Tag Archives: geekiness

All I want for Christmas is a robot friend

Posted on October 30, 2008 by

My downstairs neighbor and I hit it off almost as soon as he moved in. Turns out we’re both huge geeks with just enough of an overlap in interests to loan each other books we don’t actually own. Yesterday, he … Continue reading →

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Five things about my boyfriend

Posted on October 16, 2008 by

Army Guy is studying for a licensing exam, so I don’t get to see him as much as usual. But absence makes the heart grow fonder. And I’m so heart-burstingly proud of him, both for his discipline and his general … Continue reading →

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Tuesday five

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

Had a good, productive day at the (home) office. Killer cramps meant I didn’t feel like a human being until around 10am, but thanks to the miracle of technology (if we don’t understand how it works, does that mean it’s … Continue reading →

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How to become a professional programmer

Posted on September 26, 2008 by

Man, if someone had given me this list back in 1996, I’d have crawled under a rock or gone back to being a secretary. Sometimes you’ve just got to be like Snoopy and fly because no one said you couldn’t. … Continue reading →

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Happy Battle of Hastings Day

Posted on September 22, 2008 by

One of the most important events in the evolution of the English language was the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D., the victory of the Normans over the native Anglo-Saxon tribes of what is now Britain. There’s an excellent explanation … Continue reading →

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International Talk Like a Pirate Day (arrrrr, it be today, ye scurvy dogs)

Posted on September 18, 2008 by

Arrrr, me maties, yer captain thought she’d been missin’ the most pirate-enabled holiday of the yeer, but me first mate was doin’ some research with the magic talking boxes his pansy ass has been known to use and tells me … Continue reading →

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Those zany geeks

Posted on June 3, 2008 by

I love me some lighthearted geeks. The Intarwebs used to be full of them. Oh, wait, it still is. I like living near such a large concentration of them in meatspace too. These are from the MIT Do Not Hack.

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Geek bio

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

Looky lou, it’s the biography of everyone who ever appeared on the cover of Wired or INC! I’m the greatest programmer the world has known, and it’s time you all learn this truth. Learn it so completely you are forced … Continue reading →

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Review (and mini-controversy): Juno

Posted on March 14, 2008 by

I finally saw Juno last weekend with my friend Butterfly. People keep describing it as a very sweet movie, and it is that. It’s also rather realistic and has a message I wish I believed more when I was Juno’s … Continue reading →

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Science Nerds, DIYers, Girl Genius fans, and stage lighting designers will love this

Posted on December 27, 2007 by

Giant Fresnel Lens Deathray: An Experiment in Optics ::looks significantly at ::

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