinions about the horrible things going on around him? This goes back to the "silent hero" dilemma that has …
How Wired.com Built Beer Robot, Our DIY KegeratorThis is the story of Beer Robot, an ugly old fridge that grew into a super geeky kegerator.
Geek Squad badge used to impersonate police officer, get hooker services.NEWARK: A 25-year-old Newark man was arrested Thursday after allegedly using his "Geek Squad" employee badge to impersonate a State Police officer and allegedly coerce a woman into sexual acts, Parsippany police said Friday.
San Diego Comic Con: Not Really For Girls?San Diego Comic-Con, coming next month, is one of the geek holy days, but it's not for female geeks, apparently. At least, a new Comic-Con contest was for boys only, and the L.A. Times published an insulting "guide for girls."
The Geek Beat: Great Expectations - Cinematical"I saw it splashed on reviews and all over Twitter by those who had enjoyed the film, or who were simply impartial to it. Your expectations are too high! Lower them, accept it for what it is, and you'll enjoy it. ...
I am going to be teaching a series of classes on computers. I want the visuals to look especially good as this is an "introduction to" type class. Most of the people in the class will be older, and never used a computer. This is my big chance to snag some new geeks.
Clothes that show when you're in love - or when you're hungryKate Hartman makes apps that allow plants to twitter when thirsty, and clothes that show when you're in love.
Okay, so I'm just a pasty middle-aged white guy who has an affinity for pasta and misanthropy (not necessarily in that order) and I thought that my particularly twisted world view would resonate with at least one other person in the world (hey, there's over six billion ...
Exclusive: The Lego Minifig TimelineWe have worked with Lego to painstakingly collect and catalog almost every minifig ever produced into a photographic timeline.
Plane crash geek Twitters from burning Denver aircraft Maybe one day they will include it on the safety instruction card: in the event of a crash, please do not start Twittering until you have left the aircraft.
This is a follow up article to a Black Friday Article on boasting about what stuff you found.
RedState: "The Left Owns The Internet"A number of interesting observations have percolated throughout the Interweb in the aftermath of the 2008 election - arguments about the "youth vote", the "center-right versus center-left," pushing aside social conservative issues, etc.
5 Signs President-Elect Obama Is a GeekBarack Obama, soon to become the 44th President of the U.S.A., is many things: a statesman, a lawyer, an author, and an orator. It is also our opinion at GeekDad that, even without knowing him personally, we have enough evidence to demonstrate that he is a big geek.
A Girl's Guide to Geek GuysInto the void of potential mates comes a man you may not have considered before, a man of substance, quietude and stability, a cerebral creature with a culture all his own. In short, a geek.
How to Make a Webcomic - Process - Part 1 | MaroonedEver desired to make a webcomic, or wanted to know how they are made? Read part 1 of this article series on the process of making a webcomic.
10 Geeky Movies to Raise Your Kids OnIn our never-ending quest to provide you the tools and knowledge to raise your kids in your own geeky image, we present you with a list of 10 geeky movies to raise your kids with. This is a starter list, and by no means comprehensive.
23 awesome license plates for computer geekslicense plates for computer geeks August 25, 2008 We here at Pingdom are computer geeks, and proud of it. None of us have any geeky vanity plates (custom license plates) on our cars, though. But others have, and we love those.
The BBC unleashes dynamic artist pages betaThe BBC has just released its next MusicBrainz enabled feature: Dynamic artist pages. You can see how often your favorite artists have been played on the BBC networks since last year. Turns out Coldplay is quite popular.
I am a computer geek, sort of... my first computer required cassette tapes for storage and to run programs. My first Internet connection cost 4,95 an hour, and I messed around on BBS's before that.
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