nerd alert!

by Violet Blue on March 15, 2006


Last night I went to Nerd Salon and had lots of fun listening to my friends talk about code (totally over my head), my pal’s Berkeley engineering robot project (got that one) and then when I just couldn’t take it anymore I rode molecular gastronomy geek and food hacker (and friend) Marc like a pony. (Grainy phonecam pic by my SRL pal Karen, the Dorkbot SF dominatrix.) Marc explained a new term to me, “blog drop”. I though it might be when you accidentally read Valleywag and have to run to the bathroom a lot, but Marc explained that blog drop is when you “get the drop on” Scott Beale, as in blogging something before he does. So it’s almost impossible.

It’s been so cold and rainy here in SF that it’s been difficult to leave the house, but it was a much-needed escape to see friends. Here’s the Flickr NerdSalon set, inlcuding this great pic of salon hosts Annalee Newitz and Jennifer Granick looking tres sexy.

Violet Blue

The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and Self Magazine named TinyNibbles one of the “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is an autodidact and pundit on sex and technology, hacking and security, porn for women, privacy and bleeding-edge tech culture. She is a journalist for ZDNet, CBS News, CNET; she's an educator, speaker, crisis counselor, volunteer NGO trainer, and the author and editor of over 40 award-winning books.

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