2 month ago
deusx : ThinkGeek :: Nerd Glasses - "You're smart, dammit. More importantly, you're not obsessed with impressing others. You are who you are, and you're proud of it. Maybe you scream it from the rafters, or maybe it's just in the privacy of your own home. Either way
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2 month ago
deusx : Nerds race across Azeroth IRL, nearly die from shame - Engadget - "Here are the facts: two dweebs thought it would be a good idea to hook up treadmills to their PCs, don brightly-colored wigs and cardboard swords, and race their avatars across about a mile of virtual turf by jogging in place with only a modicum of
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3 month ago
deusx : P8TCH | Commando Nerd Patches for iPhone Scanning - "Think of it as a TinyURL you can wear. Each two-by-four-inch, velcro-backed twill p8tch has a Mysterious Commando Design on the top, and a QRCode on the bottom"
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deusx : BBC NEWS | South Asia | Close to the wire - the joys of speedcabling - "A new "sport" based around unravelling the mass of wires that can typically be found beneath computer desks the world over is taking off in the western US."
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11 month ago
deusx : Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook - "While I don’t know who you are or why in the world you chose a nerd for your companion, I do know that you are not a knowable system. I know that you are messy, just like your nerd. Being your own quirky self will be more than enough to present ne
Linkorama : The Nerd Handbook - A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time. Those lulls in the conversation over dinner? That’s the nerd working on his project in his head.
Rod Begbie : Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook - Great Rands article. It's a bit hit-or-miss describing me, but the section "Nerds are fucking funny" sums me up perfectly. "Humor is an intellectual puzzle, "How can this particular set of esoteric trivia be constructed to maximize hilarity as quickly a #
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14 month ago
deusx : Tact Filters - "Most "normal people" have the tact filter positioned to apply tact in the outgoing direction. ... "Nerds," on the other hand, have their tact filter positioned to apply tact in the incoming direction."
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deusx : Coffee nerds! | MetaFilter - "Is it possible to make truly excellent coffee or even espresso at home?"
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23 month ago
deusx : YouTube - Disk Drop - "Fun with an old hard drive. Took the platters out of many hard drives and put them into one drive. Spin it up to speed and give it a nudge, then watch the fun."
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25 month ago
deusx : xkcd - Commented - "// What does that gesture even mean?"
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27 month ago
Simon Willison : Geek in the Park, 27th August - Looks like good fun - unfortunately I'm away that weekend.
plasticbag : Geek in the Park is a day-long picnic cum happening cum informal conference for nerds in Leamington Spa at the end of August - I was going to come along but unfortunately I'm off in the US at the time doing conferency things. It looks really good though.
Paul Hammond : Geek in the Park - When the geeks come out to play. - Geek in the Park is a day-long get together, picnic, and discussion for anyone to do with the Internet (developers, designers, programmers… whatever!)
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28 month ago
Philippe Janvier : .9999999... = 1 - "No, I'm Sorry, It Does." [via] #
deusx : Polymathematics: No, I'm Sorry, It Does. - "Okay, so there's my rant. .9 repeating equals one. No, I'm sorry, it does."
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32 month ago
deusx : Ingy and the Blg: The Ingy Formerly Known as Brian Ingerson - "So I decided to legally change my name to Ingy dt Net."
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39 month ago
jimray : Netflix: Pirates of Silicon Valley - You know you want to add it to your que!
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39 month ago
gleuschk : Eight simple rules for dating a grad student - also applies to faculty, I would imagine (but have no need to find out)
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40 month ago
gleuschk : How many MetaFilter Users does it take to screw in a lightbulb? - 720
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gleuschk : Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Sudoku craze gets even bigger - stand aside, crop-circlers
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41 month ago
deusx : Wired News: Hamming It Up at Radio Meets - "If you think you know what a nerd is, try visiting a swap meet or convention where amateur radio operators like to hang out."
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47 month ago
cameron : Searching for the Twenty Top Software People in the World - nominees include: 1 woman.
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