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Women, feminism, and geek culture. BefriendAGeek.com - Make a friend this Christmas. Artsdigitalera (Grants / Residency's / Funding / Scholarship) You can learn more about the background behind the strategy by reading the research paper.

artsdigitalera (Grants / Residency's / Funding / Scholarship)

This outlines four strands which interconnect at the heart of artistic practice; Audiences, Domains, Incomes and Support. From this, we have identified two pilot schemes, experimenting with new models of on-the-ground support (Geek in Residence) and new commissions (Digital Culture Fund). The Geek in Residence pilot program connects ‘geeks’ (by which we mean technically confident artists and creatively confident technicians) with arts organisations through a temporary subsidised secondment scheme. Xkcd - web comic strip. 10 most incredible geeky houses. There’s no stopping a true geek with passion and a dream.

10 most incredible geeky houses

For a little Friday fun we scoured the web looking for the most impressive, geek-inspired homes around the world, settling on this list of the top 10 coolest geeky houses. The first on the list was this Hobbit-inspired home built and lived in by a family somewhere in England. The walls and roof are made of mud and straw, cooking is done with gas and food is kept cold year-round in a 6-foot hole in the ground. Mr Potatohead meets Starwars.