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Pacific Geek Stories
"I once went to an orgy and spent the entire time debugging the wifi network on the hosts Windows based multi-media system."
Rob, West Chester, PA
"Yes, I am a geek, I found my self asking others about the Color of DATA from startrek and how it changed over the years. From when they found him to when he died. And I also cryed when captain Kirk died both times. LOL "
Clint Burton , Kansas City
"BLablablabl bla i have been an electronics/computer nerd from age 1 instead of going to class in high school i would get called out of class to the principals office just to fix there computers i would walk around school messing with the schools systems. i never leave well enough alone i like tinkering and making well enough better and i like it but what can i say that the other guy hasn't come up with already theres not much that i can say except i doubt i would where the shirt i mean you would serously have to be a Geek to where a geek shirt it takes a different lvl of pride lol with that said good luck to all"
Tym, Breaux Bridge / LA
"Although the Sacramento location of my employer's corporation has no IT support, I have been made the unofficial IT support person. I address everything from hardware to software to networking problems in the building, then go back to my actual job duties. In my free time, I like to program, read books on computers, physics and other science-related topics. My husband says he has to look at my picture to remember what I look like, as my face is always in a computer or a book. Hence, people call me a geek."
Laurie Dunfield-Baker, Sacramento, CA
"I am a 54 yr old retired woman who new nothing about computers until 5 yrs ago. I just finished building my 4th computer from scratch...and modded to the hilt! Just call me Blue Mama Now I spend my time teching and modding all my friends' computers. So much for retirement!"
Gina, Columbus, OH
"My kids think I have turned into a computer geek and Im starting to believe them!How suprising at the age of 54 I can now do alot of thing and understand what Im doing to fix my own computer it has become like a second laungage to me!"
Deb, Aurora
"I pronounce "lol" as a word."
don schrank, baraboo wi
"have for years been doing what ever it takes to make the impossable possable, when i couldnt afford, even a p1 systems i begged or borrowed 486/33 and ran them toghter to get somehting close, now that im older and a little bit more money , i do similiar things even down to building my own enclosed flight simulator that even pitches rolls and yaws to input form the joy stick all with the help of bungeecords and lawn chairs"
michael hamilton, louisville, ky
"One computer related class I was in had us doing math problems in different number base systems from binary (2) to dodecahedral (12). I was never able to ascertain just WHY, other than to see how warped out thought patters could get. Today I can carry out a complete conversation without having eavesdroppers being able to understand what is being said."
Bob Thiry, Sacramento CA
"Fixed 15 pcs with damage due to lightning two weeks ago."
Paul McLaughlin, Quincy/MA
"All the people in my office call me for computer help....I have to be a geek...I love my computers"
Kathleen Crozier, Sevierville, TN
"After much on-line research & a phone call to a Tech Guru, I added more RAM to my pc! WOO-HOO! :)"
Diana Sandoval, Rockville, MD
" My alias is Silversinksam, I'm so much of a geek that I test thermal pastes for Computer enthusiasts. If you do a Google search of Silversinksam and the word Silver, you will see over a thousand sites know who I am and that I'm a geek :) http://www.overclockers.com/articles938/ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=silversinksam+silver There should be a Wilkopedia reference to the Word Geek and have my picture. I also protect members of Overclockers.com from Trolls, that's not to Geeky, but I am a Geek. :) Silversinksam"
Samuel Green, Sarasota, FL
"At 2 years old I had taught my daughter to use the TiVo. At 3 I set her up with her own email to chat with her grandparents. At 6, she tells me when I am allowed to use the computer!"
