{"id":6,"date":"2004-10-11T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-11T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=6"},"modified":"2004-10-11T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2004-10-11T21:38:13","slug":"im-not-a-geek-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2004\/10\/11\/im-not-a-geek-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m not a geek after all."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all of those who&#8217;ve made this assertion simply because I work on computers all day &#8211; you&#8217;ve been scientifically refuted.  I took the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thudfactor.com\/geekquiz.php\">Thudfactor Geek Quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the results table: <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"background-color: #fff; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 10px\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">You are <b><span style=\"color: #090\">12%<\/span><\/b> geek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.thudfactor.com\/images\/geekquiz\/boy_0x25.jpg\" align=\"left\" height=\"170\" width=\"120\"><\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">OK, so maybe you ain&#8217;t a geek. You do, at least, show a bit of interest in the world around you. Either that, or you have enough of a sense of humor to pick some of the sillier answers on the test. Regardless, you&#8217;re probably a pretty nifty, well-rounded person who gets along fine with people and can chat with just about anyone without fear of looking stupid or foolish or overly concerned with minutiae. God, I hate you.<\/td>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thudfactor.com\/geekquiz.php\">Take the Polygeek Quiz at Thudfactor.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all of those who&#8217;ve made this assertion simply because I work on computers all day &#8211; you&#8217;ve been scientifically refuted. I took the Thudfactor Geek Quiz. Here&#8217;s the results table: You are 12% geek OK, so maybe you ain&#8217;t a geek. 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