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Friday, June 26, 2009
Proper case - 06:14 PM
(filed under 'general')
You may have noticed that last post was written using all proper case. I started out ferrousland using all lower case mainly due to laziness, but then it became a style. However, since I've been writing for my other site, Earth and Body Friendly (which is not just a personal blog like this one, but has a more professional focus) and since I've been using my iPhone (which autocorrects to proper case), I've started using proper case in some places. I was getting confused switching between the two styles, but now I've been leaning towards proper case for everything.
So that was the official change from all lower case to proper case on ferrousland and everywhere. 
I might even change it in the navigation, categories, etc, one day. *shrugs*
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What makes a geek a geek? - 06:12 PM
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I've referred to myself as a geek for a few years. Now I'll be the first to admit that I'm not as geeky as some, but I think there are a few things which qualify me as a card-carrying geek:
- I've created and maintained my own webcams/blogs/websites for many years.
- I love coding. Even though my brain turned to mush when I was pregnant with my boy and hasn't yet recovered, meaning I haven't coded for years, I still love PHP. I even tried some BASIC way back when I won a Commodore 64 at a skating rink competition when I was 11. That was fun.
- I worked as a website developer and was paid to put my hands inside the guts of computers regularly.
- I'm not fully into sci-fi, but I do enjoy some Dr Who (and perhaps even more so, Torchwood), I love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and I loved Firefly.
- Most of my friends are geeks.
I've also realised that most of my serious relationships have been with geeks: my ex-husband is a geek; my previous boyfriend is a bit of a geek; my current boyfriend is a full on geek (and a very cute one, at that. *grin*).
Since I've been using Twitter more, I've tended to follow geeky types, because I enjoy what they talk about and link to. Lately, I've been reading a few articles about geek girls and I just started thinking what exactly is it that makes a geek a geek? Not just girls, but geek boy or girl.
I suspect it's more than just one thing. Any type of person might do or be one or two of the things on this possible list of geeky things, but that doesn't necessarily classify them as a geek, right? Perhaps it's having a few core geeky values, combined with some lesser-ranking geek traits.
So what do you think makes a geek a geek? What can you suggest that would go on this list of geek traits?
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