Geek is chic.
Yesterday morning, PetSugar had cable installed in her new digs. Afterward, she told me about her experience and disclosed that her Comcast cable technician was a woman. You know me — I'm all about sisters doin' it for themselves but for as many times as I've had Comcast employees in my apartment, I've never once had a woman install my cable. I admit that I was a bit surprised. Sure, it's a Read more
Yesterday I kicked off my 2007 best of polls by asking you what your fave new Apple product was of 2007. Today I've put together some of the hottest and most popular female geeks of '07 including Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jenna Fischer, Tina Fey and Kristen Bell. Not only did they grace the covers of our favorite geek magazines but they proved in more ways than one that they are true geeks at heart. Who Read more
The treacherous journey of an email — Geekosystem If Photoshop could solve our real-life problems — FWD Joss Whedon wants more female characters in the Avengers sequel — SlashFilm The 5 types of apologies that aren't actually apologies — Cracked How much faith do users have in Facebook? — Newser R2-D2 gets a job in Disneyland's new poster art — GeekTyrant The true life of Pinsanity Read more
In our interview with Brave producer Katherine Sarafian, we talked about how archery is having "a moment" right now. And with onscreen heroines like Katniss from The Hunger Games and Brave's Merida holding the bows, little girls are sure to be interested in the archery trend. I myself tried it for the first time at Pixar's Brave event, and I'm seriously hooked! Katherine said she loves that girls Read more
In 1999, a raunchy comedy called American Pie became an instant high school movie classic boasting the tagline "There's something about your first piece." That line feels truer than ever upon the release of American Reunion, the third sequel in the franchise. The film tries to capture the humor and spirit of the original film, but all it does is make you wish the Pie films had quit when they were Read more
No longer must bookish broads face name-calling and ridicule for pulling out their reading glasses. Hot stars like Zooey Deschanel and Tina Fey have turned the smart spec look into a trend with their iconic TV characters. And we think a lady in spectacles is a brainy, sexy sight to behold. After all, some of our favorite female celebs don geek-chic glasses both onscreen and off. Here are some of Read more
We may have Valentine's Day on the brain, but February also marks an important time of the year — Black History Month. In honor of Black History Month, let's take a look at some of our favorite geeks, both past and present. Everyone on this list has made vast contributions to furthering tech as we know it. Dwayne McDuffie — The recently passed McDuffie wrote comic books for both Marvel Read more
Please let the public-transit video-game handrails concept happen — Dvice Airline to let you use social networks to pick seatmates — Newser Six things movies get wrong about the workplace — Cracked Awesome Kinect hacks — Tecca Female superheroes are the spokeswomen for breast cancer awareness — GeekTyrant Sign us up for this panoramic ball camera! — SlashGear Read more
With the love of the Infuse 4G still swirling in my head, I struck up an IM conversation with a friend of mine about the Android operating system yesterday. I didn't know exactly what I was getting into when I asked, but my friend brought up some really good points about Android that even I didn't consider. Recently there was a debate as to why more women aren't using Android devices. Some say Read more
Lady comics who deserve their own TV shows — Nerve 8 signs you're a horrible roommate — College Candy How to celebrate being unattached during National Singles Week — YourTango Hilarious female TV writers to watch this Fall — The Frisky Does more equality mean more sex? — Huffington Post Leaving a bra on during sex: yay or nay? — Em & Lo Unrealistic pop culture geeks Read more
