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Who's Your Favorite Eco Geek?
In honor of Earth Day, I was originally going to offer up my favorite eco geek and feature them in their own post. But once I got digging, I really couldn't decide on just one! Sure, the term "geek" may apply to more than gadgets in this case, but not only are these ten people lovably geeky in their own right, they all have one thing in common: they're passionate about our planet!
Nerd Alert!
This Halo kid is either going to be the coolest kid in school when this vid goes viral, or he's going to have to assume another identity unless he wants his ass to get kicked. (Thank god the Internet didn't exist when I was a child.)
Thanks, College Humor!
Wired's Geekster Handbook: Which Kind of Geek Are You?
This month's Wired brings you their take on the geek hierarchy — remember when we surmised that there were many different types of geekdom? Well, Wired agrees, and they've offered up six types of geek: The Fanboy (classic Star Wars/Simpsons lover and defender), the Music Geek (think Rob Gordon from High Fidelity), the Gamer (your thumbs are always sore), The Gadget Guy (3G + iPhone = drool), the Hacker (fears the sun), and the Otaku (all Manga, all the time).
Do you fall into any of the categories, or are you a different kind — or a hybrid geek?
Yummy Link: Edible Flying Spaghetti Monster
Keeping with today's geeky theme, I have to make sure you hear about the edible Flying Spaghetti Monster. The really cool part is that the eyes are googly and edible too. — Evil Mad Scientist via Chow
Yummy Link: Tetris Cookies
This set of photos explains how to design pixelated cookies. I love these hearts, but the Tetris set also rocks my world. — Eva Funderburgh on Flickr
Wii Belong Together: Chocolate Miis For Valentine's Day
If you've got a chocolate loving sweetie who happens to be a bit of a geek, then these Chocolate Miis ($14.95) will be right up their alley. Created by the folks at Paul Pape Designs, these geeky chocolate icons are available in both white and milk chocolate and come in three different pairings: boy/girl, boy/boy, and girl/girl. They're also packaged in a Wii-style box bearing the words, "Wii belong together you and Mii."
Who Is the Techie in Your House?
Are you the "go-to" person in your house for programming DVRs or recovering deleted files? Or maybe your younger sibling is the tech savvy guru of the house? When I was living with my parents, my sisters and I always argued about who was the "geek" of the house.
What Year Did The World Wide Web Become Publicly Available On The Internet?
Yes, this may seem like one of those which came "first the chicken or the egg? questions," but I guarantee you that the internet, a worldwide, massive network of publicly accessible interconnected computer networks, came long before the World Wide Web, a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessed via the net. Any ideas?
Do You Fit Into The Traditional Geek Hierarchy?
Most people don't know what to think of being called a geek. They either embrace it like Gallery of the Absurd's 14, who proudly says "I am a major geek and I wear it as a badge of honor," reject it or hide it. To be fair to those people who skeptically look at me and say "you are geeksugar?"
The Dually Talented Human Ghetto Blaster
This past weekend I was out and about in San Francisco and saw this geekalicious musician along the Embarcadero. I don't think he saw me under those thick bottle cap glasses, but he did strum a couple awesome tunes on his guitar while rocking a one-of-a-kind cardboard ghetto blaster - on his head. It was a feat to behold.
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