A Whole New World

I am in love with a Geek. It’s true… a big brain and lightning fast typing speed is a turn on. With such a love comes a wide range of new experiences however. I would like to take you on a magic carpet ride to the world of “geek” told from an outsiders view. It has been quite an experience trying to learn all the in’s and out’s of the IT world without seeming completely stupid.

First thing that I had to learn was slashdot. Yes, the wonderful world of slashdot….the last viewed page in every geek’s web browser. At first, I thought that this portal to the IT community was simply a page of enjoyment, a place to go when there is no better thing to do at work. I, however, was wrong. It is my firm belief that slashdot has hypnotic powers that are beyond my comprehension. Five, Six, Seven times a day I will see my geek viewing this site. Not much has changed from the last view, maybe a new post or two. Every time though, he goes to the site with anticipation…hoping….praying for new content. To me, this is absolutely silly. I have learned that I sometimes take the backseat to a good Slashdot post. Geeks need their slashdot, and I have just learned to respect that.

The next thing I have learned was that in every room of the house there needs to be some computer equipment. While it is helpful at times to be able to check my email at any point, sometimes such equipment can be excessive. Take for example the VERY large, cumbersome antanea in the upstairs “lab.” This antanea was in fact pointed at the neighbors house for weeks, before I relized that the neighbors probally assumed my geek was taping into their personal lives. The antenea was bought because my geek wanted to broadcast wireless internet to the neighborhood and market it. Well….for a year now that antena has been sitting in the “lab” doing nothing more useful than collecting dust. Why is such equipment so nessecary….well because it is “cool” of course! Why else would you need 17 computer cases, 2 boxes of mice, 2 boxes of keyboards, 37 “semi-functional” hard-drives, 3 non-working wireless network cards, 20 phone modems, 17 motherboards, a broadcasting antena, 295 feet of coax cable, 428 feet of ethnet, 12 access points, 3 routers,a voice of IP box, oh…and a partridge in a Pear tree.

So, in conclusion. Loving a geek isn’t easy…but hey, I guess someone has to do it.