"Because of our mutant powers of obsession, it’s my guess that a lot of nerds suffer from addiction. Nerds get caught up in minutiae, because there is a tremendous and fulfilling sense of control in understanding every single detail of a thing more than any other living creature. But we also tend to have a very active internal monologue (in some cases, dialog). These are some delightful ingredients—mixed with a bit of genetic predisposition—for overdoing things that make us feel good in the moment."
Chris Hardwick offers "self-help for nerds."
posted by jbickers
on Nov 28, 2011 -
23 comments
“
...the Platonic nerd is invariably male. The stereotype is flexible to incorporate women and girls on an individual basis, but few people conjure up the image of a woman when they think about nerds.” Feminist blog Pandagon
reviews two books about nerdiness and geekery, Jason Tocci
addresses the question of why female involvement in geek culture seems to call for a special explanation, and two
feminist geeks set out in search of an egalitarian future.
posted by velvet winter
on Jun 26, 2009 -
142 comments
Given all the attention the new Star Trek movie is generating, it's not surprising that the porn industry is
attempting to cash in (SFW). What is surprising is that the production team
clearly knows their Star Trek (SFW). Hustler's
"This Ain't Star Trek XXX" appears to be a send-up of the classic Trek episode "
Space Seed," (heh... space seed). In addition to the reasonable-for-porn casting of Kirk, Spock, and Bones (heh... bones), Hustler takes the effort to be faithful to even the
minor characters and costumes (SFW).
posted by Jon_Evil
on Apr 28, 2009 -
56 comments
LugRadio is a fortnightly British radio show that takes a relaxed, humorous look at Linux and open source.
posted by finite
on Mar 11, 2008 -
2 comments
Anime Music Videos. Yet another
remixing web subculture, they're usually a source of amateurishly produced angst. From the
competitive perfectionists, though, come
well lipsynched,
action packed,
meta-mashuped, and occasionally just
filthy stuff for cartoon nerds. Besides the usual metal, ballads, and pop rock, there's some
Daft Punk,
club,
and downtempo accompaniment. Or you can just go to
hell. Wear headphones and no-one will know.
posted by anthill
on May 28, 2007 -
22 comments
The Klein Four is a group of math students at the Northwestern University who delight in bringing you various lovely, well-sung A Capella songs infused with their very own and very nerdy flavour. They're not the newest of the web, having released their
first CD in 2005, but
witty lyrics and
five-part harmonizing are definitely worth checking out.
I did do a search for this and didn't find anything. Please don't kill me.
posted by Phire
on May 23, 2007 -
14 comments
What can two nerds from Chicago do about the crisis in Darfur? Donor fatigue means the marginal value of each life has effectively dropped to zero. Kill 5 people, kill 500, kill 500,000 - it makes no difference - each added fatality has absolutely no policy impact and won’t change the situation one iota. It’s not that as many as 500,000 (essentially an entire Seattle) have died in Darfur. The horrific thing is that they could kill another 500,000 and nobody will bat an eyelash.
posted by notsnot
on Dec 5, 2006 -
95 comments
Nerds Gone Wild Bad movies. Bad TV. Bad actors. Bad blogs. LAN parties. High scores. Mixtapes. Role playing. Stalking. Pirating. We care. And we discuss.
posted by fenriq
on Nov 13, 2006 -
13 comments
