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We’re slashed prices on our shirts – $5 Geek T shirts, $10 Ringer Tees & $12 V neck Tees. We’ve also added some exclusive stickers you can only get from GeekFury.com. Visit the store.

Sale is good until Friday August 27, 2010 – so you better get your orders in now!

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Do you believe that smart is sexy?
Do you believe that glasses make a woman even hotter?
Do you believe that “geek is good”?

Then you’re going to love the Geekfury.com 2011 Geek Grrrl Calendar. Get ready for twelve beautiful, smart, hot geek girls that are not only stunningly sexy but also smarter than your average “babe”. We’re showcasing not only their physical beauty in this calendar but also their individual geek interests.

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Here are some funny and cool Star Wars T Shirts. Some are hilarious, some are raunchy, most are pretty damn cool and funny.

We have some funny t shirts too.

After digging around the net awhile I found a baker in Australia who makes some really cool geek cupcakes:

All of these awesome nerd cupcakes were created by Naomi, owner of the hello naomi bakery in Newcastle, Australia. To see more of her awesome creations, check out her sites:

flickr collections
blog spot blog
company website: http://www.hellonaomi.com.au/
http://www.scissorspapercake.com.au/

Wanna see something very bizarre? Here are three segments of the US version of the IT Crowd‘s pilot episode. And guess who’s playing the role of Roy?  Joel McHale from none other than E!‘s The Soup. Note how closely Joel sticks to the way the original actor (Chris O’Dowd) delivered the lines. It’s like Joel’s channeling Chris.

And guess who’s playing Moss? Yep, you guessed it, Richard Ayoade.. the same actor who played Moss in the UK version… told it was weird. But judge for yourself.

UPDATE (8/12/10 10:18AM): I managed to find the first segment, so you can at least watch that until they find it…I say the US pilot still sucks and they should just air the UK version over here…

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Yaya Han in her original Steampunk costume

We have some awesome news – Yaya Han, the international model & cosplayer has signed on to model for our 2011 GeekFury.com Geek Grrl Calendar! If you’re not familiar with her work, check out her site, costume gallery or modeling gallery. We’re very pleased to be working with Yaya and are excited about creativity she’ll bring to the project.

Learn more about the calendar

2011 GeekFury.com Geek Grrrl Calendar Models

Calendar Sponsorship Opportunities

We’re beginning production on the 2011 GeekFury.com Geek Grrrl Calendar and we’re looking for sponsors to partner with us. We’re excited about the calendar as we have an awesome line up of geek grrrls for our debut. We’ve looked long and far some some of the most interesting, intelligent, and not to mention, beautiful women to grace the pages of the calendar and we think you’ll agree.

We’ve worked hard at finding real geek grrrls to feature in our calendar so that you’ll have more than just pretty faces to admire, these women pack some serious brains as well! See for yourself:

	See more of our models at: www.geekcalendargrrrls.com

Learn more about being a sponsor

Have your Con or Geek Event Added to the Calendar

“Nerd Rage Rap” by sidecar might as well be the Geek Fury theme song…

enjoy:

We have our first Geek Grrrl entry for the month of June:

Geek Grrrl Free T-shirt contest entry #1 - Moonie

Username/Handle: Moonie

What makes you a Geek Grrrl: I can name the original 151 Pokemon, know all the words to the Pokemon theme song, including the second verse, wont lose the game, own a Doreamon piggy bank, play videogames until sunrise, named my PC Balmung, love Neil Gaiman, believe in the flying spaghetti monster, and much more including turning my old computer into a phone battery-charger.

Interests: Thrift store-hunting, cartoons, comics, videogames, sewing lolita clothing, chatroulette, and drawing.

Logs in from: Southern California

Anything else: I need scissors

Come on ladies let’s get those entries comin’ in!

Are you a Geek Grrrl or know one? If so, you  (or they) can win a free Geek Fury T-shirt!

We’re looking to shine a light of “enlightenment” for the public on these rare and often overlooked women. Each month we’ll be presenting several ladies for all Geek Fury users to vote for their favorite Geek Grrrl. The winner each month will receive their choice of any t-shirt from the Geek Fury Store. So do you think you’re a Geek Grrrl? Let’s see if any of the following apply to ya:

Geek Grrrl Kari Byron

• Are you strongly independent and chart your own destiny regardless of if it’s “cool” or not.
• Are you highly intelligent in a number of subjects and tend to excel academically.
• Do you possess an unusual sexiness not usually definable. (You may possess this trait and not even know it)
• Are you passionate for the rare, unusual or often overlooked areas of interest. Subject(s) of interest may or may not be technology based in origin. See Sewing Geek Grrrl or Literature Geek Grrrl.
• Do you dress in your own individual style – rarely caring about fashion labels or brands. Has been known to dress in a retro or vintage style. (Does not necessarily apply to certain derivatives of Geek Grrrls – i.e. Fashion Geek Grrrl)
• Do you sometimes wear eyesight adjustment/enhancment devices a.k.a. “Glasses”. Studies indicate that these devices increase a Geek Grrrl’s sexiness factor by 200-300%.

