Archives for the 'geekism' Category
Kindle Afire
Published on 18 Mar 2009 at 10:11 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Internet, books, geekism, media.
Future of newspapers? Maybe in some form. That’s the Kindle buzz. A variety of reviews follow, including one from a pal who is a reader here. No techno-geek, he’s a crusty old Vietnam vet.
Man Up
Published on 10 Mar 2009 at 9:33 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Obama, geekism, men, sexism, western civilization, women.
That’s the word from el Heraldo’s house feminist re Obama’s “Nerd Herd.” While cutting remarks about men’s manliness are … hurtful, Boston Herald’s Margery Eagan cuts to the essential point men and women have always known, even through the depths of 1960s bra-burning feminism. Leadership requires presence. People look to primeval, know-it-when-you-see-it evidence of authority.
10,000 Geeks
Published on 29 Dec 2008 at 10:13 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under America, Neanderthals, conservatism, geekism, pols.
Are the key to the GOP’s future. That’s techno-geeks, willing to learn politics, not politico-nerds, of which there is never any shortage. Mark Tapscott at the DC Examiner channels Red State’s Erickson and The Next Right’s Ruffini on the importance of techies to political movements:
Sorry I’m Late…
Published on 28 Aug 2007 at 5:43 pm.
6 Comments.
Filed under capitalism, geekism, history.
Thanks to Jules for inviting me to the party and, if Sister Toldjah feels sort of like the geek who was invited to hang with the cool crowd, imagine what a freshman geek like myself feels like. My apologies for being late, but it looks like you’re all still having fun - I brought along some strippers to mix [...]
Nerd Fight!
Published on 21 Feb 2007 at 10:17 pm.
25 Comments.
Filed under anthronerdism, geekism, science.
Inbred Jesus Cultists vs. Monkey-Loving Darwinists is so 1925. Astrophysicists vs. Ptolemists is the happening pop edu-clash!
Highly evolved anthroblogger John Hawks takes umbrage at a proposal to “de-emphasize Darwin” in order to lessen the ideological overtones in the debate over evolutionary science. Chron of Higher Ed:
An OED Moment
Published on 21 Feb 2007 at 10:10 pm.
7 Comments.
Filed under blogs, geekism.
Paul Campos has beclowned himself. Most of you as loyal Tim Blair and Instapundit readers were probably present at the birth or at least the baptism of the verb Blair coined back in 2004, and PJM celebrated as Word of the Year So Far … that “So Far” honorific itself being worthy of pop culture notice. [...]
