i’m thinking these reply need something super special. a video perhaps. i will talk to Christina on the hazards of sticking macaroni up my nose.

You should have worn glasses…down on your nose.

2) Ubuntu is not noob and I do believe it would be a good starting point to raise your geek level.

3)Custom build your own computerz

Good luck Lisa… Your fate with the French is at stake here.

2. Learn Regular Expressions and start hacking your apache install. And after you do that, please teach me Regular Expressions, because they make my teeth ache.

3. Install linux on your toaster. You can’t be a *real* geek unless you have installed linux on some device where it probably shouldn’t live. :-]

1. When talking about your Mac, make sure you mention some stuff about BSD and running MacPorts, Darwine and Fink. Consider telling people you dual-boot Debian (not Ubuntu, there is nothing l33t about Ubuntu - sorry, there isn’t. It’s a good distro but it’s Mickey Mouse. Use straight Debian, not the one trying to convert the masses for true l33t effect). Don’t worry, you don’t have to actually do this, just tell people you do.

2. Reminisce about the good ‘ol days from USENET, where you actually had to have a barrier of entry to get shit done.

3. Make references to learning/expanding knowledge of server side coding. Buzz words like Ruby on Rails, SVN, AJAX and debating the merits of PHP as a viable platform, or just something we are stuck with because of its ubiquity.

See, now that was easy.

Sorry to hear about your cliché status. Don’t worry, there’s still hope! Here are three tips.

1. Image. The glam-shots detract from geek cred. The hardest of the hard core geeks are usually a bit behind on the personal grooming curve and too many pictures that look like a Cosmo cover can alienate you from the ubergeeks. Shoot for the “cute” look, and geek it up with a ThinkGeek t-shirt like “There’s no place like 127.0.0.1″.

2. Skills. Being a polyglot is very admirable and illustrates your intelligence, but it doesn’t necessarily scream “geek”. Most geeks in the US aren’t terribly impressed by someone with an excellent command of romance languages. Now, learn some phrases in Klingon or Tolkien’s Elvish and you’re getting somewhere. Alternatively, resort to programming languages and rant about why Pascal was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Use more pseudo html code when blogging.

3. Anecdotes. When it really comes time to pull the gloves off for geek status, start bragging about your WoW character. Give detailed stats and full equipment lists and how you made the Kessel run in under…err, nevermind. If that doesn’t work, regale them with tales of your last pen and paper RPG character. There is a danger though, as too much dice talk could alienate the pure tech geeks so be careful.

I hope these tips will help to cement your status as a bona-fide geek both here in North America and overseas.

Good luck!
-Jeff

Link to the new Star Trek movie site and analyse the teaser trailer. Say that Entreprise was built on Earth in San Francisco and not in Utopia Planitia on Mars. Argue that JJ Abrams viral marketing is awesome and if you watch the “building starship Enterprise”-webcams for 12 hours every day and you think you saw a Klingon behind one of the welders. (QAPLAH)

Go back to the Digital Point forum and tear the n00b, who just responded to your latest M$ rant, a new one. Let a few more people post to make sure the topic or thread gets totally off subject and become a personal smear campaign (similar to American politics) and then ask people to settle down and get back on topic again.

Do that everyday and you are well on the way. I see people do it all the time