What of those is useful? I don't have a Windows machine, so a huge number of those don't make sense or are worthless. I don't care one whit about hardware, which eliminates another large swatch.
1. memory connectors, 2. keep your apps on a memory stick, 3. straighten old CPU pins, 4. know some basic HTML <br />, btw, is to be compatible with XHTML and is not pre HTML-5.0. 5. is "executive customer service", 6. play Quake in <1 hr, 7. "build a Hackintosh", 8. watch movies online (which even my non-geek Mom does), 9. get around content filters (doesn't a real geek have 3G or such connection?), 10. π to 23 decimal cases (blah), 11. replace a controller board, 12. benchmark a computer, 13. use printer paper to decorate your room, 14. "Securely Erase Your Data", 16. hide your porn ... X. 'shop a photo, Y. something about modding a Valve game, Z. rocket jumping, ... and more.
I'm a real geek, and I say that most of these are relevant to only a small subsection of people who self-identify as a real geek, much less of those considered real geeks by others.
That site promotes geeks as users of information. Playing games, using programs, ripping CD, etc. There are a few things about building hardware based on components, but little in the way of creating or doing research.
I didn't finish it as it was full of dreck, but I saw nothing about programming, soldering or wireboarding, working with sensors. The only think I saw about art or design was 'shooping or putting an image into a game. Why learn 20 some odd digits of pi when you could toss in some CPU to Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search or other distributed computing projects? Or spend time with the Wikipedia MySQL dump, load it into your own SQL instance, and geek out learning databases?
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 24.6 ms ] thread1. memory connectors, 2. keep your apps on a memory stick, 3. straighten old CPU pins, 4. know some basic HTML <br />, btw, is to be compatible with XHTML and is not pre HTML-5.0. 5. is "executive customer service", 6. play Quake in <1 hr, 7. "build a Hackintosh", 8. watch movies online (which even my non-geek Mom does), 9. get around content filters (doesn't a real geek have 3G or such connection?), 10. π to 23 decimal cases (blah), 11. replace a controller board, 12. benchmark a computer, 13. use printer paper to decorate your room, 14. "Securely Erase Your Data", 16. hide your porn ... X. 'shop a photo, Y. something about modding a Valve game, Z. rocket jumping, ... and more.
I'm a real geek, and I say that most of these are relevant to only a small subsection of people who self-identify as a real geek, much less of those considered real geeks by others.
I didn't finish it as it was full of dreck, but I saw nothing about programming, soldering or wireboarding, working with sensors. The only think I saw about art or design was 'shooping or putting an image into a game. Why learn 20 some odd digits of pi when you could toss in some CPU to Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search or other distributed computing projects? Or spend time with the Wikipedia MySQL dump, load it into your own SQL instance, and geek out learning databases?
And so on.