Nerdified or not?
Undoubtedly there are still many facets of the internet universe that I have not begun to explore. I am nowhere near fully “nerdified”. With that said, I am making great headway in certain fields. On Friday night, at a big, 1 day late Thanksgiving meal, most of the evenings topics touched upon if not focused on internet related talk. I was not only following the entire conversation, but found myself explaining certain things to others. This was quite a breakthrough. I surprised myself. I was up on the video virals, and the popular new skype icons. Nothing went over my head!
To top it off, my big nerdifying climax to the weekend was an internet joke. I’ll do my best to tell it over, but it was an in the moment type thing …and as with most specific to a certain field jokes…. its not that funny. So here it goes. Eli was boasting of his father’s great claim to fame: the invention of long distance calling. “MY father invented long distance. Blah blah blah. That’s right. Long distance calls. My Dad. He did it. Yeah. I’m cool. Blah blah.” I butted in with this: “So your Dad must HATE Jeff Pulver”. Now, for those of you that don’t know, Jeff Pulver is a big Facebook nerd (nerd in this blogs definition of the term. not meant to be taken offensively, Jeff… if you are reading this) He is also the inventor of voice over IP calling. This was the invention that made Eli’s father’s fiber optics a thing of the past. Again, this won’t have anyone rolling on the floor in fits of laughter, but such is the world of nerdification.
Back so soon!
I know, I know…. This is almost like a real blog… Updates and everything. Well, I am about to expose secret of the trade: A sites strength heavily relies on “freshness”, or how often the page is updated. I cannot make any promises for the future, but I will do my best to keep this as “fresh” as I can.
I must apologize to Eli for my seemingly snide undertone in my last post. Eli does truley improve the internet on a daily basis. His efforts are commendable and I never intended to imply otherwise. Please forgive me.
And just for the fun of it… Here is a great comic (that Eli sent me). Funny stuff!!!
The Nerdification of Shira 