Rob, West Milford
"I have my puter on 24/7"
JAY M FOWLE, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE/NEW JERSEY
"I have to go to a freinds apartment at leasst once a week cause she is computer 'ill literate' ;) usually all i have to do is hit cont alt del and get rid of the program that is locking up her system"
jl gatewood, saugus ma
"I am so much a Geek that I cannot ride my bicycle without a computer mounted to analyze my ride data!! I get home, cool off and download my ride to my home computer."
tony martinez, el paso, tx
"Currently, we have 2 computers and 2 laptops hooked up on our wireless network. I just aquired my laptop because I was jealous of my wife (Respect2Glory) surfing on hers while we're watching tv. Gees, now we don't even turn the tv on... we're so busy reviewing freeware that we don't even think about the tv anymore, and we're sitting on the couch, in the livingroom, in front of the tv. Clif Clif_Notes freeware and website reviews ClifNotes.net FreewareWiki.com"
Clif Sipe, Celina OHIO
"Installed everything from the OS to the Encyclopedia on 8 computers on 1 day, 4 years ago due to some kid downloaded a virus on an Cyber Cafe..."
Peter, National City
"when i was working i had everyone in the shop ask me electronic quetions ,my boss would call me over the intercom when his computer would freeze up or he had a question even in my nieghborhood im called at all hours of the day and night when something is on the fritz im self taught so i dont know the technical words for stuf just blessed enough to be able to figure them out my wife gets mad because 90% of the time i dont charge anyone ,or ill barter me and my son wait on the sci fi movies we love them all also im considered a geek because i have had the same clothes for years i alway say i come back in style every 5 yrs i enjoy your web sight and recently ive fell down my steps and no im disabled wich limits my cash so i cant really buy anything but your sight is like a wish book i have 2 dell notebooks to repair and need the power cables and i found them on your sight ,sometimes i feel so stupid not knowing the tech terms for stuf i guess im a country geek duh!!!!! thank you ted"
ted roebuck, 612 5th st. ,ellwood city ,pa 16117
"I am the original Pacific Geek because I noticed right away that you used the wrong form of "your" in the following sentence: "Please tell us why your the original Pacific Geek. " It should be you're (you are), not your (possessive pronoun). Pretty geeky, huh?"
Corinne Goodson, La Porte, IN
"I'm a geek because I work for PacificGeek.com. "
Mitch, Las Vegas, NV
"I have been programming computers since 1959, including wiring boards for code. Know machine and assembler language for:univac I, ibm 704, 709,7094,360,1620,cdc 160a, cdc6600, ncr 304,rca 1802, intel8008, z80, ti9900,intel8086, presently teaching assembler for intel pentium."
John D. Owens, Staten Island, NY
"One of my goals is to find a way to finally add my VIC 20 to my network.... need I say more"
DAVID ARCHIBALD, peterborough, ont
"The rest of my story... I used it with the Z80 computer I built (like with a soldering iron, not just putting together pre-manufactured boards) and it had 8" SSSD floppy drives. It used to shake the table as the heads loaded and unloaded. But, it worked and ran DBase II and a bunch of other applications for me. And the OS took about 30K of disk space. I still do Geek Retro now and then. I love showing up at a meeting with a slide rule...and using it."
Steve Nordhauser, Troy, NY
"Running Linux and BSD since 1997, Unix since 1979, Cp/m and Heath DOS prior to that... I build, rebuild, PCs, Macs, Alpha systems... I try to not power up all the 80 computers in my house at one time, as it dims the lights in the local stores down the street! Always putting into computers something that is 'over the top' technologically, something 'Buck Rogers', that sometimes becomes 'Duck Dodgers'! I am building a Beowulf Cluster of 15 Celerons on PcChip boards, with PXE etherboot, on racks of pvc pipe, using one PSU to power every three boards. Just to demo how cheap a Beowulf Cluster can be, using in-expensive parts, Cluster Linux! "
Patrick, Casselberry, Florida
"chatting in web too a freind abought a p4 systom i wanted found it for 3bills someone asked p4? wats that im 50 and i know wat a p4 is "
RevRichard Clubbs, mt vw hi.
"I, like many others who shop at Pacific Geek, always end up fixing the computers of every person they know.... for free. I'm 36 and have owned a Timex Sinclair 1000, a Commodore 64, a TI99/4a, and numerous PC's over the years (I'll never own a Mac). I always find a way to do something for $200 with a PC that costs a computer ID-10-T over $2000. My latest project is a Windows XP Media Center worth about $125 in parts, not including the 2400 lumen LCD projector (Wow, your TV's 52 inches? Mines 8 feet wide..!). The best thing about fixing PC's is that it's MUCH cleaner than being an auto mechanic, yet equally as frustrating.... I mean challenging. Thanks for the great deals, Pacific Geek!"
