Even more disturbing -- scroll down the BizWeek page a little and note the story on "Imagery-Driven Fragrance Products are Everywhere These Days... Including the Kitchen Sink!".
Hey... isn't that dish soap in iMac colors?
Carumba! It's iSoap! Quick Steve, call the lawyers!
Perhaps not all geek men want a geek girl, but I am sure almost every geek man would prefer an intellegent woman, who understand computers and is not afraid of them, or worse yet ignorant of them.
True indeed. Many a witty, brainy young lass turned this geek's heart to butter in his formative cycles. And now, a slightly older, slightly wiser, slightly portly geek can look back at the 9+ years of joy with his then-girlfriend-now-wife-and-mother-of-his-child. She ain't no coder. She ain't no cracker. Her eyes glaze when I talk of Perlish things, and she oh-so-patiently forgives my O'Reilly habit. We have enough geeky things in common to make us happy, and enough differences to keep us sane. My advice for those in search of geeks to love:
Flirt, flirt, flirt
Be witty
Be honest
Don't be a floozy
Don't laugh at a geek dancing (if you can get them dancing, which I highly recommend, because it really is funny)
Actually, I think it comes from being married -- in my highly-nonscientific study of married geeks (myself included), I've found that every one has packed on the pounds since settling down. Though being a dad also burns them off -- it's hard to swat a toddler away from a keyboard!
I meant "generational" only in that I think a lot of the appeal is with the generation that's currently in their... lessee... late 20s to late 30s, maybe? Anyhow, I would say it's a safe bet that my grandparents would not "get" Python, but instead prefer comedy from their era. And I'm not trying to case aspersions on the Pythons' collective talent -- they are a very funny group of writers/performers, with roots in some of the best Brit. comedy of the time. Their appeal isn't purely age-based, but I've found (non-scientifically) that the biggest Python audience has always been folks +- my own age.
I think the Python appeal is generational -- the Pythons were big right around the formative years of many a kid growing up in the home computer boom (70s - 80s). Just happenstance, I think. (And will "South Park" be the Python of the current batch of kids?) The Marx Bros. are *funny*, but "old"... the Pythons were contemporary for a lot of up-and-coming/.ers.
The Merchandising Menace...
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My favortie Lucas quote:
"He said: 'I wish there was a world where nobody had to get paid and people could just do things for free but they don't. All the tens of thousands of people that make the toys and the films, they all have to pay their bills and so they demand to be paid.'"
*cough* *hack* Oh, sorry. I didn't realize that Phantom Menace Colgate (tm), Band-Aids (tm), Kleenex (tm) and Pencil Toppers (tm) were paying someone's rent. Silly me. I'll be sure to run right out and buy some more, then. Meesa thinks George needs to re-read those licensing contracts a little more closely. Where exactly does a percentage of every blessed Darth Maul (tm) pizza go, anyhow? Betcha my local pizza dude (tm) isn't seeing a piece of that pie (sorry).
Ahhhhh... mass merchandising and hype... the real Dark Side.
Like the GoType for my Pro, though. Squarish bottom on the Pro reduces the wobble factor, and is great on airplanes and in meetings. Not so good on the lap, but you can put it on a flat surface (clipboard, notebook, etc.)
Worst problem -- my graffiti skills are in decline now...
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Even more disturbing -- scroll down the BizWeek page a little and note the story on "Imagery-Driven Fragrance Products are Everywhere These Days ... Including the Kitchen Sink!".
Hey... isn't that dish soap in iMac colors?
Carumba! It's iSoap! Quick Steve, call the lawyers!
http://www.business wire.com/cgi-bin/photowire.pl?101299/bw1.jpg
Two words: geek groupies.
All three of 'em.
*sigh*
...actually, it would be *cool*
(even more sorry)
True indeed. Many a witty, brainy young lass turned this geek's heart to butter in his formative cycles. And now, a slightly older, slightly wiser, slightly portly geek can look back at the 9+ years of joy with his then-girlfriend-now-wife-and-mother-of-his-child. She ain't no coder. She ain't no cracker. Her eyes glaze when I talk of Perlish things, and she oh-so-patiently forgives my O'Reilly habit. We have enough geeky things in common to make us happy, and enough differences to keep us sane. My advice for those in search of geeks to love:
Probably too much herring.
:-)
Actually, I think it comes from being married -- in my highly-nonscientific study of married geeks (myself included), I've found that every one has packed on the pounds since settling down. Though being a dad also burns them off -- it's hard to swat a toddler away from a keyboard!
I meant "generational" only in that I think a lot of the appeal is with the generation that's currently in their... lessee... late 20s to late 30s, maybe? Anyhow, I would say it's a safe bet that my grandparents would not "get" Python, but instead prefer comedy from their era. And I'm not trying to case aspersions on the Pythons' collective talent -- they are a very funny group of writers/performers, with roots in some of the best Brit. comedy of the time. Their appeal isn't purely age-based, but I've found (non-scientifically) that the biggest Python audience has always been folks +- my own age.
I think the Python appeal is generational -- the Pythons were big right around the formative years of many a kid growing up in the home computer boom (70s - 80s). Just happenstance, I think. (And will "South Park" be the Python of the current batch of kids?) The Marx Bros. are *funny*, but "old"... the Pythons were contemporary for a lot of up-and-coming /.ers.
My favortie Lucas quote:
"He said: 'I wish there was a world where
nobody had to get paid and people could just
do things for free but they don't. All the tens
of thousands of people that make the toys
and the films, they all have to pay their bills
and so they demand to be paid.'"
*cough* *hack* Oh, sorry. I didn't realize that Phantom Menace Colgate (tm), Band-Aids (tm), Kleenex (tm) and Pencil Toppers (tm) were paying someone's rent. Silly me. I'll be sure to run right out and buy some more, then. Meesa thinks George needs to re-read those licensing contracts a little more closely. Where exactly does a percentage of every blessed Darth Maul (tm) pizza go, anyhow? Betcha my local pizza dude (tm) isn't seeing a piece of that pie (sorry).
Ahhhhh... mass merchandising and hype... the real Dark Side.
- m
And you've seen Qualcomm's Palm-phone, yes? http://www.qualcomm.com/pdQ/
Like the GoType for my Pro, though. Squarish bottom on the Pro reduces the wobble factor, and is great on airplanes and in meetings. Not so good on the lap, but you can put it on a flat surface (clipboard, notebook, etc.)
Worst problem -- my graffiti skills are in decline now...
- m