Hey everyone! My friend Alex over at Neatorama has recently re-opened his site’s online shop, and to celebrate the occasion, he offered me two free $50 gift certificates to distribute among you guys. In case you’ve never heard of the site, Neatorama is one of the top 100 most visited blogs on the Intertubes, and its store is filled with amazing stuff you’ll have trouble finding anywhere else online.
To participate, the only thing you have to do is to write a caption (1 caption per comment. You can submit multiple comments) for the picture you see below. The two people with the best entry (as determined by me) will each win one $50 gift certificate to spend at the Neatorama shop. Please note that the contest is also open to members of our Facebook fan page. Good luck!
EDIT: Ok, we’ve got more than enough entries now! We’ll announce the winners on Monday. Thanks to everyone for making this such a great success!
More often, though, dirty IT jobs put people in tough positions — like having to explain to a crew of arrogant geeks why the network can’t be upgraded the same day payroll needs to run; or why you’re not a spammer despite what it says on your business card; or how lying about your company’s products is probably not a good strategy for long-term growth. You may be forced to take the blame for a failed project even when it’s not your fault or to expose wrongdoing at your workplace even if it puts your career at risk.
Dirty jobs never rest, and neither do the people charged with doing them. Be thankful you aren’t one of them. And if you are — well, at least you have a job. Right?
Got any dirty IT jobs stories to share with us? If so, then we’d love to hear all about them in the comments section below (anonymously, of course!).
Edit: Please note that the position has been filled. Thanks to everyone who sent in an email!
[Geeks Are Sexy] is currently looking for passionate IT people / geeks who are up to the challenge of blogging a few days each week about geekdom, technology and other IT related topics. Here are some reasons you should consider writing for us:
Exposure
Write about your passion
Improve your writing skills
Be part of a community
Get a salary out of something you’ve always been doing for free (payable via Paypal only)
The candidate must have creativity, strong english writing skills, and some experience in the world of blogging and technology. If you think you are up to the task, then we would love to hear more from you. Be sure to send us examples of your writings + links to sites where you’ve worked before.
I’m not sure how many of you are aware that even though most of [GaS]’s contributors and readers come from the United States, this blog is actually being managed from Canada, more specifically from the region of Montreal, Quebec. So to help out the local geek community, I decided to officialy sponsor one of Montreal’s first big multi-disciplinary geek festival, GeekFestMTL.
Even though the festival’s organizational comitee is mostly French, GeekFestMTL is addressed to people who speak both of the province’s official languages: French and English.
If you speak French, you can check out the festival’s official site here, and for people living in the region of Montreal who do not speak la langue de molière, more details about the event can be read via this blog post (excerpt below.)
The festival will take place on March 6 (10AM to 6PM) and 7 (10AM to 7PM), 2010, at SUPINFO – École supérieure d’informatique, located at 752 Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal (easily accessible from McGill metro station) (Google Maps). All types of geeks are invited, but there is nothing stopping non-geeks from participating in the event!
Montreal is the perfect city for any geek festival. The city already hosts many of them, each one more interesting than the last. We are not trying to replace other festivals. We simply want to create a new type of enjoyable gathering.
How will we accomplish this? The idea of GeekFest is to create several smaller festivals/activities featuring different categories of geeks, all under the banner of one large festival: GeekFest!
Since this will be the first GeekFest, we will be focusing on the most common types of geeks: Apple Geeks, Computer Geeks, LAN/Gamer Geeks, Music Geeks, RPG/Board Game Geeks, SciFi Geeks.
Of course, the idea is to represent as many types of geeks as possible. We are thus working with various organizations, businesses and volunteers who will teach us more about geek varieties throughout the festival. Our long‑term goal is obviously to increase the number each year!
We have planned plenty of activities to entertain all our visitors: a Geek Orchestra, a LAN Party, Video presentations, different kinds of Geek competitions and debates, Cosplay, a RPG area, an xBox lounge, a Retro-Gaming section, a CodeFest, a Geek Food competition, and so on.
Will you be there? Of course you will!
For those attending who wish to meet, I’ll be present (picture of me) at the festival on March 6th, from around 11AM to 3PM.
I also have 1 free ticket to the event to give away, so if you’re interested, please send me an email using the contact section of the blog’s top menu bar.
A few weeks ago we received a message from the fantastic guys over at the Discovery News Friday Feedbag podcast. It seems one of their loyal listeners passed along a story of ours and they liked it so much they asked us if we’d like to do a little interview … we jumped at the chance!
Yesterday I sat down (via telephone) with Will, James, and Jorge and we spent about 20 minutes talking about bacon. Ok, so we did broach some other topics such as cancer, sea slugs, and ribosomes, but I think bacon really took the cake (or brownie?). If you want any of that to make sense you better listen to the episode!