Jon Gaudette, Orlando, FL
"I buy computers to learn a new OS (to me at least). ie. Bought a used Sun box to learn UNIX. Have two incredible (Sun E450, Dell PowerEdge 2450)servers at home to play with. Program in 6 languages (only speak one). Passed CALC I (first time) in a 5 week summer course w/o pre-reqs. Degreed in Fine Arts (as in artist) w/o any painting or drawing. Described by friends as a New Age Renaissance Man. AND latest new words (acronyms) are IDGASAM and YBINGA."
Tom, Bellaire, Texas
"I achieved two college degrees in computer science, I help all the people I can, which usually prevents me from making a lot of money. I adore the female species ultimately. My memory has helped me achieve my goals, but my age seems to prevent me from being hired where I want to be hired! I am an honorably discharged veteran who was in the UDT in the middle 1960's."
Daniel R Vallero, Tucson, AZ;Las Vegas, NV
"I passed by a men's magazine cover once that read "The IT Girls." I got REALLY excited when I thought of hot I.T. chicks in server rooms posing in sexy and provocative clothing. It turned out that they mean the "IT" girls and not the "I.T." girls. I was severely disappointed. I was really hoping to see hot chicks who could optimize a DB or debug some JAVA. Oh well. Really though - someone needs to do a "GIRLS OF I.T." issue in Maxim or something! It gives geeks like me hope! I hope to one day talk to a woman."
Noel, Pasadena / CA
"I was working for about 4years when all of a sudden I get fired. Since then I had been getting into computers and the components surrounding it. Anyway, for a few months bored outta my mind, I had a few subwoofers, about six shelf speakers, and a Yamaha Receiver all hooked up to a 6.1 channel sound card on my computer. I still don't know what to name it, but so far I guess it could be a 6.3 surround sound system(6spkrs./3subs.)! I just bought another dual 6 1/2" subwoofer with built in tweeters and am anxiously awaiting certain cables to be delivered so I can then hook that up. All I know is, so far, this system blows the s_ _t outta your digestive system just being near my room. Imagine when I hook up the new speakers..."
goodvibez, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
"I have been a geek my entire life. In high school, I was in the math club, physics club, and was co-captain of the academic team. I like knowing things for knowing things sake. In college I majored in mathematics, and liked it so much I got my Master's. Admittedly it was a bit esoteric, but who cares? It was cool. Now, I am a programmer. I program all day at work and for fun I program at home. Now, I have three kids, and am raising them to be geeks too. I'm a geek, and proud of it. That's what makes me the biggest geek, I've always been one and never tried to do anything to make myself not one. (The orgy guy would be close, except for the fact that he actually got invited to an orgy.)"
Anthony , Fort Smith, AR
"I fixed everyone's computers who posted this month. : )"
Mike, Fairborn, Ohio
"my mp3 player is loaded with (among other things) a game soundtrack i ripped from a ps2 rom"
iain cohn, medford, NJ
"I'm a 50 year old woman who loves her computer, her ipod video, her razor cell phone, her every other kind of electronic toy imaginable. I play a text-based rpg game (gemstone), i play DAOC, i collect dragons (over 300) and jfk political buttons, my favorite author is Orson Scott Card, though my alltime favorite book is Stranger in a Strange land. My children come to me for computer help (and useage, we have 3 networked in our home). I never pay a bill in person, all my banking is done online, and if that's not wierd enough, i love renfests. I even had a professional picture done of me with elf ears! My family thinks i'm "eccentric" i call me a geek. sad but true."
