If you want to be in the know, here is a geek holiday calendar for your reference. Mark your calendars, boys and girls, and plan your celebrations well ahead of time. Winter-een-mas — January : This week-long holiday is for gamers. Learn more about how to celebrate here. Observed in North America, India, and 47 European countries, the holiday is meant to raise awareness and promote privacy.
Obviously, it has become more and more relevant as the years pass. Aside from the string of numbers name them? It is worth noting that this holiday is celebrated on different days in other countries. Darwin Day — February 12 : For admirers of Charles Darwin and his work, this is the day to remember him.
You can thank Dr. Massimo Pigliucci, who similarly organized annual Darwin Day events at the University of Tennessee beginning in ; and Amanda Chesworth, who joined Stephens to officially incorporate the Darwin Day Program in New Mexico in for this holiday.
So, yes, a holiday celebrating this habit is definitely a geek holiday! Pokemon Day — February 27 : I guess this holiday was inevitable. Do whatever you think will make them feel like the heroes they are. International Day of Awesomeness — March 10 : Is awesomeness limited to geeks? Of course not, but geeks are awesome, so this is our day to celebrate. Oh, and happy birthday Chuck Norris.
Enough said. Pi Day — March 14 : One of the more popular geek holidays, Pi Day is the day when you can show off how many digits of Pi you memorize. Alternatively, bake some pie and eat it, too. Tolkien Reading Day — March 25 : Launched in , Tolkien Reading Day is the holiday to skip work and spend all day reading your favorite works of Tolkien.
Better yet, spend time with your Tolkien-loving friends. While you should always do it, this day is a perfect time to do it. The entire month is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month.
Square Root Day — April 4 : Square Root Day is held whenever the numbers corresponding to the month and the day are equal to the square root of the last two digits of the year. It happens only NINE times a century. Next one will be on May 5, Children had the day off on Earth , thanks to Captain Kathryn Janeway memories of how holiday were celebrated.
On April 7, , real time caught up with the fictional birthdate Tezuka chose for his character. Make game night an extra special event on this day. Check the official website and your local comic book shop for events.
Have a hard time doing it? Geek Pride Day — May 25 : Wear your geek loud and proud on this day. Our favorite sources for geek merch:. You know where this holiday comes from. Obviously, this is the day when you have all the excuse you need to make all the paper airplanes you want — and throw them at anyone. Captain Picard Day — June 16 : Do we need a reason to have this day? Golden Ratio Day — June 18 : 1. Guess why this day was chosen to be the holiday for the number?
But nerds being nerds, there are people who argue that Phi Day should be on October 31 in the Northern Hemisphere and May 6 in the Southern Hemisphere. Wanna know why? Wrap your head around it by reading this whitepaper. The premise is that Pi is wrong. Feeling outraged? Read the Tau Manifesto by Michael Hartl. Celebrate your belief by joining other UFO enthusiasts on this day.
Salmons from iGadget Life. If you are looking for the television reviews or interested in some other products, this website is good for you. We all know about the major holidays, and most of us celebrate at least a few of them.
But, underneath those happy holidays that we all share, there lurks a mass of lesser known holidays that beg for our attention.
As it would happen, there exists a segment of our population that closely mirror these unsung holidays. These people work under the radar, providng society with the technology to keep life interesting. These hardworking and dedicated people, that we affectionately refer to as geeks, should get their own holiday. Well, we've found some that seems to celebrate the geekiness in all of us.
So, we offer these holidays in tribute to those socially crippled huddled masses that keep life advancing forward. This is the time to take a look at our computers and give them the attention they so desperately need. We can check disk space, remove old programs, finally empty the trash, and even clean up around the computer itself. A great holiday for geeks everywhere. If you haven't already this month see above , spend some time cleaning up your Macbook, MiniMac, or iMac.
This would also be a great day to dig out those Apple stickers in any product boxes lying about and proudly display them. You are an Apple Geek, show it! World Thinking Day - February 22 I did not realize there was a day dedicated to thinking. I personally believe that every day should be a day dedicated to thinking, at least on some level and at some point during said day.
However, there is such a holiday, and what better day to dedicate to our ever thinking friends than World Thinking Day. The geek gals have proven to be an equal and capable group, so they definitely deserve a special holiday for themselves. What can be better than a two-day global holiday blowout that celebrates women in engineering and technology?!
Even though that has been superseded by ASCII code in most memorized tables, a tribute to the original geek code seems like a fitting way to celebrate the classic geek. From the telegraph to the cell phone, geeks have influenced our lives and given us new ways to play together online. Geek Pride Day - May 25 It is everyone's right to be a geek, and Geek Pride Day celebrates this on one of the most important dates in geek history, the opening day of the original "Star Wars" movie.
The holiday even comes with its own geek Bill of Rights meant to not be taken seriously, of course : 1. The right to be even geekier 2. The right to not leave your house 3. The right to not have a significant other and to be a virgin 4. The right to not like football or any other sport 5. The right to associate with other nerds 6. The right to have few friends or none at all 7. The right to have all the geeky friends that you want 8.
The right to not be "in-style" 9. The right to be overweight and have poor eyesight The right to show off your geekiness The right to take over the world Of particular interest is the last item, which just may happen at some point.
I guess it is a good thing that we are giving geeks their holidays now, it can't hurt to be on their good side Without the ubiquitous ball point pen, then geeks everywhere would have no need of the pocket protector. It would be like Superman without his cape, or Batman without his utility belt. So, I think we should really take note of this day, and everyone out there write an email to pass the word - even if ironically the emails hasten in a small way the eventual demise of the ball point pen.
Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day - July 6 When you get up on a chilly winter morning and check your favorite news site and weather for the day, you should thank a geek for making sure that the server is up and running. The specialized geek responsible for doing this, is known as a webmaster, and they work tirelessly more or less to keep the web communicating.
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