The Classy Geek

Category: Geeky Goodies

  • Classy Quickie :: Brian Greene’s Desktop

    I’m a huge fan of both people’s desktops and of Brian Greene, both as a thought leader and as a physicist, and I’m always impressed to see how other people get their jobs done, how they work, what environments inspire them, and what surroundings they think their great thoughts in and dream their big dreams […]

  • Improve Your Health and Posture with Simple Changes and Exercises

    If you’re like most geeks – including myself – you spend a lot of time at your computer. Probably too much time. Ergonomics isn’t just some fancy catch word that a consultants use to try and get a few extra dollars out of office managers: it’s important, and when I stumbled onto this infographic over […]

  • The Classy Geek Guest Posts at Lifehacker…Again, Again!

    They like me! They really like me! The fine folks at Lifehacker asked me back to guest post with them again last weekend for a two-fer, as in two weekends in a row, since I guest posted the previous weekend as well! The first time I did so was back in February, if you’ll remember. […]

  • Are Games Like World of Warcraft the Future of Online Dating?

    You know, when I saw this headline, I was pretty skeptical: I assumed it was another linkbait-type fluff piece that was designed to capitalize on the fact that millions of people play World of Warcraft and millions more know about the game and have automatic assumptions about the types of people who play it (few […]

  • Tantalus’ Steampunk and Victorian Flasks are Geek Chic

    I have a flask – I keep it full of delicious honey bourbon that I whip out whenever I’m having a really tough day (which isn’t that often) but the knowledge that I even have it is really what keeps my head cool. Now my flask just happens to be one of the many that […]

  • The Classy Geek Guest Posts at Lifehacker…Again!

    The fine folks at Lifehacker were nice enough to ask me back to guest post with them again this weekend (the first time I did so was back in February,) and it was a whirlwind ride through a Sunday filled with awesome, hack-tastic goodness. If you know me at all, follow me on Twitter (@halophoenix) […]

  • Class Up Your Apartment with The Uncommon Green

    Every now and again I stumble on some gear that I really really like: usually because it has personality and interest, but also because it doesn’t betray my geeky sensibilities in the process. After all, it’s that lovely combination that draws me to a lot of the wares at the quintessential geeky general store, ThinkGeek, […]

  • The Classy Geek Spring Forward Giveaway!

    Spring has sprung, we all lost an hour to the laughing ghost of Benjamin Franklin, and temperatures are starting to rise in most of the northern hemisphere (and especially here at my home in the Ray Ban outlet United States) which means one thing: spring is coming, and there’s nothing any of us can do […]

  • Five Gadgets to Keep Your Workspace Organized

    One of the biggest complaints I see when people post photos of their workspaces – usually tidied up a bit for the photo – is that some of the best ones, the most well put together and the most efficient looking ones, can’t possibly be a place where actual work gets done because they’re too […]

  • The Classy Geek Guest Posts at Lifehacker!

    Last week I had the opportunity to do one of those things that’s a landmark as a writer, and really affirms your belief that deep down in there somewhere you actually know what you’re talking about: I had the opportunity to guest post at Lifehacker, one of the Web’s most popular blogs that’s chock full […]