Janie Heniford, Ponca City, OK
"I am the biggest geek because when I got a great deal on some surplus computers and bought a bunch of them the people at work said but don't you have enough computers? I still don't understand the concept. I mean can anyone have ENOUGH computers?.... "
Annie, Salt Lake City
"Recently won a trip to Atlantic City, New Jersey and about until two hours before my spouse and I had to leave I was on the internet writing for Judys Book as an Expert Shopper for Computers so that I could get my quota in. Next morning in Jersey my spouse looked at me and said "What, No internet?" I don't own yet a notebook and I realized my occupation online actually was his only threat...how releived he looked that he would actually have 5 days with me, no interference from my cpu! I actually waited 4 hours upon returning home to get back online. I mean, I did have to put the clothes away (LOL)!"
Denise DiFalco, fair haven, MI 48023
"My wife used to work 3-11. She always wanted to talk when she got home. Of course, I was in bed at that time since I had to be up at 5 AM. One night, I was talking to her and she asked me what I was talking about. I asked her what I had said. When she told me, I realized I had told her how to install a Network Card. Each step was correct too."
Trey Grant, Hendersonville, Tennessee
"PacificGeek is where I spend my time and my money....not to mention the speed in which they ship!! A all around great place!!!"
William Russell, Jerseyville, IL.
"Biggest Geek this. I have 2 computers,6 Treo Smartphones, 4 Palm PDA's, Slingbox and Humax Series 2 with DVD recorder. Enough said."
Jim Swift, Renton, WA
"I actually read your ads and offers: - I would want to buy just one at a time, not 100 at once, IF I bought them.... see attached picture of your Dell keyboard offer page today. ($4.99 vs. 2.99) Because of my name, I have been called Geeky all my life! (just 2 letters off)"
Jack Greenky, Rochester NY
"when I check the inventory on your site many times I don't know what it is, but I want one..."
Zella, valparaiso in
"I BELIEVE I AM THE BIGGEST GEEK BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE A USB FLASH DRIVE WITH ME EVERYWHERE I GO/ IT LIKE A WALLET TO ME . I DONT EVEN OWN A CELL PHONE BUT I HAVE A FLASH DRIVE I USE IT EVERYDAY! :)"
cHAU NGUYEN, NORCROSS/GA
"I am the biggest geek because 19hrs. out of the day i am on the computer and spending the rest of the time talking about the computer or sleeping where i like to spend time in bed with my lap top and even fallasleep with it in bed.the main thing is that i love to download and studdy different ideas over the web and did i mention that i would love to become a sys. builder.well see you on line gotta go get my giga bytes.fred"
fred ferguson, chesterfield,Mi.
"The mystery of binary and my hardwired and passion to build and use things founded in this mystery is how I can get lost in time (and miss appointments, aggrevate my wife, leave ongoing builds and components and books lying ALL over the house even though I have a workroom and a shop/photo studio 674' from my house). And oh yeah, instead of using a laptop around the house or wireless, I just build another system and install and drop a wire through the wall to it where this new location is (beside the living room couch, throwing my wireless to the wired network in my shop, separate systems for my weather station, file storage). And another- I love to pick up discarded systems from our city recycling location that have been rained on and make them work again (usually!) and then I always have a spare to give away to whoever needs to be exposed to the 1 and 0 thing. Done."
