Tag Archives: nerd

Generation XyWrite

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Meg

A long time ago, there was an awesome DOS word processing program called XyWrite. It was long before point-and-click, instead there was command line where you’d type in the abbreviations for margins and formatting and so forth. You could set … Continue reading →

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Paris In Azeroth?

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Meg

I just heard a web rumor that even Paris Hilton is in WarCraft. Personally, I thought she’d be more of a Second Life porno avatar than a WarCrafter. She’s an NPC Blood Elf, of course. Typical. The forums say she’s … Continue reading →

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January First

Posted on January 2, 2007 by Meg

I’m not saying I have a nerd family, but I saw this at my aunt’s today.

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Ara Pacis Day

Posted on December 17, 2006 by Meg

We went to the Ara Pacis today. I love the Ara Pacis. (Zorro, if you turn on my computer, that’s my background) My Roman history is the Julio-Claudians with some Livy stuff before and some Constantine stuff after. If Robert … Continue reading →

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Secret Skills Of An RPG Nerd

Posted on October 15, 2006 by Meg

As part of my quest to make my students more creative, my elementary-age kids played a little boardgame in class today. Basically, you race through the board, landing on squares and saying what time you do various activities, like going … Continue reading →

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Girl WoW Players

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Meg

There’s another ‘net manhunt in China. On WoW. Look what happens when girls game. Personally, I think anyone lucky enough to get a girlfriend over WoW and meet her in real life and find out she really is a cute … Continue reading →

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Nerdy Girl Makes Fun Of Popular Hot Girl For Taking Her Clothes Off

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Meg

Apparently, you can make a name for yourself on MySpace. And that name can have as many capital letters as you want. ForBiddeN is a MySpace user, who posts naked pictures and semi-naked pictures, as well as offering her own … Continue reading →

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China’s New Altruism Videogame

Posted on September 2, 2006 by Meg

Usually my local net cafe is full of boys and young men playing CounterStrike for hours on end or staring at the lao wai girl (your results may vary). As internet gaming becomes more popular, it’s having some surprising effects … Continue reading →

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Best Asian Diarist

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Meg

I was nominated as Best Asian Diarist on the Asia Blog Awards! It’s awesome to see that people are reading and liking my blog and it’s not just Stick hitting refresh to inflate my counter and make me happy. I … Continue reading →

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The End of E3?

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Meg

I’m late on this news, living in China and all, but E3 as we know it is over. I kind of imagined E3 as a nerds-only fashion week, with all kinds of gamers, developers and game journalists crawling out into … Continue reading →

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