The Ultimate Geeky DIY Holiday Wreath

I love a good wreath during the holidays. But forget all of your pine cones and glittery ornaments. A wreath should be geeky and show everything that you love on it. Well, the folks over at Our Nerd Home have created just such a wreath. And it is an instant Christmas classic as far as I’m concerned.
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They combined a ton of different and equally awesome geeky things on their bright wreath, with icons representing Robocop, LEGO, the TARDIS, Batman, Fallout, Q*Bert, Heisenberg and more. Now that’s a wreath.

It looks more difficult to make than it is. They just drew the shapes onto foam board, cut them with an X-acto knife, and used markers and paint to add the bright colors. It looks very dimensional. You can make one yourself and put all of your favorite geeky things on it.

Ok, it’s not as classic as this wreath, but it’s still pretty awesome.

[via Nerd Approved]

YouTube kicks off its first Geek Week on August 4th to spotlight nerdy content

YouTube kicks off its first Geek Week on August 4th to spotlight nerdy content

The folks in Mountain View are ready to follow up YouTube’s Comedy Week, and their leaning on the troves of nerdy content filling their servers to kick off Geek Week. Come August 4th, the site will spotlight more than 100 channels using highlights and new videos with the help of Nerdist in the US and Channel Flip across the pond. Six themed days including topics from gaming to superheroes will each be hosted by an American and UK channel, with Geek and Sundry, Machinima and Guinness World Records being a few among them. In addition to the fresh clips, Schmidt and Co. will be hiding easter eggs throughout the week, and will give users the chance to collect badges when they spot ’em. Over in the UK, early ’90s kids show Knightmare, famed for its sketchy CG effects and sets, will return for a very welcome limited run. And if that wasn’t all enough, an exclusive Thor: The Dark World trailer is slated to arrive through the event next Wednesday. If you’re hankering for some extra nerdery in your diet, hit the bordering source link to stay in the loop for Geek Week.

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The Difference Between a Geek and a Nerd in One Graph

The Difference Between a Geek and a Nerd in One Graph

It’s 2013. We should all know that there are clear differences between calling something a nerd and calling someone a geek. This is a fact! Slackpropagation created this nifty graph that shows the dividing line on what defines a geek and what defines a nerd. The easiest way to tell the difference? Geeks are fans of a certain subject, nerds are practitioners of that subject. But fret not, geeks can be nerds and nerds can be geeks too!

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Portlandia Nerd PSA Discusses What It’s Like To Be An Actual Nerd

IFC’s Portlandia is currently airing its third season with its latest episode hitting the hearts of nerds around the world.

The latest episode contained a segment where the show addressed the concept of what a nerd is. It starts off with a woman rambling at a bar saying how much she is a nerd because she wears glasses, is into video games and reads comic books “and stuff.”

The segment turns into somewhat of a Nerd PSA that has an actual nerd named Brian P. discuss what it’s really like to be a nerd. Brian P.’s glasses are to actually see, he watches Star Trek: The Next Generation and plays Skyrim.

Brian P. goes on from there to discuss how nerds feel when they see non-nerds say they’re one of them, and expectedly, it’s not in a positive way. Seeing how we cover a lot in the world of tech, gaming and science, we think it’s safe to say you would enjoy this clip from Portlandia just as much as we did.

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