By Frank on August 16, 2010
As hot and humid summer days give way to slightly less hot and humid days (for which I am grateful that some geek came up with the invention of air conditioning), my thoughts turn to the return of fall TV. Now with the advent of streaming video int he past couple years, watching tv seems [...]
Posted in Social Geekery, TV and Movies | Tagged Big Bang Theory, chuck, glee, TV |
By Frank on August 14, 2010
Some of you who know me might think of this as a veiled attempt to link some new-ish Korean pop that my friend Amber sent to me. You may be right, but I do have a point behind doing it besides making your eyes bleed with cute. Really! Note: Not responsible for any catchiness that [...]
Posted in Gaming, Social Geekery | Tagged Gaming, kara, mmo |
By Frank on August 8, 2010
From Geeks are Sexy comes an interesting little video about how even geeks, commonly viewed as the “little guy” from a physical standpoint (sometimes literally so) will fight back if provoked: Now that you’ve watched that little gem, I do have to say that while this is technically a “humor” story, it is a positive [...]
Posted in Social Geekery |
By Frank on June 3, 2010
How about Knight? The news cracked today that Patrick Stewart, who needs no introduction among us geeks as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: TNG, Professor Xavier in the X-Men movies, and the inadvertent creator of the internet facepalm, has been knighted. Yes, that’s “Sir Patrick” to you now. The latest addition to the Queen of [...]
Posted in Social Geekery, TV and Movies | Tagged picard, Star Trek |
By Frank on June 2, 2010
There’s obviously been a big ass gap of posts on the blog lately, and there are a variety of reasons for it, some which I can get into here at Optimism Central, and others that I can’t. Sorry about that, guys and gals – it’s just that busy lately. The most public reason, however, was [...]
Posted in Conventions, Social Geekery | Tagged acen, anime central, Conventions |
By Frank on May 11, 2010
As a geek, there are certain things that you just inevitably get hooked on. I don’t know what it is, but more than any other subculture, geekery clings to the signature things with which it is associated with the fervor of a giant dog and their favorite chewtoy. MMOs, computer tech, dressing up as one [...]
Posted in Computers, Social Geekery | Tagged text messaging |
By Frank on May 10, 2010
Way back before I was building community in the gaming world, I was doing the same thing in the convention circuit – anime conventions to be exact. As I prepare this week to come back to a convention that I considered a part of home for nearly a decade, I began to muse about my [...]
Posted in Conventions, Social Geekery | Tagged anime cons, convention staffing, Conventions |
By Frank on May 6, 2010
For those of you among my humble little readership who don’t know, I used to work in the anime convention circuit. For nearly a decade I worked various events, mostly around my native Chicago and surrounding environs. What did I do? Well, you name it, I probably did it,whether it was fetching donuts and coffee [...]
Posted in Conventions, Social Geekery | Tagged acen, anime, anime central, Conventions |
By Frank on April 26, 2010
When it comes to books, the geek in me has always been a sucker for a good series. Yeah, there are always those one-offs that are a treat to read, but when it comes to spending some nights voraciously devouring a new book instead of updating blogs, I like me a good series. The reason [...]
Posted in Internet, Social Geekery | Tagged dresden files, jim butcher |
By Frank on April 19, 2010
In terms of this blog, I’m under no illusions of grandeur here on this fine, fine Monday. The blog I write has a very modest, small following, with a couple hundred Twitter followers to my name and just shy of 100 subscribers. It’s nice to know that optimism is at least mildly read. It’s why [...]
Posted in Site Related, Social Geekery |
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