| 单词 | geek |
| 例句 | But, he acknowledged, most of them weren’t geeks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridge had wondered about Em’s definition of a total geek. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “High school can be hell, but there is life beyond, and tell them that on the Net, we geeks are not alone anymore.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In reality, I am an ageless geek, with years of personal experience, a fiercely aggressive intelligence coupled with geek wit, and the education of the best online material in the world. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I too am a geek and quite proud of it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I gagged down a sandwich and some pills at my locker, then headed for the library, the safe haven of freaks, geeks and small-town prophets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But perhaps geek kids are isolated partly because schools don’t provide them with any means of connecting. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People fear what they don't understand, and let's face it, the world of a geek isn't something most people can understand, if only because it's a complicated world filled with smart folks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was probably the strongest geek in the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t just talk about being a geek, it was his ideology, religion, identity. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He remained undecided about the tie, his usually iron-clad geek philosophy failing him. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I foresee an International Geek Tribunal emerging through the vast slowly connecting networks that are already forming between geeks here and geeks there. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In Chicago, I told him, geeks were probably one of the least odd subcultures around. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, geeks repeatedly cite the nearly universal need for people who can cope with computers and software as the primary reason for their elevation to a new techno-elite. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It helps to be an obsessive-compulsive geek. With no life.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “They’ll blame computer games and the Net. Life for geeks like me who are still in high school will be hell. ... It probably already is.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not bring you, but I have no problem telling you what I saw—the entire diaspora around me—hustlers, lawyers, Kappas, busters, doctors, barbers, Deltas, drunkards, geeks, and nerds. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Once he got to Chicago, he grasped another elemental lesson: All geek jobs aren’t alike. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And every single one of the guys developed a massive crush on her, including Jim; She was actually the one who gave him the nickname Anorak,’ a British slang term for an obsessive geek. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A kid who would definitely fit into the geek camp came up to me with a tray in his hand. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Instead, I do what any awkward geek who wants to avoid the topic of sex at all costs would do. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z When these new interests and values are recognized and institutionalized, geek lads may have more status and feel less like aliens in their own schools. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When we arrived we were confronted with the age-old conflict of geek v. mainstream. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But every geek has had a brush with a parent, a teacher, a clergyman, someone who’s branded his or her Net passion dangerous, unhealthy, addictive, or bizarre. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Inhabitants of a new world with a new culture, geeks often find that the old symbols don’t work for them—pep rallies, assemblies, etc. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He likes being a geek, and when he isn’t working, he plays Warcraft. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I guess the proudest thing about being a geek is that we start out tending to be behind, physically, socially, and experientially but we improve. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s us, he’s regular, just a black guy who loves to geek out and experiment with making apps and learning coding. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He’s a hardcore design geek, and his room is an orchard of Apple products. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z To geeks, subjects like nanotechnology are like sports for other people. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For geeks, these are the real news media. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Jim, who had studied mechanical engineering with an aerospace emphasis, wasn’t a computer geek. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He seemed to experience a near-catatonia when confronted by circumstances that yanked him out of his familiar geek existence and into alien environments. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most geeks, Jesse had turned his computer into a cultural entity. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s funny—Morgan’s such a little social justice geek that you wouldn’t expect this, but she’s actually from one of those hardcore UGA families. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z ‘It’s a cross between nerd and geek. They don’t like me because I only talk big. I’m trying to learn how to talk small. But it’s hard.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I even explained the origins of the term “geek,” how so many of them, once destined to be marginalized outcasts, were using technology to alter their fates, change their destinies, build a new culture. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You could say the majority of Americans were always geeks, until we got post-Depression urbanization and illusions of sophistication. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For geeks, both politics and journalism represent—in Jesse’s words—“an insane and useless” system that has little bearing on their lives. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But in their hearts and souls, they dwell in the geek nation. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps inadvertently, his message also reflected the transformation of geeks all over the world: They were suddenly the ones delivering the punch line. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The quarterback, fresh off a make-out session with a band geek. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I could tell he was a little embarrassed about the comic thing—maybe he thought I would think he was some kind of geek or something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z One programmer I know loves Disney animation; another calls himself a “hardware and sailing geek.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let him join the Fifth Cohort. Greeks and geeks.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They came to see him as something new under the sun, what in modern parlance might be termed a rowing “geek.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Though I wasn’t a computing geek, I knew all about being an outsider looking in. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The response was already becoming hysterical—the shooters were being described as computer geeks who played violent games for many hours, were outcasts in their school, and had a site on the Web. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Was being “a geek on the rise” a valued asset at the University of Chicago, known for its classic core curriculum? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And he promised to check out the office carefully to make sure there were geeks working without ties and jackets. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve encountered a geek with newly minted coins from around the world and one who’s written an elaborate digital music script for all of Beethoven’s works. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I know that I have a budding geek, and if I can get him sane through the next thirteen years, there will be another decent adult on this planet. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One, he was a comic book geek, and even though nobody else knew that, I did, and real bad dudes don't read comics, or draw them. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mike quickly found his PlayStation hockey game and Curtis was in geek heaven when he finally found Bibliomania. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z When I read these messages, I would ask other geeks to try and remember that, no matter what. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the geeks who hung out on Slashdot had never come nose-to-nose with a professional writer on the Web before, let alone one with few technical or computing skills. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Small shops like Emco, often started by techs who bristle at the idea of working for big corporations, are magnets for local geeks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People who are different are reviled as geeks, nerds, dorks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I play the Bots for her; she plays me Gossip, Sleater-Kinney, and THEE-Satisfaction and we both geek out about our love for Sonic Youth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “You guys are such geeks,” she said, shaking her head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Because to her being a geek was a bad thing now. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I remembered what Zion had said about his parents being huge geeks as I took in her Wolverine tank top and purple skirt. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z These painful testimonials explained more—a lot more— about Littleton than all the vapid media stories about video violence, Goths, game-crazed geeks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you look at this? The Three Musketeers: a geek, a freak, and a crybaby.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Kojo was a science geek who spent a lot of time streaming detective shows. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Getting stuff for free on the Net is a matter of pride, therefore, a demonstration of determination, computing skills, and righteous geek thinking. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s a geek like Seven, smart enough for Harvard but Howard bound, and real sweet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I’ve gone from being my mom’s perfect dream child with 100s on her quizzes and the vocabulary of a geek who reads all the time, to a stranger. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Daniel was two grades above me and a real computer geek; he even had a CD writer at home, back when nobody had CD writers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And they walk away, chanting “Geek, geek, geek, geek.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He trawled for jobs on the Chicago Tribune site, on computer mailing lists and on geek employment agency websites. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The popular, pretty girls would hang out over here, and computer geeks would hang out over there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The first big breakthrough to bring the Internet alive as a tool of connectivity and collaboration—a tool that anyone, not just computer geeks, could use—was Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I, David Lightman, a teenage computer geek from suburban Seattle, had single-handedly prevented the end of human civilization. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One of the educational system’s pervasive responses to Littleton was to lecture oddballs and geeks about the importance of not slaughtering others. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even for a young geek, that was a pretty small world. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Haley was smart enough to know that Chiltington was hoping to steal the book geeks’ ideas. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The Vietnamese geek and the American geek are the same breed, containing the same amount of personality quirks you outlined in your articles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel at times that this is the first time in the history of the world that geeks can really take charge. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These same qualities would cause me a lot of unnecessary heartbreak and grief in most of my adult relationships, but in high school, they set guys like Evan apart from the jocks and drama geeks. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Nobody would care if he were a Mormon or a Jesuit or an Orthodox Jew, let alone a computer geek. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Seanie was kind of a geek, and I completely believed what he said was true. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When I told him I was choosing the theater elective, he shook his head and said: “Careful you don’t turn into a drama geek.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “It’s the geek thing to do. I got all the episodes of Matt Groening’s Futurama, too, and I’m working on The Simpsons.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And for a real kicker, ask them how many geeks are arrested for violent crimes and misdemeanors when compared to popular athletes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, binary code? Doesn’t that seem kind of obvious? Especially coming from a computer geek like you.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was a piece of the geek story—Jesse’s story—but only a piece. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were all punk rockers with pink Mohawks and multiple piercings—maybe with one chess club geek thrown in—he could make that work. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Sam and Joe had become the schools roaming tech support, a rapidly spreading phenomenon among geeks as hard-pressed and technophobic school districts turned to their onetime social outcasts to help run their computer systems. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a grammar geek,” explained one young New Zealand woman. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z When Ms. Banks, looking luscious and lean in a long flowered dress, appeared beside the metal box, the group of geeks gathered around Mr. Switzer all tumbled aside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Well, there’s almost no unemployment among geeks,” I told him casually. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And yes, there were definitely Jesse-like computer geeks all over the place, heads hunched, laptops bouncing on their shoulders, backpacks overstuffed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the gold rush for geeks, a special time in history, the Internet moment, and he was primed to take advantage of that, to stake his claim. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These guys were geeks in training and as soon as they realize it they are gonna kick the pants off of me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From John, age thirty-seven: What this really means to all my fellow young geeks out there? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wait, they’ll blame the geeks,” he predicted, meaning the general “they” of the media and its alleged experts. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt a bit like school, the first time in a while that Jesse had to hide his geek activities. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And if I’m such a rock star, how come the media always portrays me as some unwashed geek who never goes outside? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z While our parents talked, Joey muttered to me, “Check it out. Some of these geeks still have mud on them.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This flow of envy and thus, of power, is, for the first time in the history of geeks, flowing in the other direction ... breaking what has been the status quo for many years. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he’d spent many happy hours on bar code websites where geeks gathered to compare, discuss, and trade codes and information. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had once been a science geek, but the sixties had changed that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His bio said he was originally from Hawaii, which at least made him a comparatively exotic geek. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was a classic geek experience, in which the idea is everything, the environment irrelevant. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why does the First Amendment end at the school door, when many lads, especially geeks, have spent much of their lives in the freest part of American culture— the Internet? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The second I saw the geek with the gun, I knew this was not going to end well if I didn’t intercede. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But here was a chance to chew it over with fellow geeks, face to face. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This is perhaps the most orienting part of the geek experience for many lads like Jesse: They see the Net as a separate world, their world. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In his autobiography, Morrow wrote that she was the “quintessential geek girl,” unabashedly obsessed with Monty Python, comic books, fantasy novels, and videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At Jesse’s suggestion, I visited a giant bar code site where geeks gathered on weekends to talk about bar code technology. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And of course, music, the liberation of which is considered a seminal geek accomplishment. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Jesse and many geeks consider themselves liberators of ideas and culture, using the Net to literally pry them from what they see as greedy corporations and powerful, censorious institutions. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet geek and nerd culture is continuously denounced as isolating, addictive, and, now, even murderous. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was definitely an outsider, not a geek but a loner by choice. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I referred several of the most unnerving cases to the teachers, social workers, and other older geeks who’d volunteered to help. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As mass media has grown corporatized—with journalism, publishing, moviemaking, and the music business getting sold and merged into fewer and larger monoliths— geeks feel ever more entitled to take whatever intellectual property they want. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the thing is, J.T.’s a total computer geek—or genius, depending on the way you want to look at it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z My personal dread derived from the obvious fact that it’s not only the software writers and computer geeks who get empowered to collaborate on work in a flat world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z That she don’t want no geeks hanging round her, especially no ugly ones. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z As true geeks, it was almost a point of pride to avoid one of the trendy enclaves most American kids would kill to get to. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was always asking her questions about the geek. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The faceless quality of the Net erases the problems geeks face in the "real" world of image, fashion, communication skills, etc. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But nobody really cares; they’re too caught up in each other or themselves to notice a random geek in their midst. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Had he been born twenty years earlier, Jesse would have probably suffered the traditional geeks’ fate in school, then slunk home to read comics and watch some bad TV. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I must’ve gotten thrown off by the endless geek rants about globular clusters orbiting galactic cores, rants that I see are being kept under wraps in present company. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t have the melodramatic self-centeredness to be a goth, or show up to class enough to play the geek. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, downloading software and MP3s was sometimes agonizingly slow; even worse, they’d gotten their butts kicked when they went online to play Quake or Half-Life against geeks who did have cable modems. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though he's sort of handsome now, he's still a numbers geek who wants to be a computer scientist. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One night, Jesse had spotted a young guy he suspected might be a geek on the train, but he never saw him again. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nope. No party. No boyfriend. But some geeks over on Lancaster Road invited me to their all-night Monopoly party. Wanna go and crash it with me?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The goggle-eyed library geek was sputtering mad as he rushed down the steps and stomped around the second-floor balcony. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Brown bags—humble testament to suburbia, or terminal geek gear? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z This new team of super library geeks seemed invincible. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A computer geek who explains himself through Dickens is less remarkable a phenomenon than one might think. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The TV lady puts a mike in the face of some white-haired geek—it’s Webb’s father. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Was there ever a bigger geek than me? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, man! Sorry. I didn’t see you, geek. I mean, Georges.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There are countless geek employment prospects at help desks, in maintenance and tech support. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, binary code? Doesn’t that seem kind of obvious? Especially coming from a computer geek like you.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z While I wasn’t a computer geek, I too loved the Net and the Web, and also could talk about both forever. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The online community did not exist when I was in high school, but geek culture did. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By now, extensive talks with them and with hundreds of geeks online had given me some insight into the alienation rampant in geek culture. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So far, though, the geeks seem to be winning. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned, peering across the table with the basketball players, next to the science fair geeks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Why is it that we as geeks, freaks, nerds, dorks, dweebs .. . have to suffer while the clueless, bow-headed, testosterone- poisoned "normal" people are allowed to get away with murder? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the Brick, we tend to get a lot of the same audience all the time, big theater geeks,” said Ms. Arber, who is also a writer and actress. Theater and Video Games Meet at Brick?s Game Play 2010-07-15T22:40:00Z It was the first government to try to establish surveillance over all electronic traffic, via a so-called "clipper chip", which was seen off technically by the cyber geeks. Totally Wired: On the Trail of the Great Dotcom Swindle by Andrew Smith – review 2012-08-30T10:00:01Z But it's still big, big fun, with enough in-jokes to keep anyone snickering for a long time — especially English Lit geeks. 'The Woman Who Died a Lot': the new adventures of Thursday Next 2012-10-11T20:04:04Z It’s mean girls, geeks, crushes, pranks and embarrassing parents, with rounds instead of class, and surgery instead of tests. Television Review: ‘Emily Owens, M.D.,’ With Mamie Gummer, Begins on CW 2012-10-15T21:55:29Z We geek out at gay film and theater festivals. Celebrating Gay Pride All Over the Map 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z A self-described geek, Jameson aligns himself with enlightened critics who view the 1970s as a crucial turning point in American cinema. Review | You think ‘Star Wars’ is childish? You don’t know the power of the dark side! 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Theater and dance geeks are down for all this, no question, which is why it’s hard to imagine “Fosse/Verdon” becoming a flashy miniseries 20 years ago, before popular culture went Broadway bananas. Review | FX’s ‘Fosse/Verdon’ is a kick and a shimmy and a shake. But mostly it’s a wallow. 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z He was a computer geek: tall with a great, Gandalfy beard and a sweet but corny sense of humor. What Death Can Teach You About Living a Passionate Life 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z On other weeks, they geek it all out at Super Deli Mart, featuring a brewery of the week and bringing in the head brewer to sign bottles for beer fans. Happy Hour: Who would guess ? craft beer tasting in a convenience-store setting 2011-03-23T00:29:42Z Parsons is tied for most Emmy wins in the comedy series actor category with Carroll O’Connor, Michael J. Fox and Kelsey Grammer for his role as geek king Sheldon Cooper on “The Big Bang Theory.” Emmys 2015: Where was 'Empire'? And other snubs and surprises 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Sternberg then shares that, the day before, when the doors opened for the first time, five Band geeks were waiting to buy stuff. Band of Outsiders and the Business of Casual 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Beer geeks know which days and times Heady is delivered to small-town general stores and routinely make six-, eight- or 10-hour drives to buy it. Is Vermont becoming the Napa Valley of beer? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Here, for example, he trades on his adorable geek persona while demonstrating an astounding knowledge of the periodic table. Six to watch: Perfect chatshow guests 2012-11-08T16:30:10Z For art-loving geeks like myself, however, the big question now is what will happen to the museum's collection? R.I.P. Corcoran Gallery. Now, about that collection... 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Kavanagh has been relegated to running the Rule 34 squad, a not-so-crack unit of nerds and geeks assigned to monitoring weird internet trends in the hope of spotting various criminal activities. What is Rule 34, you ask. Let Charles Stross explain 2011-08-11T11:25:12Z “But it doesn’t burn your tongue,” says Skinner, whose sorcery relies heavily on “viscosity and time,” says the science geek. Review | Outside Houston, a chef with a flair for the avant-garde serves up three hours of sorcery 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z It is also, arguably, the first literary product of gamer culture, and a significant addition to the canon of geek lit. How do you write about life when it's lived on computers? 2013-05-17T09:59:03Z The record was a moderate success upon its release, but it has since been heralded as a weirdo classic, beloved by stoners and record geeks for its easy harmonies and pleasantly meandering melodies. David Crosby Celebrates His Ornery Self in the Documentary “Remember My Name” 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z What self-respecting pop geek, especially one who lives in Los Angeles, would sit in at a Brian Wilson concert and not have that lyric etched in his brain? An assertive Brian Wilson surveys beloved hits at Greek Theatre 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z “I suppose I was a bit of a geek,” said Mr. Whishaw, who now lives in London. 2010-02-06T04:19:00Z The Big Bang Theory is the geek version of the Black and White Minstrels. Silicon Valley: the best and only comedy you should be watching 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z We watch the movies, we talk about them, we geek out and play the games. Rosario Dawson on Being a Hero, Not a Love Interest, in Netflix's "Daredevil" 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z In the center of town, two family-friendly breweries, both with patios and indoor tap rooms, offer alternatives for beer geeks. Day Tripper: No time for a wine-country overnight? Spend the day sipping on Vashon. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z June 14 Dancing the Night Away With Microsoft’s Kinect Even an uncoordinated, goofy geek like our video game critic found himself gyrating and grinning as he played a game for a new Wii competitor. Bonnaroo: Stray Moments 2010-06-14T18:30:00Z He raves about the ratio of cinemas to residents, its geek heritage - he's a big reader of Ain't It Cool News - and the liberation that being a relative unknown allows him. SXSW 2011: Joe Cornish on aliens, hoodies and Attack the Block 2011-03-14T01:24:49Z For geeks who like to tinker and don’t want to be tied down to a single manufacturer, Z-Wave is a dream. Pitfalls of the Connected Home (Part 2) 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Professional Ice Ball Maker from Cocktail Kingdom, $150 Greg Boehm and his merry pranksters at Cocktail Kingdom in New York are laden with every manner of craveable item for bar/cocktail geeks. | Cups of Good Cheer 2012-12-14T22:31:14Z The fantasy fulfilled here is that pretty girls actually give these geeks the time of day, and more. 'The Inbetweeners Movie': Four boys behaving badly on holiday 2012-09-06T20:24:04Z Such matters are of interest not only to early-music geeks, since each one shapes the resulting music. Music Review: Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin 2013-01-03T23:10:05Z Even an uncoordinated, goofy geek like me found myself gyrating and grinning to beats otherwise heard in Chelsea or the meatpacking district in New York. Dancing the Night Away With Microsoft's Kinect 2010-06-14T18:55:00Z And some just like to bully the theater geek. Rachel Sklar Tries to Become a Social Media Entrepreneur 2013-05-31T22:35:34Z Born in 1973, Harris grew up in New Mexico as a theatre geek with soft spots for circus, magic and musicals. Neil Patrick Harris on Gone Girl: ‘I was pinching myself’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Her big round glasses seem more like a parody of the tired geek trend than the thing itself. Up Close: Raw Energy, With a Girly Side 2011-02-23T21:24:46Z Mr. Crews wrote about snake handlers, boxers, geeks who ate live chickens, attention-seekers who consumed entire Ford Mavericks. Review: Harry Crews’s Sense of Menace in Writing and in Life 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Weber’s gut decision to let James Morris, a young geek, run the resulting operation looks like the breath of fresh air that Langley needs. ‘The Director,’ by David Ignatius Firstly, he's a comic book geek who probably knows more about the characters – most likely Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk and Ant-Man - than any other mainstream film-maker on the planet. Let Joss Whedon direct The Avengers | Ben Child 2010-04-01T14:58:00Z Big Bang’s success can perhaps be attributed to a rising tide in geek culture. How The Big Bang Theory became the Friends of the iPhone generation 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z For fans who want more functionality with their geek goods, consider the "Inside Out" alarm clock. Paycheck Friday: Ride an emotional roller coaster with 'Inside Out' and 'Orphan Black' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The only other “Nightmare Alley” film adaptation, released in 1947 and starring Tyrone Power, tried to soften the geek components of Gresham’s novel. See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Angry Comics Guy is no newcomer to geek culture. Could Margot Robbie's all-female superhero movie be DC's trump card? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z It is surely a victory for math geeks. How a plus-size clothing label dug out of bankruptcy: Body pride, diversity and Instagram 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Less than a decade after publication, it already feels a bit dated, partly because its dystopian vision seems unduly optimistic and partly because its vision of male geek rebellion has turned stale and sour. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Silly and a bit too noisy but hard to dislike, this new sitcom stars Raven-Symone as Georgia, a confident aspiring actress, and Majandra Delfino as her best friend, a science geek. 10 promising new summer TV shows 2011-06-15T19:42:10Z It’s not a movie for music geeks, in the sense of unpacking the band’s influences or closely analyzing how their songs worked. TV Tonight: Crossfire Hurricane 2012-11-15T13:34:42Z These demanded an accent and were for roles such as “Gandhi lookalike”, “snake charmer” and perspiring “Pakistani computer geek”. From Apu to Master of None: how US pop culture tuned into the south Asian experience 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “He was a geek and a god,” one fan told USA Today. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z A main attraction of the carnival — and an act that fascinates Stan — is the geek, who appears to bite the heads off chickens. The 1947 ‘Nightmare Alley’: A Dark View of Class as Destiny 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z At an early screening at the Imax in London last week, the audience was left enthralled, willing prisoners of this virtual world: geek heaven. Tron: Legacy: We're not in 2D any more, Toto? 2010-12-05T00:06:00Z I was excited because I’m a huge Disney geek. How That Surprise ‘Mulan’ Cameo Happened 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z But whenever the plot goes limp, Despicable Me falls back on the minions, Gru's geek chorus. Despicable Me Review: It's Pickable! 2010-07-09T09:05:00Z Awesome is not a phenomenon exclusive to Austin or even, given the increasing international influence of American tech geek culture, the US. SXSW 2011: A crash guide to 'awesome' 2011-03-15T18:03:00Z I'm kind of a nerd or a geek or whatever. My phone helped me fall in love with books again 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z My friend’s a gastronomy geek But my own needs are simple and meek Pâté and champagne Are too fancy. Style Invitational Week 1140: Give us a bad name 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Graphic designers, graffitists and calligraphy geeks of all stripes will be interested in this exhibition that brings together a group of Iranian and Arab artists who in some way employ calligraphy in their work. Datebook: Beastly dinner, calligraphy art, sonic pieces at Schindler 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Neither Prady nor Lorre ever described any of these characters as nerds, or geeks or any other pejorative. "The Big Bang Theory" of evolution: The show honored smart misfits and let them grow 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z But Healy and company have created more than a parlor game for Russian drama geeks. 'The Office' meets Chekhov in 'Suffering, Inc.' 2011-11-10T22:23:07Z And for the past few years, the focus of the city’s permanent class of Chinese-restaurant geeks has shifted to other parts of town, especially the East Village and Flushing, Queens. Cha Kee Is a Beacon in Chinatown’s Revival 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Jones defines himself as a geek but struggles to identify with the zeal of modern fandom. Duncan Jones on Warcraft: 'If you get it wrong, people are going to be upset' 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The attention to detail in these scenes provides a feast for geeks of all kinds, as the camera lovingly ogles microphones, amplifiers and consoles that were state of the art in the mid-1960s. Review: ‘Love & Mercy’ Gets Inside Brian Wilson’s Head 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Is it the isolation of the self-sufficient music geek? The Playlist: 21 Songs From 2016 That Nearly Got Away 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Well, lots of theater geeks will be relieved to see what you didn't change. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The new trim complements his geek chic outfit - bow tie, knee-length shorts, patterned socks and glasses. 'It's his time' _ 'Kinky Boots' star Billy Porter 2013-06-06T00:31:05Z What sounds like a canned conversation starter at a dinner party of geeks ends up yielding a handy collection of 150 shortcuts to understanding how the world works. ‘The Miniature Wife,’ by Manuel Gonzales, and More 2013-01-30T20:24:47Z He started at Miami Dade College as a music major, a passionate trumpet player and self-proclaimed “band geek.” Smithsonian Names First Director of Museum of the American Latino 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z I’m also a myths and legends geek, and I fell hard for the Hades and Persephone story. 6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z It wasn't for academics and tech geeks anymore, it was suddenly for airline reservations and everyday things. How "Valley of the Boom," a story of tech world disruption, disrupts TV too 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z "Just My Type," on sale Thursday, is informative, delightful — and essential reading for word geeks everywhere. 'Just My Type': Simon Garfield's book on fonts and the people who love them 2011-08-24T20:40:04Z A lot of them are just regular tech geeks. Was your spouse on Ashley Madison? A new breed of private eye is ready to help. 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z On Saturday, at 11 a.m., the Nerdologues perform true stories and comedy sketches that chronicle and celebrate the lives of geeks. What?s On at New York Comic Con 2011-10-13T22:28:06Z The Cars spoke to freaks as well as geeks. Perspective | Ric Ocasek showed us a way out of the ’70s. We repaid him with a zillion Friday nights. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z This one may appeal more to those with a sweet tooth, while wine geeks may favor the more complex Les Lauzeraies. 5 summer wines to make you say ‘ahh’ 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z SF, fantasy and horror are also the literature of choice for the culture of geeks most likely to share their favourite authors' works on torrent sites. Piracy is yesterday's worry for today's 'artisan authors' 2013-01-25T12:22:15Z And it premiered to a smitten army of geeks at the South by Southwest festival on Saturday night. SXSW 2011: Attack the Block - review 2011-03-13T15:20:56Z The door is open for eccentrics and geeks and has reopened for muscleheads. Waif vs. Adonis: Fashion week sets up a great manliness debate "We didn't have any money, so I'd go in there and geek out on weird...." In 'Wildheart,' Miguel explores L.A.'s 'weird mix of hope and desperation' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The quirky indie film was shot in the small Indiana city of 45,000 people, known to modernist design geeks the world over. Seen ‘Columbus,’ the movie? Meet Columbus, the modernist mecca 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The whole world has gone geek, and even though I'm not interested in any of it, I can still pass myself off. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z For a film geek this movie is absolute heaven, a dream symposium in which directors, cinematographers, editors and a few actors gather to opine on the details of their craft. Movie Review: ‘Side by Side’ With Keanu Reeves Charts Filmmaking Advances 2012-08-30T22:01:06Z But this theater geek has an unusual past: In a previous life, a decade ago, he enrolled in the Marines at his stepfather’s urging. Salon’s Sexiest Men of 2012 2012-11-14T13:22:00Z Another loss was the Mutiny team, the unruly army of nerf gun wielding programmers and coders who often provided a geek chorus to the main drama. Halt and Catch Fire: not Mad Men in the 80s, but so much better 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z It helps that in person – rumpled t-shirt, jeans, lugging his own little backpack through the corridors at Comic-Con – he comes across as geek everyman. Joss Whedon at Comic-Con: director returns home a god among geeks 2012-07-15T17:11:22Z Among theater geeks, “The Baker’s Wife” is a sort of merit badge. Revival of 'The Baker's Wife' wafts freshly baked aromas at Actors Co-op 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z A self-confessed geek, Morris says science was his first love – he was on the school science team and didn’t really dabble with psychoactive substances for fear of a bad trip. PCP to psychedelic fish: uncover the stories behind the world's strangest drugs 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Martin's the anti-me: a soul aficionado and a vinyl junkie – absolutely not a resident of the geek universe. Simon Pegg: 'I measure life by my feelings for Star Wars' 2010-10-16T23:05:00Z I feel very lucky to be working in a business and to be part of stories that are embraced by people who fit the current definition of geek. JJ Abrams: 'I called Spielberg and he said yes' 2011-08-01T19:30:01Z Every type of kid imaginable watched J.P.: the geeks, the bullies, the popular kids, the invisible kids," biographer Bryan Johnston wrote in his book, "J.P. Obituary: "J.P. Patches," Seattle's beloved TV clown 2012-07-23T01:42:03Z It was a Comic Con for beard-stroking music geeks, all set to a soundtrack of Mr. Joel’s greatest hits. Billy Joel-Loving Academics Get in a Piano Man State of Mind 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z It has long been suggested that the geeks would one day inherit the Earth, and this week saw a significant victory in that particular battle. How The Big Bang Theory became the Friends of the iPhone generation 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z And being a geek, I sat through it, only getting truly restless when they started discussing the frequency-hopping spread spectrum wireless communication system they were using. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: Science Of The Movies 2010-07-09T23:06:00Z Watching them geek out over a plate of garnishes, you believe it. Sam Gold and Annie Baker Are an Artistic Pairing Destined to Succeed 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z "On the other hand, I'm a `Star Trek' geek, and I was like, ` You traitor!'" JJ Abrams boldly going from 'Trek' to 'Star Wars' 2013-05-13T17:30:17Z The cocktail geeks can't get enough of him, or rather, his cocktails at Mistral Kitchen. Happy Hour: Trendy dishes and a big name in cocktailing 2010-05-11T20:48:00Z "Eat Pray Love" enjoyed a box office feast served up by overwhelmingly older-female audiences during the weekend, and "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" fought a losing battle to put geek butts in theater seats. Geeks on a bad streak at box office 2010-08-17T16:10:00Z Michael Kors is a top designer, of course, but he’s also a confirmed theater geek. Kors marks 40th anniversary with love letter to Broadway 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Or maybe there are just a lot of geeks watching TV who identify. Television: Peculiar on and Off Set: Atticus Shaffer of ?The Middle? 2010-05-08T03:09:00Z The distillery is an offshoot of Klebeck's first bar, Sun Liquor, on Summit Avenue East, one of the best neighborhood bars in Seattle, with a fervent following among cocktail geeks. Sun Liquor Distillery is a cocktail bar too 2011-11-15T21:32:08Z Sometimes, the geeks bite back, and woe betide those who are not prepared to listen. Comic-Con: can Ender's Game be saved by the incredible Orson Scott Card disappearing act? 2013-07-19T11:32:00Z By Indian standards I wasn’t attractive at all: I was too tall, dark skinned and very academic – a monster geek. 'One of us knew roughly what to do' – six celebrities on losing their virginity 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Long prized by wine geeks, Chianti Classico is making a comeback of sorts, thanks in part to its producers' zealous pursuit of quality winemaking. What is Chianti, really? Chianti Classico and the black rooster, explained 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Their phony mentalist act becomes a top nightclub attraction, but a turn of fortunes — including his deepening alcoholism — lands him back at the carnival as a sideshow geek who bites heads off live chickens. Coleen Gray, doe-eyed beauty of film noir, dies at 92 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Indeed, maybe zombie apocalypse didn’t loom large in the cultural imaginary of the 1990s – at least not beyond geek culture – because Americans were not afraid. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z Can such adventures inspire a new generation of unashamed science geeks? Itch: The Explosive Adventures of?an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:06Z And geeks around the world would have developed an alternative belief system based on... Can you imagine a world without Star Wars, Harry Potter or Oasis? 