Hang out with other cool, big-name geeks, surf on your laptop, soak up the sun and the sea life, and take in some great sites – all on a fabulous Geek Cruise.  It’s also a perfect write-off for those looking to get away.

Geek-themed trips include:

• Arctic Exposure – Photography & Photoshop skills.
• Chess Moves – Chess topics & strategies
• Mac Mania – Mac topics & tips
• Photoshop Fling – Photoshop tricks & tips
• Opera Odyssey – Opera browser
• Linux Lunacy – Linux OS topics

Like true geeks, the organizers have thought everything out.  You can find detailed trip intineraries on their site, as well as tips on convincing your spouse to take the trip.

And who knows…you might just spot one of those hot (and single!) geek girls on the cruise.

 

Are you into social networking, but haven’t yet found a site that caters to your particular interests or lifestyle? Then check out Consumating, a sort of MySpace-like social networking site for Geeks. It’s a new way to find people who are interested in things that interest you.

The site was founded by Ben Brown and Adam Mathes, and was purchased by CNET in 2005.  Ben Brown continues to manage the day to day operations.

The site is intriguing, but really, how many social networking sites can one handle?  I don’t know about you, but between e-mail, the V7 forum, this blog, and my REAL life, I don’t have time for another social outlet.  But for those of you that do have the time, this one is worth checking out.

Some geeks write poetry, really geeky poetry. Here are just a few geek poems that I found today. If you know of any more, please post them in the comments!

This poem has been circulated anonymously online, and has no title. It’s a love poem from one geek to another:

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN MY COMPUTER Believe me it is true …

You installed the best in me.

Your picture is always in my background.

You clicked my heart gently.

You drive me crazy when I see you.

Your love reset my life and deleted all the sadness in me.

You restored my kindness after I thought it was corrupted.

I’m always connected to you with more than 56 heart beat per second.

You hacked my brain and registered your name in it.

You are the only one that could navigate my feelings and explore my
emotions at the same time.

I feel lost when I try to call you and you are not responding.

I always feel you close to me when I shut down my eyes, or when I open
my windows waiting for you to pass.

You are the only one that can log into my heart and never log out.

I dream of being your only server as long as I live.

You don’t have to search for me, cause we are always linked to each
others.

I see your name everywhere, my front page, my homepage and all my
software.

I scanned my life and found that I’m only infected by you.

You are the virus I’d never remove, and why should I do?

Believe me it is true…

I love you more than my CPU!!!!

__________________________________

Here’s another one without a title or author that was circulated via email:

Bill’s got a server
With a flashy OS
“Drive with me, Mabel,
’cause I’m the best.”

Oh my, oh no!
The OS is not stable.
“But you promised, you promised”
Cries unfortunate Mabel.

Then along came Linux
Now that’s an OS!
It runs like a champ
When put to the test.

Oh my, oh yes!
What an amazing OS!
Stable, compatible, safe and carefree,
This is at last the server for me.

So Bill’s left behind,
With his face in a frown.
Sorry, Bill.
There’s a new guy in town.

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And here’s one that you can get on a t-shirt from Think Geek:

roses are #FF0000
violets are #0000FF
all my base
are belong to you

According to Geek to Geek, the top ten reasons to date a geek are:

1. Geeks don’t cheat. Geeks know that the grass only seems greener on the other side. They instinctively stay devotedly loyal to their lovers through thick and thin. Their social skills are also not well developed enough to support an affair.

2. Geeks appreciate their mates. Since you are likely to be one of the first persons a geek has ever had a significant relationship with, you will be treated well. A geek knows that there aren’t a whole lot of other possibilities. Frankly, geeks aren’t quite sure how they ended up with the person they have attracted. When you date a geek, you know that geek will be yours for as long as you wish.

3. Geeks haven’t formed bad relationship habits. After years of dating other people, the socially successful have become too confident to be intimate, think of partners as being only for their self-gratification, and focus on making themselves happy. None of this is true of a geek. The lack of past romantic partners allows the geek to approach lovers with the zest of a neophyte. Geeks are not full of romantic confidence. However, once encouraged, they are eager to please and enjoy their relationship.

4. Geeks are good at the things they try. Every geek has skills passionately developed over a long period of time. It could be role playing, chess, hacking, playing video games, or the ability to properly assemble a computer. So you know that geeks won’t quit until they have learned how to make their relationship the best.

5. Geeks are not interested in status. Geeks became geeks because they chose to spend their time doing things that would not necessarily make them popular with everyone else in school, like sports and fashion. The ability to resist peer pressure is important to geeks. This means that a geek is more interested in your happiness than in looking good to others.

6. Geeks have imagination. Boredom is important to avoid to the game playing geek. A geek will seek new and creative ways to play, and this translates to relationships as well.

7. Geeks are happy and successful in their chosen field. No matter what their education level, geeks are able to make good incomes doing work that they enjoy. That eliminates one of the most frequent causes of relationship problems, since people who don’t like their jobs may take it out on their significant other.

8. Geeks are analytical. If they don’t get it right the first time, they look at what they did and figure out what to change. And when they DO get it right, they still keep finding ways to improve on it.

9. Geeks can concentrate. Geeks can focus their energy on one task with total intensity. Granted, the task they are focusing on may have more to do with writing new software for their Blackberry, but the fact remains that a geek, once set upon a task, tirelessly sets about to achieving a goal.

All of which means that…

10. Geeks want to be the best at what they do. So they try harder. And they never stop trying.

PC World recently issued their list of the 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time.  Coming in at #1 was AOL, who “has never overcome the stigma of being the online service for people who don’t know any better.”

The complete list of losers is as follows:

1. America Online (1989-2006)
2. RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
3. Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
5. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
7. Microsoft Bob (1995)
8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
9. Pressplay and Musicnet (2002)
10. dBASE IV (1988)
11. Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
12. PointCast (1996)
13. IBM PCjr. (1984)
14. Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
16. Comet Cursor (1997)
17. Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
18. IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
19. OQO Model 1 (2004)
20. CueCat (2000)
21. Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
22. http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,125772,pg,6,00.asp#pippin
23. Free PCs (1999)
24. DigiScents iSmell (2001)
25. Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004)

Additionally, 10 (dis)honorable mentions were choosen:

1. Apple Newton MessagePad (1994)
2. Apple Puck Mouse (1998)
3. Apple 20th Anniversary Macintosh (1997)
4. DiVX DVDs (1998)
5. Concord Eye-Q Go Wireless Digital Camera (2004)
6. Dell SL320i (1993)
7. Motorola Rockr E1 (2005)
8. 3Com Audrey (1999)
9. Timex Data Link Watch (1995)
10. WebTV (1995)

Wow, I have heard of most of these products, but there are a few that I never knew about it.  Of these products listed I’ve had AOL, RealPlayer, the Apple Puck Mouse, IE6, Windows ME, and an evil Sony music cd (it messed up 2 computers). 

So what do you think?  Are there any others that you would have liked to have seen on this list?

Here’s a little geek tool where you can get a photo of Einstein writing whatever you want him to… Have fun!