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- inactive, on 10/17/2007, -6/+12514) NUDE PIX
- djblast, on 10/17/2007, -3/+118This list is great because it is very true due to 9 out of the 13 make me very happy. How many can you account for?
1) My gmail notifier lights up. It could be a friend asking if I want to meet up for a drink later or a nigerian prince who has a financial proposition I simply can’t refuse. Either way those few moments before I actually read the message always fill me with a bit of euphoria.
2) API’s - I know that it is fun to screen scape websites and collect information that you can manipulate yourself, but it is a lot better when they give you the information legally and you can write more productive code. Ex: Flickr, Facebook, USPS, etc. (get the hint ESPN)
3) Someone submits something I wrote to digg. Sometimes it makes the digg homepage, sometimes it doesn’t. Either way it’s flattering to have something I wrote submitted by someone else who thought it was digg-worthy.
4) A new referrer pops up in bSuite. Whatever analytics you use on your website, it’s always nice to see someone spreading the link love.
5) Seeing something in the real world that correlates to something in the geek world. Ever have a total ring up as 404 or 13.37 and enjoy a bit of silent amusement? Yeah, me too.
6) When the shipping status changes to “on truck for delivery.” I buy a lot of stuff online, this is the final step before my package arrives and it pretty much makes me feel like I’m windsurfing on a sea of spectacular. Is work frustrating today? Did my upstairs neighbor keep me up all night by making noises that sounded like they were giving birth to an elephant? No worries, I’ve got some awesome ***** coming in the mail - all is forgiven.
7) Someone posts a real comment on one of my blog entries. Hell yeah, I blogged and someone responded without trying to sell me ringtones. Fan-freakin-tastic.
8) That little green icon in the lower left of my browser indicating that my page validates. W3C all up in this biznatch - oh how I love that green icon. I wish you were a nightlight beside my bed.
9) My code works perfectly on the first try. It’s rare, but it happens. Usually I’ll triple-check to make sure it’s actually working.
10) Seeing binary code written on a shirt and knowing what it says, laughing to yourself and then laughing out loud because only another geek would understand.
11) Hearing a co-worker say “for the win” or “for the loss” in basic conversations. That’s it…no other reasons
12) Having an idea about a project that you want to work on and then someone else launches the exact idea but right around the same time that you thought of it. For most people, that would be upsetting, but it just means that you get all of the functionality and can work on another project. It makes me happy.
13) Technorati and Alexa Ranking that increases each week. I like to see my numbers jump greatly over time which supports my theory that people actually read my blog. - joeroot1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9714) seeing a digg reader claim he has a girlfriend
- lorductape, on 10/17/2007, -4/+82and the number 1 thing.... geeky girls.
- CapeKid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+76#1 thing that makes geeks happy - lists
- airquotes, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7015) Fixing my dads computer and for that brief moment actually believing that he loves me. (he doesn't)
- nathanwalker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+64My girlfriend told me today about a shirt that said there are 10 types of people... I'm sure we all know the binary joke, but it was great to have my chick see the shirt, laugh about it, and tell me about it. So...
14) Hearing a non-geek appreciate geek humor. - schleppo, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6614) Finding a lost Cheeto in my navel during my 713th consecutive viewing of Star Wars.
- Thucydides, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4916a) Fixing a girl's computer and her *showing* her appreciation through ...ahem... her actions.
- bushawa, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4916) Fixing a girls computer and her being genuinely appreciative days/weeks/months/years later.
- TheLoneWolf071, on 10/12/2007, -5/+441. Boobs
2. Boobs
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13. Boobies!!! - orlyfactor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+44Naked Asian Girls.
- joeroot1, on 10/12/2007, -5/+43i'm not debating your existence
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40I honestly just misread that as americaneagle.com, and went "Since when do geeks have anything to do with American Eagle?"
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+40Bah, finding a lost Cheeto in my navel ANYTIME.
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38You put on your robes and wizard hat, right?
- phil.busch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32dude you're turning emo not geek
- cracker42, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34The real source: http://mingle2.com/blog/view/geek-happy-things
The guy just changed some of them and reposted it to his blog. - lazy6pyro, on 10/17/2007, -2/+31The same thing completely applies when your girl yells, "OWNED!" after scoring an ace in beach volleyball. It is a true milestone in a relationship with a geek.