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Decibel Festival and the future of electronic music Electronic music is all about geeks — not in a bad way — but in the sense that it's all about the next big thing in technology. Decibel Festival and the future of electronic music 2011-09-24T15:16:03Z In addition to celebrating the power of film, this year’s Tribeca Film Festival also provided an opportunity for all our favorite fake news hosts to geek out over their favorite films. Jon Stewart geeks out over “Goodfellas” at Tribeca: “One of my most favorite movies of all time” 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z While there, she took Mr. Sullivan, who considers himself a cosmic geek, to the Adler Planetarium for his birthday, where the two reached the relationship milestone of holding hands. Winning With Bingo, and Then Bringing Her the Stars 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z But to understand why that’s the case we need to talk about exactly why a passion for far-out genre fare began to be labelled “geek” culture in the first place. Is Ghostbusters the unfortunate victim of Hollywood hitting peak reboot? 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z This isn’t to imply that nerd and geek culture doesn’t have a legitimate problem with racism and sexism. Nerds of the world, unite: The villains have weaponized “canon” — and it’s up to us to stop it 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Quite the opposite, in fact: the gags have been sharper, the characterisation stronger and the few missteps of the first series - Howard's shift from singular oddball to cliched geek, for example - have been corrected. Catch-up TV guide: from American Horror Story: Asylum to Limmy's Show 2012-11-24T00:05:27Z He was an honors student, a science geek, a swimmer and, as he explained, “more of a different child.” Dr. Fredric Brandt: Cosmetic Dermatologist to the Rich and Famous 2014-03-28T20:25:48Z I’m a second-generation geek: My mom started taking me to conventions when I was knee high. Geek food for the geek soul: “As society gets increasingly secular, we need to fill the social void” 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Although Awkward is stuffed with all the regular school types – cheerleaders, band geeks, football jocks – they rise above the stereotype, particularly Christian cheerleader Lissa, who is part of the "purity set". Awkward – box set review 2013-04-04T14:00:02Z And he’s there to geek out, for Scorsese has come to discuss a landmark performance at the cathedral: A one-off show in 1826 that brought Italian opera to New York. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Oratorio’ and ‘Dexter: New Blood’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The beer geeks sit near or at the bar and eye the big electronic board as if it were the stock exchange. Come for the beer, stay for the beer, at Chuck’s Hop Shop 2014-03-12T19:27:30Z So it had a hell of a lot more detail, and a hell of a lot more stories and geek alerts in it. “You don’t want to kill the myth”: The feud continues in “Substance: Inside New Order,” a second memoir by New Order bass player Peter Hook 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z There are no longer “real” geeks and “fake” geeks any more. The new nerds: how Avengers and Game of Thrones made everyone geek out 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Beer geeks might be excited when they read that Ballast Point’s Dorado is “dry-hopped with Crystal and Mt. Hood hops,” but for the average patron, that description might be as inscrutable as Latin. With 600 bottles of beer on the wall, how can a staff keep up? Taste, talk and learn. 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z More important, Colbert is a geek with social skills, which puts him on the high-performance end of the rising matrix that now rules popular culture. Will Colbert’s truthiness survive the ‘Late Show’ switch? 2014-04-11T21:42:53Z They are high priests who emerged from the congregation, geeks who transformed themselves into gods. At Comic-Con, Bring Out Your Fantasy and Fuel the Culture 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Owner and beer geek Morgan Herzog thought it would be cool for patrons to walk along the aisle with a pint in hand. The Beer Junction: part bar, part beer store 2012-07-24T23:32:32Z The day started in 2006 in Spain — strangely enough — when 300 geeks showed their pride by creating a human "Pac-Man" game. Once a year, it's hip to be square 2011-05-23T21:02:05Z Tracing a bumbling investigation into a player’s poisoning at Highbury, it’s also essential viewing for devoted Arsenal geeks, working as it does a range of real-life club luminaries from the era into the cheerful skulduggery. Great films about football – and where to find them 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Mostly low-rated, they shared a golden moment when the geeks and the weirdos were allowed run of the school. 'Community' is back in session, this time on Yahoo Screen 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Our two Salt Lake City heroes, the narcissistic preppy one and the chubby, needy, geek one, are sent as missionaries to none of the happy clean places, but to Uganda. The Book of Mormon – review 2013-03-24T00:05:41Z Are there enough watch geeks out there to justify the expense of this 13,000-square-foot exhibition? Patek Philippe to Open a Pop-Up Museum in New York 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Seattle Theatre Group executive director and self-confessed "historic theater geek" Josh LaBelle says he is particularly excited about the restoration of the eyes of Neptune, whose face is nestled in the theater ceiling. Neptune Theatre grand opening starts Sept. 25 2011-09-05T22:38:12Z The mere mention of Hammer House of Horror can still quicken the pulses of shriek geeks of a certain age. Is Hammer Films Back from the Dead? 2010-12-09T09:00:00Z Federman has discovered that the audience is a true hybrid of stand-up comedy fans and film geeks. Wayne Federman's film fest lets comedians run the show 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z They partnered with The Mary Sue, a woman-friendly geek culture site, who in turn crowdsourced feedback on the convention’s proposed guidelines. The Comic Book World Is Getting Safer for Women, But the Gaming World Isn't 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z The Sexual Healing for the indie kids and geeks of this world. Pulp: a beginner's guide 2012-12-20T09:26:21Z In geeks' mythology they resurrected Firefly, the masterpiece dumped by soulless corporate suits, and thus share the creator's subsequent glory. Joss Whedon at Comic-Con: director returns home a god among geeks 2012-07-15T17:11:22Z If sex with grand old masters of science is top of every geek's list, then the subject of the song by comedy music duo Paul and Storm must surely run a close second. More Game of Thrones! Faster! Fans create musical plea to author 2012-06-27T14:04:19Z The problem with that characterisation, though, is that most of the other contrarians are not geeks, whereas you definitely are. Jaron Lanier: the digital pioneer who became a web rebel –interview 2013-03-17T00:05:39Z A few minutes from here, Peek&Poke is a geek’s heaven of I vintage technology and gadgets in an endearingly quirky and overstuffed museum. Rijeka in Croatia: the culture capital that knows how to party 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z But Klickstein also delivers a searing critique of geek culture and the trouble with indulging nostalgia at the expense of reckoning with reality. Mathew Klickstein has made a career out of nostalgia. Now he’s satirizing our yearning for the past. 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z She raised the camera as the kids raised the volume, a proud “geek” chorus of “Door-keeee!” ‘Dork Diaries’: The book empire built one awkward moment at a time 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z At the time, he was seventeen and a self-described “hermit,” a high-school band geek who spent a lot of his time alone, making music in his bedroom. The Extreme Highs and Lows of Cuco’s Début Album, “Para Mí” 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z That kind of player can be intimidating, but also a lot more fun than the average weekend geek. ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z A new reality/competition show that celebrates all things geek. Thursday TV Picks: ‘King of the Nerds’ on TBS 2013-01-16T20:29:36Z Battle Grip Sci-fi and fantasy toys, plus geek cakes, including a fabulous Carnage On Hoth masterpiece. Internet picks of the week 2010-07-02T23:06:00Z History geeks will surely recognize Reed, York, Jon Colter and the rest as they follow the trail more or less of the 1804 expedition, bound for Oregon. Book World: ‘The Dead Lands’ by Benjamin Percy 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In Pacific Rim he appears to have delivered a film that exhibits a fondness and fascination for old-skool monster movies, something that is bound to get geeks hot and bothered. Pacific Rim v Transformers 4: clash of the giant robot movies 2013-01-11T16:36:26Z “On that same trip,” he added, “I was able to reach out and physically touch the Alaskan Pipeline, which totally satisfied the engineering geek in me.” Their Ring Bearer Was a Bear 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z In an audition for one of Penn’s first commercials, the character description refers to a “25-year-old Pakistani computer geek who dresses like Beck and is in a perpetual state of perspiration”. 'Gandhi lookalike’: Kal Penn posts scripts highlighting Hollywood racial stereotyping 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Here’s an opportunity to savor one of the rarest wines that the geekiest of wine geeks geek over: a really good California pinot noir for less than $20 a bottle. Here’s proof that great California pinot noir for under $20 really exists 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Our man in the geek-o-verse, Ben Child, has done some digging around too; find out what he's learned in this Friday's latest installment of Week in geek. Close up: Justice League gearing up for big screen heroics 2013-03-07T15:37:00Z This was a film, about a kid for whom cinema is all, destined to be launched in the company of movie geeks at a major festival. 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' a mash note to movies 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The usual oddball assortment of soft and squishy geeks and freaks, the OK dudes shake and quake as Mike resists their charms and fights for their right to be Scarers. Movie Review: ‘Monsters University’ Unfolds Before ‘Monsters Inc.’ 2013-06-20T18:56:08Z Not bad for a guy who was never a theater geek and didn't initially intend to write plays. A young playwright in demand: Rajiv Joseph 2011-03-31T19:46:05Z Ok, my 13 year old daughter thinks I look like a geek. My Five Things: Al Roker 2011-12-16T16:21:40Z Ms. Robbins comes by her affinity for geeks honestly. A Former Geek Offers Hope 2011-05-25T18:02:31Z There was no such thing as "geek chic" in my day. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z The coffee culture in this state capital—populated by a lot of artists and geeks, according to T+L readers—runs deep. These Are America's Best Coffee Cities 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z You take all these people from different socioeconomic backgrounds who are suddenly stamped with the Harvard imprimatur and marched into this big, brutalist, antiseptic space with 1,600 other geeks to watch this girl die. Film: Attitude Adjustment: How Harvard Views ?Love Story? 2010-08-22T01:13:00Z News today of the death of actor Nicholas Courtney has struck genuine sadness through the geek community and the world at large. Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who's legendary Brigadier, mourned by fans 2011-02-23T14:25:48Z Also this weekend, the Academy handed out its technical and scientific achievement prizes, known even by its winners as the geek Oscars, and the hair and makeup artists’ guild named its winners. The Carpetbagger: ‘Gravity’ Takes 6 Prizes at Baftas 2014-02-17T12:30:55Z The unlikely messiah of "productivity geeks" everywhere, Allen is the originator of the philosophy of personal organisation known – like his most famous book – as Getting Things Done. The 10 best self-help gurus 2011-01-02T00:05:29Z And actors are really nice — they accept the freaks and geeks, no questions asked. Goodbye, Hades. Hello, Scotland. Amber Gray Parts With Persephone. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z In his new book, “Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy,” Apatow makes it clear that he was a comedy geek, too. Judd Apatow’s Guidebook for Comedy Geeks 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He was thin, with blue eyes and brown hair, and he had the quintessential San Francisco geek look. Putting Love to the Stress Test 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z You knew you were in the company of proud rock geeks from the first notes of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ show Tuesday at the Honda Center in Anaheim. First impressions: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in Anaheim 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z In the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, lines of “new geeks” form early and last long for the newest limited-edition product “drops.” Don’t Call It Street Style 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z But for watch geeks, only one matters: the Omega Speedmaster and its journey to the moon. Omega’s Moonwatch Enters the Stratosphere 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Borderlands is a geek paradise — it specializes in new, used and rare science fiction, horror and fantasy. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The evolution, he said, illustrates how smartwatches are beginning to shed their reputation of being “geek wear.” Smartwatches at a Crossroads, and Some Analysts are Optimistic 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z One day, falling into conversation with a longhaired young man with a skateboard, I found myself wanting to explode a cappella’s reputation as a stronghold for geeks. Whiffenpoofs Are Singing for Their Supper 2013-01-12T00:10:26Z Abrams is hoping to persuade mainstream film audiences to boldly go where they have never gone before and embrace the next installment of "Star Trek", a franchise usually reserved for sci-fi geeks. Star Trek director boldly goes to conquer non sci-fi fans 2013-05-07T15:50:20Z "It's fun to be sort of geek famous," Matthews says. The Cold War-themed board game that feels more relevant than ever 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z They call themselves “garden geeks”: Jim is “a tree guy,” he says. This flower power couple curates more than 300 acres of Washington’s downtown 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Kaczynski, who grew up in Cleveland’s suburbs, was a news and politics geek from an early age. Said something you’d like to forget? CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski won’t let it go. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z A bunch of geeks get together in the same physical space to collaborate and create awesome things, usually by mashing up APIs. The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast: The man behind the Large Hadron Collider 2010-06-13T23:12:00Z "You're one of those Indian girls who only likes white guys. Who thinks all Indian dudes are just computer geeks or cheesy club rats who wear too much cologne." "Never Have I Ever" highlights the rarity of South Asian couples on TV. Then it breaks up with one 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The Kama Sutra, as a book of technique – a sexual self-help manual for the socially naive, a way for geeks to make it with girls – is fascinating, therefore, in what it omits. Kama Sutra: A Guide to the Art of Pleasure, translated by AND Haskar ? review 2011-03-25T13:00:01Z "The filmmaker is absolutely beloved by geeks and there is no greater geek haven than San Diego in July." Joss Whedon at Comic-Con: director returns home a god among geeks 2012-07-15T17:11:22Z Every episode seems to contain jokes that are out of date and it is far from portraying ‘geeks’ in a new light. Everything that's wrong with humanity': readers on troubling TV shows, from GoT to Buffy 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z “Now I have a place where I can be myself, where I can be the geek that loves music on stage in an arena.” Hunter Hayes says new album is most honest yet 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z With being perhaps the world's largest celebration of geek culture, we can't really be surprised that there's a whole lot of "awesome" going around. SXSW 2011: A crash guide to 'awesome' 2011-03-15T18:03:00Z This is a viewing garden and a reflecting pool that reinforce the calming principle, not an immersive garden for plant geeks or dragonfly-photographers. Glenstone’s landcaping as mindful as its artwork 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z One can happily geek out on this outstanding fizz. Sip this $12 Italian red and observe as its flavors unfurl and develop 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z They never used words like nerd or geek. ArtsBeat Blog: Emmys Watch: Johnny Galecki of 'The Big Bang Theory' 2011-09-15T17:15:07Z And thus the geek shall inherit the Earth. Women we love to love and women we love to hate 2013-03-22T22:00:00Z The social media aspects of Vivino and Delectable reinforce the wine geek tendency to brag about the rare and expensive wines we’re drinking. App review: Even you can be a wine guru 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z He loves Science and is considered a geek by his classmates, one of whom, Lloyd Archibald Turner, bullies him. How To Be Invisible by Tim Lott- review 2013-05-14T17:00:00Z Geek-chic: If geeks rule the world, it was only a matter of time before they conquered fashion. The Year in Style: Worn-Out Fashion Terms 2010-12-31T04:15:38Z The oversize sweater, tousled hair and geek glasses also suggest a woman in a hurry, bouncing between time zones. Elizabeth Meriwether Writes Scripts for Stage and Screen 2010-05-08T02:42:00Z Gehry’s The big draws for design geeks are the undulating facades of three Frank Gehry office buildings — one in brick, one in white plaster and one in stainless steel. | D?sseldorf, Germany 2012-05-11T16:18:27Z “The Quest” will be necessary reading for C.E.O.’s, conservationists, lawmakers, generals, spies, tech geeks, thriller writers, ambitious terrorists and many others. Books of The Times: ?The Quest? by Daniel Yergin - Review 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z And I'm not saying girl geeks can't be beautiful, too; it's just that giving them movie-star looks tends to muddy the waters. Anne Billson on One Day 2011-08-18T21:10:01Z Not bad going for a 34-year-old music geek with no prospects in the real world. Behind the music: An interview with Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber 2010-10-21T16:03:00Z What's more, the internet movie geeks who once served the films they loved, and represented the interests of fellow fans, are now frequently the puppets and playthings of the Hollywood studios. The geek stranglehold on cinema 2010-07-29T21:45:00Z "The Glee Project", airing in June, tracks the efforts of thousands of hopeful fans known as "Gleeks" -- a combination of "Glee" and geek -- to land a seven-episode guest starring role on "Glee" next season. "Glee Project" attracts Gleeks from far and wide 2011-01-13T23:48:12Z Attempts have been made to dethrone geek glasses before now. Goodbye, geek glasses: why aviators are this season’s biggest eyewear trend 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z “Issues of sexism and misogyny still plague a lot of online culture, including geek culture,” says Plait. Fangirls Rule Comic-Con 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z A terrific place for design geeks, foodies and fans of rust-belt chic who like their boutique hotel on the industrial side. Check In: Hotel Review: Aloft Cleveland Downtown 2013-12-10T19:37:25Z She only wants to show off among fellow geeks and be cool for once. "Ms. Marvel" and the dawn of the strict supermom 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Most hardcore Star Trek fans welcomed Abrams' involvement in the series; he already had a huge geek fan base thanks to his TV and film back-catalogue. Star Trek director boldly goes to conquer non sci-fi fans 2013-05-07T15:50:20Z The novel is tailored for book geeks, from its writers residency setting to its characters and more. 'The Hundred-Year House' a juicy, gothic tale of art and love 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z But the crowd was well-manicured young professionals, not a gathering of scruffy beer geeks. In Chicago, a Tasting Tour of Barrel-Aged Beer 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z It draws people like Ru Hill, a self-described surf geek from Bristol, England, who runs Surf Simply, a resort that brings a technical, sports-coach philosophy to its weeklong surfing camps. Next Stop: Waves and Wildlife in Costa Rica 2012-09-28T19:07:51Z And what a godsend for the geeks in charge of tallying unique visitors and digital hits, as well as network executives still obsessed with claiming victory in late-night. We’ll pick a president, but the search continues for a perfect late-night host 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Chuck's Hop Shop is a mecca for beer geeks. Chuck's Hop Shop: Close to 900 beers, and counting 2012-03-13T22:03:04Z The troubling part for me is pure geek. ArtsBeat Blog: Rating the No. 1's: 'Wonder Woman,' 'Nightwing' and More 2011-09-22T18:36:43Z These geeks are the ones to watch – but at this rapidly expanding event, it's all too easy to miss them. SXSWi ? a bigger game, but is it better? 