If any of those apply, you may very well be a Geek Fury Geek Grrrl. To find out, submit your pic for the contest making sure to follow these simple rules and instructions:

Gamer Jessica Chobot

• Email picture of yourself holding a sign with the following written on it “I’m a GeekFury.com Geek Grrrl!” to geekgrrrl@geekfury.com.
• In your email, Tell us a bit about yourself:
  • Your name, screen name or “Handle”
  • What makes you a Geek Grrrl
  • Your Interests
  • Where you’re from (State or region & Country are fine)
  • And anything else you’d want all the Geek Fury users to know

We’re going to start collecting entries during June for the July voting. Depending upon how many submissions we get, we may have one or more give-aways during July. And ladies, feel free to get all your friends (real & social network) to come vote for ya!

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Talk Nerdy To Me

So we recently relaunched the new GeekFury.com store and this time we’ve got t-shirts! We carry several designs in several t-shirt styles and colors and are adding more all the time. Let us know what you think about the store and the shirts.

We’ve also added a sweet affiliate program. How’d you ‘d like to earn *at least* $5 per shirt on each one you help us sell? You’ll find that’s about a 30% profit share…not too shabby. In fact, that’s a better deal than even then the other leading internet t-shirt offer as their affiliate cut.

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It’s that time of the year again…time I start getting Spring fever. Actually I’ve had Spring fever since early last Fall. It’s just within the last few weeks I’ve been able to actually do something about the “Fever” (…and the only cure is MORE Cowbell! )

At our old place I had built a raised garden about 3′x12′ and mixed my own soil from peat moss some topsoil and various composts. It was a pretty productive little garden. Last fall, I picked up a copy of “All New Square Foot Gardening ” as it talks about maximizing the area your garden takes up and it’s based upon raised gardening – something I’m already familiar with. I figured I could get some tips and tricks for the new raised garden.

Well, I got a lot more than just a few tip and tricks. I got a whole new way to garden. Mel Bartholomew, the author of the book, has been refining his technique of Square Foot Gardening (SFG) since 1976, so as you can imagine, he’s got the process pretty well worked out. The first thing I discovered from the book is that you don’t need a super-deep bed to grow strong and healthy plants. For most plants, 6 inches of soil is all you’ll need.  Since Mel’s sold over a million of his SFG books, I figure he’s probably right so I’m giving SFG a shot this year. I’ve already build 6 boxes and have some of my seedlings started. Over the Spring/Summer/Fall I’ll be updating the blog with the progression of the garden, both the good & bad.

Flowers Started for the 2010 Geek Garden

Gardening = Geeky?

So you’re probably thinking to yourself – “What the hell is so geeky about gardening?”. Well, IMHO, it depends on how you approach it. I like to garden like my Engineer dad taught me – with planning and proper preparation. I think this is why Mel’s method of dividing off 4′x4′ boxes into 1′x1′ squares is so appealing to me. I can plan the layout of the garden down to an inch and have a “blueprint” of a sorts so I don’t forget anything when planting. In fact, as you’ll see in later posts, I actually have a “blueprint” for this year’s garden that should allow for multiple staggered harvests. The blueprint also allows me to know exactly how many of each plant I need to start. This way I only grow what’s needed and don’t end up with a ton of extra seedlings. Although I did start a couple extra tomato plants for our neighbor.

Veggies Started for the 2010 Geek Garden

This method of planning is a bit geeky but it’s part of the overall theme of the garden – maximum efficiency and minimal resources. One of the keys to the SFG method is the soil mix. You don’t use just plain ‘ol dirt, or even conditioned soil. Sure I guess you could, but you’d probably have to work on the dirt a few seasons to get it to a point somewhat close to what Mel has outlined in his book. His Mel’s Mix as he calls it is a blend of Peat Moss, Vermiculite, and various composted materials. This mix is supposed to provide an optimum growing medium for most plants. It’s also supposed to reduce the amount of watering needed. This I can already attest to somewhat. After I built the boxes and added the soil mix, I watered it in and it’s like a sponge. It holds a ton of water, but remains “airy”. So I’m hoping for some terrific growth from the garden this year.

EPCOT used to be cool...

This year I’m not gonna do too much out there as far as new techniques, I’m just gonna stick to the SFG method this year. But in future growing seasons, I want to try Hydroponics and maybe even Aeroponics. I’ve got some cool ideas that I’m really psyched about. My eventual plans are to be able to grow most of the vegetables and even fruits that our family might need. I want to avoid as many artificial fertilizers, pesticides and other common garden chemicals as possible. But I’ll go into that in a later post.

And if you’re still not convinced that gardening can be geeky… I have one last thing to say to ya: Check out EPCOT Center’s Living with The Land attraction in the Land pavilion. ’nuff said. Granted the attraction used to be more innovative on new techniques before Eisner let EPCOT Center rot into the sad state it’s in today. But more on that later too.

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