Are YOU a Geek??

[Iguanasan]

I'm a major geek. BSc in Computing Science. 25 years of programming computers. Our house has 3 desktops and 2 laptops. My day job is as an Information Architect where I research better ways to manage information and build software solutions. My spare time is spent either with my family or at the dojo where I practice Chito-Ryu karate. I like playing with YouTube and PicasaWeb

[Mad Aussie]

I'm a major geek.

The first step is admitting it. Well done

[BlueX]

I do non-geek stuff like turn a wrench, hike, snowboard and workout. And I was in the military...

Buuuut... I am an IT major student, have more computers in my living room than places to sit, enjoy build diy things and spend more than half my free time on the computer. And not to mention a serious gadget and tech fetish...

I am a geek! I admit it! Anyone who builds a computer into their car has to be a geek, right? There would be no argument if you saw my high school pic.

[kat]

Hmm..wish you guys lived near me..I have a computer sitting beside me that won't work and this one dying!!!

[GregL]

I think I largely qualify as a geek. I manage large corporate computer systems and the 'geeks' who look after them. I have two PCs on my desk, a laptop, a blackberry and my iPod touch...

At home... well... it continues, but

I also love hiking, caving, abseiling, mountain bike riding and road cycling.

I do long distance road riding and have completed the Paris Brest Paris 1200km ride twice (and a few other 1200km rides).

So all in all, I'm half very geeking and half not.

[Mad Aussie]

I also love hiking, caving, abseiling, mountain bike riding and road cycling.

I do long distance road riding and have completed the Paris Brest Paris 1200km ride twice (and a few other 1200km rides).

You much more into road than I ever was Greg. Do you also do endurance MTB racing?
Have you seen my websites? mtbdirt.com.au and roadgrime.com.au ?
If you've been reading Enduro magazine for your mountain biking over the past several years you'd have read my articles and seen my photos. This year I've switched to Australian Mountain Bike magazine. I put 4 articles into their special edition that came out at Christmas and just submitted an article and photos for the next edition.

[GregL]

MA I'll check out your websites. I have not done any endurance mountain bike riding. My mountain bike riding slowed down when I had a stack in the bush and drove my right thigh bone (I'm sure there's a technical name for that) straight through my hip. Punched a hole straight through the acetabulum - the hip socket.

I don't have any side effects as long as I keep riding and keep fit. I think they screwed it together pretty well, but my head still remembers the pain

I still head bush, but just not as the same speed especially downhill.

I'll have to keep an eye out for your photos in the magazines.

[kiley9806]

theres more responses on this thread as well - earlier obviously, so some different members responded. my geekyness is in there... What's Yer Day/Night Job?

[merman]

see i dont know if i am a geek, ive always considerd myself a bit of a geek,
you huys tell me..

lets see
i work as a new construction plumber (sans geek)
i drive a pretty little suped up 4X4 (sans geek)
the truck has a working CB radio (kinda geeky)
I have a i386 desktop i built for media storage (kinda geeky)
I have a laptop as well (more than one computer, kinda geeky)
both computers were converted from windoze to linux (REAL geeky)
i use vocabulary like "windoze" (geeky)
I urban freeride a cross country mountain bike (sans geek, i think)
I am an avid snowboarder (sans geek)
I frequent Photography.ca for all of my photography needs (sans geek)


hmmmm.... anything elses i can add....

i get goosbumps in root terminal (real geeky)
I can build my own linesman handset (real geeky)
I actually know what "Phone Phreaking" means and can put it into ation (REAL geeky)


so am i a geek?
hope so

[Mad Aussie]

Oh yeh merman ... you're a geek alright. You might even more of a geek than Gem!!

You do have a sliver of hope though ... you ride bikes and snowboard. Neither are geeky. But then you are sooooo Geeky that you think they are so that's a worry! More of those two activities and less of the other geek activities and your soul might be saved!