2011-03-20T00:05:31Z And Mr. Doyle sings ardently and acts the lovable geek with winning conviction. Review: ‘Brooklynite,’ a Superhero Musical with Matt Doyle and Nicolette Robinson 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The movie stars Jay Baruchel as a geek in an unlikely romance with a babe. `Alice' extends her No. 1 stay with $62 million 2010-03-15T00:31:00Z Along the way, the team realized it represented, and appealed to, an untapped market that Mr. Morales affectionately calls “B-boy geeks.” A New Superhero Arrives to Protect the Powerless 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Any map geek, or any champagne fiend who has visited the area, will enjoy exploring Champagne’s famous vineyards through these maps. The stuff of the best 2017 wine reads: Everyman advice, a con man, a legendary region 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Why was I a misfit geek in a family of extroverts? — while presenting other mysteries that Hannah Olson’s documentary “Baby God,” streaming on HBO Max, meditates upon rather than vainly attempts to solve. ‘Baby God’ Review: Sins of the Father 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z My spouse and I are active in the geek culture scene and attend a few gaming/comic/geek conventions annually. Perspective | Ask Amy: Concerned sib sees assault perpetrator in public 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z For Mr. Koons, the myriad complexities of an actual space launch are another reason to geek out on the details. Loving Art to the Moon and Back 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z If you really want to boost your geek cred in the eyes of the public, you need to start explaining your vision for a future that's less Aldous Huxley and more Gene Roddenberry. Dear Ed Miliband … seek your future in post-scarcity SF 2012-10-11T10:24:26Z In an unusually candid interview, Bill Gates merrily accepted the label of “geek.” Teach girls to embrace their inner nerd: Making Silicon Valley look less dorky won’t solve its gender problem 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Harriet definitely proved herself a geek with random facts and quirks which popped up, usually in dialogue. Geek Girl by Holly Smale - Review 2013-02-20T12:00:00Z To fans among us, this is merely proof that geeks will inherit the earth. The Big Bang Theory: the TV show that captures the zeitgeist 2012-11-19T10:13:26Z These days, though, most beer geeks cast aspersions on Magic Hat and insist the brewery isn’t considered “craft” anymore because it’s way too big. Is Vermont becoming the Napa Valley of beer? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z He proved his geek cred by asking the audience: "How awesome did Deathstroke look?" | Stephen Amell 2012-11-26T18:30:53Z But luckily there's an antidote: the darkly sardonic geek girl. Darkly sardonic geek girls: A slide show 2011-03-24T22:15:00Z What is that company, with its burgeoning army of dark-suited, high-clearance, government intelligence geeks looking to cash in and get their hands on masses of data that were previously off-limits? ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 6: Carrie Needs a Powerful Ally 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z “I always knew that the roadies were more pure music geeks than crews on movies are movie geeks,” he added. With ‘Roadies,’ Cameron Crowe Takes His Good Mood to TV 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Comic-Con is a celebration of pop culture -- anime, sci-fi films, horror, anything that is within the scope of geek culture and is interesting for them. A Minute With: Guillermo del Toro at Comic Con 2010-07-22T14:28:00Z But the word has existed since at least 1947 to mean "the bizarre or grotesque acts performed by a carnival or circus geek". Oxford English Dictionary adds new sense of tweet to its Big Data 2013-06-20T12:04:39Z His little handwritten note – I'm such a geek – is still the wallpaper on my iPhone. Attenberg, Dogtooth and the weird wave of Greek cinema 2011-08-26T23:04:02Z Joshua Pines, who got his award for color correction technology, called it "the Winter Olympics for geeks". Top techs behind moviemaking get their star turn from Academy 2014-02-16T08:55:00Z Now, in you’re played by the cute boy-man Andrew Garfield, whose elongated limbs and pencil neck go a ways to make him look like the geek next door. | 'The Amazing Spider-Man': ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ With Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone 2012-07-02T20:18:02Z One major difference between Mr. Waters and Ms. Sohn is that Mr. Waters loves his freaks and geeks, while Ms. Sohn is more ambivalent. Movie Review: ‘Sassy Pants,’ From Coley Sohn, With Ashley Rickards 2012-10-22T04:23:01Z Another rebranding is "fan," a neutral replacement for the more loaded "geek" or "nerd." "Scott Pilgrim": The end of the nerd as we know him 2010-08-12T15:01:00Z Outsider status used to be part of what it meant to be a geek or nerd, but that’s difficult to claim now that everyone’s in on it. The new nerds: how Avengers and Game of Thrones made everyone geek out 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z But it was no coincidence that the hipsters and film geeks lingered outside the Landmark Sunshine Theater, talking about what it all meant. Terrence Malick, divine director 2013-04-28T17:00:00Z In the film — as was often the case with actual geek shows — the man is a desperate alcoholic and addict who is rewarded with liquor and narcotics. See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z By Saturday night, his voice was back to its soft, sinusy self; and the audiences, mostly public radio geeks, cheered. Ira Glass’s ‘This American Life’ Leaves PRI 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z I'm likely to be offered the roles of a terrorist, cab driver and smart geek. Dev Patel attacks Hollywood over lack of roles for Asian actors 2010-08-11T11:10:00Z It’s crowded on most nights with beer geeks. Lively grub at The Pine Box 2014-01-09T21:10:02Z We had this little exchange: I no longer consider myself a geek. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z But resident and partnering artists will be able to record tracks on the fully functional equipment — including an early Helios console, a brand of European custom-made mixing and recording equipment coveted by music geeks. At the Calgary Stampede, music takes a qualified ride 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z A. I mean that he’s far too charismatic to be really what we traditionally think of as a tech geek. Mike Daisey Discusses ?The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs? 2011-10-02T02:47:21Z "That wasn't the only point of reference," Hill adds, "but I do think of him as a bit of a geek, a Mark Zuckerberg type perhaps, with a massive chip on his shoulder against God." Faustus doctored as Marlowe gets a monster-inspired makeover 2013-02-28T12:47:03Z At the time of her arrest in 2010, Manning presented as male: Bradley Manning, a 22-year-old US army intelligence analyst and tech geek responsible for the biggest leak of secret material in history. Chelsea Manning director: 'She's a kind of punk rock figure for me' 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Since the time of the original Tea Party, America loves it when the geeks and outsiders finally stick it to their rich and entitled tormentors. Post-election gloating is a patriotic duty 2012-11-12T16:23:00Z A new Rolex Submariner, for example, is a modern update of a decades-old classic that seems to be every budding watch geek’s first serious timepiece. Watches Are Yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their Money Into More Money 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z I’m a bit of a computer geek and a music geek and a law geek. Free Trove of Music Scores on Web Hits Sensitive Copyright Note 2011-02-22T06:21:23Z Let me be clear: this is not an inspirational tale of a geek gone hip. The best films of 2018 … that you didn't see 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The chromosomal lottery had favored a geek dad with an all-star son. Motherlode Blog: The Jock (and his Dad) at the Chess Board 2012-07-29T11:00:43Z Over the years, his signature attention to minutiae and his generous hand with carnal humor in books such as “Fight Club” and “Choke” have broadened his fan base to include geeks and bros alike. Book World: ‘Beautiful You’ by Chuck Palahniuk "Geese" is prettier, but "geeks" is official: it's in the song's title. The National ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z The three floors that are open to the public will please historic-house geeks, fans of District lore and beer buffs alike. Inside the Heurich House, home of the ‘original hipster’ 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z With Batman 3 on the docket, summer 2012 is shaping up to be one of the greater geek movie seasons. "Dark Knight" sequel gets official release date 2010-05-03T07:56:00Z When she started as a writer at IGN, writer Sarah Kuhn said, “I felt I had to constantly justify my existence” as an Asian-American female geek. Good riddance to geek culture’s “good old days”: At NY Comic Con, optimism about diversity abounds 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z On the other side are the self-proclaimed geeks, eagerly inhaling TV and movies but not quite trusting Hollywood to get all the genre fare right. Comic-Con match-ups: Who won? 2010-07-26T05:46:00Z "On the debate team, it was OK to be a geek," Brian Silver explained. He called it, and now Silver's a pop-culture star 2012-11-09T19:29:10Z On one side are the Hollywood studios, looking to win over the hearts and minds of geek tastemakers. Comic-Con match-ups: Who won? 2010-07-26T05:46:00Z That's when Warners leaves family patrons to Disney's Buzz Lightyear while trying to lure every comic book geek in the galaxy with "Jonah Hex." Sequels, reboots bring sizzle to summer box office 2010-03-12T04:49:00Z I’ll bet cash money, though, that even the most hard-core map geeks will find something wonderful here. ‘On the Map’: The wonderful world of maps, from A to Z 2012-12-27T19:20:05Z People may also find the concept that their geek overlords are just regular people. Critics be damned – here's why The Big Bang Theory is an unstoppable force with fans 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Douglas, clad in bright orange, freely admits he looked like a geek. Princeton-UCLA: Reflections on an Historic Upset 2011-03-16T10:05:00Z Often involves male characters who are depicted as geeks who can’t get any. Reign’s Royal Scandal: What’s So Shocking About Masturbation? 2013-10-15T14:51:02Z Quentin Tarantino, the ur-Gen X movie geek director, has, for some time, suggested that he wants to make 10 films then retire. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Tarantino's last word? Discuss with spoilers 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z “The richness, variety and popularity of these backups contributed to Detective’s success and longevity,” said Richard Roney, a member of the geek squad I run with, who researched and extolled these supporting characters. Batman Is Turning 80. Fighting Crime Must Pay. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z And part of the attraction of a “blend” is no pressure to geek out about the grapes. For the equivalent of $6.25 a bottle, this Chilean cab will be the life of the party 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z In the mid-aughts, a handful of varieties popular mostly with heirloom-seed geeks rose up as stars of the home décor set. America’s Pumpkin Queen Has a Request: Don’t Carve, Cook 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z This reflects the casting evolution of the character, a painfully shy plant geek. Conrad Ricamora on His Bumpy Road to ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Awkward Embraces One of the most frequently and affectionately mentioned shows was the actress and writer Jessica Mills’s comedy of love among the geeks, “Awkward Embraces.” Watchlist: Boxers, Trekkies, Lilliputians and Other Favorites 2010-12-11T23:20:00Z Is the Apple Watch just for gadget geeks? Affairs of the Wrist: The Apple Watch Comes Between Them 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z On trading floors, technology and markets create “spoofing,” so a 36-year-old geek, operating out of his parents’ flat by Heathrow, can make the Dow Jones index fall 9 percent in a “flash crash.” The Message of Thomas Friedman’s New Book: It’s Going to Be O.K. 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Accurately or not, the film cheerfully plays into geek stereotypes. Google goes Hollywood with 'The Internship' 2013-05-28T20:25:03Z We were very excited about National Poetry Month and our inaugural Seattle Times Poetry Contest — but then, we are word geeks, and we're easily excited. Seattle Times Poetry Contest finalists 2011-04-27T22:15:04Z The shop is officially called Chuck's 85th St. Market, though beer geeks don't call it that. Chuck's Hop Shop: Close to 900 beers, and counting 2012-03-13T22:03:04Z That was why it was important for me to do the geek alerts and to balance out the playing with the working. “You don’t want to kill the myth”: The feud continues in “Substance: Inside New Order,” a second memoir by New Order bass player Peter Hook 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z I'm a BIG wine geek with a pretty deep cellar, but I probably buy 20 cases of Chianti every year for go-to everyday drinkers. 20 Wines Under $20: Reds for Winter Moods and Foods 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z As usual, he has the brews the beer geeks are chasing. Super Deli Mart beer guru re-emerges in Lynnwood 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z It is one of the best articulations of “geek culture” to reach the big screen. Deadpool's success accelerates the inevitable: total geek domination 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z He is an economics geek with a degree in philosophy who headed a government finance ministry while clad in the strictly-tailored power suits favored by members of the Grandes Écoles elite. The Look of the French Election 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Repeal Day celebrations Wednesday is like Halloween for the cocktail geeks, who hit the town in 1930s garb to celebrate the 79th anniversary of Repeal Day — the day that 13-year Prohibition was lifted in 1933. Party like it’s 1933: Seattle commemorations of repeal of Prohibition 2012-12-05T15:01:04Z It epitomized the ultimate kluge, a term invented years ago by a computer geek, writing about computer stuff, and it meant using junk to craft a workable if ugly solution to a problem. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Don’t just fix the problem. Kluge it. 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Punctuated with musical performances and comedy videos from Funny or Die, it was like a Super Bowl halftime show for progressive politics geeks. Her Shot: Hillary Clinton Shares a Vision of America Out of ‘Hamilton’ 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Nothing, but nothing—profanity, transgender pronouns, apostrophe abuse—excites the passion of grammar geeks more than the serial, or Oxford, comma. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z If you’re as much of a Tolkien geek as I am, you will already know that Jackson has some justification for some of the immense poetic license he has taken. “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”: Peter Jackson’s long goodbye to Middle-earth 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Both history geeks and wannabe adventurers will enjoy this thrilling page turner. Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslin - review 2011-08-19T14:00:00Z "I got to go into the Tardis, which was exciting. "I sound like a proper geek now, but all the controls in the Tardis actually move. Pop singer Foxes cast in Doctor Who 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The hero, Michael Dork, is a geek with a fanciful idea of making computers talk to one another. Gareth Gates's trip to Loserville 2012-06-17T17:29:01Z She created and stars in the Web series "The Guild" and is the founder of Geek & Sundry, a multiplatform media outlet that is a hub for the geek community. Felicia Day lets the world know that 'You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)' 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z For a theater geek, he looks pretty hip, especially in a sleek black long-tailed hooded shirt. Impossible dream: young director brings musicals to Shakespeare Co. 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Those who are, shall we say, a little too deep in the world of geek tend to be a differently socialized breed. Jerks defend “Dark Knight” 2012-07-18T15:55:00Z Fifty years from now, which films released in 2010 are likely to provoke the question among mid-21st century Oscar geeks: "That wasn't nominated for best picture?" Oscars: That didn't get nominated? 2011-02-18T16:49:00Z But Bollywood movie offers and product endorsement deals began flooding in, and, as Ms. Chopra put it, “I went from being a geek to a geek’s fantasy.” Priyanka Chopra, a Bollywood Star From India, Becomes a Top Model for Guess 2014-02-07T20:54:38Z “It’s been such a treat. Every one of our writers is so strong, and we’re all a bunch of geeks.” Warrior Princesses. Spaceships. Cool Boots. ‘She-Ra’ Is Back. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Did the old carny barker play out a shattering real-life version of “Nightmare Alley,” his favorite movie, where he turned the most successful solo recording artist of all time into the geek? Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The geeks who used to work on Wall Street and other quantitative fields have gained enormous clout in the front offices of pro sports team. Why Sports Statisticians Should Be More Involved in Games 2011-03-11T09:35:00Z Here, chess geeks, cinephiles, children, pensioners and sightseers all gather under the same roof – a good starting point for a visit. A local’s guide to Stockholm: 10 top tips 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Another composite anagram, 'eccentric geeks 0' being an anagram of 'e.g. rocket science'. Azed slip No. 2,087 2012-06-24T11:00:00Z Szesze, 65, fills about 50 orders a week, and the success of his nursery, he says, is testament that “it’s not just geeks buying the plants.” These stunning plants all have one thing in common: A taste for blood 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Because I always think of myself as the ultimate geek, nerd and unattractive, and to have someone think I’m attractive it was just like, “Whoa!” I unleashed my freak! 2012-10-14T00:00:00Z Though the ramshackle, romper-room décor of the bar leaves something to be desired, the beer geek is likely to be satisfied by its blend of picnic tables, grime and obscure beer-related knickknacks. Next Stop: In Pilsen, Beer?s Not the Only Thing on Tap 2011-05-27T18:52:25Z He cannot escape being a middle-aged man. It is like watching a geek with the cool kids at a party, trying to assume the character of a cunning fox or a confident badger. Animal instinct 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z He saw campers going from being part of a theater geek subculture in their hometowns to being in a place where that subculture was the whole world. Plenty of (sleep-away) drama in the Catskills 2012-08-23T11:33:10Z Many of the reader responses will make any music geek jealous and motivated to catch future performances that will be talked about for years. From Spinal Tap to Mel Torme, readers recall favorite Bumbershoot performances 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z It made sense, then, that the pioneers of avant-garde but accessible synthesizer pop should bestride a lineup that also featured Hot Chip, Britain's leading geek techno band. Latitude festival 2013 – review 2013-07-21T17:05:30Z But he’s always been drawn, he says, to “loners, programmers, science geeks, maths geeks”. The man who wants us to embrace autism 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z We're entering the home stretch on the holiday season, and I've yet to scratch the surface on potential gifts for the beloved geeks among us. Comics: More gift ideas: Archie, Spy vs. Spy, Peanuts 2011-12-19T17:52:03Z Yes, he says proudly, "I've always been a geek and slightly awkward… slightly umm… I was never the cool kid at school." David Tennant: 'My bedpost really has very few notches' ? interview 2011-08-19T21:58:02Z That’s right, of course; the geeks’ A.V.-club mentor’s prediction that the geeks would rule the world came true, in comedy and beyond. Judd Apatow’s Guidebook for Comedy Geeks 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z We both are geeks about “Star Wars” and sci-fi in general. Date Lab: They share geeky traits and a sense of humor. This just might work. If you want to geek out over behind-the-scenes movie magic and walk through magnificent, detailed film sets, London wins. Whether in Orlando or London, Harry Potter tourist attractions cast a magical spell 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Quick as a rabbit, sly as a fox, he is the geek who would be king or just Bill Gates. | 'The Social Network': Millions of Friends, but Not Very Popular 2010-09-23T16:34:00Z When I started, a geek was an undeniable loser: long-necked, trips over his own feet, a complete outcast. JJ Abrams: 'I called Spielberg and he said yes' 2011-08-01T19:30:01Z Simple, classic cocktails are served here, but the menu features enough obscure and lost classics to draw the curiosity of cocktail geeks. The Augustus offers classic cocktails and not-so-classic sausages 2013-04-04T00:19:56Z Good for: Tech geeks, happy campers, and if you buy the pro version, families. The Getaway: It Remembers, You Fold: Packing-List Apps 2014-02-25T19:26:24Z The geek factor here is nearly off the charts. In a warehouse far, far away, the galaxy's top Star Wars collector holds court 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z I read where you went out for something and they looked at you and said, "OK, computer geek or sex offender." Randall Park plays "the closest thing to me" in "Always Be My Maybe" 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z In it, he reveals that he wasn’t just a geek: he was a hardcore supergeek. Roger Ebert was the original fanboy 2013-04-05T16:50:00Z Acting is pretty much surplus to those requirements, though it seems no one told Nina Dobrev, who plays a tech-support geek with more verve than she mustered in six seasons of “The Vampire Diaries.” Review: ‘XXX: Return of Xander Cage’ Deploys Vin Diesel on a New Mission 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z My problem was always fending off eager guitar geeks! Real-life roadies review Roadies: 'I felt like a nurse watching an hour of ER' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z We have many David Macaulay books, and I am a bit of a mechanical geek. Writing a novel about Jews set in 1942—without Hitler: “Once you mention Hitler’s name, his mustache is in the room. The stakes change” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Sure, PBS geeks and HBO fans might buy the boxed sets of "Pride and Prejudice" or "The Sopranos," but for most people, television was something you did, not something you possessed. How TV's age of exploration took off in a huge way 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The pair are geek icons, but with that status come issues. PAX Australia: can it escape controversy? 2013-07-19T00:32:35Z They highlight television, film and advertisement roles that play up cultural stereotypes, including auditions for a “Gandhi lookalike”, “snake charmer” and “Pakistani computer geek … in a perpetual state of perspiration”. 