20
Feb
2013

Nerd Life: The Many Faces of Geeksploitation

Holy fiery space debris Batman! If, for whatever reason, you had no inclination to partake in the manufactured festivities that tend to characterize Valentine's Day (at least in the States) the past few days held no shortage of headlines of both cinematic and straight-from-the-big screen varieties to hold your focus. The footage of the meteor impact was as incredible as it was terrifying. Something I found particularly surreal was just how accurately this sort of event has been portrayed...
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08
Feb
2013

Geeky Crafting: Paper Flowers

Hi to all those out there in the interwebs! After a nice little hiatus, the Care and Feeding of Nerds is back online! In the last post prior to the break I made vague allusions as to why the blog would be in stasis for a couple weeks. So what happened? Well, during those blackout weeks I travelled almost halfway around the world: partially to temper some work-and-grad-school-hewn stress but primarily to get married. Why do a semi-circumnavigation of the planet just to get married? Well,...
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