February 12, 2013
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Lifehacker has a list of 10 good tech habits to have… Luckily I seems to have most of them, however its good to share them because lots of my friends have fallen fowl of some of them. Search Google Like … Continue reading
January 17, 2012
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A friend of mine from Bristol (Amy) seems to get very confused about the differences between a geek, nerd and dork. She calls me a nerd and I usually have to remind her that I’m actually a self described geek. … Continue reading
November 3, 2011
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I’ve seen quite a lot of blogs, notes, and even papers on the question of shouldn’t we teach the next generation how to code? Somewhere in the mix, there’s lots of thoughts that the problem we’re having keeping up with our american … Continue reading
March 20, 2011
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photocredit : bresc After the overwhelming success of the last geeks talk sexy part 2, we planned to cover LGBT. But there was a certain amount of worry that we were not going to be able to give it the … Continue reading
February 12, 2011
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We said geeks talk sexy would be back bigger and better… and it certainly did. This time we focused on the other half of the population (woman) and the focus paid off greatly. So to start with, we took on … Continue reading
January 12, 2011
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Photo credit: hoyvinmayvin The description says: Geeks Talk Sexy is back – bigger and better! And it certainly will be bigger and much better. So we’re kicking off with part 2 of the sexygeek series. Of course we always planned … Continue reading
December 14, 2010
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From Tara Hunt, 5 reasons why I can’t date muggles We speak a different language: just today I told a nice man who wants to meet me for coffee that I couldn’t because I had the Montreal Python meetup to … Continue reading
November 21, 2010
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So finally we did it, yes the geeks talked sexy at Madlab. @smanthabail, @hwayoung and myself have been planning this series of talks for a while now and after the last change of dates we managed to get over 30 … Continue reading
October 27, 2010
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From Den of Geek’s Claudia Winkleman vs the People. Claudia Winkleman is a sexy woman. Some male nerds are uncomfortable around sexy women. Some women certainly don’t like or trust other sexy women. A lot of people, both male and … Continue reading
October 18, 2010
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Excellent photo by hoyvinmayvin – cc: by-nc-sa Sex and geeks don’t fit together or compute, most would say. However the truth may be the total opposite. This quarter we take a brave step into the explicit adult world of sex, … Continue reading
September 29, 2010
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Excellent photo by hoyvinmayvin – cc: by-nc-sa Sex and geeks don’t fit together or compute, most would say. However the truth may be the total opposite. This quarter we take a brave step into the explicit adult world of sex, … Continue reading
May 7, 2008
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John White, CEO and executive director of the computing trade group, says fewer students are studying computer science in college , and too many tech jobs are going unfilled, because young people don't have an accurate picture of the computer … Continue reading
May 5, 2008
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I was reading wired on the plane to Dublin today and came across a rather amusing piece about different types of geeks. It had a range of geek stereotypes including the Fanboy (1), the gadget guy (4), the gamer (3) … Continue reading
April 25, 2007
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Oh yes if you've ever been to Best Buy in America, you can't help but notice the geek squad signs everywhere. Need a hand installing your DSL router, putting in memory, fixing your wireless, going to the toilet, feeding yourself… - … Continue reading
January 29, 2007
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Finally I got around to setting up another blog for Geek and Geekhag podcast. http://www.cubicgarden.com/blojsom/blog/geekandgeekhag/ or http://www.geekandgeekhag.com/ There is also a RSS 2.0 feed which you can stick in your Podcatcher clients such as Jucie, iPodderX, and yuck iTunes. At … Continue reading