'Gandhi lookalike’: Kal Penn posts scripts highlighting Hollywood racial stereotyping 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Aviation geeks will be a little disappointed that much of the flight footage is created with computers. 'Legends of Flight': Documentary on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner soars 2010-06-17T20:18:00Z Unleash your inner fan geek in the following ways. Take a Cruise With Oprah? Reservations, Please! 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Set in the late-90s heyday of MTV, “She’s All That” featured a jock who, after being dumped by his girlfriend, accepts a bet to turn a geek into a prom queen. ‘He’s All That’ Review: Much Ado About Nothing 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z And there was much to like for a spy geek in this episode. The Americans recap: Season one, episode three 2013-06-15T21:40:00Z That history renders some of Klickstein’s artistic choices a potential lightning rod — despite the accurate reflection of discrimination that runs rampant in traditionally white, male “geek” circles. Mathew Klickstein has made a career out of nostalgia. Now he’s satirizing our yearning for the past. 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s not about labeling yourself as a geek. In Toronto Cafes, Board Games Rule 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z However, unlike a lot of beer geeks, Tyler refuses to stand in line. Is Vermont becoming the Napa Valley of beer? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z It has the aroma and fruity flavors of an IPA, for the beer geeks, but it feels like an easy-drinking Pilsener to everyone else. Make room, hoppy IPA. Pilsener is the buzzy new craft beer. 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z They were bankers, lawyers, programmers, film distributors, entrepreneurs and all-around aviation buffs or, as they lovingly call themselves, geeks. The Getaway: Test-Flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner 2012-11-30T20:19:03Z “I am a massive movie geek,” he says. Bill Hader: ‘I’m a fraud, I really shouldn’t be here’ 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z These elements reveal how geek culture can be policed from within as well as without. The new nerds: how Avengers and Game of Thrones made everyone geek out 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z “I will admit my geek status. I play a lot of video games. I enjoy riding my mountain bike and trying not to crash into a tree.” Crafty Bastards to watch out for This alliance of geeks and poets has generated exhilaration and also anxiety. Digital keys for unlocking the humanities' riches 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z Salon spoke recently with Opacic over the phone about the "Glee" effect on the show choir world, the inevitability of budget cuts, and what "Glee" gets wrong about high school musical geeks. How "Glee" is changing high school choir 2010-09-21T20:01:00Z That’s how I got into playing music in New York, making friends with another geek who was hanging around the Velvet Underground bin in the record store. Thurston Moore: ‘I was a nerd and a dork at school’ 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Standing guard round its rim are armies of geeks and scholars in horned helmets, raising their eyebrows at me. I admit it: I'm a Ring virgin 2013-07-22T12:29:19Z I wore costumes when it wasn’t even Halloween, because I was a total geek. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Is Halloween's True Queen 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The geek in me loves the tsunami of fine details flooding the page, written in the breezy style of a rising star millennial scientist. When the Dinosaurs Reigned 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z In fact, weren't we all embracing our inner geeks? Self-tracking: the people turning their bodies into medical labs 2012-11-24T00:05:29Z And you could be a theater geek at the same time. Sterling K. Brown reflects on fatherhood and not being average in life or his new film “Waves” 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z But just try to get a beer geek to explain the difference between a double or imperial IPA and a plain old IPA. Beer of the week: Michigan delivers a true double IPA 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z I'm a sitcom geek, see, and I reckon we're living in a bit of a golden age. Chris Addison's favourite TV 2013-02-16T06:00:06Z Technically speaking, and to be completely honest, almost everyone at ENC was more of a geek than a nerd. ‘Growing up, we were the weird ones’: The wizarding, mermaiding, cosplaying haven of Epic Nerd Camp 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z But don't the geeks kind of run the world now? Q&A: Harlan Ellison 2013-06-14T15:00:16Z Well you're heading into another geek group with Clash — the zealot Greek mythology clan. Q&A: Clash of the Titans' Sam Worthington 2010-04-02T09:20:00Z The Weather Channel is looking to get its geek on. Weather Channel wants to attract Weather Underground fans with new show 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Through a focus on their behavior and thinking he’s able to offer new insights about the influence and power these geeks have on the rest of us. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Without further ado, here are Week in geek’s Top 10 films of 2017. From Blade Runner 2049 to It: Week in geek's top science fiction and fantasy films of 2017 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z This echoes Burd’s real-life music: He delivers clever, agile rhymes, but part of the act is that he, a white geek with a Bob Ross ’do, is making the delivery. On ‘Dave,’ Lil Dicky Faces the Music 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z “Oh, Bertie, how I love seeing my world through your sweet, innocent eyes,” he says as she geeks out at her first Yeast Week, a baking convention. Netflix cancels "Tuca & Bertie," loses out on one of the most timely TV narratives 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z But then you hear about other people called geeks that I quite admire. Edith Heard: 'We can't undo what our parents have given us in terms of our genes' 2013-06-22T23:05:02Z Bill Watterson, so we can sit down while dinner’s in the oven and look at old art books and geek out about traditional inking tools. Raina Telgemeier Can’t Wait to Break Bread With Her Friends Again 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z For the bona fide beer geek, the lure of this brewery and its beer might be motivation enough for a long-distance journey to Belgium. Journeys: Following a Trail of Beer in Belgium 2011-01-14T19:55:00Z I’m a geek — but that experience was very different from Thrilling Adventure Hour. The Strange Pleasures of Watching Radio 2013-07-24T16:53:29Z I knew who Paul Wolfowitz was – I’m a bit of a politics geek – and I saw the physical similarity. Eddie Marsan: ‘My wife says Twitter is my midlife crisis’ 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Yet, even though it was established so close to the epicenter of German brewing, beer "geeks" scoff at their mere suggestion of a radler. In defense of Stiegl Radler, summer's most refreshing brew with a deep German history 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z If I called you a geek would you hold it against me? David Colquhoun, Twitter-addicted scourge of scientific quackery 2013-04-21T08:00:08Z And it helped boost freshman drama "Scorpion," also boasting a roster of geeks, to nearly 14 million viewers. Season 2 premiere of 'Mom' delayed a month to give 'Big Bang' more play 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z I sort of don't believe in geek and cool. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z That sentiment is shared by more than a few mavens of geek culture. Propelling a Genre Beyond Hero Worship 2011-03-25T16:14:24Z I should make it clear that no one chooses to be a geek. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z He then enumerated just about every genre known to music geeks, from death metal to neo-soul, and said they are all worth hearing, so long as they are done with "power and purpose." SXSW 2012: It's a wrap 2012-03-18T19:19:00Z It’s hard to get frightened as an adult, especially if you’re a geek and grew up with this stuff. What Scares the People Who Scare Us? 2011-10-31T15:37:35Z The family squabbles are tired, but there’s some freshness in the scenes at Emet’s workplace, a video-game company where she supervises and tries to shed some enlightenment on a geek chorus of younger men. These Are the Best and Worst (Actually New) Sitcoms This Fall 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z It's that SF geek Walter with another one of his weird things. What is Rule 34, you ask. Let Charles Stross explain 2011-08-11T11:25:12Z Q. In the show you say that Mr. Jobs is not really a “tech geek.” Mike Daisey Discusses ?The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs? 2011-10-02T02:47:21Z Between the freaks and geeks, it was a war zone in there. “Clearly, I didn’t think this through” 2012-11-07T17:37:00Z But "Mad Men" does not fit the traditional geek demographic. Now that 'Mad Men' has changed the TV landscape, what does it all mean? 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z June 2 will be one sad day for the cocktail geeks, an end to one of the most original bar programs in the city. Time to raise a glass to bartender Jay Kuehner as Sambar heads for its June 2 closing 2012-03-20T20:33:04Z He called the evening "this year's annual Winter Olympics for geeks." Science and technology Oscars handed out 2014-02-16T17:27:19Z When geek girls show off, are they liberating themselves or pandering to men? Your guide to day one at Comic-Con 2011-07-07T21:30:00Z McArdle’s libertarian-inflected political and economy commentary has both fans and foes on the web, but her kitchen geek cred is unimpeachable. Last-minute holiday shopping list! 2012-12-21T17:57:00Z “On one side of my mind you have this place with a crazy racial background, and on the other side of my brain you have this science-fiction geek,” he told TIME. Mandela in the Movies: 10 Films About Apartheid 2013-12-06T21:21:59Z "My husband is a comic geek," she said. Science fiction, science are big in Northwest — especially right now 2012-07-02T03:48:04Z It doesn't matter if you're the coolest kid in the world, a person who identifies as a quirky geek, or the regular kid next door, you need community. Why Reggie Watts learned to be funny 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z “When I started, a geek was an undeniable loser,” he told the Guardian in 2011. The new nerds: how Avengers and Game of Thrones made everyone geek out 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z “I related to him — an outsider, a geek,” he explained. Eavesdropping on Warhol and Capote 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Club has launched a new series called "Pop Pilgrims," which is like a road trip for liberal arts majors and movie geeks! The Onion's A.V. Club visits your favorite film locations 2011-05-25T12:01:00Z But the abiding stereotype of the electronic musician is a science geek more comfortable with circuitry than emotion. Music: Female Artists With a Penchant for Synth Sounds 2011-10-09T03:30:07Z The self-described "musical theater geek" from Anaheim, Calif., abandoned normalcy a month ago when her independent music video "Friday" became the one of the most popular - and parodied - songs on the Internet. Rebecca Black works to overcome 'Friday' infamy 2011-04-25T13:35:01Z He still talks with a film geek's awe of Scorsese, referring to him twice as "my hero" and smiles beatifically when he remembers his first day of shooting The Wolf of Wall Street. Jonah Hill: 'Having a bad day doesn't reflect who I am as a person' 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z It is the first full report published under the measuring national well-being programme initiated by David Cameron and, with data on a whole range of indicators related to well-being, it's a feast for statistics geeks. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z In an effort to further reach out to female fans, Eckstein is organizing a fashion show for “geek couture” at this year’s Comic-Con. Fangirls Rule Comic-Con 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Mustering a small army of freaks and geeks, he lashes back by starting The Gonzo Files, a muckraking, gossipy underground paper with a Web component. | 'Beware the Gonzo': ?Beware the Gonzo? - Review 2011-09-08T23:18:53Z Minchin, a self-proclaimed science geek, watched the excited kids happily from the back. Cast of Broadway 'Matilda' chat with an astronaut 2013-05-08T15:37:08Z Cleveland’s coffee geeks also flock to two local roasters with their own shops. 46 Things to Do in Cleveland During the G.O.P. Convention 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The Crowd Pleasers: One of the best parts of the AMAs is watching favorite artists geek out to performances by their favorite artists. Best and Worst Moments of the American Music Awards 2016 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The geeks are raiding their digital vaults to transform themselves into lords of entertainment – or at least owners of content – and in the process shape what we watch and how we watch. How big tech became the new titan of television 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Some of these "nerds and geeks" are actually pretty popular and influential both in pop and underground music. The synth is back: KORG and Moog revive golden-era analog synthesizers 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z But adolescent preconceptions about jocks and geeks are overcome, and the two form an unlikely friendship challenged by the school’s homophobic atmosphere. Review: High School Is Still Terrible for a ‘Handsome Devil’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The play includes a fairly standard version of the alpha geek, complete with Renaissance Faire cloak, two-liter jug of Mountain Dew and imaginary girlfriend. Theater Review: ?She Kills Monsters,? by Qui Nguyen at the Flea - Review 2011-11-18T23:35:41Z It seems a nicer word than geek or snob to describe those of us who spend an inordinate amount of our time, energy and money on wine. From local bottles to screw caps, a decade of wine trends 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z If I tell you you’re going to realize what a wretched geek I am and then my cover’s blown forever. The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira on Michonne and Planning for Zombies 2013-10-14T16:22:17Z In “Plantsmanship as Competitive Sport,” our region’s two most opinionated plant geeks will square off over their favorite flora in an event described by Hinkley as “an evening of elucidation and folly.” NW plant geeks Dan Hinkley and Jim Fox square off, and other garden news 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z In geek speak, he’s a “life hacker,” one who has collected both ardent devotees and harsh disparagers. The World According to Tim Ferriss 2011-03-25T21:44:29Z The part of Malcolm, a self-described geek with a flattop and top-notch SAT scores, who is equally obsessed with punk music, ’90s hip-hop and entering Harvard, is also a pointed critique. Breakthrough Performances of the Summer Movies Season 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Bar manager Michael Getz and his four bartenders must be cocktail geeks. The Whale Wins has the best happy hour in Seattle right now 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s no wonder beer geeks have been known to wait in line for hours on Tuesdays for ultra-fresh cans. For a sip of Richmond’s exploding beer scene, head to one neighborhood 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Wine is the purview of Guy Kugel, most recently of Altura, here trying to control his inner wine geek and not allow his intriguing list to get too esoteric or too pricey for the neighborhood. Single Shot: ‘Fine dining in a neighborhood bar-like milieu’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Oakes, who said he’s not a “massive horror geek” but a longtime lover of Hammer, will probably not receive such moralizing notices. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z The old boyfriend is a steamily evoked Italian named Alessandro, whose own Palo Alto venture firm is housed in “a playhouse for his geek friends.” Books of The Times: Wife on the Rebound, Husband on the Edge 2011-03-02T23:00:07Z “We’re still pinching ourselves,” Mr. Moore, 33, a self-described cartoon geek with a goatee and rectangular glasses, said in an interview in New York last week. An Indie Takes on Animation?s Big Boys 2010-03-03T00:53:00Z “It’s like the marriage of technology geeks and fashion at the same time.” Front Row: Shopbop Gets a Makeover 2012-08-29T17:48:55Z It was developed by Dave Arnold — the bar geek — to be more compact and cheaper than industrial models, yet more powerful and with a larger capacity than the small ones now available. The Gadget for the Cook Who Has Everything 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z But the weather geeks who populate Weather Underground are the viewers the Weather Channel wants to attract with its new show. Weather Channel wants to attract Weather Underground fans with new show 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Can such adventures inspire a new generation of unashamed science geeks? Itch: The Explosive Adventures of?an Element Hunter by Simon Mayo ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:06Z When he was shopping it around, major studios balked at the specificity of a movie about a ’90s-pop-culture-obsessed geek growing up in Inglewood. A guide to making Hollywood less white, by the filmmakers who have done it 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z But video games and all manner of geek culture provided him an escape, and the author, now a doctoral candidate in English at the University of Pennsylvania, spins it into a brilliant coming-of-age story. 13 New Books Coming in February 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The time had come for the hackers and geeks who had been experimenting with early computers and phone lines. Growing up 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Once popular mostly as "geek chic" among medical workers and niche groups, the stuffed microbe toys have spawned Facebook fan sites and a subculture of collectors who eagerly await each new release. Conn. company's stuffed germ toys catching on 2010-12-18T16:09:14Z Although they drink and enjoy wine, neither Mr. Urbach nor Ms. Diller is a wine geek by any stretch, which they said helped them retain a useful perspective on the topic. Lots of Wine, but None to Drink 2010-12-03T05:39:00Z Music to your ears, or rather for your eyes: geek glasses – the thick, dark acetate frames associated with Le Corbusier, SpongeBob SquarePants and last decade’s much-maligned hipster stereotype – are on the wane. Goodbye, geek glasses: why aviators are this season’s biggest eyewear trend 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z One type of limey dominates at the festival: the 40-year-old with a background in Channel 4 comedy, keen on alien invasion, now lucratively tapping a big screen US geek sensibility. SXSW 2011: the best of British film at the festival 2011-03-14T20:59:00Z It is, you might say, a novel filled with freaks and geeks. And so it goes: James Franco narrates ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z We must have been a sight: two geeks wildly gesticulating and laughing, happy to be friends after a virtual plate-throwing fight. Scientists and their emotions: the highs ... and the lows 2013-02-10T00:04:02Z The geek’s bible: tables, graphs, lists, maps, illustrations and data of every kind about nearly everything. Michael Dirda’s picks for holiday gift books 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z There was something peculiarly endearing about an audience of pop music geeks cheering the details of Saturday night’s sold-out benefit performance of the Beatles’ "White Album" in its entirety at Glendale’s Alex Theatre. Review: Beatles' 'White Album' revisited for autism benefit 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Riding alongside each other, she was surprised when the “dapper geek” commented on her bicycle’s down-tube shifters. On Love: Amanda Wernicke and Tom Dunbar There’s still that little thing: “I don’t want to be put in a cave with the geeks.” ArtsBeat: Q. & A. With ?Game of Thrones? Author 2011-04-01T12:30:50Z But what was once the domain of tech geeks and Honshu tweens has infected the masses. The Emoji Have Won the Battle of Words 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z “It’s for all the geek girls out there and everybody else who’s ever looked at life from the fringe.” In Marvel Comics, Ms Marvel Returns as Muslim Teen 2013-11-05T22:04:52Z Over the subsequent decades, I've been a bona fide Stones geek, collecting hundreds of bootlegs and out-takes, and once turning down £1,000 for my £10 ticket outside a secret gig. The night I saw the Rolling Stones jam until 7am 2012-11-25T00:05:36Z At the end, he thanked him for making film geeks feel cool. Tarantino roasted by Jackson at Friars Club 2010-12-02T04:32:00Z Can you bear to leave your inner geek open to such heartbreak again? Falling Skies: will you be watching? 2011-07-05T13:31:00Z It's ridiculous and predictable but also just a ton of fun, so you may as well give up and give in to your inner musical theater geek. Review: `Pitch Perfect' is infectiously catchy 2012-09-26T19:21:12Z The dark suits, slicked-back hair and red, leather shoes sometimes draw snickers on guitar geek message boards — those folks remember the pudgy kid — but deliver a message to the crowd. The guitar nerd from Utica who has come to save the blues 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z With the rise of geek culture, the connotations changed. ‘Dork Diaries’: The book empire built one awkward moment at a time 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The research group that works here is run by Tod Machover, a cellist and digital geek with a wiry mop of dark hair and a fast-talking manner. Tod Machover: how to crowdsource a symphony 2013-03-19T20:00:01Z The multi-talented, self-styled geek started writing humorous children’s poetry as a hobby, after hearing a recording of Shel Silverstein reciting his poem, “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout.” Meet Kenn Nesbitt, the New Children’s Poet Laureate 2013-06-15T14:58:08Z “I thought it was for geeks, but it flew out the door.” The Applegate Valley Offers Oregon Winemakers a Quiet Place to Experiment 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z This is good news for WikiLeaks geeks, but less so for the average whistleblower because it requires a level of technical expertise most people don't possess. John Naughton on WikiLeaks 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z A movie geek may be insatiable, but she or he can also be highly conventional. Comic-Con, day 2 2010-07-24T12:19:00Z Less than a week had passed since my 18th birthday, but I'd been a self-confessed space geek for many years, having grown up on a diet of books and films about the planets. Destination Titan: Mission impossible? 