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Vintage Geek: Doogie Howser, Blogger

GeekSugar — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:02:45 -0800

At the risk of dating myself, I'm just going to put it out there that I was a huge Doogie Howser, MD fan. In fact, I couldn't have been more ecstatic a few years ago when Neil Patrick Harris made a triumphant comeback with Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, which of course led to his awesome role as Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother. I watch NPH on HIMYM - a slick, chic geek with his iPhone - and then I remember that this is not the first time he's showcased his onscreen geekiness.

As Doogie Howser, MD, the boy genius-turned-doctor, NPH sat at his ancient IBM PC and tapped out his thoughts daily. That's right, everybody: Doogie was a blogger! Or at least, a blogger in its first form. If Doogie Howser were on TV today, he would have found Blogger and set up shop (with fitsugar on his RSS Reader, of course). So here's to you, Doogie, our beloved old school geek!

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How I Met Your Mother and Her Geeky Friends!

GeekSugar — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:00:33 -0700

If I wanted to, I could probably do a TV tech quiz for How I Met Your Mother - you wouldn't think, but this ensemble of friends in NYC is pretty wired - especially my favorite character, Barney. I've Ioved NPH since Doogie Howser, MD, and as Barney I love him more - he's got an iPhone, a MacBook Pro - and talks in tech (and text) speak 24/7! A little bit creep but a lot of geek, Barney killed me in this clip from last week's episode after a scandalous romp with Ted's ex-girlfriend Robin.

New geeksugar Group: Vintage Geek!

GeekSugar — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:05:01 -0800

I've been getting really giddy lately when I watch movies I've grown up with, and see the old technology that was hot at that time. I highlighted old Apple IIs and some goofy faux gadgets from Back to the Future 2, Doogie Howser's geeky 80's blogging, and some fabulous old ads. I am even pretty sure I saw my current crush Paul Rudd's Nintendo commercial when it originally aired!

So join my Vintage Geek group and add your vintage movie and TV clips, funny ads, or gadgets so old they're artifacts and you might get featured on the geeksugar home page!
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