Nerds Unite! Round 2!
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HI all, I'm nerdy on the more science-side of things. Marine biologist by training, I do that and also am heavily involved in citizen science - involving the public in helping with real scientific research. All about apps for doing science, crowd sourcing, eco-drones, bioblitzes, etc. Total mad scientist style. :drinker:
Also a total nature nerd - and am very interested in the intersection of nature and technology. I'm all about hiking, kayaking, and LOVE geocaching. But while I'm out doing those things I'm also taking photos of organisms with my smart phone to crowd-source IDs so I can learn my species, and helping folks ID the things they see as well. I can geek out on nudibranchs, seaweed, and birds all day. Slowly learning my plants and fungus.
Beyond that, I have a deep love for (and fear of!) zombies. I did the Zombies, Run! C25k training, and now I'm on to the regular app - just about to finish season 1. This weekend I'm riding the Zombie Train (http://zombietrain.com/) which I'm really excited about! And I of course love the Walking Dead, most zombie movies, and have read many of the good zombie books out there.0 -
HI all, I'm nerdy on the more science-side of things. Marine biologist by training, I do that and also am heavily involved in citizen science - involving the public in helping with real scientific research. All about apps for doing science, crowd sourcing, eco-drones, bioblitzes, etc. Total mad scientist style. :drinker:
Also a total nature nerd - and am very interested in the intersection of nature and technology. I'm all about hiking, kayaking, and LOVE geocaching. But while I'm out doing those things I'm also taking photos of organisms with my smart phone to crowd-source IDs so I can learn my species, and helping folks ID the things they see as well. I can geek out on nudibranchs, seaweed, and birds all day. Slowly learning my plants and fungus.
Beyond that, I have a deep love for (and fear of!) zombies. I did the Zombies, Run! C25k training, and now I'm on to the regular app - just about to finish season 1. This weekend I'm riding the Zombie Train (http://zombietrain.com/) which I'm really excited about! And I of course love the Walking Dead, most zombie movies, and have read many of the good zombie books out there.
citizen science...sounds interesting
i remeber years ago using my PC to do the SETi thing...where you downloaded packets of data and let the comp crunch the data and send it back...sadly no Aliens were ever found on my HP!
also zombie books....just finished reading book 1 of The Remaining.0 -
Hi fellow nerds! Nice to be in good company. I lost about 50 lbs 2.5 years ago and gained it all plus some more back over the past year and a half. So back to get it off again.
As for my nerdy ways, I am a PS4 and PS3 player (Alice: Madness Returns on PS3 is my all time favorite game). I used to be an avid FFXI player. I went to the Boston Comic Con last month, my first one and it was AWESOME!! One of the motivations for losing weight is so I can cosplay Alice (from above said game) next year. I also read way too much (mostly Fantasy and Horror but everything else too) and do tons of crafts as time permits. I work full time but go to college part time for a degree in Creative Writing. I also quote movies such as Spaceballs, Airplane and Labyrinth obsessively and Labyrinth is my favorite movie of all time. I watch it at least 5 times a year. I'm 38 and a giant child.
Please feel free to add me.0 -
citizen science...sounds interesting
i remeber years ago using my PC to do the SETi thing...where you downloaded packets of data and let the comp crunch the data and send it back...sadly no Aliens were ever found on my HP!
also zombie books....just finished reading book 1 of The Remaining.
Oh yeah, SETI@home is still going strong! Nice way to use your computer's power when you're not using it. But now there are even cooler (imo) computer-based citizen science projects, like everything that Zooniverse does. And the scientific results that have been produced through this type of crowd sourcing are AMAZING!
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Ha, Labyrinth! Oh in 9th grade I watched the movie an unhealthy amount--loved David Bowie. Nowdays I still get overwhelming nostalgia when I listen to that soundtrack. Ah, they don't make nerdy cult movies like they used to.Hi fellow nerds! Nice to be in good company. I lost about 50 lbs 2.5 years ago and gained it all plus some more back over the past year and a half. So back to get it off again.
As for my nerdy ways, I am a PS4 and PS3 player (Alice: Madness Returns on PS3 is my all time favorite game). I used to be an avid FFXI player. I went to the Boston Comic Con last month, my first one and it was AWESOME!! One of the motivations for losing weight is so I can cosplay Alice (from above said game) next year. I also read way too much (mostly Fantasy and Horror but everything else too) and do tons of crafts as time permits. I work full time but go to college part time for a degree in Creative Writing. I also quote movies such as Spaceballs, Airplane and Labyrinth obsessively and Labyrinth is my favorite movie of all time. I watch it at least 5 times a year. I'm 38 and a giant child.
