Codex Entry: Kitchen Electric --> Ice Cream Maker

Now that it's officially summer up here in the Northern Hemisphere, I thought it would be a good idea to present a seasonal update to our Kitchen Codex. Certain foods are inextricably linked, by social convention or personal preference, to the sun-filled, BBQ-laden nostalgic brilliance that is summer. Though the stereotype of a subterranean, seasonless existence holds true for some of us (I'm a redhead; UVA/B rays and I exist in mutual antagonism), even the most solar-adverse nerds have...

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Cosplay: Operation Go Jedi Update

Holy summer steaminess Batman! The decidedly unsubtle arrival of the solstice and its attending oppressive combination of energy-sapping heat and humidity threatened to derail Operation Go Jedi this week, but, with Gen Con fast approaching, there's literally no time to waste. Though I'm not prone to procrastination, the last six weeks before any convention has become my traditional costume crunch time. A month and a half provides enough leeway for a measure of trial and error if necessary...

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Nerd Rage: the Double-Edged Sword

There's a costume update in the works (woot for progress!), but that will likely be the subject of the next post. This entry is a tangential follow-up to last week's dissection of the most common labels ascribed to…well the conglomerates of individuals who would most likely enjoy the contents of this blog and sites like this. It was one of the most-read posts featured on the blog thus far and for good reason. Though being a nerd or geek in some way, shape or form is probably as old as...

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Nerd Life: What Makes a Nerd/Geek?

Ok, so it may seem strange to run this post now, after 11 other posts have already been featured, but this is a subject that deserves extra care and the additional time that such an undertaking typically requires. The previous posts have touched on a number of assumptions and made reference to certain characteristics that are considered commonplace amongst those of the nerdy/geeky persuasion, but we've never actually delved into the latter and attempted to parse out what it means. It's...

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Book Review: Arctic Rising

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