08-25-2011, 03:54 PM
Thought I'd start a 'Nerd Cred' thread. Post things you've done that you think make you nerdy, besides being a member of BRBu, of course. Hopefully this won't devolve too badly into an ePeen thread, but we'll see.
- I've built all 5 of the computers I've owned from individual components.
- One of those computers is an HTPC/media server that's connected directly to my HDTV and downloads my favorite shows automagically via RSS feeds.
- I've played Warhammer 40,000 for 16 years, and own 5 armies of 2,000 points or more.
- I own a 114mm (4.3") reflecting telescope, that I recently upgraded to be fully robotic (will automatically slew to stars, track them across the sky). The camera for long-exposure pictures should be arriving today actually, but I won't be able to test them because its been raining here pretty solid for the last few weeks.
- I have many many many many unfinished electronics projects sitting in my computer room in my apartment.
- For that matter, I specifically looked for two-bedroom apartments so that I could have my desktop computer and misc projects separated from my bed.
- I bought a sewing machine specifically to do cosplay costumes ;x
- I cosplayed as a TF2 Medic at ACEN
- I have two 7' tall bookshelves devoted to mostly Sci-Fi books.
- I have two more 7' tall bookshelves devoted to works-in-progress (armies to be painted, a few electronics projects, partial cosplay costumes).
- I have a massive DVD collection, including all 10 seasons of Stargate SG-1.
- I play in a casual Magic: The Gathering league...at work during lunchtime twice a week.
- I own my own domain name and have for 10 years. I've done various things with it, although I think the best thing to do with it right now is turn it into a projects wiki. Too bad that's one of the projects ;x
- I've been programming since the age of 7, and can program in a dozen languages.
- I got a job as a Pharmacy Technician while in High School, got certified, and kept that job for 7.5 years to put my way through Electrical Engineering school.
- I currently write control software for multimillion dollar industrial corrugated cardboard printing equipment. I'm the sole automation engineer responsible for the closest thing to a robot my company makes.
- At my old job (working for a controls distributor), I wrote software as a contractor for a number of different companies' machines. If you eat a pecan in the US, there's a good chance it went through a sorting machine I programmed.
- I own a Virtual Boy and a Super Scope 6.
I know HeK and Ainmosni are probably going to have me beat on computer stuff, and Karrde's going to take the cake for cosplay, but it'd be interesting to see what all you guys do besides play games and troll each other on the forums
- I've built all 5 of the computers I've owned from individual components.
- One of those computers is an HTPC/media server that's connected directly to my HDTV and downloads my favorite shows automagically via RSS feeds.
- I've played Warhammer 40,000 for 16 years, and own 5 armies of 2,000 points or more.
- I own a 114mm (4.3") reflecting telescope, that I recently upgraded to be fully robotic (will automatically slew to stars, track them across the sky). The camera for long-exposure pictures should be arriving today actually, but I won't be able to test them because its been raining here pretty solid for the last few weeks.
- I have many many many many unfinished electronics projects sitting in my computer room in my apartment.
- For that matter, I specifically looked for two-bedroom apartments so that I could have my desktop computer and misc projects separated from my bed.
- I bought a sewing machine specifically to do cosplay costumes ;x
- I cosplayed as a TF2 Medic at ACEN
- I have two 7' tall bookshelves devoted to mostly Sci-Fi books.
- I have two more 7' tall bookshelves devoted to works-in-progress (armies to be painted, a few electronics projects, partial cosplay costumes).
- I have a massive DVD collection, including all 10 seasons of Stargate SG-1.
- I play in a casual Magic: The Gathering league...at work during lunchtime twice a week.
- I own my own domain name and have for 10 years. I've done various things with it, although I think the best thing to do with it right now is turn it into a projects wiki. Too bad that's one of the projects ;x
- I've been programming since the age of 7, and can program in a dozen languages.
- I got a job as a Pharmacy Technician while in High School, got certified, and kept that job for 7.5 years to put my way through Electrical Engineering school.
- I currently write control software for multimillion dollar industrial corrugated cardboard printing equipment. I'm the sole automation engineer responsible for the closest thing to a robot my company makes.
- At my old job (working for a controls distributor), I wrote software as a contractor for a number of different companies' machines. If you eat a pecan in the US, there's a good chance it went through a sorting machine I programmed.
- I own a Virtual Boy and a Super Scope 6.
I know HeK and Ainmosni are probably going to have me beat on computer stuff, and Karrde's going to take the cake for cosplay, but it'd be interesting to see what all you guys do besides play games and troll each other on the forums