Learn how to turn your analog watch into a pong video game or take the “Geek Test” to test your geekiness. Geek humor and gadget hacks that will intrigue even non geeks.
Geeks are usually very smart people that are heavily involved in computers, science and technology, but geeks are also very complex individuals with a broad range of unusual interests. Non-geeks can learn a lot from the things that geeks are involved in, because after all, it was ubergeeks (really smart techies) that invented the modern-day computers and software that the world relies on everyday.
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Geek Of The Day
Stop stressing and take your daily dose of geek humor and you’ll probably feel better. Geek jokes, stories and pictures can be offensive to some sensitive people. So far, this site has been fun and interesting to visit.
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Hack A Day
If you like tinkering with electronics and technology, then this site offers some very interesting information about modifying home electronics, video game consoles and much more, using simple hacks and techniques.
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Hacked Gadgets
Here’s another awesome gadget idea website. Learn about a remote control spy car or play with cornstarch and maybe if there is enough time left, then race your “ShakerRacer BlueTooth RC Cell Phone Car” around. Cool little gadgets that you can build.
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Brainy Quote
Do you blog or routinely make rounds in your favorite forums? This website offers a vast quantity of famous quotes once spoken by world leaders, artists, writers, business leaders, scientists and a lot of other categories. Need to find that perfect quote, and then I would visit here first.
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E-Skeletons
According to the website “The eSkeletons Project website is devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy.” This site makes learning about bones and tissues fun. Using a unique set of digitized 2-D and 3-D full color animations visitors can get a virtual look inside the human and primate skeletons.
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Chemical Elements
Raise you hand if you remember the Periodic Table, because I sure didn’t. This is one cool and confusing website even for a geek like me. Lookup the element or metal that you desire and presto, pops out the info with charts and graphs and everything. This site would be useful for students.
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Coffee Geek
Starbuck’s is the epicenter for afternoon geek gatherings all over the world and because of this love affair with the rich, full body bean and sipping coffee while chatting computers has converted some individuals into coffee geeks. For people who really love to brew their own pot or just interested in learning about coffee brews, then this site will tease the taste buds. Read reviews, flip through a how-to guide or share your opinions about coffee and/or the culture with other members.
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Geekologie
If cool futurist gadgets are your thing, then this website delivers the goods. Whether it is flying drones or plastic cars, Geekologie is a major geek site that you’ll want to bookmark.
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Board Game Geek
Not all geeks are workaholics and BoardGameGeek proves that geeks love playing board games. This website offers the biggest and most comprehensive database of board games, card games and print n’ play games online. Members actively review games that they are playing or have played and shares ideas with the rest of the community. Anything about games that person needs to know, then BoardGameGeek is the best place to find the information.
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FixYa
“FixYa provides free tech support and technical help for gadgets, electronic equipment and consumer products” and they store manuals and guides for over 500,000 products. FixYa may be able to save a person both time and money through teaching them how-to do the job themselves. There is an optional membership upgrade that has some costs associated with it, but it is only optional.
Bonus Site - Just For Fun: Innergeek Test
Ok, have you ever wondered, just how geeky you really are? You can stop wondering and take the Geek Test and see what you score. The test is pretty straightforward that is separated into several categories and then, you just select in each category what statement(s) describes you best. Once finished the test, then click “Rank My Geekiness” and get the results instantly. (Please note, that this is not a scientific test and is only a geeky toy).
December 5th, 2007 at 2:29 am
I scored 49.90138% - Super Geek…that surprised, because I full expected to score a little lower.
December 5th, 2007 at 4:29 am
I got a 18.5 on the geek test. It was so funny, I couldn’t stop laughing through the whole thing.
December 5th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
I liked 1-3, and 8 whether it’s these types of sites being the reason I was drawn into the article, or the fact that I’m just interested in these things. Also nice idea throwing that quiz in, everybody just loves commenting their scores. Tips noted.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:07 am
don’t forget 4chan.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:08 am
You’re missing geekculture.com up there. Great tech comics by an awesome artist,as well as a community of geeks you can’t really beat elsewhere.
Plus you can’t go wrong with beanies!
December 6th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Lol, I scored 63.4 on that test.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:54 am
dont forget about thinkgeek and xkcd plz.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
What ‘no’ said.
Anybody who self-describes as a geek these days is a sad wannabe. Nerds is where it’s at. Do keep up.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
great info, will book mark this article.
December 6th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
You completely left out thinkgeek.com. Dude, that’s like the geekiest place out there. You can get geek gatchets, geek workplace equipment. and geek toys, it’s awesome.
December 7th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Real geeks don’t gather on sites, which have the word geek in their name. Period.
December 8th, 2007 at 2:38 am
onetopwebsite.com - website for real geeks.
December 8th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
I only got an 8% on the test! that actually surprised me cause all my friends jokingly call me a geek.
December 12th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
I got a 6% on test. Woo hoo!
December 14th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Real geeks go to Slashdot. Real nerds RTFA.
December 17th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Hellooo??? HOW can slashdot NOT be on the list????
February 19th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Hello, the original free print-and-play game http://card.shmeleff.com/
Best regards
March 13th, 2008 at 12:14 am
I have had the opportunity to use these services and found them to be incomplete. I would rather use a service that alerts me to product updates and provides me the tips on how to enhance the products I own. Product Blog
March 25th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Ive been following http://gadgets.feedables.com for a fast overview of gadgets and cool tech.
May 1st, 2008 at 9:04 am
Pokemon rocks.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Elitists unite! Rate ANYTHING on a scale of one to ten at Onetoten.org. Video games, music, movies, comics, whatever you want, we’ve got it, and if we don’t have it, you can add it. Come take a look, because, let’s face it, you have nothing better going on.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Um, so i’m A geek and 13 years old. I’m not using my real name because I feel uncomftable, an I’m also female.
I have A.d.d. (attention defisite dissorder) and some of the things I like are;
Music:paul McCartney, David bowie, Elton john, Queen
Food:Big mac and lasanya
T.v. show:Torchwood, Doctor who and Top gear
Animal:Cat
What I like in someone:Geekyness, humour, someone who teases your love strings because they know you want them but at the moment you can’t have them, Open-ness(not TOO open), Not rich
Movie:Labryth, Wizard of OZ
Things I hate: Snobs, Rich people, Zara, People who nag, people who try to be someone else their not, american actors, VIRUSES!!! I HATE THEM!
Things I like: geeks, Walkmans, computer, t.v., my glasses technology, um I don’t know ooooh, JAMES BAYLEY!!!!!(ok so I don’t like him I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!) hmmmmmm, beutiful James, whether it’s your soft wavy hair or your argumentive nerdyness or whatever! Huh?!?! oh sorry *cough* annnyyywayy…
My religon: Athiest
Plz don’t take it the wrong way I just belive that there’s more to life than believeing about a god-thing that most likely doesn’t egsist. No affence what so ever.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
YOU GUYS ARE STUPID !!! U MISSED slashdot.com !!!