Nerdworld Newsletter

Quote of the Week:
"He Likes to be a Nerd. In my opinion that's the ultimate Nerdism"
Erwin from the Netherlands

Question of the Week
In light of the impending Presidential Election, what is the one question that a Nerd would ask the candidates to answer in a debate?
Let us know!

Answer to last weeks Question
So why are snooze buttons set to 9 minutes? Cecil Adams from The Straight Dope writes that there are many theories on this, ranging from the fact that "Engineers believe that their bosses check on them every 10 minutes" to a lack of precision in the original alarm clocks, about 10 minutes, was what they were programmed for. For more, click here

Feature of the Week
Nerd Wide Web voting. Did you know you can vote on a link's Nerdliness? Just follow the links from a web search performed on Nerdworld, and at the top of the page, choose your site rating. See this weeks top five click throughs.

This week on Nerdworld.com

CyberFlirting
Life is not like the show Blind Date. Perfect people and perfect dates do not appear out of nowhere. The second article in our dating series focuses on CyberFlirting. How can a novice use technology to flirt with that special someone? Click here to find out.

October Event Calendars are up!
Check out the local Nerd Scenes in the Valley, Alley, and Boston.

Nerd Career Advice
Tomorrow we Launch the Nerdworld Employment Section. This section will feature 2 articles per week on employment and career related articles. Every good Nerd always keeps their resume a mouse click away. This column will teach you what to do with that resume.

Excerpts from this week's Nerd of the Week nominations
Nancy from Toronto "has 3 science degrees and is working on her PhD in chemistry, she listens to Tom Jones and the Austin Powers soundtrack, and won't let anyone play Free Cell on her computer out of fear of decreasing her winning average. Editor: Imagine how many science degrees should would have if she didn't play free cell?

Chad's girlfriend, from Santa Barbara wrote in telling us he IMs her all day, and secretly dreams of being in one of those boy bands Ed: how about 98 Degrees of Nerdome, or Nerds to Men, or the Palm Street Nerds

Ed's wife, from Tom's River NJ, wife describes her Nerdly husband's ideal life "Ed is a wonderful programmer. He never went to school for the profession..and always puts in quality work. He constantly manages to put in his regular 40 hours work week, go to school, and add an extra 30-40 hours for his own business." Ed: 40 hour work week programming? Where can I get that kind of job!

Nerd of the Week A new Nerd of the Week will be posted to Nerdworld.com on Monday. Be sure to check it out!

Do you know someone worthy of being Nerd of the Week?
If so, follow this link and submit your nomination.

Les Laynor
Contributing Editor
Nerdworld.com


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