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Adventures In The Realms Of Geek or Ich Bin Ein Nerdlander

Tim Twelves — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:00:48 +0000

“We’ll be fighting in the streets, with our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone, and the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong.” “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who If you know these words, chances are you’re a nerd. A milquetoast. A milksop. […]

Why The Big Bang Theory Grates So Many (And Why It Shouldn’t)

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:35:00 +0000

Do you work at the Large Hadron Collider? Do you think it’s the coolest thing you could possibly do with your life? Then, you’re likely the physicist I met recently from CERN who enjoyed seeing pieces of his life reflected back in mainstream culture on The Big Bang Theory. This show. It’s amazing. People either watch it […]

When Did Geeks Get Cool?

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:18:33 +0000

I have this friend Erez. Erez is a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, Visiting Faculty at Google, and has presented his ngram reader for Google Books at TEDxBoston. Erez is a diverse sort — he’s also worked on genome sequencing, an insole to help seniors keep their balance, and published a ground-breaking paper […]