Brent M, Little Rock
"I built a computer from spare parts I got while dumpster diving at the GOOD WILL STORE. The computer is a 2.6 Pentium4, 512 megs of ram, 60gb hard drive, 480 watt PS, beige case which I painted paisley with paint from the dumpster, 15 inch Epson LCD monitor (yes, from thedumpster, Dell keyboard and mouse also from the dumpster and and amplifier and JBL speakers also from the dumpster. Literally every part, piece and cable were retrieved from this same dumpster over a 9 month period. The operating system is windows 2000 advanced server and it has Microsoft office 97 (both legal beccause I have the license stickers). This is a complete working system complements of Good Will Industries and Dempster Dumpster. Is that ultimate geek or what? "
John, Statesville, NC
"When my son was 5 months old, we bought our first computer, a TI99-4A. I used great. When Nintendo came out, I refused to buy one for my son. I saw his friends becoming intellectual vegetables in front of the game consoles. I wasn't going to have that in my house! When my son was 7, although he begged me for a Nintendo, instead I gave him a programming manual and told him if he made his own games, he could play them all he wanted to! I recall him programming his first ball bouncing around the screen on our old Commodore 64! He was one excited 7 year-old! Through the years, I taught him auto-cad on an old HO-3 (with CP/M-86 as the operating system.) He went onto learn everything I taught him, and far more! In high school, he took computer classes at the local college, I ran LAN parties nearly every week-end for years with tons of teens at our house. He went onto becoming a network administrator, engineer & repairman. He maintains his on-line MUD games as well, just for fun! :)"
Carol Reid, Ojai, CA
"I actualy got a dreaded "cup holder" call. I was working as a tech support rep for a large ISP and a woman called saying she new her CD-ROM drive was not a cup holder but had no idea that it had a time out sequence which after it automaticaly closed. It dumped a whole cup of coffee into her PC. Why she thought calling her ISP would help is beyond me. Joe"
Joe, Fall River, MA
"I bought the first available home computer, Radio Shack 100, taught myself basic and wrote programs that got me college credit back in 1972 (Date not exact). Since getting hooked I have owned 15 computers. I keep them working, I have an IBM 286, pre 95 windows, 386, 486, pentiums, AMD dual core 64. I love to interface the machines to the real world and have almost finished a CNC router to engrave pictures for a hobby. I have never done anything manually that I could do with a computer since 1972. I make my own breakout and driver boards for my projects and love the challenge of getting an old machine to fire up and work again. I get lots of free computers from people who upgrade or let their machine die or get virus ridden. I have had to move my stuff to a little shop to keep domestic peace. I am a cheap packrat geek. I find uses for everything. I built a DIY alum. can crusher from a discarded lift chair, works like a charm and 100% free. Built a 2 axis solar tracker."
DONALD BAIN, OXFORD/ALABAMA
"I still have my first computer a Radio Shack TRS-80 (1977) and still play blackjack and T-Bug on it. I got it because a very good friend of mine in Sunnyvale, CA was one of the designers of the Zylog Z-80 microprocessor. The Z-80 was "Light Years better than Intel." I have been working @ my hobby and getting paid for it for 30 years. I have my MCSE, CCNP and Master Cert in Applied Project Management. I think I can honestly say that I have had to forget more Information Technology than current college and post grads even know. I cannot think of any other career a person could get into back in the 70's, even without a college degree, where they would pay you VERY good to break their stuff and then pay you to fix it. I still chuckle all the way to the bank ;-) My Job Title is - Information Technology Thaumaturgist. I believe that I am the only person in the world with my job title. You will probably have to go to the dictionary to find out what it is ;-)"
Denis Long, Portland, OR
" In 2004 ...came out to prescott to visit brother. He ask ...so do you know anything about computers?I said no-nothing . Within the hour I was installing linix-suse in 4 computers. It took about 12hours to finish. After I had finished.He asked: Now do you know anything now..about computers. Just what I installed. lol Now can't stop building Gis/programing for his computers to sell. "
Robert Veach, Prescott,Arizona
"I'm not just a geek (So my friends tell me), I am The Gizmologist! www.thegizmologist.com Why should I win the shirt? Because I actually enjoy watching my computer Defrag!! Additionally, I know how to spell, and how to use the "Shift" key on my keyboard. I am also old enough to remember when computers used punch cards and NOBODY needed a computer in their home!"
ANNETTE Sostarich, Marana, AZ
"I'm an old geek - I remember using punch cards and slide rules. Back then we only had 1's and 0's. And 1's were in short supply. Seriously, I've hand assembled code for 6809's, 68000's and other processors. For you whippersnappers, "hand assembled" means having the op-code list, looking up the hex codes, counting offsets, using a monitor program or putting hex code in EPROM and getting results on very basic displays or out of registers. I did an elaborate memory test on a 68000 memory card that I designed, maybe 150 lines of code that way. We all knew the ASCII tables without thinking. My hex math skills were better than my decimal. Try this - in college we took a memory card for the S-100 bus that used 4K static RAM chips and hacked it to take 16K chips - got a full 64K of RAM running CP/M if you loaded it from paper tape or cassette. Eventually I built a Heathkit H-19 ASCII terminal from a kit - I had 80 characters per line and was in heaven. "
Steve Nordhauser, Troy, NY
"I'm a 63 yr old grandma of 5 grandchildren. How I turned into a geek I'll never know. I bought my first computer when my 17 yr old grandson was 4. We both learned, sitting in the same chair at the computer and he's now a game programming student and we build computers together. My living room looks like a geek lab but then I've always said that a living room is for living and this is my life!"
