Dashing through the snow
- On January 29, 2010
- By Andrew
- In Geek stuff, Science/Tech
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Don’t like snow? I bet one of these could change your mind. Two mechanics on a remote outpost build a “snow chopper” out of salvaged parts In the desolate environment of Antarctica, when mechanics Bob Sawicki and Toby Weisser weren’t at their jobs maintaining a fleet of snowmobiles at the U.S. logistics hub there, they [...]
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Professor says geek label is damaging
- On December 31, 2009
- By Andrew
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I tend to disagree, but David Anderegg, a professor of psychology at Bennington College, says that merely mentioning terms like nerd or geek serves to perpetuate the stereotype. The words are damaging, much like racial epithets, he says, and should be avoided. Hasn’t he heard that the geek shall inherit the earth? What does need [...]
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Dominoes make music
- On December 30, 2009
- By Andrew
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Here’s an interesting way to share some holiday joy. Jared Lyon used a bunch of dominoes and strategically placed bells to play “Carol of the Bells” as the dominoes fell down. Very clever.
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Risuri te salutamus*
- On December 10, 2009
- By Andrew
- In Geek stuff, Humor
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Season Three of The Guild wrapped up this week, and it was pretty damn fabulous if I do say so myself. There’s nothing I like better than some gamer/geek humor (*we who are about to laugh, salute you). Felicia Day has blogged in a spoileriffic way about her creative process and the choices she made for [...]
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Google goodies for data geeks
- On December 8, 2009
- By Andrew
- In Geek stuff, Science/Tech
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Mashable reports that: Now Google Analytics users can add annotations to dates in order to better document spikes in traffic, use custom variables in advanced segments and view them in custom reports, and even use a super simple analytics tracking code wizard for setting up specialized situations. Google also took to their Analytics blog to [...]
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Periodic table of cupcakes
- On December 4, 2009
- By Andrew
- In Food, Geek stuff, Science/Tech
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This is what happens when a science geek also happens to be a foodie.
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Why Geeky Muse?
- On December 3, 2009
- By Andrew
- In Geek stuff, Miscellany
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The name is really a double entendre. First, I thoroughly enjoy Geek culture and find inspiration therein. Hence a geeky muse. So what is a muse? The Muses in Greek mythology are the goddesses who inspire the creation of literature and the arts. They were the source of knowledge, related orally for centuries in the [...]
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Earth destroyed by Large Hadron Collider; Martian questioned
- On December 1, 2009
- By Andrew
- In Geek stuff, Humor
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The excitement in the particle physics community is palpable at the moment, with a regular stream of tweets emitting from CERN. In the latest news, the large Hadron collider (LHC) reported that it had reached 1.18TeV with its beams, the highest energy ever recorded for an Earth-bound particle accelerator… until… reBlog from wired.com: In a [...]
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