In the 1984 movie “Revenge of the Nerds” society was introduced to a sassy group of nerds that fought the system by being just a bit smarter than the jocks that inhabited fictitious Adams College.

Needless to say, nerds and geeks have taken over the world. I guess you could attribute that to Bob Gates. Calling oneself a geek is said more proudly now, 24 years after we were introduced to the nerds who had a hard struggle to fight the fraternities and sororities that were prejudiced against those folks who were just a bit swifter when it came to mental prowess.

For geeks of 2008, there is a new language of binary code, social media, PHP coding and other computer language that has not only sparked trends but is a way of life.

Being a geek is cool.

Royal Pingdom has a list of pictures of graffiti that has been left about the globe that features the language and inscriptions of being a geek. And, as you know, graffiti isn’t vandalism, it’s street art. Some of the photos are extremely funny, but will have no meaning unless you understand the world of IT or the internet.

So, geeks are united in a language all their own and the small scribbled words and pictures that celebrate the life of geekdom. Geeks aren’t the socially inept folks memorialized in “Revenge of the Nerds” but are, indeed, running the world we live in.

And if you want to learn geekspeak you better get cracking so you know what these photos are talking about.

We live in a brave new world, campers.

Fashion designer Marc Ecko’s designs draw from a variety of inspirations, but there’s nothing as cool as his Black Rhino clothing articles.  After all, the Black Rhino collection is the home of the incredibly awesome Black Rhino Jason Hoodie, inspired by Jason Voorhees and the classic 80’s slasher movies in the Friday the 13th series.  […]

Throughout history, there’s been one constant.  People are going to do whatever they can to make themselves more beautiful.  Whether it’s a tattoo of an Internet superstar like Tay Zonday, a tooth tattoo, an eyeball coloration, or even an amputation disguise, there’s no shortage of ideas on what people can do to the body to […]

As lights get smaller and more powerful, you’re going to start seeing them in more and more places.  For example, check out the Galaxy Dress from CuteCircuit.  This formal-style gown made of crinoline, chiffon, 4,000 Swarovski crystals, and 24,000 LEDs is a pretty impressive combination of form and function.  Assuming you want to function as […]

Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Remembrance Day.
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Twenty years ago today, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down.  The wall, separating East and West Berlin, was a symbol of the Cold War between the free world and the Soviet Union.  Google has a great selection of images from Life Magazine detailing the history of the wall, and there’s also a […]

From the outside, Emma Cahill looks like your average school girl.  She just turned 16 and attends St Mary’s Convent School in Worcester, England.  She is active in sports and has many friends, but there’s one thing different about Emma.  At 6′5, she is the tallest teenage girl in the UK.
Fortunately for Emma, her unusual […]

The New York Marathon ran this weekend.  Surprisingly, the winner was an American; in fact, Eritrea-born Meb Keflezighi is the first American citizen to win the marathon since 1982 (the year after I was born).  However, with an estimated 42,000 runners in the marathon this year, not all of them are hardcore professionals.  There are […]