[cfgeeks] I am compiling a list of geeky places in and around Orlando
Dylan Northrup
docx at io.com
Thu Nov 5 16:10:55 EST 2009
"Results 1 - 100 of about 94,100 for "sports geek" (0.55 seconds)"
Also, http://www.sportsgeek.com/
So, yeah, it's already been co-opted. In addition, I know plenty of
computer folks who are also sports fans.
A long time ago, (05.11.09), in a galaxy far, far away, Derek Konigsberg wrote:
:=So then at which point do you redefine it to be so broad as to include the
:=ultimate of normally non-geeky subject areas the normal people obsess over...
:=
:=. . . Sports . . .
:=
:=At that point, it ceases to be even remotely meaningful as a label for
:=something specific.
:=
:=-Derek
:=
:=On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Kevin Inscoe wrote:
:=
:=> Perhaps the word geek should be repeated again.
:=>
:=> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek
:=>
:=> we have always assumed it's computers or technology but in reality
:=> geek really means obsession.
:=>
:=> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Andy Stetzinger <andy at stetzinger.com> wrote:
:=> > Anyone can "geek out" over any subject matter....
:=> >
:=> > Be it computers, HAM radio, guns... heck, even origami...
:=> >
:=> > Perhaps the compiled list needs to be better defined.
:=> >
:=> > On Nov 5, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Derek Konigsberg wrote:
:=> >
:=> > > Even though there are enough gun-lovers on this list, so much so that
:=> > > you'd think half the local geek population were gut-nuts, guns are not
:=> > > really a geeky topic, and geeks generally don't tend to be gut-nuts.
:=> > > (ok,
:=> > > medieval weapon nuts maybe, but that's slightly different)
:=> > > </soapbox>
:=> > >
:=> > > On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Kevin Inscoe wrote:
:=> > >
:=> > > > Ok how about gun ranges?
:=> > > >
:=> > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Kevin Inscoe <kevin at inscoe.org> wrote:
:=> > > > >
:=> > > > > Central Florida ares. Things like Skycraft of course but also
:=> > > > > offbeat
:=> > > > > local food that geeks like such as Little Saigon and stuff like
:=> > > > > that.
:=> > > > > Suggestions? Not touristy or chains but something you only find
:=> > > > > locally. Places you would suggest to visiting geeks like that time
:=> > > > > Ian
:=> > > > > Kluft was here. Hard Knocks would qualify as the vacuum tube place I
:=> > > > > found the other day.
:=> > > > >
:=> > > > > Thanks I will post these on the cfgeeks.org wiki.
:=> > > > >
:=> > > > > --
:=> > > > > Kevin P. Inscoe Amateur Call Sign: KE3VIN
:=> > > > > Deltona, FL 32738 28.9497N by 81.1952W
:=> > > > > kevin [at] inscoe [dot] org http://kevininscoe.com
:=> > > > > CSX on the A-Line mp 755
:=> > > > >
:=> > > >
:=> > > >
:=> > > >
:=> > > > --
:=> > > > Kevin P. Inscoe Amateur Call Sign: KE3VIN
:=> > > > Deltona, FL 32738 28.9497N by 81.1952W
:=> > > > kevin [at] inscoe [dot] org http://kevininscoe.com
:=> > > > CSX on the A-Line mp 755
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:=> > >
:=> > > ----------------------------
:=> > > Derek Konigsberg
:=> > > dkonigsberg at logicprobe.org
:=> > >
:=> > >
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:=> > Andy Stetzinger
:=> > andy at stetzinger.com
:=> >
:=> >
:=> >
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:=>
:=> --
:=> Kevin P. Inscoe Amateur Call Sign: KE3VIN
:=> Deltona, FL 32738 28.9497N by 81.1952W
:=> kevin [at] inscoe [dot] org http://kevininscoe.com
:=> CSX on the A-Line mp 755
:=> _______________________________________________
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:=
:=----------------------------
:= Derek Konigsberg
:= dkonigsberg at logicprobe.org
:=----------------------------
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