May 25: National Geek Day
It’s National Geek Day / Geek Pride Day! According to Wikipedia, “Geek Pride Day is an initiative to promote geek culture, celebrated on 25 May. The date was chosen as to commemorate the release of the first Star Wars film, A New Hope on 25 May 1977 (a/k/a Star Wars Day), but shares the same date as two other similar fan “holidays”: Towel Day, for fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams, and the Glorious 25 May for fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld.
The initiative originated in Spain in 2006 as “Orgullo Friki” and spread around the world via the internet.”
What geekiness are you celebrating today?
Via Wired.
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Going to breakout all my ttl chips and build something!
Tested my wireless macro/micro-focusser on my telescope!
We should start a Tech Geek day to distinguish us from people who consider themselves geeks because they’re fans of a movie. The date of the invention of the transistor is a range of dates, so it would not be suitable, but the date of the first working IC was exactly 12 September 1958 at Texas Instruments. And it is integrated circuitry that has led to the tech revolution. Of course, the transistor is what the IC is based upon but, as I said, there’s no firm date that I know of for the first operating transistor.
It’s almost at time againg three weeks till geek pride day!
What du u tink I should do?
I know! I’ll try a quadrupole boot on my net book!