Please feel free to add me.
Although, I now that I have a baby, I don't find Jareth attractive anymore. Baby stealers= nope! (Baby stealers in tight pants with magic kingdoms? NOPE)0 -
Hi I'm a nerd too! I play WoW, love sci-fl books. Read all currently published Song of Ice and Fire books, can't wait for Winds of Winter to be published though I'll probably be in my 40's by then... Also love HP discussions, love Star Wars, Supernatural, Buffy and several more.
I have Civ on my computer but I've been playing a lot more WoW (and working out more) recently so I haven't played in a few months
Has anyone read the King Killer Chronicles? Love that series too! I also have an issue where if I read 2 books in a series, I must read the all of them which has gotten me stuck on some terrible books like the Sookie Stackhouse series... I'm getting to the last book but the second to last one was so bad that I'm dreading this one...
Feel free to add me
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Hello!
Name: Zen
Class; Warrior or Bard. no in between.
Nerd Cred: Doctor Who, Torchwood, Firefly, Buffy, D&D (old school- yeah, we're talking paper here, folks), Sherlock, books (hella books- i'm actually reading a series form the 80s where these college kids actually end up in the D&D game...and it's not terrible!), Angel, BSG, Caprica, STNG (i want to have Picard's babies), Samurai Saturday, DINOSAURS, Inuyasha,... Hubs (i married the biggest nerd ever). THe Dark Crystal is my most favorite movie of all time, i still have plastic dinosaurs, i do art stuff, i write (not SF, but hubs does), and can geek it out with Shakespeare. Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author (next to Kerouac), I don't really play video games, but i'll roll out a character and make you jewelery out of D&D die (yeah, 20-sider necklace? i made it...).0 -
Nah I got an imperial tattoo and a vader one I'm working on.
I also have star wars sheets. Yes, I'm a 29 year old woman who has Star Wars sheets. Be jealous.
got the real fx lightsabers as well
and abundance of other crap haha.
You are my hero.0 -
Damn there are some motivated people here; these posts are like a wave of Nostalgia, neat stuff!
Name: Shishek,
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishak This guy was a feared, loathed, respected, leader and the first ancient Egyptian name of a pharaoh mentioned in the Bible. However Shishak, Susac and Shishaq were already taken in Ever Quest so Shishek stuck.
Class: aloof and indefinitely preoccupied medic
MTG and FNM and D&D when ever there is time. Never had time for a TV so I don't own one but I've definitely been recommend to watch every series listed so far. Loved EQ and WoW and ToR when there was time.
RPG nerd at heart with a great 800 + Steam game collection w/ DLC's because if you never have time to play them... but if they look engaging enough then why not buy a copy... and then a few more copies for friends? Cuse then they can call tell you about the adventure.
Also who doesn't love Steam sales, they're great!0 -
Also who doesn't love Steam sales, they're great!
They are awesome.....but not so great for the wallet haha.0 -
My oldest had decided she wants to be the "Are you my Mummy" kid from Doctor Who for Halloween.
Awesomest. Kid. Ever.
Name: Himejii or Sabariel
Class: Physics
Rank: PhD Candidate
Goal: To invent a way to automatically log calories without all the... you know... logging. Oral mass-spec? Gastric calorimeter? I'll let you know when I crack that nut, I'll be retired on a beach somewhere warm but not too hot or humid.0 -
*peeks in* yo how is it going?0
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Also love HP discussions, love Star Wars, Supernatural, Buffy and several more.
SUPERNATURAL. I found my people lol0 -
Hulk and the Agents of Smash, love that show!!! And avengers assemble, although The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes was alot better....Can't wait for Oct 7 Star Wars the Rebels premiere:bigsmile:
I wish I had the funds to afford an Xbox One, currently only have a 360... Fav is BF3 ( I know it's old as ****, but I can play with my friends), and GTA V, love that game....
And ofcourse Clash of Clans, very addicting, glad I don't have good coverage at work, would never get anything done...lol
I do like playing CPU games, like old one, LOTR's, and ROME, etc......
I am 40 an have star wars sheets, cool as ****:bigsmile:
I want to start collecting Star Wars the Clone Wars and Hulk and the Agents of Smash action figures... I will have to invest in a shelf first...lol0 -
I need some PC gamers here! I'm lacking decent friends to play DayZ and all with! I'm on Steam for sure and a few other sites. Tera Rising, Tumblr, GaiaOnline...you know all the great social/anti-social places.