2011-04-08T16:21:00Z She first came here as a callow Catholic teenager and was adopted by the freaks, geeks and skaters who haunted the neighbourhood around Tompkins Square Park. Chloë Sevigny: ‘I now have total disdain for directors’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Pitti is a men’s wear event, which kind of proves my point: It’s huge in part because it’s a pure play; as you say, it allows guys to geek out. Battle of the Sexes 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z That's right, geeks, beautiful movie stars totally dig your action figure collection and your "Doctor Who" bootlegs. Hot actresses: "We're nerds just like you" 2011-05-03T15:04:00Z There’s a hint of younger-sibling rivalry in the way that coffee geeks refer to more established connoisseur cultures. The Rise of Coffee-Connoisseur Culture 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z No question Patti Smith, though being a hopeless classical geek I don’t pretend to understand her world — but she has such flowing, open, heartfelt prose. Why a ‘Peanuts’ Collection Has Stuck With Jeremy Denk, Concert Pianist 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Enjoyable as the exhibition is — the photographs, correspondence and publishing ephemera will be catnip to Dada freaks and magazine geeks — its catalog may be the more important accomplishment. A Plan to Spread Dada Worldwide, Revisited at MoMA 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Musk has always stood apart from other software geeks, beyond just his focus on hardware and hard problems. How Elon Musk became a new kind of celebrity 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z TV has always had a soft spot for geeks and oddballs, and critics zeroed in on the actor and role when “The Middle” made its debut in September. Television: Peculiar on and Off Set: Atticus Shaffer of ?The Middle? 2010-05-08T03:09:00Z Unite and Take Over: Comic Stories Inspired by the Smiths is the brainchild of Shawn Demumbrum, a Phoenix, Arizona comics geek who clearly likes his Batman with a dash of melancholy. Morrissey as superhero: Smiths songs are transformed into comics 2011-08-03T16:36:19Z While wine geeks are certainly welcome to have a traditional guided tasting, he’s finding more and more that customers are looking to throw virtual parties with their friends. Virtual wine tastings bring some sparkle to the self-quarantined 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Chbosky’s freaks and Anderson’s geeks would make a great double bill. Mary Pols’ Top 10 Movies of 2012 2012-12-20T14:00:34Z It helped turn many bar hoppers into cocktail geeks. Vessel returns, vodka no longer discouraged 2013-02-20T21:23:22Z Mr. Yoshida plays tricks with time and narrative, redoing scenes from the perspectives of students on different rungs of the school’s social ladder: band members, athletes and, at the bottom, film geeks. Japan Cuts Features Melancholy Films at Japan Society 2013-07-13T00:01:00Z When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. JJ Abrams: 'I called Spielberg and he said yes' 2011-08-01T19:30:01Z Making my rounds around bars, I often heard bartenders and cocktail geeks say, "That's a Jay drink" or "Doing the Jay thing." Time to raise a glass to bartender Jay Kuehner as Sambar heads for its June 2 closing 2012-03-20T20:33:04Z I am a geek where is concerned – and here I am, confronted by its main event. Mad about the man 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z For the music geeks keeping score, that’s more than 1,200. KEXP will play every Sub Pop release to celebrate label’s 30th anniversary 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Less forgivable is the shoddy squandering of one of the show's more interesting figures, who transformed from a mistreated geek into a ferocious but still somewhat likable beast. In its third season, "Cobra Kai's" one-note villain knocks it off its game 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z There are no album tracks, no secret b-sides for the geeks, just the hits. Rollers return 2010-05-10T18:30:00Z The new trim compliments his geek chic outfit - bow tie, knee-length shorts, patterned socks and glasses. 'It's his time' _ 'Kinky Boots' star Billy Porter 2013-06-05T12:30:10Z Now Matthew Vaughn is to strike up a creative partnership with the other superhero geek in the family after securing film rights to the chat show host's forthcoming comic book, The Golden Age. Matthew Vaughn set to film Jonathan Ross comic 2011-02-17T11:03:10Z Now that geeks have inherited the earth – or pop culture at least – do terms like “nerd” hold any meaning any more? The new nerds: how Avengers and Game of Thrones made everyone geek out 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Doing the same for computer experts as he did for the clergy in Father Ted, writer Graham Linehan tackles geek stereotypes head-on, while putting his characters into some very silly situations indeed. The IT Crowd – box set review 2013-05-16T14:30:01Z Celebrities had convened in Miami to watch the race, but Diplo used his time not to geek out over fast cars but to scope out the best scene. Partying With Diplo at Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Re-released in cinemas this month to tie in with the 150th anniversary of the tube, Underground speaks not just to silent movie buffs but to the quiet public transport geek inside every commuting Londoner. Underground depicts a world both far removed and familiar 2013-01-08T16:43:47Z So we went very deep and very geek just now in terms of the brisket stuff. Steven Raichlen's epistle to the brisketeers is what you need for Memorial Day 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z What happens when you put games developers, web designers, open data geeks, music obsessives, journalists, digital storytellers and hacking wizards in a room together for a weekend? Hacks hotting up: Two days to Guardian Hacks SXSW 2011-02-10T13:58:43Z And geeks come in all ages, genders and backgrounds. A brave new world: science fiction predictions for 2013 2013-01-03T12:11:44Z These days, Fincher is safe at the heart of the machine and the great geek takeover is all but complete. When the alpha nerds kicked ass 2010-12-16T22:01:00Z He doesn't think of himself as a wimp, a geek or a superhero but all the books around just now seem to centre on such characters. Where are the normal boys in fiction? 2013-04-08T15:55:45Z “I was a huge geek in high school,” he said. Arts & Leisure: Steven Boyer Unleashes His Inner Demon in ?Hand to God? 2011-12-04T03:30:05Z They sounded like music geeks in a record shop discussing who was a better frontman for AC/DC. Natural Wine Movement Finds a Lively Hub in Copenhagen 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Is it the film nerd to Pitchfork’s music geek? Q&A: Keith Phipps Talks About Pitchfork’s New Movie Site, The Dissolve 2013-06-03T20:45:17Z I'm a bit of a computer geek and a music geek and a law geek. Free trove of music scores hits sensitive copyright note 2011-02-23T03:59:03Z My best friends growing up were girls, and all my male friends are kind of feminised geeks like me, non-aggressive. Paul Feig: Hollywood's accidental feminist 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z If geek glasses were once signifiers of seriousness, worn by anchors or celebrities-in-confession, more recently they have morphed into an accessory. Goodbye, geek glasses: why aviators are this season’s biggest eyewear trend 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z “It’s just a bunch of geeks getting together and there’s no judging, everybody’s just very supportive”. Bodysuits, boots and masks galore as Comic-Con opens in San Diego 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z It was followed by a spate of upscale restaurants that serve the design geeks and office workers who began to frequent the area. Heads Up: The Western SoMa Area of San Francisco Is Resurgent 2012-03-16T21:27:58Z But in maturity and with success, he formed a group of friends, plant geeks who would travel around the world in search of new and interesting plants. ‘King of grasses’ Kurt Bluemel, 81, who re-created a savannah for Disney, dies Data geeks look at everything from voting histories to demographics, magazine subscriptions to credit scores, all in the hopes of identifying their target audience. Next up: TV ads aimed specifically at you 2014-02-19T00:25:12Z Among self-proclaimed geeks, pi is a bit of a pride point, one of the few mathematical symbols widely recognized in popular culture. Happy Pi Day, fellow nerds! Why it’s a big year for the ‘celebrity of numbers.’ 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z “I messed up and said I was doing the sequel in front of 1,500 geeks with telephones,” Palahniuk told USA Today. Chuck Palahniuk Breaks First Rule of Fight Club by Announcing Comic Book Sequel 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z As an electronics geek, I was an outcast as a kid. An oral history of Fame: 'We were dancing on cars in the epicentre of porn and filth!' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a geek chorus of buddies watches and offers brain-stunted encouragement. An open letter to NBC re: 'Undateable' 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Still, for some aviation geeks like me, the 747 remains a gorgeous aircraft with sleek aerodynamic lines and curves. Could you endure the world’s longest nonstop flight? Find out who’s king of the long haul. 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Post-wedding, we needed a new love interest for Mark and we were inspired by characters like Enid from Ghost World to have a go at a female geek. Peep Show's funniest moments - by the man who wrote them 2012-11-23T13:00:00Z Vigorously promoted by geek sites like Ain't It Cool News and TIME.com's own Techland, also flourished a sheaf of enthusiastic reviews from mainstream critics, like this one. Box Office Weekend: An Old Dragon Rises to Nick Kick-Ass 2010-04-18T23:00:00Z Cast forward from them to the contemporary elite – the sheikhs, the geeks, the oligarchs, and the bankers, they follow a familiar path. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z “Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation” is the ultimate film geek project: a shot-for-shot remake of the classic blockbuster “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “You have those pipe dreams that Spielberg is going to see it”: The ultimate film geeks finally finish their “Raiders” masterpiece 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Scocca spoke on behalf of all us Internet geeks who felt besieged by smiles. When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z And I loved that, because I'm a geek about history. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z But don’t listen to me, an art geek who wandered into a strange new world, about what men’s fashion should do. New York Fashion Week: Male Models at the Line of Beauty ? NY Fashion Week 2011-09-16T23:20:18Z In “The Snowden Files” he emerges in a decidedly sympathetic light, as a protagonist who goes from unassuming geek to world-shaking whistle-blower. Books of The Times: ‘The Snowden Files,’ by Luke Harding 2014-02-04T21:45:45Z There were a lot of pencil neck geeks, who are my kind of people. "I'm not getting over violence against women": Rebecca Solnit discusses her new anti-memoir 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Now that we were in geek mode, we could try Mission: Space, which simulates a rocket launch to Mars, with a good amount of sound and movement in a slightly claustrophobic environment. A Disney World Vacation in One Day 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z "I'm still such a geek about it," he said with a laugh. Ben Harper and his mom roam the store that was a childhood home 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z The very geeks we as a culture lionize for their analytical gifts now stand at the vanguard of a plainly irrational movement that threatens to jeopardize public health. ‘NeuroTribes,’ by Steve Silberman 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Beer geeks from as far as Hawaii visited his store. Super Deli Mart beer guru re-emerges in Lynnwood 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z “I’m excited about the lab results because it’s the part that we can really geek out about,” Mr. Sallie said. For These New York Farmers, Harvest Time Means High Times 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Suddenly I am recalling the time I myself ran for seventh-grade treasurer—a post literally no one else wanted but that as a geek I was thrilled to campaign for. Mommy has anger issues! My daughters are pre-adolescent, I’m pre-menopausal 2014-05-10T23:00:00Z Still, geeks are fortunate to live in a time of extreme fandom for almost everything. ‘Growing up, we were the weird ones’: The wizarding, mermaiding, cosplaying haven of Epic Nerd Camp 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z “Let’s not beat around the bush here,” complained fantasy site Shades of Sentience earlier this year, “people who play Dungeons & Dragons are popularly conceived as the epitome of nerd, geeks, social rejects and eternal virgins.” Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the next Hobbit? 2012-12-12T13:00:23Z Upon release, the self-described math geek went to Pittsburgh to pursue a life of academia, supporting himself as a dishwasher in a Mediterranean restaurant. Review | This Cuban chef knows how to get the party started 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “The thing is, these people are not computer geeks — they’re real artists,” said Martin Rae, the president of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, which jointly produces the show with the Entertainment Software Association. Pixels Floating on the Art World’s Margins 2013-06-12T20:37:13Z High point: For the rock geeks, the unrepeatable sight of Lou Reed playing alongside Damon Albarn and half of the Clash. Gorillaz at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-26T00:47:00Z Some beer geeks even use apps such as Untappd to log and review every beer they taste, hunting down and “ticking” the rarest brews as if they were monsters in Pokémon Go. In the hunt for the next hot beer, it’s harder to find the good old standbys 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z If you want to be truly decadent, in a wine geek way, try champagne with a Popeye’s chicken sandwich. Sparkling wine is cause for celebration. Here are 5 tips to help you drink it up. 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z For the next four days, geek will be chic — at least in the vicinity of downtown San Diego. Hollywood (well, much of it) will be out in force at Comic-Con 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z I’m a little bit of a geek about celebrities. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: What do you mean there’s no Pam behind Pam cooking spray? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Smith's Saturday night "state of the geek nation" address made the case for his talent much more effectively than his most recent movies. Geek out!: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and the lure of Comic-Con 2011 2011-07-25T20:30:00Z Seattle Beer Week kicks off Thursday, May 8, at Elysian on Capitol Hill, where brewers and beer geeks will gather for a long night of barhopping to kickoff the 10-day festival. Week Ahead: Maritime Festival, Cinco de Mayo, Cassandra Wilson 2014-04-30T21:25:24Z As a fashion designer, he might have been expected to geek out on the 27,000 textiles in the museum’s collection, some dating back 2,400 years. Thom Browne Brings a Designer’s Eye to Cooper Hewitt Show 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z But his work isn’t for stats nerds who want to geek out on numbers. Turning Sports Statistics Into Riveting Cinema 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z As to whether aviators will overtake geek glasses is debatable. Goodbye, geek glasses: why aviators are this season’s biggest eyewear trend 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z But it took social media and conventions like Comic-Con to bring together like-minded geek girls who may have been bullied or marginalized at their schools for liking “boy things.” Fangirls Rule Comic-Con 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Related: Deadpool: ‘I don’t think my mom is going to be able to watch it’ Here are a few of the ways in which Deadpool mirrors geek taste. Deadpool's success accelerates the inevitable: total geek domination 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z After conquering me, D&D went on to transform geek culture. All I needed to know about life I learned from “Dungeons & Dragons” 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z If I were really a geek, which of course I'm not, I would tell you that there's this long-running quasi-religious element within the fantasy tradition about that. Miranda July faces "The Future" 2011-07-27T00:30:00Z Guys geek out on fashion the way they traditionally have obsessed about hot rods or fantasy baseball. Battle of the Sexes 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Does he feel responsible for perpetrating the new supremacy of the geek? JJ Abrams: 'I called Spielberg and he said yes' 2011-08-01T19:30:01Z The real behind-the-scenes heroes, though, are not the science advisers but the geek experts. Riff: I Love ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ And You Should, Too. 2013-05-26T02:11:30Z A self-proclaimed “geek,” she shares her discoveries far above and below ground with an enthusiasm worthy of Dora the Explorer. The Beauty and Mystery of How a Building Is ‘Built’ 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z But it’s a myopic menu, designed for cocktail geeks with little consideration for the mainstream imbiber who favors less boozy concoctions and more vodka. Good Bar stakes out the frontier of Pioneer Square 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Instead of wine geek stats such as total acidity and residual sugar, it should include calories and carbohydrates, the information real people are interested in. Wine labels can be vague, and drinkers are thirsty for clarity 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z The Mossy Index ***Shhh, I made this text really small in hopes the geeks at VFTW.com are just skimming this blog and see Urban scored a perfect 50 on The Mossy Index. 'American Idol' Top 10 is Timmy's World, and the rest of them are just living in it. 2010-03-31T16:02:00Z Now it's 8 p.m. and the whiskey geeks are back, desperate to escape their homes if only for a little while. Our sommelier's a takeout cashier now: Inside a restaurant's overnight transformation to stay alive 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Movie buffs will find plenty in “Star Wars Super Graphic” to geek out over. Review | Graphic trivia about ‘Star Wars’ that only a Jedi Master would know 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Proof that the geek can inherit the earth: Joss Whedon, photographed at Forbidden Planet in London. Joss Whedon: 'I kept telling my mum reading comics would pay off' 2013-06-02T05:00:01Z Fielding familiar classroom stereotypes — the bully, the science geek, the strutting alien female in the skintight cat suit — this turgid schedule filler is only marginally more fun than a week’s worth of detention. | 'I Am Number Four': Tales of Teenage Aliens 2011-02-18T00:01:18Z Despite the geek stereotypes of hoodie sweatshirts, flip-flops and thick glasses, it makes perfect sense, these women say, for people interested in technology to be intrigued by fashion. In Silicon Valley, Showing Off Their Louboutins 2012-08-03T17:01:11Z Along with the general rise of online bigotry and incivility, we have seen uglier extremes of geek culture entering the mainstream in recent years. The new nerds: how Avengers and Game of Thrones made everyone geek out 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z What once was a bedroom hobby for computer geeks is fast becoming a lucrative sport in which teams compete against each other for increasingly large sums of money. The Carabinieri Art Squad; Off the Page; The eSportsmen 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z That Chuck worked selling computer systems was no accident; the show was the merger of the themes of post-9/11 security and the idea that the geeks truly do rule the Earth. PRISM of Interest: How TV Drama Anticipated the Data-Mining News 2013-06-07T13:33:07Z But to the swelling legions of watch geeks worldwide who think of vintage timepieces as fine art, a so-called Paul Newman Daytona is the one watch that seemingly every self-respecting collector needs to own. Paul Newman’s Rare Rolex Has Auction Watchers Buzzing 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z In the second episode, which features Megan Fox as a guest star, the band clashes with some sci-fi geeks, to ridiculous effect. Television Review: ‘Wedding Band,’ a New Comedy on TBS 2012-11-09T23:25:56Z They don’t want to be challenged; they are not interested in vintage variations, soil expressions or any of the other nerdy topics that wine geeks might pass a pleasant hour discussing. Supermarket Wines Are Poured, and Worlds Collide 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Lena Dunham is an adult female version of one of the geeks! Judd Apatow: 'There's a narcissism to my characters' 2013-02-16T06:00:00Z She’s also a data geek, a woman after my own heart, and she had actually tried to replicate Savage’s results. Perspective | The truth about organic produce and pesticides 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z These are not features looking for definition; big geek glasses add extra anyway. Aaron Eckhart: 'You're giving me a heart attack' 2013-04-11T17:34:07Z If they inspire you to put on your favorite "Dungeons and Dragons" cape, then, no question, you're a geek. Once a year, it's hip to be square 2011-05-23T21:02:05Z It's finally here, the favorite drinking fest for beer geeks, the Washington Cask Beer Festival, held at the Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion Saturday. What our writers love this week 2012-03-21T21:44:04Z “I’m a total astrology geek. I use it and I love it,” said Tara Aal, a board director of the International Society for Astrological Research. A New Dating App Asks: Do Our Stars Align? