Nerd

PHOTOS: Weirdest Fan Art Ever

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Comedy Slideshows, Fan Art, Nerd, Nerd Fan Art, Video, Weird Fan Art, Bizarre Fan Art, Funny Pictures, Comedy News

Nerd culture is nothing new, but it has enjoyed a healthy boom in popularity over the last few years. The fans are knowledgable, loyal and most of all...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Divorce Ejects Trekkie From Beloved Spaceship Apartment

Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Nerd, Trekie Divorce, Funny, Video, UK Weird News, Star Trek Fan, Divorce, Trekie, Star Trek, Divorce News

One man boldly went where no interior designer had gone before -- but now, divorce is taking it all away from him. For the past 10 years, British ...

Read Whole Story

Nerd Sues Bully for Extorted Lunch Money 21 Years Later

Mark C. Miller | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Nerd, Frivolous Lawsuits, Bully, Lawsuit, School Bullying, Bullying, Lawsuits, Nerds, Comedy News

"Just because you're great in sports and really handsome and get all the pretty girls doesn't mean you can pick on the less-fortunate geeks. Besides, one day one of those geeks might grow up and become successful enough to afford the very best lawyers and want payback."

Read Post

WATCH: Hip-Hop Artist's Project For Japan's Recovery

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Tokyo Art, Japan Earthquake, Takashi Murakami, Likten Magazine, Pharrell, Japan Earthquake Relief, World Art, Nerd, Pharrell Williams, Japan Tsunami Relief, Japan, Williams, Japanese Art, Chim Pom, Arts News

Earlier this month hip-hop artist Pharrell Williams teamed up with footwear company Palladium Bootsto compile individuals' stories from post-earthquak...

Read Whole Story

PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Nov. 2

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neil Diamond, N.E.R.D, Good Charlotte, Nothing, Nomad Knows, National Ransom, Dreams, Elvis Costello, Cardiology, Black Dub, Entertainment News

This week Elvis Costello pretends to be American, N.E.R.D. plays with the beat, Neil Diamond picks apart other people's songs, and Black Dub is quite possibly the coolest band you've never heard. Until now.

Read Post

What Do Hobbits, Robots, and Yahoos Have In Common?

Mark Peters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Doublethink, Stephen King, Seuss, Definitions, Pie-Hole, Words, Nerd, Made Up Words, Dictionary, Yahoo Definition, Cyberspace, Language, Word Errors, Fake Words, Gulivers Travels, Huxley, Catch-22, Orwell, Isaac Asimov, Hobbit, Jrr Tolkien, Books News

Words come from everywhere. TV shows are productive -- look at "Battlestar Galactica's" "frak," Stephen Colbert's "truthiness," and "30 Rock's" "blurg...

Read Post

Pharrell on Despicable Me Soundtrack: Making Something out of Nothing

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animated, Neptunes, Minions, American Dream, Pharrell, Gwen Stefani, Despicable Me, Nerd, Jay-Z, Robin Thicke, Technology, Pharrell Williams, n.e.r.d., Soundtrack, 3d, Entertainment News

Talk to Pharrell Williams for five minutes, and you'll instantly understand his need to work with others, push himself and expand his repertoire. It all comes down to his perception of the American Dream, and how he chooses to lives it.

Read Post

Nerds in Norway

David B. Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nerd, Norway, Nerds, Technology News

There are nerds in Norway! And they're great! I can personally attest that there are, indeed, nerds in Norway. I have been there. I have seen them. I...

Read Post

'Nerd' And 'Geek' Should Be Banned, : Professor

nytimes.com | DAMON DARLIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nerd, Ban Nerd, Nerd Stereotype, Geek, Nerd Offensive, Ban Geek, Geek Offensive, David Anderegg, Technology News

But David Anderegg, a professor of psychology at Bennington College, says that merely mentioning terms like "nerd" or "geek" serves to perpetuate the ...

Read Whole Story

Rubber Chickens in Reading...

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Joe the Nerd, Politics, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, 2010 Elections, Nerd, Efca, Sestak, Philadelphia, Democratic Party, 2010 Senate Races, Joe Sestak, Elections 2010, Politics News

As I start to exhale, I am realizing, personally, that Specter is not right for Pennsylvania at this time.

Read Post

Damn It Feels Good To Be A Nerd

Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nerd, Star Trek, Twitter, Twitterati, Good to Be a Nerd, Home News

Three of Chicago's twitterati Ed note: SO not a fan of that word, but in this case I suppose it's fitting have formed a club for nerds, the Chicago Ne...

Read Whole Story

'New' Markets + New Media

Michael Hastings-Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Advertisement, India, Gnarls Barkley, Kanye West, Asian Markets, Ethnicity, Nerd, Asian Americans, Music, Race, The Beatles, Ethnicities, Asians, Blacks, Advertising, Marketing, Jay-Z, Asian, African-Americans, African Americans, Cliches, Business News

When brands aim to reach minority markets, most opt to play it safe with the tropes that Blacks value 'soul', Latinos love 'family', Asians are 'sedulous', etc...

Read Post

Revenge Of The Black Nerd: How Obama Put The Myth Of 'Acting White' To Rest

NY Magazine | John McWhorter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Revenge of the Black Nerd, Obama Nerd, Black Nerds, Nerd, Revenge on the Black Nerd, Nerds, The Revenge of the Black Nerd, Revenge Black Nerd, Obama Nerd, Revnge of the Black Nerd, Style News

In his speech at the Democratic convention four years ago, Barack Obama memorably challenged the myth that holding a book is "acting white." Now that ...

Read Whole Story