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By nemo, on May 26th, 2010
So, May 25 huh? Geek Pride Day! Or… is it?
The wikipedia article on Geek Pride day lists a “manifesto” of sorts, or a “geek code”(see below) for Geek Pride Day…
…here it is:
Rights:
- The right to be even geekier.
- The right to not leave your house.
- The right to not like football or any other sport.
- The right to associate with other nerds.
- The right to have few friends (or none at all).
- The right to have as many geeky friends as you want.
- The right to be out of style.
- The right to be overweight and near-sighted.
- The right to show off your geekiness.
- The right to take over the world.
Responsibilities:
- Be a geek, no matter what.
- Try to be nerdier than anyone else.
- If there is a discussion about something geeky, you must give your opinion.
- To save and protect all geeky material.
- Do everything you can to show off geeky stuff as a “museum of geekiness.”
- Don’t be a generalized geek. You must specialize in something.
- Attend every nerdy movie on opening night and buy every geeky book before anyone else.
- Wait in line on every opening night. If you can go in costume or at least with a related T-shirt, all the better.
- Don’t waste your time on anything not related to geekdom.
- Try to take over the world!
So, I have a problem with this. Not all of it, and mostly the ‘responsibilities’ section…
But I get ahead of myself. Here is where I disagree with the rights…
Continue reading What is wrong with the Geek Pride Manifesto
By nemo, on February 15th, 2010
Now this, I am sure you will agree, is a damn cool presentation of some excellent ideas.
http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html
If you haven’t seen it, then do so now.
If you have, proceed… Continue reading augmented thinking
By nemo, on January 5th, 2010
Y2K10? Is that what we’re calling it? Makes sense since 2k1 was claimed by 2001, but it’s not any more efficient on the bytes than 2010. Worse in fact, if the Y requires prepending!
Regardless..
New years resolutions? Out.
New years goals? In. Continue reading Welcome Y2K10
By nemo, on December 7th, 2009
I recently had pause to use Subway machines to choose my lunch. Which bread did I support (Dear Subway. Bring back Parmeson-Oregano bread. If you do not, I cannot respect your advertising campaign based on the concept of “choice”), which fillings match my views, and which condiments are just “me”. It gave me a paper receipt, and I had food. (it was tasty)
So. Why can’t we have a voting machine to do this? Continue reading Subway voting…
By nemo, on October 9th, 2009
As anyone who knows me should know, I’m not one to really make my views on causes or politics widely known. I have my opinions, and by and large feel no great need to proselyte them to the world. But if I could be said to have a Cause, then this is why I’m writing.
Many years ago, and for many years in a row, there was a variety comedy show in Australia called Hey Hey it’s Saturday. Initially spontaneous and subversive, it grew over the (28) years into a prime time monster, lost it’s edge, gained an army of followers, and then crumbled in it’s own weight and habits. Having become a shadow of it’s former self and thus, a relic of the past.
Fast forward another 10 years and we have just had a reunion special or two. I had to admit I didn’t watch them. I was not huge fan of what the show had descended into at the end of last century, and if I watched TV enough to even know there was going to be a special, I’d not have bothered watching anyway.
But then something special happened. Controversy!
Continue reading Hey Hey, it’s controversial
By nemo, on January 26th, 2009
So today in the supermarket, I was given as part of my purchase, an Australian Flag. It is, afterall, Australia Day.
I looked at it on the way home. On the back, just three words. “Made in China”
‘Is that un-Australian?’ I thought, as it’s easy to consider the same situation in the USA . . . → Read More: Australian pride…
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