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.
( , Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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.
( , Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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Possibly a high score.
1. Books and contemporary art, well any art really so long as it's not the local weekend painters' group.
2. Yep, don't we all?
3. English, French, German, Rubbish.
4. Paperchase, Staples and even WHSmiths are my guilty secrets - I'm not sure how many hardback notebooks I own...And don't even start me on how many pens...
*EDIT* I bought a Dyno labeller thingy today from WHSmiths! £30! That included an extra roll of plastic tape so I can label up all my cables! And how did I find out about this wonderful piece of kit? Someone else mentioned it in this very qotw!
5. Yes, until I got the ringleader kicked out of school(another qotw answer I think).
6. Yes, see 5.
7. Glasses, yes. Braces, no, never. Bad haircut - used to have the nickname Willie Rushton (this was when a small child in the 70s) and don't even make me think of my hair in the 80s - curly hair does not spike, no matter how much gel is slapped on. An anorak - I climb and now mountain bike - of course I have an anorak! And what's wrong with brown clothes, pinafores and tweed? I have a lovely brown tweed jacket I wear when I'm teaching and I couple it with a rather fetching pinafore!
8. I've never suffered from asthma but I do get hayfever. As to the others...um....I'm blushing just at the thought of admitting to it all!
9. Yes, it has resonances with the rise of fascism in 20th century Europe and it couldn't keep me interested long enough to finish either the books or the films.
10. Bugger.
( , Sun 9 Mar 2008, 23:58, Reply)
1. Books and contemporary art, well any art really so long as it's not the local weekend painters' group.
2. Yep, don't we all?
3. English, French, German, Rubbish.
4. Paperchase, Staples and even WHSmiths are my guilty secrets - I'm not sure how many hardback notebooks I own...And don't even start me on how many pens...
*EDIT* I bought a Dyno labeller thingy today from WHSmiths! £30! That included an extra roll of plastic tape so I can label up all my cables! And how did I find out about this wonderful piece of kit? Someone else mentioned it in this very qotw!
5. Yes, until I got the ringleader kicked out of school(another qotw answer I think).
6. Yes, see 5.
7. Glasses, yes. Braces, no, never. Bad haircut - used to have the nickname Willie Rushton (this was when a small child in the 70s) and don't even make me think of my hair in the 80s - curly hair does not spike, no matter how much gel is slapped on. An anorak - I climb and now mountain bike - of course I have an anorak! And what's wrong with brown clothes, pinafores and tweed? I have a lovely brown tweed jacket I wear when I'm teaching and I couple it with a rather fetching pinafore!
8. I've never suffered from asthma but I do get hayfever. As to the others...um....I'm blushing just at the thought of admitting to it all!
9. Yes, it has resonances with the rise of fascism in 20th century Europe and it couldn't keep me interested long enough to finish either the books or the films.
10. Bugger.
( , Sun 9 Mar 2008, 23:58, Reply)
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