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Your moment of geek-actualization
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What was the event that started you on the holy path to Geekdom?
When I was three (yes, three), my geek grandpa gave me a broken tape recorder - you know, the kind they added to the TRS-80 to store programs. He explained to me that it wouldn't work to play songs, but I could take it apart if I wanted to.
He gave me a little pencil box with with two tiny screwdrivers, a phillips and a flathead, plus a miniature pair of pliers. He told me I wasn't allowed to open the...Click Here | By QuantumBeep
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Geek Fashion
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what are geek clothes? are any of them fashionable? i have heard the term "geek chic" but are geeks actually fashionable? ...Click Here | By poss
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Why are so many geeks atheists?
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This questions has been bothering me for a while now. If I were to do a statistical analysis of the various religions on Shuzak, it would most likely yield atheism as the most popular belief by a large margin. The second most popular belief is in Buddhism...which is more of a philosophy than a religion.
Anyway, I have a bunch of theories myself. But I would like you guys to start: Why, in your opinion, are so many geeks atheists?
p.s) Let's ...Click Here | By Jawad Shuaib
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What Kind of Genius Are You?
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"A new theory suggests that creativity comes in two distinct types – quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet.
What researchers found is that genius – whether in art or architecture or even business – is not the sole province of 17-year-old Picassos and 22-year-old Andreessens. Instead, it comes in two very different forms, embodied by two very different types of people. “Conceptual innovators,” as Galenson calls them, make bold, dramatic leaps in their disciplines. They do their ...Click Here | By Jawad Shuaib
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Geek? Not a Geek?
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So I was on the phone with a friend of mine earlier this evening and we were discussing the topic of what makes a person a geek (I guess that conversation doesn't make us geeks, it just makes us lame...anyways...) and we happened to noticed that a few people we've become acquainted with have actually become "snobs" about being geeks--talk about whoa! We've noticed that many self-proclaimed geeks are so proud of their status as geeks that they've come to develop their own list of requirements of ...Click Here | By Tara
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