J wonders when geeks got hold of the holidays.
I Have a Dream… of the Sports Geek
24 Sep By 13 Comments
J asks, “Is there such a thing as a sports geek? Can you geek out about physical activities?”
Give Some Love to the Little Cons
28 Jul By 11 Comments
Comic-Con has come and gone, and left in its wake a trail of discussions on gender politics, the sex lives of geeks, and, oh yeah, comics. Rather than pine over what we may have missed, why don’t we sit up and take notice of our surroundings? There are tons of smaller, local conventions that are [...]
E’s Con Travels 2009: Balticon and ConCarolinas
5 Jun By 9 Comments
I’ve been one busy geek girl! Two cons in two weekends. And actually, unless you count my accidental attendance at Furry Weekend Atlanta, my first two geek cons ever. From May 19-22, I attended Balticon, the science fiction convention in Baltimore, Maryland: And on May 27th, I did a day of ConCarolinas, a Science Fiction [...]
Geek Bucket List: Seeing a Jonathan Coulton Concert LIVE
22 May By 2 Comments
I became a JoCo fan the moment someone sent me the link to the World of Warcraft video of Code Monkey. I ended up looking him up, finding the Thing A Week posts, and basically have been a semi-rabid fangirl ever since. I say semi-rabid because while I have pretty much every song he’s put [...]
Geek Keywords: A Different Kind of Search
22 Apr By 1 Comment
So let’s say you live in a highly metropolitan area. No matter what your custom search, you just wind up with tons upon tons of ladies. Or, maybe you don’t want to limit yourself with categories like body type or religion, and again, you’ve got pages upon pages of prospects. How do you weed out [...]
Quick Link: Dork Yearbook
13 Apr By 1 Comment
You totally MUST check out DorkYearbook.com. It’s the most delicious display of old school geekery ever. If you can’t remember to check the site for new pictures, you can follow them @dorkyearbook on Twitter. Check it out!!
E’s Geek Obsession of the Moment: Learning Chinese
7 Apr By 14 Comments
This is a short, but funny story. I discovered the show Ni hao, Kai-lan on the TV channel Noggin while babysitting my friend’s five year old. Now I’ve decided that it would be fun to learn Chinese a couple words at a time. Why I decided watching a preschool TV show was going to be [...]
Blog Carnival Wednesday – 3/26
26 Mar By Leave a Comment
Welcome to the March 26, 2008 edition of the Geek is Sexy carnival. Random Geekery old-wizard presents Top 5 Girls From the Wonder Years posted at Old-Wizard.com. Media Natalie presents Celemony Melodyne to revolutionise how musicians work posted at I love technology saying, “An article about the new audio software technology developed by Celemony, and [...]
Easy Win Contest: How Would Your Geek Icon Cook Steak? Win $25 to Outback Steakhouse!
Update: We have a winner!! Thanks for playing!! To help spread the word about their new menu offerings (15 meals under $15!), the fine folks at Outback Steakhouse have provided us with a most excellent prize to give away, geek friends. How would you like $25 in free food? (You’d be a hero at D&D [...]