Archive for the 'geekery' Category
Pop Vs Soda provides us with some statistics (and a really cool map) so we can easily see the geographic distribution of individuals who refer to carbonated beverages as “soda” vs those heathenspeople who call such things “pop.”
Looking at the map, one wonders what’s going on with New Mexico — and what exactly the “other” [...]
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Index Cards Save World Again
Today I got to experience a moment of awesomeness, merely by virute of having index cards on my person — and remembering that fact at the appropriate time, which is often the failing of convenient items. I’d come across the concept of the Hipster PDA (and indeed, who has not, if they’ve spent more [...]
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Femininity vs…?
I’ve encountered a really strange point of view as regards academia lately — namely, that to be ’serious’ regarding something (an area of study, in this case), you can’t present yourself at the same time as being feminine.
On a predominantly female messageboard I’m involved with, the subject had come up yet again — people seemed [...]
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