- Yaki, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28@ariastar
Where the ***** are you?!! - doctechnical, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3116) Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts
- AriaStar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26#1 is sex. It's not only guy geeks that don't get enough. We girl geeks also have a hard time getting enough.
- nathanwalker, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28Hey! I have pics! I did happen!
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21"Someone submits something I wrote to digg"
If you have a good web server, otherwise it could get to be "please don't make it to frontpage, please don't make it to front... oh craaaaap!" - christopheles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Should be the 1101 things that make geeks happy.
- hiltinuts2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17When the WIFE buys the BABY a tshirt from thinkgeek.
I TCP/IP but mostly IP. - vypergts, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Hot Pockets!
- ijustfloat, on 10/17/2007, -1/+15My girlfriend the other day lit me up with happiness when we were having a discussion about something. It led to a disagreement and then her trying to understand where I was coming from. Instead of saying, "I don't understand you." She said the following which would make any geek a little warm and fuzzy:
"Well, c'mon hun. It's not like I have root access to your brain or something."
Yea... I'm a lucky man.
#14 with a bullet) When the geek's SO equates understanding you to having root access - statik99, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1414. Clicking on an article on Digg and not having to goto the duggmirror or look at blogspam.
- KyotoWolf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16WoW isnt considered geek anymore...
Too many normals - bumfish, on 10/17/2007, -1/+14my wife told me to go defrag my brain when i was stressed once!
- JoeBaynham, on 10/12/2007, -3/+151. A Good Server
- fantasticFlan, on 10/17/2007, -1/+13"9) My code works perfectly on the first try."
I actually leap out of my chair and throw my arms in the air whenever that happens. It's a huge I'm-so-*****-awesome moment, then comes "wait, that can't be right, I am not that ***** awesome." - ostracize, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Have a family member tell you about the problem they had with their computer - and then telling you that it was fixed - without your intervention.
- bumfish, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13That moment when you power up your latest Uber-pc you've built, already to play CS full screen,high res. Tango 1, go go go!
- drmangrum, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Not just asian. Naked and girl go well together Well....provided they are of age and not sterility-ugly.
- nuteredardvark, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I hope a computer that can play CS under full screen and high res, doesn't constitute a "uber" computer.
- nathanwalker, on 10/12/2007, -10/+17There was supposed to be a "t" there. "It did happen..." Lame attempt at a parody of the "Pics or it didnt happen" joke. Typoes suck. There should be an edit button... oh wait.
- suckfone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+815) Using incorrect jargon to explain to the non-savvy what you do for a living, because its easier (and more fun) than actually trying to explain it to them.
"I recursively defragment the interweb." - cracker42, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I was pretty disappointed with this list. Not every geek blogs. And not all of those that do are as self-indulgent as this guy.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I too love boobies, http://www.chrisabraham.com/blue_footed_boobies-dance-thumb.jpg
- Kardall, on 10/17/2007, -1/+6Seriously, and honestly *srsly according to ariastar*: Digg needs a dating site cause goddamn... i'll be ***** if I'm gonna waste my entire life without finding someone as geeky as me to spend the rest of my life with...
- rasensio, on 10/12/2007, -1/+617) Writing your name in google and appear in a lot of forums sites answering newbies.
- VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8"Seeing binary code written on a shirt and knowing what it says"
Oh, come on. *****. - lunarworks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Getting the first post on Fark?
- Ubertastic, on 10/17/2007, -1/+614) Ripping someone off on Runescape to get a 'party hat'.
15) A somewhat attractive female actually looks twice at you.
16) Finding a Twix candy-bar under your desk.
17) Upgrading your harddrive so that you have a total of 1 terabyte.
18) (High School) Silently laughing to yourself as a student in your computer-class tells the teacher that "the internet got a 404 error".
19) Discovering a VAC2 security hole. - AriaStar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@ Yaki:
I'm in Silicon Valley, where guys outnumber girls 10 to 1 or something like that. I'm sitting on my couch wishing my damned boyfriend were here to take care of my needs instead of still at work. Damned geek. - mikegioia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3schleppo that made me laugh really hard out loud
- Loonacy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@ariastar
You have a boyfriend, and you likely have sex every day... but you come to DIGG and complain that you're not getting enough?
That's like going to some poverty stricken area and complaining that 3 square meals a day just doesn't satisfy your hunger. - ciano, on 10/12/2007, -1/+419. Bashing stuff into pieces with a crowbar in real life. We've all seen Office Space.
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