Sally Hindley, Navarre/Ohio
"I am a member of the US Air Force. After I volunteered to go to Afghanistan, I started packing my duffelbag. When I was finished I realized that I must be the biggest geek in the desert. In my bag I had: A convertable notebook/tablet PC the Targus DEFCON 1 Notebook Security Device with motion detector (purchased from Pacific geek.com) Bluetooth Headset Bluetooth USB Dongle My Nokia 6600 cellphone with MP3 player, Smart Movie player, and GameBoy/NES emulators installed on a 1GB MMC card full of MP3s, ROMs, and movies I encoded myself. Wireless Router Various retractable cables and connections USB MMC/SD adaptor/thumb drive 2 1GB SD Cards 5MP digital camera with MPEG4 encoding USB Mini Web FlexCam so I can video conference with my wife back home. 250 GB hard drive wich I installed in an enclosure CD wallet full of DVDs and another CD wallet full of blank CD-Rs. I'm deploying with the Army, and I'm sure I'm the reason they call the Air Force the "Chair Borne Rangers!""
Matt Potts, Universal City, TX
"I've had my own PC since they first became available to the public. Anyone remember the days of DOS? I learned what every command in DOS did. I crashed my computer six times AND fixed it myself after the first two times. I work on a computer all day at work. I really missed DOS when Windows appeared, but rallied to the change and learned just about every trick you could find in Windows. I am the "guru" for our department. People call me before they call the Help Desk because they know they'll get the right answer faster that way. Sometimes they call the Help Desk, and THEN they call me when they get an "Gee I don't know" answer. When I call the Help Desk, they groan. When I get home from work the first thing I do is turn on my computer. I do all my own upgrades - hardware and software and love tinkering with computers. I'm more of a software geek than a hardware geek, but have a lot of fun solving hardware problems when the need arises. "
Kathi Carlson, Minneapolis, MN
"Its a wonderful site to get the wonderful items in unbeliebable wondferful price."
Puja Sharma, 6927 Oak Plaza Apt # 405 Omaha NE
"Well you you may not believe this but I was born standing with guitar in my hand-though to create novel sounds I enlisted other cast off's by societal standards his was the '70's ,such that I had idiosyncracies analygous with geeks. The War as Barking the Government sticcado,therefore Uncle Sam called me for Viet Nam while was in last year of high school circa... Priorly I was Deferred by falling off a roofing job me and my father were attempting brok neck fell on face,to add insult to injury was kiilled in a car accident 4 years to the week later-residuals had me comatose for a complete gestion Period of my son,who also is an attorney -Here is my claim to the Geek by Default-I Attempt to build Computers again-I don't ambulate-Short Term Memory Sucks Wind Therefore -I'm out of the wheelchair-I attended Law School while Student taught at a Junior College. Intermediate College Algebra and the head of mathematics department circa '77 "
Grant Doc Hopkins, Elgin/Illinois 60123
"My FIRST system was an IMSAI 8080, and since then I have never looked back. I've ATTENDED a meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club that STARTED Jobs and WOZ on their way.I have owned and built everything from a BYTE-8 all the way to the COMPAQ PROLIANT 3000 Server that is sitting next to me. I even was part of the development team that DESIGNED and BUILT the CRAY X-MP and Y-MP supercomputers. I am a member of http://www.excray.com/ I OWN most software releases from CP/M 2.2 to NT 4.0 SERVER. Talk about " Al Gore invented the Internet "? I was PART of " The Internet " as I maintained a UUNET NODE with my UNIX SYSVR4 386 system. My laptop is a COMPAQ 1750 that has been hotrodded with a 256Mb SODIMM and a PIII processor. $200 for EVERYTHING. There are 10 computers and motherboards just IN THIS ROOM. I WAS the A/V department in High School. I OWNED a slide rule that hung on a belt loop and know how to use it. ( $30 NEW in those days ) I grew UP in California. I AM in California! "
Art Blackwell, Mtn. View, CA
"I SPEND AT LEAST 10 HOURS PER DAY SURFING "
LAURIE MITCHELL, CARRIERE, MS
"I am a 50 year old Grandma and I can't go a day without being online. My kids call me "ANNIE ONLINE" I love it!! When I first started several years ago I didn't know a thing now I can built webpages!! :o)"
Annie Arguin, Haverhill, MA
"I'm running a home LAN with 6 puters on it, and all they do 24/7 is run S.E.T.I. (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). "
Tom, Tipp City, Oh
"I was Born a Geek & besides anyone who would live in a place called Big Flat? ( Big Flat What?)"
