So I got to thinking the other day .. I love blogging about the geekiness I find online, and after reviewing the traffic that I have gotten on the site over the last few months, it would seem that at least a few of you enjoy reading about the geekiness I find online.
Blog traffic is a very sought after commodity. It establishes credibility, let’s face it, no one at i09.com is really all that knowledgable about sciFi, and could they be anymore negative about everything they see? So why do we put faith in what they say??? becuase they get almost a million page views per month …
Same with any of the gawker media portals. Wired, Reuters and other sites have “genuine” journalists who make the real content that ends up disected onto other blogs, so they kind of come with their own credibilty.
This all got me thinking though … who has more credibilty then all of them … WE do…
That’s right, we have the real credibility, becuase we are the unknown masses who give these sites the traffic they need to gain thier credibility. We are the ones who have seen every Star Wars movie 400 times. We are the ones who can quote any episode of Star Trek. We are the ones who can tear down and rebuild a computer in less time then a Green Beret can field strip his m-16. We are the ones who make the geek news, so why shouldn’t we be the ones to report on it.
I want to form a coalition of Geeks. UNKNOWN geeks. Sorry Leo Laporte .. Sorry Tom Merritt .. Sorry Rafe Needleman… I respect you all, but your views are now tainted by the man. I want geeks who answer to no one, who will tell it like it is, and who want to be apart of what could become the largest online geek community with a voice..
If you’re a geek (computer, scifi, science, art, whatever … ) and you want to start contributing to a whole new type of online blog, let me know.
Individually we are nobody, but as a mob… we are force to be reckoned with …
Ok.. Chalk this up as a rumor, and take it with a grain of salt, but [ The Dr. and Mrs. Who net radio show ] has purported the following rumors ..
Caprica will likely get the green light to go to series before the pilot is broadcast.
There will be three Battlestar Galactica TV movies produced after the series wraps. These films will go straight to DVD like Razor last year. Many of the current cast are willing to appear in them.
This also follows announcements that Ronald Moore has signed a 3 movie deal with United Artists. Connection? We can hope.
Other reports have stated :
According to one source at the network, the talk about the films is just idle chatter “at this point.” But several other sources close to the show says there is good reason for “cautious optimism” about one to three future “Battlestar” films, which would get made this summer, if they get the green light.
“Nothing’s etched in stone yet,” one source said – creative decisions haven’t been fully fleshed out and the casts have not been locked in.
Battlestar Galactica is currently airing the first 10 episodes of its fourth and final season, which will go on a half season break in the first weeks of June. Production is underway on the last 10 episode of the show and the final scenes for the series finale will be shot in June. Production could get under way on the TV movies as early as July, and one source says the films could get the green light in the next two weeks or so.
At this point, it’s not known when those last 10 episodes of BSG will air. Informed sources say that a decision on that won’t get made until mid-summer, so my guess is that SciFi won’t show the final 10 episodes until 2009, although that would really suck, I am hoping that better judgment will prevail and they will start showing them with the Fall 2008 startup.
This is huge news though, and if true, means that we may have tasty new BSG content over the next couple of years.
SO SAY WE ALL!
A few months or so ago, I decided to completely re-embrace my geekness.. I have spent awhile hiding it in the shadows, forcing back shouts of glee when a really cool sci-fi show was advertised, or when a really sexy looking computer was in use at a coffee shop, but those days have come to a close.
I sit here now, with a geek card in my wallet (even though it is not laminated… ), a “work shirt” that has a patch on it that reads geek, and license plates that say ‘geek 2 u’ on them… Overkill, maybe, but I have a lot of geek love to make up for.
What is geek love you ask? Well, if you’re asking, I am not sure why or how you found this site, but in the interest of spreading the news I will explain. A geek, in the past, was considered a person who is odd or peculiar, and especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual. Technically I would say that this is still true. Most geeks I knew are odd, but in a good way, and society is finally beginning to see that. Not that societies opinion is important, or even relevant for that matter, but is nice to know that we are not subjugated to the computer lab and forever deemed unlovable by the opposite sex anymore.
As a whole, no matter how hard I tried to hide it, most of my friends saw and referred to me as a geek. I am on the speed dial anytime their computer does anything they don’t like, I am the one who knows the date and time when they can watch some particular sci-fi show, and if you need someone who can name the title and season for any Star Trek episode (any spin-off), then yep, I am the one you call.
Now, I can almost hear some of you out there saying… “How did I get on this dorks website?” Well, remember its geek to you… 
You should also remember that times are a changing… Geeks are the new jocks… women love us.. men want to be us .. and don’t even pretend your not jealous when I am sitting in the coffee bar next to you writing a new blog entry on my decked out MacBook Pro, listening to my 80 Gig iPod, and taking calls on my iPhone…
As proof of this change, I refer you to wiki :
The definition of geek has changed considerably over time, and there is no longer a definitive modern meaning. Here are some of the many definitions:
- A person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Most geeks are adept with computers, and treat the term hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves.
- A person who relates academic subjects to the real world outside of academic studies; for example, using multivariate calculus to determine how they should correctly optimize the dimensions of a pan to bake a cake.
- A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one who pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not mainstream social acceptance.
- A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream. This could be due to the intensity, depth, or subject of their interest. This definition is very broad but because many of these interests have mainstream endorsement and acceptance, the inclusion of some genres as “geeky” is heavily debated. Persons have been labelled as or chosen to identify as mathematics geeks, engineering geeks, sci-fi geeks, computer geeks, various science geeks, movie and film geeks (cinephile), comic book geeks, theatre geeks, history geeks, gamer geeks, music geeks, art geeks, philosophy geeks, and literature/rp geeks
Personally, I lump all us geeks together for the most part… except you band geeks… you have, over time become dweebs, and well, none of us want dweebs around.
Realize that for the most part, I’m being a bit tongue in cheek, but the point is made.
Geeks are here, Geeks are cool, and Geeks aren’t going anywhere… (although we will be unavailable during episodes of Battlestar Galactica, new season starting in March )
So, knowing all of this, start showing your geek love !