Cool Thingies
That’s What We Are Talking About 1/17/2009
We talk a lot on the podcast about the listServ, and I encourage you to head over there and join the discussion, but what I thought I would try to do each week is hit some of the highlights from the last week on discussion group. So here is my first attempt at doing just [...]
DC09 Photos Are Up
Hey gang!
As you may have heard, several of The Unique Geeks were in Atlanta this past weekend for Dragon Con. Well, original Unique Geek and (apparently) official photographer, Shag (Once Upon A Geek) has posted some 600+ photos up in our gallery.
Just click on that photo gallery tab above (or if you are too lazy [...]
40 Days of DragonCon (Day 37) – Rox’s Survival Guide: Log Entry 007
Dragon Con Survival Tips by Rox of Spazhouse
Log Entry 007: Restaurants
There are plenty of places to sit down for a good meal around the Peachtree Center area. I have compiled a short list of popular restaurants in the area. This is not all inclusive and, for some, you may have to venture a bit [...]
40 Days of DragonCon (Day 36) – Rox’s Survival Guide: Log Entry 006
Dragon Con Survival Tips by Rox of Spazhouse
Survival Tip 006: Getting Around
MARTA (itsmarta.com)
Marta gets you to the places you need to go. I like MARTA. MARTA welcomes cyclists on the train and buses have BOB or Bike on Board racks on the outside of the buses. If you are flying in from the Airport, it [...]
40 Days of DragonCon (Day 24) – Rox’s Survival Guide: Log Entry 005
Dragon Con Survival Tips by Rox of Spazhouse
Log Entry 005: The Art Show
One should always venture to the art show to see what artistic people are creating. Every year a set of guys create a large scale scene diorama. Last year was reminiscent of Dead Wood. The year before was a castle under siege. Pegboard panels [...]
40 Days of DragonCon (Day 11) – Rox’s Survival Guide: Log Entry 003
Dragon Con Survival Tips by Rox of Spazhouse
Log Entry 003: Stuff You Should Carry With You
I am guessing you will be toting a backpack of some sort with you. Everyone does, it is all the rage. Here are some handy items you might want to think of taking with you.
A Sharpie, a Pen and Pencil. [...]
40 Days of DragonCon (Day 6) – Rox’s Survival Guide: Log Entry 002
Dragon Con Survival Tips by Rox of Spazhouse
Log Entry 002: HYDRATION
Other than getting food into you. Staying hydrated is another fact you must consider.
First, get yourself a good size water bottle. A water bottle is handy especially if the hotel staff is running behind in replenishing the water jugs.
Chill the water and wrap a wash [...]
Dark Days Indeed
We here at The Unique Geek are always on the lookout for the next cool television show and we have a list we work from to determine whether or not it reaches the coolness that is “Unique Geek” (who are we kidding? We are not cool). So when someone emails us (thegeeks[at]theuniquegeek[dot]com) and says [...]
Tales of the AWESOME Empire
He has a sword with THREE blades, and two of them can be FIRED off to SHOOT at people, and the blade in the middle kicks ass, and if that is not enough (and it isn’t), the hilt detaches to reveal itself as a DAGGER! It is the greatest movie weapon of all time. It would chop Krull’s glaive in fucking half.
5 Tasty Geek News Bites – 111208
Today from the science desk we learn that your odor is as unique as your fingerprints. Judging from the elevators at the last DragonCon, there a lot of people have strange fingerprints.
DelToro continues to be a busy guy… the Sci-Fi channel has a quick interview with the man about his upcoming projects including Frankenstein and [...]
