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Geek Humor: Why this foul-mouthed California politician refuses to use his Kindle

I thought the whole Amazon online sales tax debate had pretty much blown over in California, following a September compromise in… Read More

Meet the man who just won GeekWire’s moustache contest

We saw a lot of great whisker wonders over the past week as dudes from the Seattle tech community participated… Read More

Moustache Mania: Who will win our wild whisker contest?

The month of November hasn’t only been rainy. It’s been a bit hairy too. We’ve collected some great submissions so… Read More

Nintendo’s Fils-Amie loves Zelda, and presents a very special gift to Jimmy Fallon

Reggie Fils-Aime certainly has no shortage of choices when it comes to picking a favorite game. But, as it turns… Read More

Trekkies beware: Cheezburger looks to corner the market on geek humor with new sites

Cheezburger may be best known for funny cat photos with captions, and the occasional break dancing mishap on Fail Blog.… Read More

Friday Fun: How to make any web page ‘do a barrel roll’

By now many of you have probably heard of what happens when you type “do a barrel roll” into Google.… Read More

Welcome to Geek-O-Ween: Double rainbows, superheroes and the super rockers of KISS

We’ve seen double rainbows. We’ve seen superheroes. And the executive team at Big Fish Games is dressed up as members… Read More

Comedy: When developers and designers try to communicate

Do you see yourself in this video? The recent HIVE 2011 design conference in Redmond opened with an exclusive skit… Read More

Geek humor with Siri: Robot love is not wrong, or is it?

A lot of folks love Siri, the popular voice-recognition application on the iPhone 4S. But some Seattle geeks have a… Read More

Video: Melinda Gates on social media and tweeting with Bill

Today at the Malaria Summit in downtown Seattle, Melinda Gates met with a group of bloggers to talk about the… Read More

Post-it Wars, Part Three: This Super Mario looks unbeatable

For the past couple weeks we’ve been tracking a creative explosion of Post-it art in downtown Seattle, as companies one-up… Read More

PopCap celebrates wedding anniversary of Maryland couple with oversized ‘diamond’

This is a story of love … and video games. Sometimes men propose over dinner or drinks or on the… Read More

On the scene at GeekGirlCon

Editor’s Note: Hundreds of people attended Day 1 of the inaugural GeekGirlCon at Seattle Center yesterday — sitting in on… Read More

Photo Gallery: The weird and wacky Lego creations of BrickCon

Editor’s Note: There are all types of geeks in the world: Software geeks. Film geeks. Game geeks. Based on the… Read More

New phase in Seattle Post-it Wars: It’s on like … Angry Birds

The year is 2011, and all of your downtown neighbors are trying to one-up each other by installing elaborate depictions… Read More

Photo Gallery: The battle in Seattle (of the tomato variety)

There may be no better cure for the end of summer than cold beer, live music and hurling tomatoes at… Read More

An ‘impatient’ Melinda Gates joins Twitter, tops 17,000 followers in a day thanks to Tweet from BillG

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates joined Twitter in January 2010, and has quickly assembled an audience of some 3.5 million followers.… Read More

An intro to ‘Geek A Cappella’

I stumbled across some good, old-fashioned geek fun today at the Seattle Symphony’s Day of Music. They call themselves The… Read More

Puzzle Palooza to stump geeks with 26-foot tall Groovik’s Cube

Like to solve puzzles? Well, you may want to wander over to the Pacific Science Center next month where, as… Read More

First rule of combat robotics: It is inherently dangerous

The first rule of combat robotics is: You don’t talk about combat robotics. Actually, that’s not really true. The first… Read More

Mitt Romney unveils jobs plan ‘in color’ on Kindle

I always get a kick out of politicians who try to look hip by mentioning new technologies. And some recent… Read More

Nerd Notes: Aviation High School launches with a rocket; Paul Allen’s private island for sale; and more

Cheezburger has added to its line-up of weird and wacky sites. Introducing “Bronies.” Men and boys who love the animated… Read More

Fan bikes, hovercrafts and other wacky inventions from Seattle’s ThingOut geek fest

What do true geeks do on a hot summer afternoon? Of course, they bring their homegrown inventions out of the… Read More

Weekend Humor: Hitler gets the bad news about HP ditching the TouchPad

I am huge fan of Downfall, a classic war film that depicts Adolf Hitler’s last days in Berlin. But even… Read More

New ‘electronic chalking’ system will root out parking villains just like me

Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m a chalk checker. Oftentimes, I’l park my car in a two-hour zone, and then return… Read More

Five weird (and wacky) pursuits of rich tech moguls

“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” That line from F. Scott… Read More

Ben Huh and Bill Gates among GQ’s 15 worst-dressed in tech

Here’s an honor that two prominent Seattle geeks might not want to add to their résumés. Cheezburger Network founder Ben… Read More

Stephen Colbert wants to know: Is Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh really a cult leader?

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is one of the most accomplished Internet entrepreneurs on the planet, having sold his online clothing… Read More

NYT’s David Pogue back on tour, playing the classics

David Pogue, tech columnist for the New York Times, brought down the house at a real-estate technology conference in San… Read More

Nerd Notes: McGinn loves the Leaf; Tomato Battle in Seattle; Comcast bans a data hog; and much more

•Mike McGinn is going electric. The Seattle Mayor today announced that the city has added five new Nissan Leaf electric… Read More