By Frank on January 6, 2010
At the beginning of the year, when normal people begin making their yearly attempts to stick to a resolution to eat healthy and exercise, many geeks by contrast are enticed by the notion of unhealthy food and couch potato diets. I’ve noticed that the geek-folk who don’t eat too healthy or exercise have a variety [...]
Posted in Social Geekery | Tagged baconator, social geekery
By Frank on December 27, 2009
The holidays really keep a lot of folks busy. I know that I’ve definitely been running around this holiday weekend, whether that is braving the cold and the brutality of shoppers for after-Christmas sales, running errands for family affairs, and generally trying to get in a breath to receive gifts and be thankful for being [...]
Posted in Gaming, Social Geekery | Tagged Gaming, social geekery
By Frank on October 31, 2009
Ah, Halloween. That time of year when people who cosplay are actually not unique snowflakes in a public crowd. It’s also the time of year when the inevitable temptation of foodstuffs starts, starting with candy and sweets and finishing with an “I ate wayyy too much” Christmas dinner. I can feel my teeth rotting already.
While [...]
Posted in Conventions, Social Geekery | Tagged halloween costume, social geekery
By Frank on September 25, 2008
Lots of things that are one thing for a normal person are completely different whenit comes to being a geek.
Being sick is one of these.
Now normally you’d think that this is a universally accepted thing, this being physically ill. After all, no matter how many techie devices you have or how many ways you know [...]
Posted in Social Geekery | Tagged social geekery
By Frank on September 24, 2008
So like lots of people out there that have any clue how to use the Internet, I have a Facebook account. And while I’d like to add to my friend count by at least 2 by adding my vast and amazing readership, today I’m not really talking about pimping my profile so people can SuperPoke [...]
Posted in Internet, Social Geekery | Tagged facebook, Internet, social geekery
By Frank on September 20, 2008
So part of the reason things have been spotty this week for me, aside from the hours being eaten by yet another MMO, is the fact that I was away from my job to go to training.
Now, for those of you who don’t know, by trade I am fortunate enough to have landed a job [...]
Posted in Social Geekery | Tagged social geekery
By Frank on September 13, 2008
During my time as an internet forum moderator I have honestly heard it all. I’ve heard the best things, the worst things, and been called all kinds of wonderful and amazing names that somehow involve a donkey, a 10 foot pole, and various parts of my anatomy. I have to say, guys and gals, that [...]
Posted in Internet, Uncategorized | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Internet, social geekery
By Frank on September 12, 2008
Tomorrow I run off to a wedding for one of my close friends. It’s not the first that I’ve been to in the past few years or so, but if you’ve been reading for some time, you probably have a smal idea of waht kind of friends I have.
Geeks getting married is great. The soon-to-be [...]
Posted in Social Geekery | Tagged social geekery
By Frank on September 6, 2008
So out of Kotaku comes a news story about a family whose XBox was responsible for burning down their home. Apparently, the XBox was left on for a period of four days, with a notebook on top of it blocking the vents. The XBox overheated and thus caused a fire that cost the family their [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gaming, social geekery, xbox 360
By Frank on September 5, 2008
If there’s one thing that people tend to get all bent out of shape over, it has to be the fact that people just like to talk while they’re playing games. And by “talk”, I mean, tell you in so many words that you were summarily and soundly beaten. Of course, this may also be [...]
Posted in Gaming, Social Geekery | Tagged Gaming, social geekery
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