Archive for the ‘general nerdiness’ Category

310.2° K

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

it has come to my attention that the temperature has been reaching record highs over the course of the past several days. i’ve overheard a number of conversations, wherein the participants exchange statements expressing their disgust, frustration and uncomfortableness regarding said weather conditions.

i, however, being a very pale, white nerd, can offer a different perspective.

nerds not only prefer the indoors, they embrace it. at an early age, it is this trait that can help to distinguish a potential nerd from his or her non-nerd counterpart. young nerds will opt to play video games in the basement rather than ride a two wheeled, non-motorized vehicle around the neighborhood. in the ensuing high school years, future nerds will choose to participate in indoor activities such as the math team and the chess club over outdoor activities involving inflated spheres and physical exertion.

as an adult nerd, i not only choose nerdy indoor activities, but my fragile skin is unable to handle very many UV rays without quickly transforming into a blistering (not to mention excruciating) sunburn. therefore, during hot weather, you can find me and my fellow nerds indoors and happy to be there.

note: during the heat wave, i will switch my coffee drinking habits from hot to iced.

nerd curtains

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

i need these:

geek v. nerd

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

from wikipedia:

geek: a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, gaming, etc.

nerd: a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests.

furthermore, it is commonly believed that nerds are socially awkward, but in the new generation of nerd, this is not necessarily true. nerds can be simultaneously nerdy and cool.

8.0 awesome things

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

1. partial differential equations
2. brew nerds coffee, duh.
3. www.wired.com.
4. open source anything.
5. all manner of robots.
6. rubik’s cube (and each of it’s 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 permutations).
7. iStuff. iPods, iPhones, iPhotos, iMacs, and so on…
8. nerds.

pocket protection mania

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

after an unfortunate incident involving the destruction of my current pocket protector, i turned my attention to the world wide web, where i was certain i could find a suitable replacement.

i happened upon this site, and knew that it must be shared with fellow nerds everywhere.

it should come as no surprise, that i will be opting for the “full monty”, shown in all it’s glory below:

true nerds don’t try to hide their pocket protectors.