It was a real thrill to chat with these guys on the show and I encourage you all to subscribe to their podcast, as they put out some really fun and interesting stuff every week! Also, don’t be surprised if you hear GAS on there again sometime….
P.S. – That story about the quadruplet ribosomes will take me a little bit to write, but look for it in the next week or so!
Hey everyone, since we haven’t done any contests in a while, we thought of a little something to let you guys have a bit of fun. The idea is to think about some cool geeky quotes that would make for some interesting t-shirt designs. Just leave your suggestions in the comments section below, and early next week, we’ll pick the 4 best ones. Each winner will then get one official Geeks are Sexy t-shirt (pictured top on [GaS] reader Phil) plus a $25 gift certificate to spend with our pals at Splitreason.com.
…and now, we’re all anxiously waiting for you guys to blow us away with your wit!
With over 7 million page views (up from 4.8 in 2008), 2009 has been an amazing year for us here at Geeks are Sexy. Some of our best and most viewed stories have been published in 2009, so we figured you’d all appreciate a quick recap of what happened on the site last year.
Our favorite articles from 2009 (in no particular order):
Ho ho ho Everyone! Since it’s Christmas tomorrow, I’d like to take a minute and wish you all a very merry and geeky Christmas… and happy holidays for all you non-Christmassy people too! Oh, and don’t forget, if you party a bit too much in the next few days and have to use your car to get back home, be extra careful and ask someone to drive you back instead of risking your life and the life of others on the road. But since people reading this blog all have an IQ well above average, I shouldn’t really have to mention this, right?
…and just before I go, I’ve decided to offer you all a little gift and commit the ultimate embarrassment (again this year) by “elfing” some of our writers. They’re not really aware of this yet, so I hope they won’t hold a grudge against me for posting this!
What gadgets are you pawing after this season? Which technical wonders make your heart skip beats, and give you the shivers?
If you’re anything like me, you’ve likely spent hours—maybe even days, weeks, and months—of your year drooling over gadgets. And with the holiday season going in to full swing, there’s no end to the gadget temptations around every holly bedecked bend.
Here are a handful of the gadgets I’ve been fawning over that I’m hoping, just hoping, that Santa might carry down the chimney for me (if he’s feeling generous this year).
Netbook. Yes, yes. I’ve posted about this before. However, I’ve recently been infatuated (yes, that is the word) with the Samsung Go in Mint Blue. Though a Mac user through and through, I still often daydream cute montages of myself and the Samsung Go–who I would lovingly name Euripides–going to the park, sitting in coffee shops, watching Pride and Prejudice and going on and on about how adorable Colin Firth is and… what, sorry? Right… The specifications are beyond sexy, with the sleek 10″ widescreen, gorgeous keyboard, and interesting performance.
eReader. Whether you belong to the cult of Kindle or the network of the Nook or, perhaps, are one of the scions of the Sony eReader, there’s no denying that digital readers are changing the face of content. You might not agree with the formats, the rights–and you might not even like the screen or the lack of “new book smell”. But I can’t help but shirk the idea that having an eReader would simply encourage me to read more. That’s one little piece of technology I’d love to slink up next to in bed. Rwar.
Droid/iPhone. No, I’m not implying that the Droid will be an iPhone killer. For one thing: just like the Loch Ness Monster and Sasquatch, I don’t believe in iPhone Killers. Not yet, anyway. While I enjoy my iPhone Jr. (my iPod Touch) I can’t help but wish it did more. Though, with the service at AT&T and the many issues with call clarity, I’m certainly willing to give the Droid a chance. It looks sexy, seems to have some great reviews already, and certainly has the apps (and openness) many iPhone users are pining for. Even if the advertisement makes it look a bit like the Eye of Sauron.
Digital Camera. When our son was born a few years ago, we decided to use it as an excuse to get a beautiful Nikon D50. However, it’s become more and more clear as time has gone on that we’re just not using all the bells and whistles for such a great camera. Yeah, we’re thinking of downgrading. Considering all the options in more affordable point-and-click offerings, however, it’s kind of exciting to be on the lookout for a new camera. Particular models we’re considering are the Elph line as well as some of Nikon’s sleeker models.
How about you? Any gearheads and gadget geeks out there with particularly drool worthy wishlists? Go ahead and tell us what makes you go “OMG WANT!” You have full license to go on at length.
Just a quick post to remind you guys that you can still send in pictures of your computer setup for this week’s geeky pics post. And don’t forget, the coolest looking setup and the messiest one (as determined by us!) will both get $20 via Paypal!
Since a large percentage of our readership is composed of IT pros, we figured 
A few weeks ago we received a message from the fantastic guys over at the 
Netbook. Yes, yes. 
eReader. Whether you belong to the cult of 
Droid/iPhone. No, I’m not implying that the 
Digital Camera. When our son was born a few years ago, we decided to use it as an excuse to get a beautiful
