Official GeekOut.ph Android App Available!
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- Created on Monday, 30 January 2012 00:35
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Due to our efforts to change with the times and stay relevant, we decided it was time to diversify from the traditional way content is consumed on the web and step into the mobile space. It is, after all, the future! This is why we came up with this. It is my pleasure to introduce the NEW OFFICIAL GEEKOUT.PH ANDROID APP! You may now download the GeekOut.ph Android app, which was carefully and lovingly made for all four of you who will actually download and use this thing. Thanks, guys. You're the best.
Okay, so we just used a free app builder online, but hey, it's better than nothing! Thanks to our friend from Bacontunamelt for building it for us!
The app is really simple; it downloads new GeekOut.ph content so you can read them off your phone! Think about, it'd be perfect for killing 10 minutes while in the loo.
That, in itself, is pretty cool already but there's more - the app offers you complete control over the way the content is shown and delivered to you. View either in list or grid form at the tap of a button. You can set images to be downloaded or not on 3G, which is especially useful if you're on a volume capped plan. You can choose to download everything via WiFi only. You can set updates every 24 hours, if you want automatic updating, which is also optional.
From the GeekOut.ph Family
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- Created on Saturday, 24 December 2011 12:23
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To you and yours, have a very kick ass Christmas!
Remember that more than just a celebration of a single faith based on a pagan ritual marked as the birth of Jesus, the real meaning of Christmas is generosity and love. We couldn't put together anything this year, but we urge all of you to give what you can to the less fortunate. We have the means to buy cool shit; they can't even be sure where their next meal is going to come from.
So, be a hero and give. Merry Christmas, everyone.
GeekOut wins at #NAPBAS
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- Created on Monday, 19 December 2011 00:31
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Ladies and gentlemen, GeekOut.ph won the 2011 Best Geek Blog at the Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards last December 16, 2011! I know! I know! I couldn't believe it either! I was hanging out with some friends at a Christmas party when I was asked if I was checking Twitter. I was on my way to getting drunk, so obviously, I was indeed checking Twitter. I found Jayvee Fernandez's @message to me and then I started flipping out. It was great news indeed!
Jayvee, with our trophy thingy, pic by Noemi Dado
First off, we'd like to thank Nuffnang for letting us take part in that whole thing! We owe a big thank you to Jayvee Fernandez for representing us in Malaysia! I would also like to thank each and every contributor, editor and writer. GeekOut.ph is a collective effort and you guys are the real winners here. If you guys weren't around, GeekOut.ph would be nothing. Well, we're still pretty much just a bunch of nerds writing about nerdy shit, but at least now we're recognized for it!
Christmas Gift Guide for Geeks 2011
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- Created on Wednesday, 07 December 2011 00:19
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This is probably going to be the first article here on GeekOut.ph aimed towards a broader audience. This article isn't supposed to be read and digested by the nerdy; it's actually for those regular, normal people who have geeks in their lives and are having a hard time shopping for Christmas gifts. Do you know what to get that special geeky someone in your life? No? Read on.
You'd think that since most geeks obsess over specific things, such as toys, video games, movies, electronics, music or whatever expensive shit they can get their hands on, they'd be very easy to get gifts for, but you'd be dead wrong. Take, for example, action figures - there are hundreds of toy lines, dozens of waves and probably thousands of individual figures. Add that to the fact that you wouldn't know what your giftee already has, unless you keep an inventory. As a toy collector, I can confidently say that getting figures from a line you don't collect can be pretty annoying.
To help out, our little team put their brains together and made a short list of cool shit you can get if you want to give a kick ass gift for that special nerdy someone.
Cyclops Syndrome
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- Created on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 17:53
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A couple days ago, I made a quick survey about who their favorite Ninja Turtle was over on my Twitter, Plurk and Facebook. Unsurprisingly enough, Leonardo was the last to be picked. In fact, had I not goaded people into picking him, no one would have. Those who did pick him said he was their favorite because of his blue bandana.
That got me curious so I asked why no one liked him. The most common reasons were "he's too vanilla" and "he's such a boyscout." These are pretty much the same things people say about Cyclops. So, what gives? Why are team leaders immediately branded as that?
What other characters are seen like that? What makes them that way in the first place? Let's take a look, shall we?
Get fed!