Comments on: Passing along the torch of nerd-dom http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:21:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: KTLA http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-646 KTLA Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:38:30 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-646 My boy turns one in about two weeks. I'll give the speech at the top of your post to my wife in about 18-24 months, I think.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('646','KTLA'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('646','KTLA','My boy turns one in about two weeks. I\'ll give the speech at the top of your post to my wife in about 18-24 months, I think.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My boy turns one in about two weeks. I’ll give the speech at the top of your post to my wife in about 18-24 months, I think.
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]]> By: Friday Linkzookery - 25 Jan 2008: Murdoc Online http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Friday Linkzookery - 25 Jan 2008: Murdoc Online Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:07:37 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-639 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Passing along the torch of nerd-dom MO pal GeekLethal writes about that great moment all fathers look forward to: Sharing the wonder of Robotech with their offspring. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('639','Friday Linkzookery - 25 Jan 2008: Murdoc Online'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('639','Friday Linkzookery - 25 Jan 2008: Murdoc Online','<!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Passing along the torch of nerd-dom MO pal GeekLethal writes about that great moment all fathers look forward to: Sharing the wonder of Robotech with their offspring. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] Passing along the torch of nerd-dom MO pal GeekLethal writes about that great moment all fathers look forward to: Sharing the wonder of Robotech with their offspring. [...]
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]]> By: Patton http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Patton Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:28:08 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-635 ...and, to continue a discussion Buckethead and I had the other night, lest anyone happen upon this thread and wonder why anyone would even <em>consider</em> pushing their boys in this direction, they should shut the hell up: It's the way of the world, and would generally happen even without external stimulus. So there's that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('635','Patton'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('635','Patton','...and, to continue a discussion Buckethead and I had the other night, lest anyone happen upon this thread and wonder why anyone would even <em>consider<\/em> pushing their boys in this direction, they should shut the hell up: It\'s the way of the world, and would generally happen even without external stimulus.\r\n\r\nSo there\'s that.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> …and, to continue a discussion Buckethead and I had the other night, lest anyone happen upon this thread and wonder why anyone would even consider pushing their boys in this direction, they should shut the hell up: It’s the way of the world, and would generally happen even without external stimulus.

So there’s that.

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]]> By: Buckethead http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Buckethead Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:45:13 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-633 I got the Starblazers from netflix, but my boy (just over four at the time) just wasn't into it - despite explosions, spaceships and robots. Actually, just a few minutes ago we were watching "My Name is Earl" and you'd be amazed at what a nearly five year old can take away from that. Good practice for off-the-cuff, Calvin's Dad explanations. And not that he isn't into spaceships, robots and explosions. He wants to build an R2D2. A real one, that does all the stuff from the movies. So we went to a garage sale and picked up some toys to take apart, to start to learn all we'd need to know about building robots. A real treasure was a chintzy magic wand thingy. LEDs, a small electric motor, a speaker. Fun, fun, fun. There are many faces to geekdom, and I think I'd prefer the boy to have a focus on the technical skills type of geekery, rather than mere mastery of pop culture. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I certainly have plenty myself. And John does play with my old Millenium Falcon and Landspeeder.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('633','Buckethead'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('633','Buckethead','I got the Starblazers from netflix, but my boy (just over four at the time) just wasn\'t into it - despite explosions, spaceships and robots. Actually, just a few minutes ago we were watching \"My Name is Earl\" and you\'d be amazed at what a nearly five year old can take away from that. Good practice for off-the-cuff, Calvin\'s Dad explanations.\r\n\r\nAnd not that he isn\'t into spaceships, robots and explosions. He wants to build an R2D2. A real one, that does all the stuff from the movies. So we went to a garage sale and picked up some toys to take apart, to start to learn all we\'d need to know about building robots. A real treasure was a chintzy magic wand thingy. LEDs, a small electric motor, a speaker. Fun, fun, fun.\r\n\r\nThere are many faces to geekdom, and I think I\'d prefer the boy to have a focus on the technical skills type of geekery, rather than mere mastery of pop culture. Not that there\'s anything wrong with that. I certainly have plenty myself. And John does play with my old Millenium Falcon and Landspeeder.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I got the Starblazers from netflix, but my boy (just over four at the time) just wasn’t into it – despite explosions, spaceships and robots. Actually, just a few minutes ago we were watching “My Name is Earl” and you’d be amazed at what a nearly five year old can take away from that. Good practice for off-the-cuff, Calvin’s Dad explanations.

