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Geek.com

NameMedia had recently acquired Philip Greenspun's photo.net and was building out its Enthusiast Media Network, where Geek.com would be the lead technology site.


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Jimmy Da Geek has gone on to radio for KCCN-FM then KQMQ-FM and released his own solo album, titled "So So Haolefied." He now resides in Mesa, Arizona.

Aden Young

In 2011 Young mimed Australian female indie supergroup Seeker Lover Keeper's hit song "Even Though I'm A Woman" in the music video directed by Natalie Van Dungen, and featured in the Jason Statham/Robert De Niro action film Killer Elite as American techno geek Meyer.

Brian Solis

He has also written the foreword for several best selling books including, Social Media ROI (Olivier Blanchard), At Your Service (Frank Eliason), Share This Too (Paul Fabretti), Social ROI (Vincenzo Cosenza), Think Before You Engage (Dave Peck), Smart Business Social Business (Michael Brito), The Hidden Power of Your Customers (Becky Carroll), The Social Customer (Adam Metz), Twitfaced (Jacob Morgan), Social Media Geek-to-Geek (Synopsys).

Brother Power the Geek

The Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Time Out For Vengeance!" features a brief scene where Guy Gardner is shown reading an issue of Brother Power the Geek while relaxing on the Justice League Satellite.

He first appeared in Brother Power the Geek #1 (October 1968).

Cal Slayton

In 2003, Cal illustrated the Gail Simone-written back-up story "Part Time" for Geek Punk's Super Hero Happy Hour #4.

Chick House

The utilitarian design of the Chick House is accented by simple decorative touches in the Greek Revival style.

Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover

The morning after scene for Ellie and Morgan contains Morgan sleepily uttering the line "Damn momma, I've got my headgear on." Anthony Michael Hall's Farmer Ted (The Geek) character uttered the same line towards the end of Sixteen Candles.

David Barr Kirtley

Kirtley co-hosts the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast along with fantasy & science fiction editor John Joseph Adams.

Fee Plumley

She worked for the Australia Council for the Arts on its "Arts content for the digital era" program, producing initiatives such as Geek in Residence and the Digital Culture Fund.

Frank Hvam

He is known for his performance as the "geek" Kenny Nickelman in the Danish sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas and as a writer and performer in the Pythonesque comedy Casper og Mandrilaftalen.

Geek show

In the 1998 Simpsons episode "Bart Carny", Homer and Bart are asked to perform in a geek show to pay off a debt: "You just bite the heads off the chickens and take a bow".

Geek Squad

Best Buy terminated its partnership with Office Depot in Orlando, Florida, where Geek Squad precincts were located in 10 Office Depot locations.

In October 2006, it was reported that Geek Squad would be launching in the United Kingdom in a joint 50-50 venture with Carphone Warehouse, where today it exists as both an onsite service and a remote repair service.

J. D. Frazer

It is about a group of characters who work for a fictional Internet service provider, and the comic's readership consists mainly of programmers, self-styled geeks, and other technophiles.

Making an entrance

This happens in 1999 film She's All That where the lead female character Laney Boggs (played by Rachael Leigh Cook) is transformed from a geeky-looking girl to a stunning beauty wearing a red bodycon dress, and walks slowly down the stairs after the makeover.

Microshaft Winblows 98

The game is notable for having negative reception, with Richard Cobbett of PC Gamer describing it as being "not really a game, although it has a few of them in it, but more of an interactive comedy CD-ROM", although even the parody sketches are "stuck mining geek humour" which Cobbett felt "smacks of non-technical people desperately trying to write jokes in what may as well be a foreign language".

My Parents Are Aliens

Although he is arguably the 'geekier' of the two, collecting comics and speaking Klingon, he is neither academic nor interested in science.

NCIS: Los Angeles

The cast is rounded out by Linda Hunt playing the OSP's operations manager Hetty Lange, a legendary former intelligence agent with a mysterious past, and Barrett Foa as Eric Beale, the team's tech operator and resident geek.

Neophile

Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the pro-technology 'Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan underground (see geek).

Nerdcore for Life

Nerdcore For Life explores the world of “geek rap” known as Nerdcore hip-hop and features appearances by many of the top names in the genre including Optimus Rhyme, MC Lars, Beefy, mc chris, MC Router and Ytcracker.

Rapider Than Horsepower

Where The Mae Shi (with whom they shared a split EP), Fat Day or Half Japanese snap, RTH’s brand of geek-rock buckles; they lie at a crossroads between nerdy noise rock and spazz pop, bizarre funk and bizarre-er power balladry.

The Geek Group

The Geek Group was forced to abandon its Kalamazoo, Michigan headquarters and facilities when Kalamazoo County, Michigan auctioned off its facilities after the city demanded over one hundred thousand dollars in back taxes, despite the fact that The Geek Group is considered a non-profit organization by the IRS.

The Geek Group is sponsored by many companies, the majority of them small businesses local to the Group, but also some larger companies such as Haas Automation, Iscar and Rustoleum.

Your Geek News

Your Geek News is hosted by Broadcast Journalist Anastasia 'Nat' Tubanos and Independent Filmmaker Matt Campagna, collectively known as hosts on the show as Matt + Nat.


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