{"id":45642,"date":"2013-05-25T18:11:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T22:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:42:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:42:15","slug":"geek-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/geek-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.unc.edu\/blogs\/ncm\/index.php\/2013\/01\/16\/who-threw-that-hat-in-the-ring\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-97577\" title=\"Geek Day\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hats0011-e1563040300758-121x150.jpg?resize=85%2C105&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Geek Day\" width=\"85\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hats0011-e1563040300758.jpg?resize=121%2C150&amp;ssl=1 121w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hats0011-e1563040300758.jpg?resize=61%2C75&amp;ssl=1 61w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hats0011-e1563040300758.jpg?w=484&amp;ssl=1 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a>Today is <strong>Geek Day<\/strong>! According to\u00a0<a title=\"NERDC\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170305165137\/http:\/\/www.nerdc.net\/another-sudden-but-inevitable-geek-pride-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nerdc<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>May 25th<\/strong> is <a title=\"Geek Pride Day\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210128094322\/https:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/techchron\/2013\/05\/24\/wave-your-geek-flag-for-geek-pride-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geek Pride Day<\/a> in homage to \u201c<a title=\"Towel Day\" href=\"http:\/\/towelday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Towel Day<\/a>&#8221; for fans of <a title=\"Douglas Adams\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_Adams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Douglas Adams<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; \u201c<a title=\"The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Douglas-Adams\/dp\/0345391802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/strong><\/a>\u201d and the May 25th, 1977 release of \u201c<a title=\"Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076759\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Wars<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0<a title=\"Wired\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Wired<\/em><\/a> <a title=\"Geek Pride Day Survey 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130801162016\/http:\/\/www.wired.com:80\/geekdad\/2012\/05\/geek-pride-day-survey-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> on a 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130108041037\/http:\/\/www.wired.com:80\/geekdad\/2011\/05\/our-survey-says-geeks-ftw\">survey<\/a> by IT recruitment agency <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modis<\/a> commissioned on Americans around the term <a title=\"Geek\" href=\"http:\/\/geekwith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">geek<\/a>, and Wired says that <strong>Geeks are becoming even more acceptable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140406114222\/http:\/\/blog.lib.umn.edu\/hans1995\/pants\/cat_everday_stuff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-97580\" title=\"Hat Day\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/disstraktorparade.jpg?resize=130%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hat Day\" width=\"130\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/disstraktorparade.jpg?resize=150%2C115&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/disstraktorparade.jpg?resize=75%2C58&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/disstraktorparade.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cosmo<\/a><\/strong><\/em> <a title=\"Truth: A Geeky Guy Is a Damn Good Catch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/celebrity\/news\/geek-pride-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">even says<\/a> that geeks are <strong>great relationship fodder<\/strong> as well (<em>Yes a Cosmo link on <a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a><\/em>). Remember to remind your users of all of this geek love next week, when they are screaming at you about another SPAM message getting through or when they need a file restored yesterday because they deleted it.<\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140201113503\/http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net:80\/2013\/05\/25\/interstellar-hitchhikers-rejoice-its-towelday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interstellar Hitchhikers, Rejoice: It&#8217;s #TowelDay!<\/a> (geeksaresexy.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Geek Day in homage to Towel Day and the 1977 release of Star Wars Cosmo reports that geeks are great relationship fodder as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3125],"tags":[1646,1647,1645,1648],"class_list":["post-45642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","tag-douglas-adams","tag-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy","tag-star-wars","tag-towel-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45642"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131403,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45642\/revisions\/131403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}