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.

Usually, when someone talks about hot beats, it’s just because they really like the music.  However, one unnamed woman on a flight from Beijing, China, to Melbourne, Australia, got exposed to some really hot beats.  A woman’s headphone burst into flames while she was wearing them! It’s just not safe to enjoy yourself anymore, between […]

This will be the last Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to ever be on an airplane.  After all, the phone has been pulled from shelves and pockets all around the world, because the phones tend to, uh… catch fire and/or explode.  It’s not a laughing matter if you’re flying over the Rocky Mountains with one in […]

Since 2014, Craig Sager has been caught in the fight of his life.  He’s been battling leukemia since 2014, and he’s had multiple stem-cell treatments and rounds of radiation, and he continues to struggle against the disease for all he’s worth.  He’s been a very public face for most of his life, and now he’s engaged […]

The Red Cross is a wonderful organization.  When there’s trouble, the Red Cross is there setting up shelters and handing out food and water.  The Red Cross is normally very sensitive to the community needs around them, to boot.  However, sometimes, something will slip through the cracks that just looks wrong.  One of these things is […]

One of the most famous features of Matt Groening’s fictional town of Springfield is a strange one.  Springfield is home to a giant, perpetually burning tire fire.  I guess considering the town also has a nuclear plant that routinely leaks glowing green waste into the town’s water supply, the tire fire isn’t such a big […]

Gas prices don’t usually go down.  They go up.  Gas prices rose for decades, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, but always up on a long enough timeline.  Not long ago, $4 a gallon for gas was a very real proposition.  Nobody thought prices would go in the other direction, and yet… gas prices are going down […]

Fashion designers look for inspiration everywhere.  Some of it is pop culture, like Friday the 13th-inspired hoodies.  Other fashions are inspired by low culture, like deluxe Snuggies.  Some people turn to the culture of their past for inspiration, like the 8-bit video games they grew up on.  Italian fashion house Moschino is partnering with Nintendo […]