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z A music geek paradise where you'll find your new favourite band in less than an half an hour. Blog jam: GoldFlakePaint 2012-06-07T09:45:00Z Over supper, we talked about airplanes like the geeks we were. Want to Explore Iceland? An Airline Has a Buddy Who Can Help 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The tie-in may confound comic geeks, but shades will include a bright pink called Your Web or Mine. Noticed: Noticed: Movie Tie-Ins Extend to Beauty Products 2012-03-23T17:26:11Z Mr. Johns has the geek credentials to serve as a pied piper for fanboys, but he’s not exactly unbiased. Storming the Box Office in His Jammies 2011-06-11T02:12:16Z But in the modern world, two other groups are also vital to a sound sleep: software engineers and computer geeks. Shane Harris' '@War' details rising military-Internet link 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The self-described "science geek" draws his own line between cool and nerdy and somehow never fails to straddle it with gusto. Review: DJ Baba Brinkman mixes Darwin and dating 2012-12-06T01:30:13Z Mr. Feig, a self-proclaimed “hardware geek,” and Mr. Sage consulted a particle physicist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about ideas for the pack, which helps contain and capture ghosts. ‘Ghostbusters’: Then and Now 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z First of all, the definition of geek has changed. JJ Abrams: 'I called Spielberg and he said yes' 2011-08-01T19:30:01Z Every cast member is perfection and, for a geek like me, to have Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed in the same film is pure, uncut joy. Guillermo del Toro: the books, TV, films and music that brought me to Crimson Peak 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z The geek side of me really liked that. 2010-02-04T22:50:00Z He loved playing sad-eyed basement geek Roy in The IT Crowd with his catchphrase: “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Chris O'Dowd on playing Rosamund Pike's husband: 'She could clearly do better!' 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z It's usually a major party for teen theater "geeks," their friends and family. 5th Avenue ceremony honors high-school theater excellence 2010-05-27T20:19:00Z But for some the concern is not just defeat in a gender numbers game: it's also that as women drop back, the geeks are on the rise, with implications for who and what gets published. Bad week for women in publishing as two giants step down 2013-07-05T16:03:35Z “It feels like every record geek ends up in the library section at some point.” The Enduring Appeal of Italian Composers’ Dramatic ‘Library Music’ 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Ben, like many former Apple employees, inhabited the cooler end of the geek spectrum, with glasses offset by a gym-honed body. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z It's popularity privately baffles the network and the show's producers -- how many times can you watch geeks blunder around a house in night vision thinking they just heard something? The 5 most inexplicably popular reality shows 2010-05-12T04:38:00Z Even now, he told the assembled comic book geeks, walking into a school stirs up "horrible memories." ArtsBeat: Disney Is Back at Comic-Con, Hoping to Turn a Corner 2012-07-13T02:22:19Z The sitcom that celebrates "all things geek" has become quite a hit on Thursday night. Thursday TV Picks: 'The Big Bang Theory' on CBS 2012-05-02T22:07:04Z They're both strong episodes -- very much in the "Futurama" spirit of high/low, charming/crass, and designed and animated with the show's characteristic love of marginal detail and affection for sci-fi geek cliche. The sci-fi vaudeville charm of "Futurama" 2011-06-23T18:24:00Z Last year's How to Train Your Dragon, for example, bravely centred on a wimpy geek – a feminised hero who relied on brain rather than brawn, thus winning the affections of a physically superior female. Studio Ghibli: Leave the boys behind 2011-07-14T21:00:03Z The jocks, the nerds, the goths, the band geeks? When U.S.C. Plays U.C.L.A., They Play Too 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z I was the kid with the two-inch-thick Coke bottle glasses, always reading books and hanging out with my geek friends and we’d talk video games. Salon’s Sexiest Man of 2012: The interview 2012-11-14T13:22:00Z This year SXSWi reached a vast scale with 13,000 geek devotees, eclipsing its more famous music sibling festival for the first time. SXSWi: Bigger than ever - but does that mean it was better? 2011-03-21T07:00:04Z Behind these counters hover the Sovereign staff I dub the Disciples of Greg, the geeks who have flocked here to learn from Engert. The Sovereign review: A deep dive into Belgian beers, with food to match 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z But the most eye-catching piece of casting is that of Bradford-born Gates, who plays an arrogant jock who gives all the geeks a hard time. Gareth Gates's trip to Loserville 2012-06-17T17:29:01Z Boys can be stigmatised as nerds and geeks, but they can’t really be too smart. Rebecca Solnit: if I were a man 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z A different sort of geek might be drawn to “Orchestrion,” given its whiff of Victorian futurism, a hallmark of the steampunk aesthetic. 2010-01-30T00:49:00Z The specific goal is to subvert “geek” culture, and the way women are labeled as “fake geeky girls.” Do you feel uncomfortable, yet? Here’s what would happen if geeky girls acted like geeky guys 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Also this weekend, the American Academy handed out its , known even by its winners as the geek Oscars, and the named its winners. The Carpetbagger: ‘Gravity’ Takes 6 Prizes at Baftas 2014-02-17T15:58:25Z This is true in political systems, it’s true in popular culture and it’s certainly true of geek culture. It’s about time: The coming of a female Doctor Who is even more consequential than you thought 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z I thought it was a great commercial. psumba80 @damianpalmares – Keep in mind that this commercial was from the same company that ran the “Hot Italian Latte Girl w/geek” commercial – FIAT. Clint Eastwood and Chrysler: The Politics of a Car Commercial 2012-02-06T18:02:14Z It’s not only early adopters and geeks who are customizing their signatures. Noticed: Users of iPhones Put a Flourish in E-Signatures 2011-02-11T22:46:06Z We want anyone to come in and feel like they have a space to be themselves, from neighborhood kids to comic and sci-fi geeks. In Philadelphia, a Comic Book Store Dedicated to Diversity 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Since then, it's been kept alive through independent screenings and the word of mouth of devoted film geeks. Border drones and labor-bots: Alex Rivera's prescient 'Sleep Dealer' 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong: There’s plenty for a cocktail geek here in the District; we have our own core of heavy hitters. One Sazerac, and he was in: How one man started documenting a cocktail renaissance 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z I’m a nature geek and traveled a lot with my family, but I’d never thought about doing anything in tourism. To Protect the Land, Jared Sternberg Turned to Tourism 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The series was born at a dinner party in Los Angeles in November 2018, where Nee, a self-described “civics geek,” approached the producer Norman Lear about doing a series of civics-related music videos. ‘We the People’ Updates the Sound of Schoolhouse Rock With Rap and R&B 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Guitar geeks could appreciate Mr. Mayer, whose power-trio songs demand rhythm, lead and noise virtually simultaneously. Music Review: Eric Clapton?s Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago 2010-06-27T22:39:00Z Comics geeks will beam down to the Washington State Convention Center for exhibits, gaming, vendors, speakers and guest artists, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 15 of Seattle's top entertainment picks, April 1-7 2012-03-28T20:52:04Z “It’s like we’re that kid in high school who was kind of a geek, but has grown up and looks really hot,” Ms. Harkin said. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau: A Very Canadian ‘First Lady’ 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Just about every geek I know goes deep on amazing under-$20 Sangiovese. 20 Wines Under $20: Reds for Winter Moods and Foods 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z It's a fascinating film for anyone as obsessed by the Facebook phenomenon as we all are, and a big geek thrill to see tech culture finally done some justice by Hollywood. The Social Network: How to make a sensational film about coding Facebook, by Aaron Sorkin 2010-09-28T10:22:00Z On March 14 — 3/14, for the numerically inclined — geeks around the world celebrated Pi Day. Chris Hardwick, King of the Nerds, Is Expanding His Empire 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z They need to pass my geek test, because I want to go, "Oh, my god, that spaceship, I want that spaceship." Q&A: Paul Feig on 'Other Space' and the comedy of close quarters 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z It’s for people who call themselves geeks because they own an Xbox and once Instagrammed a photo of themselves wearing a Geek T-shirt. Silicon Valley: the best and only comedy you should be watching 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z He's a comic book nerd and science geek, which hits a little close to home...I loved it. Freestyle dancer tWitch steps up into movies 2010-07-22T17:32:00Z Each is a cliche: bespectacled geek, gentle giant, angry black woman, wise old man. Review: Lara Croft refreshed in new 'Tomb Raider' 2013-02-27T14:12:14Z As everyone gawks and geeks out over the fact that Boyz II Men still perform, dear departed Eric admits that he touched his “first butt” to a Boyz II Men song. RECAP The Bachelorette Watch: Boyz II Men II Bachelors 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The show has done well from its geek credentials. How The Big Bang Theory became the Friends of the iPhone generation 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z At times this year it felt like the food world belonged to the geeks, and the rest of us just eat in it. Of droughts and foie gras angst _ the year in food 2012-12-18T16:28:09Z "I messed up and said I was doing the sequel in front of 1,500 geeks with telephones", the author said. Fight Club sequel due in 2015 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z He shares his own personal journey from music geek to country star with his song “Invisible,” an uplifting universal message about individuality and strength. Hunter Hayes says new album is most honest yet 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z I’ve become a horror geek, and I’m still a little chubby. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dark Shadows’ 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Still, unabashed theater geeks will forgive the show’s flaws for the sake of the wacky yet insidery jokes, which include sly allusions to several local and national Shakespeare controversies and ventures. What do you get when you mash up Shakespeare and sci-fi? ‘Fear.’ 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Bassett, the former sci-fi geek without a sense of place in the world, finally found something he could dedicate himself to. UFO truthers want to make Roswell an issue for 2016. Meet their lobbyist. 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Also like Amy Pond, when I was 10 years old, he left me, and I set about getting into Nirvana and cider and trouble without the shackles of geek. Doctor Who: series finale 2010-06-25T11:24:00Z At their best, Junior Boys evoke the soulful, brainy dance-pop of fellow club geeks Hot Chip, albeit without that band's winning ways with killer hooks and melodies. Junior Boys – review 2012-08-22T17:00:01Z Around the same time, geek — once the name for carnival performers who bit the heads off live chickens — came into its modern interpretation, referring to intense enthusiasts. ‘Growing up, we were the weird ones’: The wizarding, mermaiding, cosplaying haven of Epic Nerd Camp 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z There was an intensity to the way the artists explained their passion, and a smidgeon of the geek as they detailed the technical process of recording the odd hum. Radio review: The Wire 2011-01-03T08:00:00Z Instead, she fits masculine geek stereotypes; super-smart, awkward and socially inept. Without 'Twilight's' supernatural chill, can Stephenie Meyer still thrill readers? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Only the wine geeks will wish for more, but the rest of us might wish there were as many bottles costing around $50 as there are in the $90 range. Babs, a European Grill Where Sparks Fly 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z He's found an almost perfect subject: the creation of the networking website Facebook, and the backstabbing legal row among the various nerds, geeks, brainiacs and maniacs about who gets the credit and the cash. The Social Network ? review 2010-10-14T20:29:00Z And I suppose all that does sound like a geek's dream – but surely, also, of interest to anyone and everyone. Clarke award: the rise of sci fi shows you can't judge a book by its genre 2013-05-02T10:19:04Z From a feminised geek in a purple bowtie who wants to make James Bond a woman? Paul Feig: Hollywood's accidental feminist 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z Certain girls started fancying certain boys, those boys started fancying those girls, they began talking about stuff, whispering things, passing notes, holding hands… And geeks like me – we had no idea this was going on. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z “Brainy geeks like you can go to America,” the hometown boy says, setting up the fault lines of old versus new and small town versus big city along which the case will fracture. Film: Where Wit and Genre Filmmaking Collide 2010-02-25T00:26:00Z “Even though I lived in the ‘hood, I was still on my Internety geek” stuff, he recalled, whether downloading obscure records off Napster or arguing in Yahoo chat rooms. ASAP Yams, Partner to Hip-Hop’s ASAP Rocky 2013-01-25T13:00:00Z Tormented high-school geeks gain social traction by recreating twisted, show-choir versions of Madonna’s greatest hits, and in the end, they all learn a Big, Important Lesson. Riff: How Football Players Got Trounced by ?Glee? 2011-06-03T12:00:00Z “A lot of friends who are tech geeks did that,” said Mr. Pogensky, who is a blogger and events planner. Noted: Facebook Customizes Gender With 50 Different Choices 2014-04-04T22:40:18Z Companies have mostly secured the devotion or derision of us active-listening geeks. Music streaming services unleash a torrent of digital playlists 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z A brazen gaming geekfest with the opportunity to play thousands of video games as well as meet developers, producers and, of course, fellow geeks. This week's new events 2013-02-16T06:00:18Z It helps to be a bit of a book geek to "get" Craft's work. Bradley Craft turns literary characters into caricatures 2012-02-18T00:26:31Z It's also the first new console to emerge in six years, lending it the geek appeal of fresh technology arriving in time for Christmas. Wii U – Shigeru Miyamoto gives us a tour of Nintendo's new console 2012-11-23T12:00:00Z It's quiz geeks who are attempting to rob the biggest show on by cheating through coughing. True or false? AMC's "Quiz" goes inside the game show coughing scandal that tests confirmation bias 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Here’s where I cop to being a total magic geek. When Harry Met Harry 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Steve Jobs was fond of saying that Apple's success was due to the fact that rather than employing geeks, they hired, in his words, "poets, musicians and artists who are interested in technology". Creative economy: less of the pipes vs poetry debate, please 2013-06-12T09:43:29Z In a place known more for proximity to powdery ski slopes than perfect espresso pulls, it’s easy to assume Salt Lake City couldn’t breed advanced coffee geek culture. A Hot Coffee Culture in Salt Lake City 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Long ago, in a time before time was counted . . . on portable phones . . . identifying as a black nerd or geek used to be one of the surest paths to social banishment. Despite declarations to the contrary, black people watch "Game of Thrones" 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Many brewers around the state and beer geeks will be on hand. Latona Pub celebrates 25 years of promoting craft beers 2012-08-13T23:20:05Z The reward for TV geeks whose predictions pan out at the 71st annual Emmy Awards: no trophy, but bragging rights. ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep’ aim for records at Emmy Awards 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z She presents the Shift Run Stop podcast, which celebrates geek culture and produces events dedicated to themes such as time travel and the nature of reality. From stationery fiends to hand dryer enthusiasts… who are you calling boring? 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z The inclusiveness of PAX is perhaps double-edged; that as a community event spearheaded by a pair of geek icons, it can't afford to lose that spirit. PAX Australia: can it escape controversy? 2013-07-19T00:32:35Z "I was a geek - I got bullied so badly," Berger says. Parents of tween Gleeks keep hands on pause button 2010-05-18T19:52:00Z Do some "fake fangirls" blend sex appeal with nerdiness just to appeal to the growing geek/nerd market, or is that question itself unfair? Your guide to day one at Comic-Con 2011-07-07T21:30:00Z You can also discover the science of beatboxing or find out more about "gay geeks" such as Alan Turing. This week's events previews 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z This motion picture event is made by discerning geeks for discerning geeks, you see, and is definitely not anything to do with Hollywood scallywags skilfully playing a demographic like a violin. Pacific Rim: forget the film, it's all about the trailers 2013-07-08T05:00:00Z Kroll does let his inner wine geek emerge when he talks about the four distinct temperature zones he uses to store and serve his wines. Young wine pros pour their efforts into D.C.’s restaurant renaissance 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z I brought it up, being a Watergate geek, but soldiers don’t talk politics — publicly anyway. 176 hotels, 247 military flights: How the National Guard transported, fed and housed soldiers who came to D.C. for the inauguration 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z As writers, Mr. Pegg and Mr. Frost are tourists in geek world, not inhabitants. | 'Paul': Calm Down, People; He Comes in Peace 2011-03-17T22:06:17Z The inner geek flares; his hands start making shapes. Simon Pegg: 'I measure life by my feelings for Star Wars' 2010-10-16T23:05:00Z A self-described history geek, he compiled most of the text for an exhibit about the agency’s development. Border Patrol Museum visitors want to talk current events. The staff doesn’t. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z So at first, Twitter was primarily a geek and early-adopter zone. Why Twitter is the quickest way from Q to A 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z In that sense, at least, the mainstreaming of geek culture has removed these gatekeepers. The new nerds: how Avengers and Game of Thrones made everyone geek out 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Smith addresses this problem head-on, making clear at the onset that we are not talking about just any computer geek. Hacker for Hire 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Also, find out what the band had to say about being labelled middle-class geeks in this interview with Michael Hann. Camp Bestival 2012: festival preview 2012-07-24T12:02:00Z There’s Michelangelo, the funny and crass one; then there’s Donatello, the tech geek; there’s Raphael, the brawny tough guy; and Leonardo, the additional turtle with no definitive traits whatsoever. TMNT first look review – what the shell is this? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Shoestring was Radio West's "private ear": a burnt-out computer geek turned airwaves sleuth who would launch investigations on behalf of his listeners. Your next box set: Shoestring 2012-06-28T15:45:01Z The video snippets of freaks Shooting butt rockets out of their cheeks Turned me into a quitter Of Facebook and Twitter, Both hangouts for GIF-bearing geeks. Style Invitational Week 1244: Primed for creative Amazon product reviews 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Film geeks consider it one of the great turkeys of Hollywood’s golden age. Hollywood and the downwinders still grapple with nuclear fallout 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z The prince of the city’s tech geeks became the King of Coulda. Up Close: Tim Nye, Gallery Owner, Finds Art After the Internet 2010-08-04T17:38:00Z “Any coffee geek will understand what that means.” How to find a great cup of coffee in Charleston, S.C. — or wherever you go 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z “I’m a film geek and have always been a film geek,” he said. Carpetbagger Blog: Meanwhile, in the Race Involving Pandas and Geese ... 2011-12-06T20:39:09Z First, however, we must spend a chunk of the film watching clips of Mr. Cameron’s cinematic triumphs and re-enactments of his science geek childhood. James Cameron Takes Viewers on ‘Deepsea Challenge 3D’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Nobody in the media with half a brain says "comic book nerd" or "sci-fi geek" anymore. "Scott Pilgrim": The end of the nerd as we know him 2010-08-12T15:01:00Z We were no longer two geeks careening awkwardly along in a three-legged race; we were one well-oiled tenure machine. Modern Love: Is the Husband Going to be the Problem? 2010-08-12T23:00:00Z It was the drama geeks getting together and having fun. Melissa Etheridge and Jill Sobule Bring Their Whole Lives to the Stage 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z How much Howard Wolowitz, the tight-fitting geek with whom he is – for everyone under 30 – now inextricably associated, will dominate his career is yet to be seen. Simon Helberg: from Big Bang nerd to Meryl Streep’s cartoonish pianist 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The cocktail geeks want a good drink without the crowd hoopla. Il Bistro offers the drinks cocktail connoisseurs love 2011-05-04T01:30:28Z And more recently, select geeks who have been invited to cloak-and-dagger screenings of the full film have taken to Twitter to spread their glee. Ryan Reynolds: ‘I’m good at being the butt of the joke’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Vegas must have sounded good on paper, but the heart of empty consumerism was a strange place to drop 5,000 Utopian-minded geeks. