Wednesday, 15 March 2006 Melbourne 2006 - Online Resources Great information can be found online about the The XVIII Commonwealth Games Games Home Page Games Podcasts Games Video abc.net.au Coverage ninemsn coverage SMH Coverage Technorati Tags Flickr Tags Google Earth Games Map Melbourne MCG Microsoft Technology Partner Will these be the web 2.0 games??? 11:06:45 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek Quiz: THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST - Take 2 I’ve re-took the infamous Nerd? Geek? or Dork? test , just to see if my score has changed. Last time I took the test , I scored 56 % Nerd, 91% Geek, 56% Dork This time, the balance has changed slightly, with an overall consistent theme: Outcast Genius 65 % Nerd, 86% Geek, 60% Dork For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in all three, earning you the title of: Outcast Genius. Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don’t care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are truly important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject). Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius. Congratulations! Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you’re interested in any of the following: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Professional Wrestling Love & Sexuality America/Politics Thanks Again! — THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 61% on nerdiness You scored higher than 99% on geekosity You scored higher than 95% on dork points Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on Ok Cupid , home of the 32-Type Dating Test 1:20:46 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek Beware the Ides of March! hehe - I love that saying. Wikipedia has more: In the Roman calendar the Ides of March fell on the 15th day of the Roman month of Martius. Although the Roman calendar was eventually displaced by the modern days of the week around the 3rd century AD, the Ides continued to be used in a vernacular sense for centuries afterwards. When Shakespeare wrote the famous line Beware the Ides of March! in his play Julius Caesar in 1599 , he did so in the reasonable assumption that his audience would know the date of Caesar’s death and so have a good idea of what the Ides were. The date is famous because Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC . Because of Shakespeare?s play Julius Caesar and its line ?Beware the Ides of March?, the Ides of March has had a sense of doom. But in Roman times the Ides of March was simply the normal way of saying March 15th. For me, it’s a warning about the upcoming sportsfest down in Melbourne ( which I can’t bear to watch ). The best comment is from John Doyle (aka Rampaging Roy Slaven) with his article, The Lost Empire - You gotta read it. 12:22:42 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 8/07/2006; 10:36:47 AM.