64 Things Every Geek Should Know « Caintech.co.uk. If you consider yourself a geek, or aspire to the honor of geekhood, here’s an essential checklist of must-have geek skills.
The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field. A geek is one who isn’t satisfied knowing only the surface facts, but instead has a visceral desire to learn everything possible about a particular subject. A techie geek is usually one who knows a little about everything, and is thus the person family and friends turn to whenever they have a question. 2. If you rolled your eyes here, that is a good thing. This tip is only really good for older machines running 9x based OS’s. 1. 3.
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Atlas Gloves. May 8th, 2006 11:13am Making your own Atlas Gloves is easy, cheap and fast.
In 5 minutes and about $8 you can have your own pair of Atlas Gloves and practically have the world in your hands. We have documented the way we recommend making Atlas Gloves though you might find a thousand other ways to make them. (if you do, send us photos, we would love to see what you come up with) Ok, let’s start. 2 White LED Keychains, we got ours at RadioShack.2 white Ping-Pong balls1 Glue Gun (or any other strong glue)1 Nail Untie the keychain from the light. Make a hole in the ping pong ball with the nail. The hole should be big enough to acomodate the LED sticking from the lighter. spread glue around the hole in the hole in the ping-pong ball.
Attach the lighter to the ball. Hot-glue around the connection to make sure the ball stays attached to the lighter. Universcale. Excerpted from Netiquette by Virginia Shea. The Core Rules of Netiquette are excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea.
Click on each rule for elaboration. Introduction Rule 1: Remember the Human Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth Rule 5: Make yourself look good online Rule 6: Share expert knowledge Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy Rule 9: Don't abuse your power Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes Next page ...Previous page ...Core Rules ...Netiquette Contents.