The nerd handbook
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El Corazon wrote:
He hasn't figured that out, probably because you were in the irrelevant category of his NADD. :laugh:
5 for that! :-D
El Corazon wrote:
It is an unquenchable search for knowledge, it is a thirst that never ends. It is its own end, and beginning and middle, it simply is, and is a part of me.
And that's the essence of what distinguishes nerds from others. Different nerds are nerds about different subjects, but they all have a thirst for knowledge for the sake of knowing, that outweighs the things that "normal" people generally find most important.
--Justin, Microsoft MVP, C#
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John C wrote:
Sitting in a gym doing the same rote set of precise excercises over and over again just seems unnatural to me.
My understanding of things is that the gym machines were developed for body builders and rehabilitation. They are designed to isolate muscles to overcome injury or to develop a look. All my workouts include at least one full body exercise like burpes, woodchoppers, or sandbag cleans. I rarely work a specific muscle group. Pushups and squats are about as specific as I get.
John C wrote:
In this way you have a nice set of muscles for the real world.
That's my goal. My next project is to work on pulling exercises by adding a set of rings and a climbing rope to the mix.
This blanket smells like ham
Shit, no need to do that Andy we have about 24 tons of road crush gravel that needs to be wheelbarrowed all over our property for the trails we're building; we also have a fine collection of refrigerator sized boulders and 100 pound chunks of a 50 foot Douglas Fir tree that blew down this fall that need to be moved around. I'm sure we can have you puking in less than an hour. :)
When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.
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I mentioned this excellent blog post (article?) in passing a few weeks ago but I don't think it got the proper prominence it deserves. It's a care and feeding guide for companions of nerds: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html[^] I am and always have been definitely about the "project". Right now the "project" is growing rare bamboo plants from seed (rare for around here anyway) In my "Cave" there are racks with large square panels covered in high intensity red and blue led light arrays suspended over small plant pots with all manner of bamboo in various stages from small seedlings to 8 inch high ones. My cave is rapdily turning into a jungle. See how many personal tendencies you recognize in that article.
When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.
MY wife thought this article was me in many ways... now I tell her "cool" whenever I'm about to start tuning her out!! :-D
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Shit, no need to do that Andy we have about 24 tons of road crush gravel that needs to be wheelbarrowed all over our property for the trails we're building; we also have a fine collection of refrigerator sized boulders and 100 pound chunks of a 50 foot Douglas Fir tree that blew down this fall that need to be moved around. I'm sure we can have you puking in less than an hour. :)
When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.
Sounds like a slice of paradise. From the pictures you've posted it looks awesome up there. I'm good for things to lift right now, I'm lacking in the pulling department, which is why I want to get the rope and the rings for some solid upper back development.
John C wrote:
I'm sure we can have you puking in less than an hour.
I have no doubts on that account. :-D
This blanket smells like ham
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I mentioned this excellent blog post (article?) in passing a few weeks ago but I don't think it got the proper prominence it deserves. It's a care and feeding guide for companions of nerds: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html[^] I am and always have been definitely about the "project". Right now the "project" is growing rare bamboo plants from seed (rare for around here anyway) In my "Cave" there are racks with large square panels covered in high intensity red and blue led light arrays suspended over small plant pots with all manner of bamboo in various stages from small seedlings to 8 inch high ones. My cave is rapdily turning into a jungle. See how many personal tendencies you recognize in that article.
When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.
Sounds like Asperger Syndrom http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aswhatisit.html[^] perhaps all coders have this mild form of autism...
MrPlankton
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I mentioned this excellent blog post (article?) in passing a few weeks ago but I don't think it got the proper prominence it deserves. It's a care and feeding guide for companions of nerds: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html[^] I am and always have been definitely about the "project". Right now the "project" is growing rare bamboo plants from seed (rare for around here anyway) In my "Cave" there are racks with large square panels covered in high intensity red and blue led light arrays suspended over small plant pots with all manner of bamboo in various stages from small seedlings to 8 inch high ones. My cave is rapdily turning into a jungle. See how many personal tendencies you recognize in that article.
When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.
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I mentioned this excellent blog post (article?) in passing a few weeks ago but I don't think it got the proper prominence it deserves. It's a care and feeding guide for companions of nerds: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html[^] I am and always have been definitely about the "project". Right now the "project" is growing rare bamboo plants from seed (rare for around here anyway) In my "Cave" there are racks with large square panels covered in high intensity red and blue led light arrays suspended over small plant pots with all manner of bamboo in various stages from small seedlings to 8 inch high ones. My cave is rapdily turning into a jungle. See how many personal tendencies you recognize in that article.
When everyone is a hero no one is a hero.
Now that was so scary. I had read the article when you previously posted it. It sort of freaks me out as, well, HOW DOES THAT DUDE KNOW ME SO WELL?!?! Your nerd has built himself a cave ~ True enough. I think everyone is aware that you simply may not change anything in my room. :) Your nerd loves toys and puzzles. ~ That's me! I solved the Rubix in a couple minutes now, I love Sudoku, and those type of puzzles. Nerds are fucking funny. ~ Thanks Your nerd has built an annoyingly efficient relevancy engine in his head. ~ Yeah, whatever. Your nerd might come off as not liking people. ~ True enough You might’ve noticed your nerd’s strange relation to food. Does he eat fast? Like really fast? ~ Ok, this guy is starting to freak me out. He has defined my life in an article! I can't live without projects. The High.. is simply.. magnificent. :-D That was one of the best articles i've read after 'Hacker's Manifesto', ;P
