Time to reveal your inner nerd/geek

[yvr girl]

List something you've done that can be considered nerdy/geeky.

When I was learning the periodic table in school, my friend and I passed notes written in the long form name of the elements. To decode the notes, you'd need to figure out the abbreviations.

[struggle4progress]

1. Th'company sent us t'out-of-town job fer a few weeks: motel life wit

th'construction crew

Summer evenin, th'guys sez, Hey, c'mon, we're gonna go t'th'stripclub

So I sez, nah, I'm gonna read: I wanna learn me some number theory

I wuz shore they'd roll they eyen and razz me about me wonky ways ... but they dint: a few said stuff like yeah, I gotta read more afore they headed out

[bicentennial_baby]

2. I spend my free time teaching myself calculus

and brushing up on Micro/Macroeconomic Theory.

[Deja Q]

3. Hmm

I remember dates
I can calculate estimated distances on a map without needing the little guide ruler at the corner
I can visualize distances with reasonable accuracy
I listen to Devo
I prefer the Classic Doctor Who series well above the new one
I like parrots as pets
I crack my joints
I don't date
I say "I" as often as possible
I like computers
I think substance is preferable to style
I am no slave to fashion
I have eczema
I am overweight
and
I like Linux (though prefer using Windows nowadays because the apps aren't ported to that platform and emulation sux)

[QMPMom]

4. I taught myself HTML coding.

I also used to like just pluck a volume of an encyclopedia and start reading.

[DarkTirade]

5. ... inner?

I'm a moebus geek. I only have one geeky side.

Every side.

[SeattleGirl]

6. I love maps!

Love em, love em, love em!

I look at maps of places I've never been, as well as places I have.

I like to figure out alternative ways to get somewhere (especially around here; sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on I-5 is not my idea of a good time).

I have several huge atlases, lots of area maps, and Thomas Guides. I've gotten maps for birthdays and Christmas gifts, because my friends and family know I'm a map geek. I think my nephew inherited that part of geekiness from me; I gave him an interactive globe for Christmas, and he went bonkers over it.

Some of my friends call me The Map Queen.

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. We should totally have sex

:D

[Orsino]

7. I used to *teach* the periodic table.

:boring:

We bought a canoe today, and can't decide whether to name it NCC-1701 or Pemberley.

[hunter]

8. My computers run Debian.

I built my first computer from scratch, using an 1802 cpu. It looked sorta like this:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSMAC_ELF

Except mine had an expansion slot. It was sweet.

There's a pretty emulator at http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r/computer_simulators.htm

And more links at http://www.cosmacelf.com/links.htm

I also still like to play with my Atari 800 machines, although mostly these days they are virtual machines living on my Debian Boxes.

http://atari800.sourceforge.net

[mainegreen]

9. I wrote a sprite gaming engine using Visual basic 6 just to prove it could be done.

It can. Pushed thousands and thousands of sprites in a tight loop no problem.

I've also bought comic books, hardcover.

I've been to 'chiptunes' concerts.

I read science, history and math books for fun.

I collect antique maps.

I still have my first and second edition D&D books.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I can read wiring diagrams.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I don't need to reveal my inner nerd/geek

I flaunt it all the time on here - I'm a regular D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) player.