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start to be a geek, today!
By Nick Hodge | February 22, 2007
What is start_geek?
Let me start with a story; my story. Growing up in a small town in the country (or, outback) of Australia - I though I was the only geek in the village. I loved books, science, computers, radio, electronics, model making, lego and basically everything that all my fellow classmates detested. Now I work for Microsoft. But now I know there were others. Being geek is not the way to be insanely popular or cool -- except when other people's computers go wrong! Then you are everyone's friend. Strange that.
Some TV shows attempt to put a pretty face on being geek. Sadly, TV is not real-life. Being different is tough, and you have to be courageous, and be yourself.
Here is the good news. We geeks have inherited the earth. I think that someone misheard the famous Sermon on the Mount.
Your first mission as you start_geek is to find the quotation in the geek canon of Monty Python that mentions this phrase.
And be proud to call yourself a geek. I do.
note: I'd like to thank Dr. Neil Roodyn for the inspiration to start. Visit his web site and see his story.
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