Not unexpectedly, the search terms which land people at The Hurdled Nerd haven’t gotten any less bizarre. The round-up of most intriguing terms for March 2010 is as follows…
Episode 58: Geek Chic
March 26, 2010They say the clothes make the man. Do the clothes also make the nerd?
Yes. More than anything clothing is what separates the nerd wheat from the normie chaff. Or is it vice versa? Depends on which side of the wheat and chaff you fall, I suppose.
Above is the traditional popular conception of a nerd. You can buy this costume at Value Village at Halloween. The package will say something like “Authentic Nerd Costume.”
You can buy that costume, but you won’t be a nerd. You’ll be a typical hipster. If you want to be a nerd, you have to buy a Darth Maul T-shirt and some stained sweatpants. You can also buy these at Value Village, but on the regular racks and not just at Halloween.
Mandi, Kathie and Jakob in their egg smoking den.
Photo: Makito Inomata, makito.ca
Episode 57 – Gag Reel 2: Electric Nerdaloo
March 22, 2010Igor’s got some ‘splainin’ to do! While Jakob and Mandi were in Coombs, BC, their faithful manservant edited together this GAG REEL for your enjoyment.
Toronto Simply Syndicated meet-up
March 11, 2010When: Saturday, March 27th (Early evening? Check back here, or email nerds@nerdhurdles.com, for details as they emerge)
Where: www.victorycafe.ca
Who: Jakob and Mandi of Nerd Hurdles and Kennedy of Starbase 66 (to be confirmed).
Why: Simply to meet other members of the Simply Syndicated forums! Not a member? Not a problem. Any listeners of Nerd Hurdles and Starbase 66 are welcome to attend!
Forum topic link: www.simplysyndicated.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=1627
Episode 55 – Flynn Lives in Tron-to
March 5, 2010This episode, where we report on the Tron Legacy trailer preview event in Toronto last weekend, is the culmination of our series of Tron-related posts of late. It’ll (probably) be Tron-free business as usual until next december from here on in. Mandi will be glad to hear that. She was so utterly broken by the event, it seems to have tainted this classic in her eyes forever. Though when she watched it for the (ahem) first time ever the night before, she didn’t seem too impressed.
Really, the shownotes for this episode have already been posted here, in a piece I wrote for our badass friends www.mediasaurs.com. If you got here via the link to “shownotes” on our Simply Syndicated episode page, sorry for redirecting you again. I know it’s a lot of work to click a mouse.
But that’s in the spirit of the Flynn Lives treasure hunts. Imagine if I made you go on a scavenger hunt where you met up with an “operative” who gave you a cell phone which lead you to codes which unlocked a website which allowed you to click on that link… Now imagine if there were only two sentences waiting for you at Mediasaurs after all the work I put you through… Yeah, you’re getting the picture of what the vibe was at the Flynn Lives screening in Toronto. Fortunately, I’m not Disney. I supply the goods.
If you’re curious to hear a completely different take on the Flynn Lives event, the Aussie podcast Chaotic Geek (www.chaoticgeek.com) gushes about the Melbourne screening here. They did get to see the trailer twice, but I’m still not sure I understand their level of enthusiasm. Though I do envy it .
Links: The awesome ENCOM dummy site.
Blue in ’82.
There’s no GalacTALKa this week due to… well, we just didn’t feel like watching or talking about BSG. Not even for you. It wasn’t personal. We just needed some time apart.
Fan-Mix’d!
March 3, 2010First fan-art and now fan-mixes. These are two glorious remixes of Nerd Hurdles by Mr. Brad Thornton of the UK. The first is strange, the second is just plain absurd. In the best sense of both adjectives. Somewhat like us. Fan mixes? What’s next?
Hurdled Nerds: http://tweetmysong.com/6cfj82
So I Married a Nerd Hurdle: http://tweetmysong.com/69j13t
More of Brad’s music here.
Flynn’d!
March 1, 2010Nerd Hurdles were present at the Toronto location of the controversial, overhyped, mega-letdown, nerd-burn that was the latest Flynn Lives event. It was hard to tell if the new Tron Legacy trailer was any good through all the geek wrath and nerd ire. You’ll hear all about it in Episode 55.
But if you want to read what Jakob wrote about it right now, you have to go to that baddass website Mediasaurs.com.