I'm all for Doctor Who, Marvel, Hannibal, Batman (Joker x Harley), Comics, X-men...I'm trying to drive out the big stuff to hook some people here! Once Upon A Time, Sherlock, Orange is the New Black!
Still waiting on GTA V to appear on PC, along with Arkham Knight!
I'm AJ, 22! I play Dance Dance Revolution! I'm as much of a gamer as I can be!
You can also look me up on Steam. Just look up 'Hidden-Character' I'm the one with the Umbrella Corp Icon!0 -
GTA V is the ****, especially online.... I played the demo of Arkham Knight on xbox 360, i will have to get it now.....0
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Agree completely, I love all the Zooniverse stuff, have taken part in many of the projects myself, I love the Galaxy Zoo one but the Planet Hunters is my fave, I love everything about exoplanets.
Yes I'm a science geek too (you have to be if you do a degree in Physics with Planetary and Space Physics)
Also Add to my list of stuff I love:
Charmed, Buffy, Firefly, Lost, Criminal Minds, CSI, Big Bang Theory, Merlin
Harry Potter
Sims
I totally have a complete base set and a complete jungle set (Pokemon cards) Kudos to anyone who knows what that means
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Hi there all. I'm Ken.
I've lost >100lbs.
I love most vidya. But my time is mostly taken by the gym wow And towerfall ascension currently.
I'm a fan of sci-fi/fantasy/action movies (for when I need to bro out with non nerd friends) ????
My favorite books are the age of misrule series. And I have a cat who thinks he is a people. His name is Illie (yes after Illidan -_-)0 -
ok so reading through the posts there is a lot of flexing of the nerd muscles so i reckon we could get a card game going with everyones strengths and weaknesses along with their nerd quota, like watching buffy gives you one nerd point but reading the Angel comics which shows what happened after the series end gives you 5 nerd points, and your total gives you your strength.... or something like that (im spitballing here)
just seems like people have a lot of info that they have shared which would lend itself to a card game to see who the ultimate nerd is......0 -
My name is Tania, I am just a silly narwhal who is trying to lose the weight gained while doing a bachelor & a master degree. I was raised with a Nintendo, Super Nintendo & PlayStation playing the Mario games (Mario RPG, wuuuut), Zombie Ate My Neightbors (wuut, lol), Zelda: Link to the Past, Final Fantasy, and a bunch of RPGs. I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer, but rather a casual one who doesn't mind finishing or playing as many video games as possible. However, I think because I am a very casual gamer, I found a passion for MMORPG starting with Ragnarok Online and a terrible addiction to World of Warcraft. lol I play WoW every now and then -- as I try to balance it with life. I do like sci-fi, anime and comic book stuffs. Overall, I am a very casual nerd/geeky lady with a good imagination. 0
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I'm not a nerd.
Just here to see if anyone is on FitRPG. Will Wheaton approved. I just downloaded it last night and I'm looking for friends for my leaderboard and to battle with - need motivation. If you haven't heard of it - it turns your fitbit into a game - an RPG where you can level up, do quests, battle friends, earn gold, purchase weapons/armor/potions. My username is "Badger". Apparently they don't require usernames to be unique, so there are other Badgers. My profile pic is of me doing overhead press - grey t-shirt & pony tail.
I'm not a nerd.
I see some people with common interests - Hi! :drinker:
Since we're listing those.... I played (lived) FFXI for a while, loved it! Did WoW for a few more years...didn't love it quite as much as FFXI, but still enjoyed it. We have a weekly gamenight - MTG, cards, board games...we were playing games reviewed on Will Wheaton's Tabletop show for a while, but we started playing D&D about 3 months ago and put boardgames aside for a bit. We're playing Pathfinder now - the Ravenloft module. Haven't stopped completely with boardgames - just went to a gaming convention last weekend and tried out several new ones we hadn't played yet. Settlers of Cataan, Get lucky, Chez Geek, Build an Elder God, Axe Cop Munchkin. Had a good time, but missed the Star Wars themed LARP they had on Sunday...maybe next year.
Also see some Sci-Fi enthusiasts! Hello! I love Sci-fi. Firefly, BSG, Star Wars, Dr. Who, Star Trek, Stargate...even love the terrible ones like Terra Nova (I don't think it was terrible, but everyone else seems to) and...well, jury is still out as to whether it's terrible or not, but enjoyed Defiance...couldn't really get into the game though.
I also enjoy some Anime. Loved Samurai Champloo...that was probably my favorite one. Also enjoyed Afro Samurai, a bit of Bleach, HunterxHunter, Princess Mononoke & Spirited Away, Highschool of the Dead....
