Tag: Geek
Should I Sleep App Uses Face Detection To Keep Your Mac Awake
Have you ever experienced your computer dim or go to the screensaver when you are reading a long blog post or doing something while simultaneously looking at your computer? If you don't touch your mouse for a while, that will happen, and it's annoying. To fix that problem, you could go into your set ...
![Unpretentiousil: The Medicine That Will Cure Hipster Disorder [Humor]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/medicine-to-cure-hipsters-1-optimized.jpg "Unpretentiousil: The Medicine That Will Cure Hipster Disorder [Humor]")
Unpretentiousil: The Medicine That Will Cure Hipster Disorder [Humor]
If you are struggling with hipster disorder, I've got just the medicine that will cure you. If you live in the United States, you are probably familiar with all the drug commercials that advertise medicines that will cure this or that. The funny part is that at the end of those commercials, somebody ...
The Big Bang Theory Secrets: What You Don’t Know About This Geeky Show
Amy Farrah-Fowler: I want you to kiss me where I’ve never been kissed before.
Sheldon: Like Salt Lake City?
Do you watch The Big Bang Theory? I didn’t. For a long time. I tend to avoid ‘noisy shows’ – not because ‘they are so loud,’ but more because of all the hype. Which is why I still don’t ...
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Geeks Rule The World & Here Is Why [Infographic]
Geeks rule the world. That's the mindset that people (and geeks in general) have today. As soon as you say the word "geek," there is a whole set of rules that apply. A lot of people would jump on the topic to make sure and trash it all they can. The first thing they would say is that a nerd and a ge ...
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How Nintendo Saved The Geek Lifestyle [Infographic]
Did you know that during the '80s, it looked like console gaming and the geek lifestyle were doomed? Yup, as a matter of fact, in 1983 console games raked in over $3.2 billion only to dramatically decrease to around $100 million in 1985. Everyone was saying that console gaming was no longer the way ...
Vintage Computer Parts Cover Popular Songs
As I was carousing the Internet today, I stumbled across a YouTube clip titled "FUN- We Are Young- Old School Computer Remix." Being a huge fan of remixes, computers, and old school, I thought it would be wise to take a look. As it turns out, this video had nothing to do with the 2003 Will Ferrell f ...
![Moments In Tech History Every Geek Should Know [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/moments-in-tech-history-infographic-optimized.jpg "Moments In Tech History Every Geek Should Know [Infographic]")
Moments In Tech History Every Geek Should Know [Infographic]
In order to be considered a geek in today's society, you pretty much just have to proclaim you are one. However, a true geek is said to know the intricacies of actually being one, if that make sense. To live and breathe "geek" is something that for some is a life's calling. But as with everything to ...
5 Twitter Types To Avoid & Enhance Your Twitter Experience
We have all run into this problem. We get tricked, duped, or slighted into following people on Twitter, and we don’t notice until we start seeing their content…They turn out to be low quality, terrible tweets that you couldn’t pay people to read. That's when you realize you have been tricked. Nobody ...
Black Box Technology & The Data It Can Recover About Your Car
Don’t get alarmed yet, but did you know you may have a black box in your car? When most people think of automobiles and technology, they probably think of iPod connections, hard drives to store and play mp3’s, a built-in GPS, and other cool techno-gadgets you might have in your car, right? Hardcore ...
The Zelda Project: 7 Simply Stunning Photographs From Hyrule
Whether you have been a dedicated Zelda fan since the 1986 release of The Legend of Zelda, a fan of Ocarina of Time, or just jumping on the Hyrulian bandwagon with the most recent release of Skyward Sword, you are going to like this. I believe anyone who loops themselves in with the geek lifestyle c ...
Horrify Children With The Headless Teddy Bear USB Drive
As a child, I always loved teddy bears. I had an extensive collection of teddy bears in a wide range of colors and sizes. Some of my teddy bears were elaborate collector's items like my Shakespearean Panda Build-A-Bear, whereas others were more simple teddy bears I won from those crane machines. I l ...
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Hipster Style Illustrated On A Funny Credit Card Bill [Infographic]
Since I'm a geek, and I'm completely immersed in geek culture, it always makes me giggle when I meet people who don't understand what a geek is. You can always tell who those people are because they think being a geek is equivalent to having a social handicap or something. Just remember, not everyon ...
Street Art: New York Gargoyle Building Sings The Blues
I often wander the streets of New York looking at my feet, headphones sprouting from my ears, lost in thought. But on one sunny day in the city I happened to look up. In front of me, I saw a building that quietly blossomed into something entirely magical when I stepped closer for further inspection. ...
Bladepad: Turn Your iPhone Into The Ultimate Gaming Tool
It's no secret we have come a long way with gaming technology over the past few years. When I was a kid, if I wanted to play video games outside the house, I had to carry around a big, bulky Game Boy that was primarily only available with grainy black-and-white graphics. Those days seem like long ag ...
Hipster Style: Alphabet Design & Language Translator Chart
It seems like hipsters have gotten a bit of a bad rap lately. Even the urban dictionary, which is a place where trends are usually celebrated, talks about hipsters like they are sub-humans. One definition describes them as "a shallow subculture of teens and young adults that shows how the worst of h ...