Are nerds born or are they made? The author of "American Nerd" discusses the history of the geek, from greasy-haired overachiever to Dungeons & Dragons lover to blogging hipster.
By Eryn Loeb May 20, 2008
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The nerds and Playboy pinups in CW's "Beauty and the Geek" give us a reality show we can really cuddle up with.
By Stephanie Zacharek
February 14, 2007
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Geeks who go low-carb see it as more than just taking off pounds -- they're reengineering the human organism, overclocking their own bodies.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
October 30, 2003
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Geeks and nerds produced the art and science that define the modern age. But now that everybody's climbing on the dork bandwagon, where's the rage and resentment that fueled their creativity going to come from?
By Ian R. Williams
October 29, 2003
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Four years ago, geeks embraced the SF thriller because it promised them that reality could be hacked. Then came the tech-economy crash.
By Jennifer Buckendorff
May 6, 2003
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Saddam Hussein could lose Internet access at the flip of a switch, and there's not much his geeks can do about it.
By Brian McWilliams
March 6, 2003
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A whiskey-soaked night of sex and head lice,
and other tales from the shores of online romance.
November 18, 2002
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The dot-com bubble was tough for cartoonist Scott Adams. But now that things suck again, it's boom time once more for disillusioned cubicle droids.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
October 21, 2002
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A journey to the heart of science fiction fandom reveals that selling out is a geek survival trait.
By Annalee Newitz
September 11, 2001
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Wayne Wang's new film, "The Center of the World," shows how dangerous geek love can be.
By Karen Croft
April 19, 2001
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Are computers turning geeks into sex-starved automatons incapable of meaningful connection?
By Janelle Brown
April 19, 2001
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As the economic downturn deepens, once-immune geeks are starting to feel the pinch.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 13, 2001
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"The Lone Gunmen" strikes out, but "BattleBots" and "Junkyard Wars" portray culturally ascendant nerds in all their glory.
By Janelle Brown
March 9, 2001
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Chip-heads say flaws in the Pentium 4 prove the high-tech giant is sacrificing engineering principles for marketing goals.
By Kieran McCarthy
March 2, 2001
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A hacker's tale of his infatuation with a high-priced, computer-literate escort. Or is she really an empathic metamorph?
By Caleb John Clark
September 27, 2000
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For nerds who love Nerf balls and Jolt Cola ... an emporium of geek chic.
By Janelle Brown
August 9, 2000
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By Eric Raymond
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July 5, 2000
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The author of "Cyberselfish" takes issue with Raymond's screed defending libertarian geek culture.
By Paulina Borsook
June 30, 2000
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A hacker historian parries a wrongheaded New York Times assault on digital culture.
By Eric Raymond
June 28, 2000
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Badly dressed geeks clutching stock options are a tough sell, but Hollywood's still a day late and an IPO short.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
June 13, 2000
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"The Geek Handbook" is a handy how-to manual for keeping him or her in good running order.
By Janelle Brown
June 2, 2000
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The Net's nastiest little game is a girl-vs.-girl showdown.
By Russ Spencer
April 27, 2000
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Decoded genomes and wired planets trash your solar house.
By Thomas Scoville
April 22, 2000
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Are you to blame for the hideous dot-commification of planet Earth? The algorithm method could prevent further contributions to this mess.
By Thomas Scoville
March 18, 2000
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Instead of cheesecake poses, techies on parade answer questions like "What's a meta tag?" in a geek pageant that the media is eating up.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 7, 2000
The beauty of the geek
Geek love
Hackers on Atkins
Twilight of the dorks?
"Matrix" nostalgia
Unleashing the dogs of cyber-war on Iraq!
Love's last laugh
Dilbert's a weasel and so are you
Sex with storm troopers
Wayne's world
"The Center of the World"
Even programmers get the blues
Geek TV
Geeks declare war on Intel
Linux and the lady
Don't tweak the geeks!
So where's the dot-com movie?
Learning to love your geek
War Room
Broadsheet
Glenn Greenwald