How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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Brazilian musicLong ago, before PC's and CD's, music lovers used have to relay on something called 'vinyl,' which was in the long term a bit shit when you think about it.
I used to DJ Brazilian music, and spend a fortune acquiring the stuff, long before you could get a Trio Mocotoa classic from 1973 on a CD compilation. So it cost me an absolute fortune.
Sadly, one night in Camden, after a gig, some cunt nicked the cream of my collection outside the nightclub, due to a dozy cow and waiting for a cab, which at the time completely destroyed me, given this was vinyl at a £100 plus per record in the box. And that was that. I was so destroyed I went off for two weeks to start a new life as a Buddhist in Hemel Hempstead, before getting a bit fucking bored with the meditation lark.
Anyway, the great news is now, due to the internets, I have been able to download more or less everything I lost (besides the Ed Lincoln 'golf-ball' album) or buy it painlessly on CD, even with some added Japanese Export finance.
All of which now sounds much better on the stereo as well. :)
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Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 22:14,
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