And not that he isn’t into spaceships, robots and explosions. He wants to build an R2D2. A real one, that does all the stuff from the movies. So we went to a garage sale and picked up some toys to take apart, to start to learn all we’d need to know about building robots. A real treasure was a chintzy magic wand thingy. LEDs, a small electric motor, a speaker. Fun, fun, fun.

There are many faces to geekdom, and I think I’d prefer the boy to have a focus on the technical skills type of geekery, rather than mere mastery of pop culture. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I certainly have plenty myself. And John does play with my old Millenium Falcon and Landspeeder.

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]]> By: Nadnerbus http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Nadnerbus Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:51:34 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-632 Hail to fellow geeks and dorks! I still have my old SDF1 toy up in my closet somewhere, along with a box full of half broken down robots and airplanes, and I think a Transformers Jetfire repainted to look like Max's airplane. I wont even get into the Japanese Macross toys and models I horded when I was twenty or twenty two. Alas, I have no spawn to pass down my boxes of used goodness. Maybe some day...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('632','Nadnerbus'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('632','Nadnerbus','Hail to fellow geeks and dorks! I still have my old SDF1 toy up in my closet somewhere, along with a box full of half broken down robots and airplanes, and I think a Transformers Jetfire repainted to look like Max\'s airplane. I wont even get into the Japanese Macross toys and models I horded when I was twenty or twenty two. \r\n\r\nAlas, I have no spawn to pass down my boxes of used goodness. Maybe some day...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hail to fellow geeks and dorks! I still have my old SDF1 toy up in my closet somewhere, along with a box full of half broken down robots and airplanes, and I think a Transformers Jetfire repainted to look like Max’s airplane. I wont even get into the Japanese Macross toys and models I horded when I was twenty or twenty two.

Alas, I have no spawn to pass down my boxes of used goodness. Maybe some day…

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]]> By: The Maximum Leader http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-631 The Maximum Leader Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:25:46 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-631 Great question. My boy is three. I am not really waiting for a specific event. It is more a question of "knowing" when to begin. I am trying to observe him, like a patient Jedi master and then directing him when his geek-force powers manifest themselves. Star Wars metaphors aside... The Wee Villain is entertained greatly by my collection of Batman cartoons and old episodes of the TV show w/Adam West. He also entertains us at the dinner table by farting and belching at will. He also likes making pig noises at the most in opportune times. Typical boy...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('631','The Maximum Leader'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('631','The Maximum Leader','Great question. My boy is three. I am not really waiting for a specific event. It is more a question of \"knowing\" when to begin. I am trying to observe him, like a patient Jedi master and then directing him when his geek-force powers manifest themselves.\r\n\r\nStar Wars metaphors aside... The Wee Villain is entertained greatly by my collection of Batman cartoons and old episodes of the TV show w\/Adam West. He also entertains us at the dinner table by farting and belching at will. He also likes making pig noises at the most in opportune times.\r\n\r\nTypical boy...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Great question. My boy is three. I am not really waiting for a specific event. It is more a question of “knowing” when to begin. I am trying to observe him, like a patient Jedi master and then directing him when his geek-force powers manifest themselves.

Star Wars metaphors aside… The Wee Villain is entertained greatly by my collection of Batman cartoons and old episodes of the TV show w/Adam West. He also entertains us at the dinner table by farting and belching at will. He also likes making pig noises at the most in opportune times.

