nerds rule!
To an optimist, the glass is half full.
To a pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To a nerd, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
The real key to using this page are the navigation links on the left. They point deeper into nerdier parts of JetCityOrange. But first things first, here's a cheat sheet of cheat sheets.
I don't know about you but I'm proud of who I am. And I ain't no str8 guy. Electricity is good, broadband is like air, BASIC was my first second language, and life runs of batteries. That said, you can never have too much RAM, too big a hard drive, or too many pixels. Ever. How does it work? Can I take it apart? What else can I do with this?
Hey, you might be a nerd too. I know I am. Proud of it too. My kids? Nerdy in their own way. We judge a house by its outlets. Family vactions mean 1 laptop per traveler minimum. We've taken a small router with us if the hotel has a wired network instead of WiFi. My car has a 110 outlet in the front seat. My kids used it for a game console and a portable DVD player for the screen. On I-5 North.
Because I'm a nerd, when I walk into your house...
... I'm counting the electrical outlets. 2- or 3-prong?
... I'm checking out your broadband pipe. Got WiFi? Encrypted? SSID??
... I recognize your wet wall when I see it.
... I'm scanning your books, magazines, newspapers, etc. Newstand or subscription?
... I'm checking out your OS, browser(s), history, and cookies. And your medicine cabinet.
Being a bar code nerd should be dues paying enough. If not, try the links on the left. Hey, I still have my old slide rule. And my Timex-Sinclair. BTW, did you know that May 25th is Nerd Pride Day (a.k.a. Geek Pride Day)? Now you do. Or that Isidore of Seville of the patron saint of the Internet? It's nice to know someone upstairs has your back.
Join me in supporting AfriGadget. Geeks working with and for The Mother Land. And projects like William Kamkwamba's wind generator. Self-taught, DIY teen ager from Malawi.
Hungry? Geeky? Here you go!
Now it's your turn. How do you measure up against 100 basic skills? Hunh? Be honest now, how many have you mastered? This will be on the final exam...
I have a 110 outlet in my Pontiac Vibe and a coffee cup inverter with USB in my Smart Car. Still I like this cigarette lighter to USB widget when it finally starts shipping. Might have to ask Santa for one jus cuz it's kewl.
Sometimes (OK, always) one needs WiFi. Preferably for free. Need help finding it? Look no further than here.
Soldering is something they didn't teach me in school so I was glad when our pals a hack-a-day ran a solering tutorial. Now that's what friends are for.
Nothing says loving like something from the oven. So how about a lego cake? When someone says "Easter egg", holiday food isn't what comes to mind.
Geeks and nerds alike love t-shirts. Part of the uniform. I found great geeky clothes suggestions at Fashionably Geek. The name sez it all.
As long as printers have been connected to computers people have been creating ASCII art. Wild stuff. How do they do it? Some cheat and use an online ASCII art generator.
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