...not a nerd though.0 -
Heros of Might and Magic anyone?
I like all your usual nerd books and TV shows, but HP will always hold a special place in my heart.
Feel free to add me, or just chat. I'd love to make some nerdy friends. 0 -
Big Nintendo nerd and bowling nerd, on a Zelda kick lately, plan on finishing every game 100%, just beat Minish Cap yesterday, now working on Link between worlds and Wind Waker HD. 0
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Hi! Nerd mom here! Mom of nerds AND nerd myself - verified and attested to by multiple, unrelated parties, LOL!
I'm a programmer, Linux sysadmin, Whovian, Trekkie, CON goer, RPG player, former LARPer.. Would love to cosplay, but I think I might be too old for that (nah?)..0 -
Hello, I'm Jennifer and a proud nerd :laugh:
Currently reading A Song of Ice and Fire, part 2 of book 3.
Have read Harry Potter several times, LOTR, Anne Rice...
Obsessed with the Harry potter & LOTR movies, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica. Another all time favorite movie is the Princess Bride!
I love gaming but don't have much time for it anymore. In recent years I've made the rounds of the various MMORPG's. I spent the most time on WoW, SWTOR, GW2, Rift and tried out TESO but didn't like it all that much. Oh yes, and I've also spent a fair bit of time roaming Skyrim...
Then there's oldies like Civilization III and the Sims 2 which stole much of my life.
I'm getting ready to start a new study year with the Open University (going for a Maths degree) so I won't have much time for my geeking habits but always love hearing and talking about it...so feel free to add me :flowerforyou:0 -
Oh my goodness, forgot to add my other TV show obsessions. True Blood, Game of thrones, Rome, big bang theory, the simpsons...I've fallen behind on a few of them. Need some serious couch time to catch up...0
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Nerd,geek, dork....I'm all of those things! I love anime (tenchi muyo, trigun, his/hers, inuyasha, etc) , reading (used to work at a library), Star Trek, KPOP (that's right I'm a fan girl), I love supernatural, smallville, x-men , Superman (my favorite hero), LOTR, have read all the harry potter books and so much more....I use movies quotes a little too much in everyday life! I would love to go to comic-con one day!0
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Anyone on FitRPG? It's essentially the rough draft phone app that is the answer to all my nerd dreams. I spent HOURS on Kengo: Master of Bushido training my character...HOURS...maybe days, and that was for no tangible real world gain. With FitRPG, you link your fitbit to the app, create a character, and level up by doing "quests" (i.e., take 5,000 steps today, earn xx gold and xx experience points), fighting bosses - you can purchase weapons and armor and potions. It's free now and definitely in a beta stage. The three people involved in creating the app are trying to get funds to create more game content and expand the game. It's glitchy and light on content right now, but it's free and it's new, so that's to be expected. I find it motivating enough as it is. If they ever expand and add more content - this could be mind blowing. Will Wheaton uses it and approves, so...I mean...it's got to be awesome, right???0 -
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Anyone on FitRPG? It's essentially the rough draft phone app that is the answer to all my nerd dreams. I spent HOURS on Kengo: Master of Bushido training my character...HOURS...maybe days, and that was for no tangible real world gain. With FitRPG, you link your fitbit to the app, create a character, and level up by doing "quests" (i.e., take 5,000 steps today, earn xx gold and xx experience points), fighting bosses - you can purchase weapons and armor and potions. It's free now and definitely in a beta stage. The three people involved in creating the app are trying to get funds to create more game content and expand the game. It's glitchy and light on content right now, but it's free and it's new, so that's to be expected. I find it motivating enough as it is. If they ever expand and add more content - this could be mind blowing. Will Wheaton uses it and approves, so...I mean...it's got to be awesome, right???
I don't have a fitbit but this makes me want one 0 -
Feel Free to add me, i'm 36
Comic book nerd here, pretty much everything except batman, deadpool, superman and the xmen titles.
I play diablo 3 and japanese RPG's Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch and Persona 4 Golden are my favorites.
I'm also playing Pokemon X on my 3DS.
I want to play FitRPG but I don't have a smart phone, gave it up over a year ago.
I'm not so much into Doctor Who, totally geeks for Star Wars Rebels, about to buy the "A New Dawn" novel before I watch the show.
And have you seen the new GI Joe action figures? omg, i want some
I'm a huge tabletop game nerd, my roleplaying games include Savage Worlds: Deadlands, Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Cthulu
My Board Games include Small World, King of Tokyo
My Card games include DC Deck Builder, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pokemon, Magic, and Legend of the 5 Rings.0
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