Typical boy…

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]]> By: GeekLethal http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-630 GeekLethal Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:20:45 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-630 Maximum Leader, I am interested to know if you're waiting for something specific before you begin your indoctrination. Is it a certain age? I think 2 is awfully young for alot of things, but we only have 1 tv, it was only a matter of time before he saw me watching it, so I said wtf. Besides, he can only sustain interest in most things for about 15 minutes anyway, and the broader backgrounds of malevolent aliens and wanton destruction are largely lost on him. As far as he's concerned, "Sesame Street", "Caillou", "Bob the Builder", and "Robotech" are just different faces of the same thing.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('630','GeekLethal'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('630','GeekLethal','Maximum Leader,\r\nI am interested to know if you\'re waiting for something specific before you begin your indoctrination. Is it a certain age?\r\n\r\nI think 2 is awfully young for alot of things, but we only have 1 tv, it was only a matter of time before he saw me watching it, so I said wtf. Besides, he can only sustain interest in most things for about 15 minutes anyway, and the broader backgrounds of malevolent aliens and wanton destruction are largely lost on him.\r\n\r\nAs far as he\'s concerned, \"Sesame Street\", \"Caillou\", \"Bob the Builder\", and \"Robotech\" are just different faces of the same thing.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Maximum Leader,
I am interested to know if you’re waiting for something specific before you begin your indoctrination. Is it a certain age?

I think 2 is awfully young for alot of things, but we only have 1 tv, it was only a matter of time before he saw me watching it, so I said wtf. Besides, he can only sustain interest in most things for about 15 minutes anyway, and the broader backgrounds of malevolent aliens and wanton destruction are largely lost on him.

As far as he’s concerned, “Sesame Street”, “Caillou”, “Bob the Builder”, and “Robotech” are just different faces of the same thing.

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]]> By: GeekLethal http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-627 GeekLethal Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:26:52 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-627 MO, The Legacy's have the jerky style, the washed out cels, and the crappy dubbing that I remember so well. Even have the original begin and end credits, and the 5 second cut scenes for commercials. Are the Remastered episodes that crappy-cool?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('627','GeekLethal'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('627','GeekLethal','MO,\r\nThe Legacy\'s have the jerky style, the washed out cels, and the crappy dubbing that I remember so well. Even have the original begin and end credits, and the 5 second cut scenes for commercials.\r\n\r\nAre the Remastered episodes that crappy-cool?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> MO,
The Legacy’s have the jerky style, the washed out cels, and the crappy dubbing that I remember so well. Even have the original begin and end credits, and the 5 second cut scenes for commercials.

Are the Remastered episodes that crappy-cool?

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]]> By: Murdoc http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Murdoc Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:16:20 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-626 I used what I believe to be the same discs as the Legacy collection only packaged separately for my kids. I didn't break out the Robotech until they were older, my oldest was probably eight or nine. I've since picked up the Robotech:Remastered set, but while it's lightyears ahead in picture and sound quality, it also has a few things put back in. Most of it is incidental and fine, but the nudity is not really something that I'm interested in for the series. There's not a lot, but be warned if anyone is looking at that particular collection. We're actually just now watching Starblazers, and the quality sucks, incidentally.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('626','Murdoc'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('626','Murdoc','I used what I believe to be the same discs as the Legacy collection only packaged separately for my kids. I didn\'t break out the Robotech until they were older, my oldest was probably eight or nine.\r\n\r\nI\'ve since picked up the Robotech:Remastered set, but while it\'s lightyears ahead in picture and sound quality, it also has a few things put back in. Most of it is incidental and fine, but the nudity is not really something that I\'m interested in for the series. There\'s not a lot, but be warned if anyone is looking at that particular collection.\r\n\r\nWe\'re actually just now watching Starblazers, and the quality sucks, incidentally.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I used what I believe to be the same discs as the Legacy collection only packaged separately for my kids. I didn’t break out the Robotech until they were older, my oldest was probably eight or nine.

I’ve since picked up the Robotech:Remastered set, but while it’s lightyears ahead in picture and sound quality, it also has a few things put back in. Most of it is incidental and fine, but the nudity is not really something that I’m interested in for the series. There’s not a lot, but be warned if anyone is looking at that particular collection.

We’re actually just now watching Starblazers, and the quality sucks, incidentally.

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]]> By: The Maximum Leader http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/comment-page-1/#comment-625 The Maximum Leader Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:01:54 +0000 http://perfidy.org/passing-along-the-torch-of-nerd-dom/#comment-625 Brilliant work. I am waiting to do much the same to my boy.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('625','The Maximum Leader'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('625','The Maximum Leader','Brilliant work. I am waiting to do much the same to my boy.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Brilliant work. I am waiting to do much the same to my boy.
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