The Geek Alphabet





Geeks Are Sexy presents the ABCs of geekdom, illustrating each of the 26 letters with Creative Commons photography. And when you read them all together, they make a really geeky poem! Link

(image credits: a, Mild Mannered Photographer and b, jpstanley)

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@JC - Okie doke thanks. I was in Bella Napoli then trying to stay alive on the Italian roads.

(even more so on new Years Eve!)

(NYE in BN is like WWIII)
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@SparkS:

Basically, the away teams in the original series (TOS) included of a couple of security guys, and in the ST universe, red is the uniform worn by these dudes. They tend to scout, and find something that kills them, alerting the rest of the cast.
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Okay I need some help here. After some digging
I learned about the red shirts. They seem to be the first ones bumped off. Why, is my question?

Since I am publicly showing my ignorance the S, which I skipped ahead to out of curiosity, was over my
head too.

Be easy now, words of under 6 letters are good.

(maybe I need a nap.)
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It has similarities to the Kent State photo, but was it intentional? That's a picture from 1970. Could it be an unusual coincidence?
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Its a 'Candle Winder'. At least that's what it was sold as, discreetly from underneath counter at the local dry goods and feed store. Those crazy victorians and their pre electric battery sex toys.

Don't Blink -Med Grey t shirt (Daughter just discovered Dr. Who)
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Remember the tabletop game from our youth, Battling Tops ™? Well, it turns out that the original wasn’t a game. The original was a Ninja weapon called a “Topei Shinjuru” (戦争ヨーヨー)(literally “War YoYo”). This is a seventeenth century (Norris Dynasty) Samurai Shinjuru launcher.

Big Minion Theory, Ladies Cut Large
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It's the original prototype Sonic Screwdriver; it was called the Sonic SCREWDRIVER because of the flathead at the end of this; those prongs are from an attempt to turn the screwdriver into a batarang-like grappling hook. The wire was the source of power for the screwdriver; the Doctors do need exercise occasionally.

And all of you copycats who are reading that will use this response, back off! This answer's mine!

LIFE T-Shirt, Black L
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A prototype Newton Meter - you know, the weight meters that you put an object on, and it drags it down a certain number of Newtons?
First, you take off the (removable) side sticking out, and put the thing you're measuring on a rope/string that is hooked in, replacing the part you took off to clamp it in place. Then, you drag the wheel like part to the zipper-end, and grab the zipper, and lift it up, so that gravity pulls down the wheel a certain number of grooves. That's the weight.

Pandemic T-Shirt, Black L
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