In 1984, there was a movie called Revenge of the Nerds. Apparently their revenge paid off, because these hard-working, uncomfortable fellas are everywhere this season. Geeks, nerds, dorks, dweebs – ...

Last Friday in our 5 Engineers section — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: If you ...

The advent of “geek culture” in the mid-2000s drew the attention of the mainstream media to the word “geek” and geeks themselves. Contemporary culture has become “geekier” as exemplified by the ...