10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist
Matt Blum of Wired’s GeekDad blog came up with a list of 10 geeky laws that should exist, but for some inexplicable reason, do not (at least, they didn’t until now). For example:
1. Munroe’s Law: A person in a geeky argument who can quote xkcd to support his position automatically wins the argument. This law supersedes Godwin, so that even if the quote is about Hitler, the quoter still wins.
2. Lucas’s Law: There is no movie so beloved that a “special edition,” prequel or sequel cannot trample and forever stain its memory. [...]
8. Wilbur’s Law: Bacon makes everything better.
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T-Qualizer
Yep, a t-shirt with a fully functional graphic equalizer embedded on the front. It changes with the music around you, and even reacts to conversation! $39.99 from Think Geek. Link -via Everlasting Blort
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Geeky Papercraft
Only the geekiest of papercraft projects made the cut for this excellent list from oobject. Take a look at what happened when geeks get their hands on construction paper:
Whether a novice or a paper-folding master, papercraft is a hobby that anyone can enjoy. It involves printing out a custom schematic with instructions and folding the paper to create a unique work of art. The papercraft you see here keep central with the theme of geekiness and quite possibly, nerdiness.
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100 Essential Skills for Geeks
Geek Dad has a list of one hundred skills that he thinks that every geek should know. A few examples:
26. Boot a computer off a thumb drive.
40. Transcode a DVD to play on a portable device.
71. Explain that the colours in a rainbow are roygbiv.
84. Know where your towel is and why it is important.
96. Have a documented plan on what to do during a zombie or robot uprising.
100. Get something on the front page of Digg.
What is your geek quotient? What would you add to the list?
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Helping Geeks Meet Women
As the mangled saying goes and TIME Magazine proclaimed, the geek shall inherit the Earth … but they have a little bit of trouble meeting women. So Neumont University, a computer-science only school, decided to help them along by requiring courses in interpersonal communications and even creating social clubs:
Cameron Murray, a leather jacket-wearing 20-year-old from Cleveland, estimates that the gender ratio is one woman in a billion (it’s actually 1 in 20). What’s more, he complains, the women at Neumont "are more like dudes with long hair," which hurts the dating scene.
Eager to flirt, he and eight other members of a student group known as the Gentlemen’s Order moseyed down to a mall recently and split into teams to see who could get the most phone numbers from women. The eager Lotharios wandered from food court to department store and back again, spending an afternoon in search of potential dates.
The sum total of their efforts: a single number.
"We got shot down as hell — it was horrible," Murray said.
Alana Semuels of the Los Angeles Times’ Column One has the story, that for many of us, I’m sure, hit close to home. Too close. Link (Photo: Wally Skalij / LA Times)
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Geeky Graffiti
Check out 23 examples of how geek culture has invaded the streets and made graffiti infinitely more interesting. Link -via Gizmodo
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Geekiest T-Shirt on the Web
Geeks Are Sexy Blog has a neat round-up of some of the geekiest T-shirts on the Net. They’re mostly oldies but goodies, and I think you can get them over at ThinkGeek or maybe do a search on Teenormous (I wish they were linked to the sellers): Link – Thanks Yan!
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R2-D2s Chorus Line
Hailing all Star Wars geeks. Your life is now complete. Witness as twelve R2-D2s dance, shimmy, pivot and beep in tandem! From what I understand each of these cost at least $100! Wonder what the missus thought of that?
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No Luck with Real Women, So Geek Built Himself a Fembot!
Le Trung, a 33-year-old computer geek from Brampton, Ontario (yes, he still lives with his parents), didn’t have much luck with dating women. So he did the next best thing: he built himself a fembot!
He said: “Aiko doesn’t need holidays, food or rest, and will work almost 24 hours a day. She is the perfect woman.”
Aiko sparks mixed reactions in public.
Le said: “Women usually try to talk to her. But men always want to touch her, and if they do it the wrong way she slaps them.”
Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Article at The Sun | Aiko’s website (down at the moment)
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Geek Gifts
Oooh -a bat-shaped boomerang that’s really a money clip! The Batarang Folding Money Clip is just one of the picks at The Geek Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving. There’s also gadgets, movies, jewelry, and fashions that you won’t find at your local department store, all with links to ordering information. Link -Thanks, Yan!
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Biggest Pranks in Geek History
TIME has a fascinating account of the 10 biggest pranks in geek history. This one is the infamous Hollywood sign prank, perpetrated by (who else?) Caltech students:
During Hollywood’s centennial in 2003, Caltech’s Prank Club tackled the famous Hollywood sign with cherry pickers, large sheets of black and white plastic, and duct tape. They hung just enough plastic so that from a distance, the sign appeared to read "Caltech." "Hollywood is still mad about that," says Autumn Looijen, author of the prank history, Legends of Caltech III: Techer In the Dark. The sign assailants’ names never surfaced, but their work has become famous on campus. (Both Caltech and MIT tout their students’ pranks on their admissions websites.)
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The Ultimate Geeks Compilation
A video clip showing a bunch of pictures of geeky weddings and couples. You’ll probably be able to spot most of them in the poster from the 56 Geeks entry.
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