Vicious Tendencies

The Randsinrepose blog has a GREAT post about how the nerdular mind works. Rather than try to reiterate everything that has been perfected, I’ll just link!

A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time. Those lulls in the conversation over dinner? That’s the nerd working on his project in his head.

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It’s unlikely that this project is a nerd’s day job because his opinion regarding his job is, “Been there, done that”. We’ll explore the consequences of this seemingly short attention span in a bit, but for now this project is the other big thing your nerd is building and I’ve no idea what is, but you should.

At some point, you, the nerd’s companion, were the project. You were showered with the fire hose of attention because you were the bright and shiny new development in your nerd’s life. There is also a chance that you’re lucky and you are currently your nerd’s project. Congrats. Don’t get too comfortable because he’ll move on, and, when that happens, you’ll be wondering what happened to all the attention. This handbook might help.

Regarding gender: for this piece, my prototypical nerd is a he as a convenience. There are plenty of she nerds out there for which these observations equally apply.

RandsInRepose

Following the news of Mindark PE AB striking the deal with CDA (China’s computer people), I have found out what my name would be in Chinese:

Shi Man Kang

Man = fill; full, satisfied
Kang = peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy

Hello, Michael Stafford! Above is the Chinese name which was “inspired” by your English name. Chinese uses characters rather than an alphabet, so names cannot be directly translated from English to Chinese. However, Chinese characters can be chosen which approximate the English pronounciation, which is what this program does.

http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html

This is something I’d love to work towards taking part in. Unfortunately I still live in the suburbs *sigh*