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z It used to take geek fortitude and money to build a solid music collection, as well as a temperate room to store it in. Review: In ‘How Music Got Free,’ Stephen Witt Details an Industry Sea Change 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z SF is the literature of geeks, and today, geeks run the world. A brave new world: science fiction predictions for 2013 2013-01-03T12:11:44Z In a few early movies he played a bully, which he found odd, he said, having entered high school at 5-foot-1 and then becoming an awkward theater geek. Ben Affleck Stars in David Fincher's ‘Gone Girl’ 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z I'm a gadget geek, so it's no surprise that I was fascinated by the air fryer when it first came on the scene. 11 best air fryer recipes that we're obsessed with 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z With its video game imagery, slacker geek protagonist and sardonic 20-something humour, it is not the type of fare which generally tends to capture the imagination of Hollywood awards body members. Take that! Twice. Scott Pilgrim Vs the World wins two Satellite awards 2010-12-20T11:29:02Z The world of current fandom or geek culture, or whatever your preferred nomenclature, is not dissimilar from the national political scene, albeit writ small. Sorry, crybaby fanboys: Geek culture was never the white-male safe space of your fantasies 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z A similar hate campaign – Comicsgate – was directed at comic book creators deemed to have embraced progressive, feminist or leftwing values, on the part of what could be seen as a far-right geek fringe. The new nerds: how Avengers and Game of Thrones made everyone geek out 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Before that, Mr. Happel, who describes himself as “a theater geek,” worked at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, then ran his own shop in New York before joining the Broadway costumer Barbara Matera. The ‘Mad Professor’ Who Makes Sure the Tutus Swirl 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z “Big Bang Theory lets audiences identify with and be part of that geek world. The jock and high school beauty queen are dead.” Critics be damned – here's why The Big Bang Theory is an unstoppable force with fans 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Bessler says he and Mann geek out about their shared love of legal history whenever they run into each other. The surreal lives of 2020 campaign spouses: What happens when your loved one wants to be president 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z A computer geek probably could have figured out a faster way to get to our first communication with one another on Facebook's Messenger, but I just went the old-school route. Our group chat is a sacred space to talk openly about being Black in America 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z There’s mescal and chartreuse, the “in” ingredients of hipsters and cocktail geeks. Bar Code brings serious cocktails to Bellevue 2014-01-01T00:18:46Z Like a crate-diving disc jockey, he is on a mission to dig deep and geek out over his discoveries. An Encyclopedic New Guide to Cocktails Stirred, Shaken, Rolled, Tossed, Swizzled, Muddled... 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The cocktail geeks are already giddy over a second bar, called Sun Liquor Distillery, that will open at East Pike Street and Belmont Avenue in January. Happy Hour: Sun Liquor's eggnog is a holiday star 2010-12-22T01:05:46Z “The aim was not to make a new gadget for the geeks but to connect the timepiece to its era,” Mr. Hysek added. Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Luxury Watch Firms Catching Up to Generation X 2011-03-25T16:37:02Z Indeed, the foundation of geek culture, now a dominant force in pop culture, is careful reading, painstaking cataloging and wild theorizing. Now that 'Mad Men' has changed the TV landscape, what does it all mean? 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z People didn’t want to be thought of as a geek but, thanks to pop-culture properties gaining a lot of traction in the last few years, it’s actually cool to be a geek. Introducing The New Face of Fandom: Women 2012-09-12T12:00:44Z There are tons of “easter eggs” for art-history geeks throughout the book. Not the Harvey Pekar graphic novel you’d expect 2012-07-13T13:39:00Z He’s a rare breed: theater geek filtered through California bro, which made an ideal combination for the pop dorkiness of “Glee.” Darren Criss Plays the Happy-Go-Lucky Killer in the Versace TV Drama 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Harry: There's quite a few stereotypical geeks in our department, but only one or two with no social skills. The real IT Crowd: how true is the C4 sitcom? 2010-07-09T08:00:00Z Mr. Middleditch, as the geek at the center of “Silicon Valley,” makes “socially awkward” look way easier than it is. Neil Genzlinger on the Emmy Awards 2015: Predictions, Wishes and What-Ifs 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “We can talk about the show you saw or want to see and geek out about it,” Jones said. This Labor Day, We Salute the (Arts) Workers 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z As befits a book geek, the heart of my collection resides front and center on my living room shelves: signed first editions of the first books of my favorite authors. How to purge 30 years of cookbooks? Start with the ones by chefs. 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Once grown, the confused animals were shipped to zoos and sanctuaries, where their own kind rejected them as socially awkward geeks. Answering the Many Questions About ‘The One and Only Ivan’ 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Loyal members of nerd/geek fandoms like to spend money on their obsessions. Fan art, cosplay and geek belly dancing: turning fandom into money 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z He signed up novelist and pulp aficionado Michael Chabon to rewrite the screenplay, perhaps to lend the project some geek authenticity. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z We learned about both last night: Her name is Michonne, and The Governor’s resident geek correctly surmised that she uses the disabled walkers as protection. The Walking Dead Watch: The Governor Commeth 2012-10-29T14:54:06Z They also happen to represent the adolescent fantasies of every geek in the audience. Review: `Avengers' hits big screen with a blast 2012-04-24T01:16:03Z You would probably need to be a stat geek to drive around with that on the back of your car, but it might just fit if the lettering were small. The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver – review 2012-11-09T22:55:11Z And he’s a structure geek: games, chance procedure, regulated improvisation. | 'I?m Going to Make a Small Incision Behind Your Ear to Check and See if You?re Actually Human': Heeding Audience Cues and Ping-Pong Balls 2010-12-16T16:46:46Z Word geeks will especially enjoy an anecdote about a drunken teenage Martinez's New Year's Eve in the slammer, where he rants at his jailers about the poor grammar on his arrest report. 'Boy Kings of Texas': a tough, tender tale of growing up in the barrio 2012-08-15T18:54:04Z That childhood experience explains, in part, how a liberal geek came to write science fiction about military alliances and tactics. John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Steve hates the idea of this risky field trip, and communicates this to the geeks with an ill-advised sports analogy. Explaining Exactly What Happened at the End of 'Stranger Things 2' 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Now I like Justin Timberlake, but he does not know what it's like to feel like a geek just because he once wore some glasses in a film. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z You knew you were in the company of proud rock geeks from the first notes of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' show Tuesday at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Petty & Co. prove 'Hypnotic' and historic 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z On a July morning Reynolds woke up to a social media storm: test footage he’d made since had been leaked and comic-book geeks were going wild for his incarnation of the film’s antihero. Ryan Reynolds: ‘I’m good at being the butt of the joke’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z But he’s also an autodidact and self-described beer geek who uses beer as a jumping-off point for forays into history, anthropology, travel and science. Reality TV Pours Itself A Cold One 2010-11-20T19:34:00Z Questlove, the drummer and self-declared music geek who leads the Roots, manages to balance frivolity and substance, a strategy even more ideally suited to Mr. Batiste. Jon Batiste Will Lead ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Band in a Style He Sees Fit 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Gregory, the Irish author, thinks that one connecting point for the younger generation is the proliferation of geek culture. The Rise of the ‘Bromosexual’ Friendship 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Twenty years ago this weekend, Tarantino was just a movie geek, hitting the Cannes competition with his second feature. Pulp Fiction at 20: When Cannes Was Cool 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z But the twist bears repeating, from a different perspective: Famuyiwa took his aspirational geek protagonist and, in order to make him an antihero, turned him into a drug dealer, by the character's own choice. Not as 'Dope' as hyped, but it has its moments 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “Our writers room is composed of writer/producers that are geeks of comic books, geeks of music, and geeks of politics,” Coker explains. Cheo Hodari Coker on “Marvel’s Luke Cage” Season 2: “We’re trying to make ‘Bitches Br... 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Intel dominates market share not just through relentless to establish confidence in its brand but by harnessing the geek drive towards innovation; it is the go-to corporation for semiconductors, the "sponsor of tomorrow". The Hard Sell: Intel 2010-06-12T13:03:00Z A few years later, when I went to college, I found a community where I did feel at home, a mix of campus queers, sci-fi geeks, goth club kids and literature nerds. My night in Judgement House, the church play about hell that made me a teenage born-again zealot 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z The Dirty Projectors put on a show at the Showbox at the Market Thursday night that was as improbable as it was impressive: music made by music geeks for music geeks. Dirty Projectors adopt 14th-century musical style in eclectic Seattle set 2010-10-01T19:32:00Z Every drink geek, hipster and tourist gravitates to the bar. 10 best places to get an outdoor drink this summer 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The characters in Bad Company 2 — the redneck, the hippie pilot, the geek, the weathered sergeant — are profane, quirky and usually hilarious. 'Battlefield: Bad Company 2': Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Shifts Momentum in This War 2010-04-07T21:46:00Z Michael’s mother is MIA; his well-meaning father encourages his son’s interests by taking him to a local club of older, like-minded geeks, which doesn’t really help. Cloudy with a chance for terror in Joe Hill’s ‘Strange Weather’ 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Call them nerds or geeks if you want; some called themselves that. ‘The Quest,’ a Hybrid Show, Mixes Reality and Role-Play 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z A popular hangout on Christmas Day, especially with cocktail geeks, Zig Zag Cafe came up with "HFH" cocktail, made with rye, apple brandy and hints of allspice. Holiday cocktails have never tasted this good 2011-12-16T01:31:37Z This may have been the filmmakers’ lame attempt to squeeze some “Porky’s”-style nudity into the movie, but the sight of the Lambdas shrieking and catcalling turns them from harmless geeks into outright predators. “Revenge of the Nerds” Enters the Brett Kavanaugh Culture War 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Whereas Weird Science used the man-meets-Frankenstein-woman-of-his-dreams to lightly critique objectification, the aliens let Josh Gad have her as a trophy when the geeks win the war. Adam Sandler is finished: Why “Pixels” may be his last gasp of crude misogyny 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Kate, a self‑professed science geek, figured it out at the age of 12 from her doctor’s comments about hormone replacement therapy. 'It gives you hope': the fight to save the fertility of children with cancer 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z In its earlier days, Comic-Con – the Las Vegas extravaganza of all things mainstream geek – entrenched the image that genre was guys-only. Goddesses of the galaxy: women directors take over the blockbuster universe 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Over and over again, advocates for greater diversity emphasized their faith that the geek world would get this right, even if there’s a lot of work to be done to get there. Good riddance to geek culture’s “good old days”: At NY Comic Con, optimism about diversity abounds 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Her male counterpart is ubiquitous, because movies are now made by grownup male geeks for adolescent male-geek audiences, neither of which can conceive of girls having any other purpose than to look decorative. Anne Billson on One Day 2011-08-18T21:10:01Z Aviary, the 64-seat experimental drinks den scheduled to open April 1, is already well known to anxious cocktail geeks. | Windy City Speakeasy 2011-03-28T16:28:05Z Many actors waited until the last days of filming to unleash their inner geek on their veteran co-stars; others said nothing. ‘Star Wars’ fans aren’t just the filmgoers; they’re also in the cast 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Granted, the life of a responsibility-shirking geek tyrant can be a hard sell. Steve Jobs, messiah to jerks: Are we worshiping innovation, or just the freedom to be an a**hole? 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Though I'm sure US TV geeks will argue whether The Sopranos is better. The debate: Can British TV produce drama as good as Mad Men? 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z He goes on and on about how he was going to get his Ph.D, Princeton and Yale, but really he’s just a big theater geek. Scene City: An East Village Guy, Up in Lights 2010-11-25T17:20:00Z Hopkins speaks gently and intensely about his methods, and with obvious warmth; he's a geek, certainly, but more romantic than that. Jon Hopkins: the next Brian Eno 2013-06-04T15:52:15Z I wrote in my review that the time that, “It’s an Amblin-esque movie about fantasy, geek culture and outcasts that’s actually been made for modern kids.” New this week: ‘Big Shot,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ and ‘Monday’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Some of the backlash is simply the dark side of geek culture. Back off, men—they’re scientists: New “Ghostbusters” trailer gets slimed by sexist trolls 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Time to find out what he's learned in more than 20 years as a pop geek ... What this man's learned from holding the UK's longest-running pub music quiz 2010-12-09T16:25:00Z For a certain kind of theater geek, watching a crew do a complicated stage reset at intermission can be nearly as entertaining as the performance. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Ross seemed like a geek because his paleontology was frequently mocked and there’s something gluey in the music of David Schwimmer’s whine. ‘Friends’ Is Turning 25. Here’s Why We Can’t Stop Watching it. 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z But early Wired was also a geek magazine: when it covered digital subcultures—as in the 1994 series on Usenet, a sprawling warren of online bulletin boards—it was shining a light on its readers. On Reading Issues of Wired from 1993 to 1995 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Is Cera worried about an impending sell-by date on his geek appeal? Scott Pilgrim Vs the World: send us your questions for the cast 2010-08-17T09:54:00Z Bookish, contrarian and given to speaking in staccato bursts, this skinny computer geek from North Brunswick, N.J., is like the anti-Anthony Robbins, the strapping self-help star. Why Self-Help Guru James Altucher Only Owns 15 Things 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z In Hathaway, Eichner recognizes a great actress, but also a striving theater geek. On Twitter, a peanut gallery mocks the Oscars 2013-02-20T18:45:09Z Being a biology and ecology geek in high school, my mind nurtured environmental concerns, especially in my birth country of Iran where air and environment pollution, uncontrolled hunting, deforestation and desert formation are rampant. I was once a climate change denier 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z “There were actually times in rehearsal when I was like, ‘OK, not to geek out really quick, but I need to know: What is the difference between an Uruk-hai and an Orc?’ Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad Tackle Shakespeare 2013-09-17T14:22:16Z The honor went to for his second consecutive Emmy as the brilliant geek on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory." 'Modern Family,' 'Mad Men' win big 2011-09-19T05:08:01Z The decade also saw the rise of the movie brat; film-school geeks turned industry titans. When the alpha nerds kicked ass 2010-12-16T22:01:00Z If I’m staying at a luxury hotel, I do not want to wade through a gaggle of geeks with their open laptops when I make my way in or out of the comfortable surrounds. 2010-01-06T14:15:00Z Sure, it's shtick that only cocktail geeks appreciate. Rocco's: more than pizza and beer in Belltown 2012-11-07T21:02:04Z Luckily, comic books have featured more than 100 Spideys and my amazing geek friends helped me determine some of the best. More Spideys for a ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Sequel 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z All of this suggests a feast for antiquarian film geeks. | 'The Artist': ?The Artist,? by Michel Hazanavicius - Review 2011-11-24T13:00:00Z I don't mean the 19th-century definition when a geek was "a carnival performer whose act involved biting the heads off helpless creatures". The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z They form a kind of turn-of-the-century geek squad, employing criminal psychology — a field still separating itself from quackery — and such newfangled techniques as fingerprint collection, which the police eschew in favor of old-fashioned beatings. Review: ‘The Alienist’ Is a Period Piece That Missed Its Moment 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z But already, they have effected one measurable change: “theater geek” is kind of an oxymoron now, isn’t it? Cultural Studies: The Glee Generation 2010-06-11T19:20:00Z Men who never grow up, live in video games and fail to communicate their emotions to the outside world – it's almost as though Sullivan has something to say about SF geeks. Being male is not a prerequisite for hard SF 2012-08-07T11:18:42Z At heart, though, I’m a word geek, and the more words an artist can stuff into three to five minutes the better. R.I.P, the list pop song: Missing the lost art of rock ‘n’ roll lyrical overload 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z If I called you a geek would you hold it against me?I've had long discussions with my son about what a geek means and by his definition I probably would hold it against you. Edith Heard: 'We can't undo what our parents have given us in terms of our genes' 2013-06-22T23:05:02Z No one ever explains what Biaggo is running away from, aside from being the resident geek of the small-town high school, but for Joe and Patrick, it’s all about their parents. The Kings of Summer: Boys N the Woods 2013-05-31T09:45:46Z If you were too smart, you were a geek or a nerd. "It's been a life-changing experience for me": How a play about drinking helped Andre Royo get sober 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Literary blogs may have been around for a while, but 2010 was when word geeks around the world turned en masse to social media. Literary luvvies all aTwitter 2010-12-19T00:05:36Z "Geek" arrived in English from Low German, in which a geck denoted a crazy person; in travelling circuses, the geek show traditionally involved a performer biting off the heads of live chickens. The 10 best words the internet has given English 2013-04-17T09:19:32Z Bike Dog in industrial West Sacramento is popular with bicyclists, dogs and serious beer geeks. 36 Hours in Sacramento 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z And in the days since it premiered, a community used to being pigeonholed as geeks and wizards watched it — then finally exhaled, smiled and released decades of anxiety. The man who saved pinball gets his Hollywood moment. Reluctantly. 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The tasting room already draws locals and beer geeks who help themselves to the free pretzels and stroll back to the popcorn machine. Happy Hour: Edmonds' American Brewing Company 2011-04-27T00:36:56Z The really annoying thing about Guttenplan is that he doesn't appear to be some kind of humourless geek freak with no social skills. University Challenge | TV Review 2010-04-06T05:45:00Z It stands for "costume play", apparently, and is a branch of geek sci-fi fandom/performance art in which enthusiasts dress up as their favourite characters. Stephen Merchant flies solo and Simon Pegg crash lands into 'sexism' row 2012-07-24T15:24:39Z Another in: “I am a bit of a foreign affairs geek,” Araud says, which means more parties with think-tank types, businessmen and fellow diplomats. The French ambassador’s house has reopened? Now that’s a gala event. 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Word geek roughs up math geek: that’s this review so far, approaching overkill. Books of The Times: What to Expect: X-Ray Vision, Doubled Life Spans and Lots of Robots 2011-03-15T20:57:36Z Photograph: Channel 4 Long before Glee and The Big Bang Theory turned geeks into heroes, The IT Crowd was shining a light on that most stereotypical of nerd jobs: technical support. The IT Crowd – box set review 2013-05-16T14:30:01Z |
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