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I Am A Geek

June 13, 2009

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Naturellement!

What a fine little piece of joy from The Society for Geek Advancement!
Actually, it’s all for a really good cause – supporting the awesome folks at Room To Read, who build libraries in developing countries.
So, come join your fellow geeks – famous and not so famous – and proudly declare your geekiness!

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RSS and non-geeks

January 26, 2007

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Over at Read/Write Web, they are currently running a poll on what form of feed reader their audience uses. Web-based readers (Google Reader, Rojo, Bloglines) have the lion’s share of the poll results.
However, like a few of the commenters, I agree that this poll is heavily skewed to the geek demographic. Services like [...]

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’tis the season

December 13, 2006

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WWD have a sweet list of gifts for your web geek.
I already have a couple of these, covet the Nokia E61 (although I want something a little smaller and with a decent camera) and utterly reject the Starbucks card. Starbucks universally makes crap coffee that only barely rates above the worst instant coffee. [...]

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Void that Apple warranty

December 3, 2006

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In the spirit of the Owner’s Manifesto, I present the find of the day – iFixit.
Buy the parts and read the comprehensive guides to fix your Apple doohickey of any description!

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MAKE have posted a way cool list of geek-worthy Open Source gifts for the holiday season. I already have a couple of the items there (EFF Membership, PortableApps Suite).
For me, the Neuros OSD and LEGO Mindstorms NXT REALLY appeal.

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Chomp chomp chomp – funny

November 6, 2006

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Just look.

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This development in Oregon.
Like Neil Gaiman, I think this is just stomach-churning, but perhaps nicer than the alternatives…
I can picture in my mind all the theme weddings taking place on the village green (and can’t make it GO AWAY).

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I can’t imagine how these guys even came up with this idea, but it’s very cool. LaughingSquid and others think so too.
A schwag care package each month for US$14.95. Weird. Very geek. Very cool.
I may invest for a couple of months…

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