Don, Big Flat Ar 72617
"I have 21 computer in my house in different states of repair or working. Just love to get an old dog going again and give them to folks who need to get started computing. "
Doug Maguire, duluth, mn
"well i got an old 1998 compaq that wasent'n working fix it up i found a dell case thron out painted it fix it change the cables and modified it so it can work with my old motherboard the pc is working fine all i need is a 256mb memory stick and is good to go.i would have bought a better pc but i dont have the kind of money not even to upgrade the memory but iam planing on trying to upgrade it."
jony, miami fl
"I have this recurring dream where I am floating in a pool full of of Campbells Alphabet Soup letters and the letters are spelling out lines of code. As I swim around in it, the general mish mash violates the laws of entropy by further refining and debugging itself into the ultimate killer application."
Mitch Bird, Siloam Springs, AR
"I'm so geeked that I have cycling computer software to go home after sweating my brains out on my bike to analyze my cycling data. Your T-shirt would make a great after ride addition to our Bull Session."
Tony S. Martinez, El Paso, Texas
"My car is a mobile wi-fi hotsopt. Two people can literally surf the internet from the backseat on their laptops. I also have a webcam installed on the back of the rear view mirror so that when I travel my family and friends can see where I am going . I am working on setting up a rear view camera with a 5 inch LCD on the dash. How geeky is this! Al"
Allen, Lousiville, KY
"I built my first Computer with a kit in 1973. It was a Sol20 By Processor Technology"
Howard Dimmick, Zephyrhills FL 33541
"I guess I'm Mr. Fix-it when it comes to the family computer's.Network,Dsl,Software,Hardware,Won't boot up,Spyware,Virus,Popups,You name it,They all come to me to fix-it.The truth is I'm just(Dad)and somehow it always gets fixed. "
David Segala, North Adams Ma.
"Check out our Great GEEK UNDIES Category at www.FunnyUndies.com. Crazy Undies for every GEEK or GEEKESS!!!"
Bob Bloedel, Fort Myers FL
"I ran into a situation where a mainboard didn't boot. I tried a bunch of things, but no luck. Noticed that the 1500uf electrolytic capacitors on that mainboard appeared swollen. I then canabalized some older "dead" power supplies and extracted a dozen replacement electrolytic capacitors. I think used a soldering iron, a solder sucker, a pair of high power magnifying glasses with attached light (super geeky stuff) and unsoldered/removed the old caps, replaced with the salvaged caps, hooked her "
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Denise Difalco, Fort Gratiot, MI 48059
"Remember High School, where they had that group that called themselves a "Radio Station" and all they did was broadcast really annoying awful music into the cafeteria and they would never turn it down! Well, one late night at school I lifted a ceiling panel and inserted a properly calculated capacitor into the speaker line so the speaker sounded weak and "tinny." The school ate lunch in peace for weeks till I took out the cap before the end of school. No one ever found out what really was wrong with the system."
Jamie, Rochester, NY