The Great Geek Manual

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You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart.

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Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you’ve a ready mind,
where those of wit and learning,
will always find their kind.

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Or perhaps in Slytherin,
you’ll make your real friends,
those cunning folk use any means,
to achieve their ends.

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You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil.

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This ode to female programmers was shot by Nick Gaglia and features rapper Dale Chase and actress Kether Donohue. You can download the song as an MP3 or ringtones at Chase’s website.

This is the true meaning of computer lovin’
She’s got a data stack that’s straight stunning
No mismatch, exceptions, or debuggin’
Invariably, how would I pass this,
when my coder girl grants me root access?

Source: Dale Chase via Geeks are Sexxy

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

- Stephen Hawking

1921
Lee De Forest files a patent application for his sound-on-film system.

1926
Underwater color photographs are published for the first time in National Geographic magazine. The photos were taken off the Florida Keys.

1945
The US government successfully detonates a plutonium-based nuclear weapon in the first atomic test, code-named “Trinity,” at Los Alamos, New Mexico, less than a month before similar devices will be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.

1951
Little, Brown and Company publish the novel Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. J. D. Salinger’s novel Catcher in the Rye, panned the previous day in the New York Times, is published.

1953
The F-86D Sabre sets a new air speed record of 715.7mph (1152KPH), beating out its own previous record. Various models of the Sabre held the world speed records five consecutive years, beginning in September 1948, when an F-86A set the Sabre’s first official world speed record of 570mph, and would continue to hold the record for another year. The model “D,” however, was the first in the line to improve on its own record.
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Resources

20 years of the World Wide Web – Twenty years ago, in a research establishment in the Swiss Alps, a British-born computer scientist dreamt up a new way for academics to share information around the globe.

30 iPhone Apps with Sexy Interfaces – Whether you’re looking for a robotic unit converter, a realistic app for reading novels, or a intuitive Twitter client – this roundup has something for you. Each application puts design first, offering a fantastic user experience.

100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer – So what are some fun, geeky places to take your geeklets? Even better, what are some fun, geeky places that kids and adults will all enjoy?

How 16 Electronics Companies Got Their Names – Most of us spend a lot of time staring at a computer or TV screen, playing video games, or gabbing into our cell phones. The brand names for these products are all familiar, but where did they come from in the first place? Just what is a Nokia? Here’s a look at the origins of some of your favorite tech and gadget companies’ names.

How to Make Moving Pictures (Just Like Harry Potter!) – In honor of the new Harry Potter movie Photo Jojo has released a tutorial on how to make your own moving pictures.

Workaround for Firefox 3.5 slow startups on Windows – If you find yourself with very long startup times after upgrading to Firefox 3.5 (from say 10 seconds to the order of minutes), you may be experimenting a bug due to a change in how Firefox 3.5 gets the randomness it needs for security purposes on Windows.
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