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
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
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
At yesterday's Disney expo D23, Pixar fed the fandemonium by announcing two all-new movies now in production. This year marks the animation studio's 25th anniversary, and judging by yesterday's offerings, their innovative spirit shows no signs of fading. The first film they unveiled explores what the world might have been like if dinosaurs were never wiped out by a giant asteroid, but continued 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
Awesome female role models from MTV's days of yore — Yahoo! Shine WTF: #ReasonsToBeatYourGirlfriend was trending on Twitter this weekend — The Frisky How to deal with the "scratchy patches" in your relationship — Huffington Post 31 things to do before Summer is over — College Candy How to keep your cool around really ridiculously good-looking people — Glamour Eight rules of a Read more
Now that Spring break is over, it's back to the day-to-day drama on 90210, and things are anything but humdrum. Silver is officially feeling the effects of Adrianna's sick revenge, but Naomi's too wrapped up in her relationship with Max to come to the rescue of her friend. Meanwhile, Ivy hits a relationship hurdle of her own. Annie's in a pickle of an entirely different kind: she takes on a new Read more
Hooray, it's the return of Comic-Con and all the madness that accompanies it! As usual, the show's schedule of events is packed this July 21-24, so we'll attempt to highlight the most exciting must sees. The convention starts with a huge bang on Thursday with the Twilight panel, though there are plenty of other events to add to the Comic-Con itinerary. Twilight: Breaking Dawn, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 Read more
