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- The shirt is bought.Mrs. Trivia Geek is excitedly expecting her inside-joke t-shirt, thanks to the clever cover story. Whether she can get away with wearing it at work is another issue altogether she works with teenagers.
- Tags: Jay Garmon, Trivia Geek, shirt
- Discussion threads 2007-10-28
- Geek Trivia: Early word gets the worm
- Webster'sWebster's what? "Webster's" is no more descriptive of which dictionary you're talking about than "Ford" is to what kind of car you're driving. The Webster name is a generic one that is affixed to practically any standard dictionary (Webster's New World, Merriam-Webster, etc.) to give the buyer a sense that...
- Tags: Webster, trivia geek, nighthawk808, career, dictionary
- Discussion threads 2006-07-26
- Spec Script: The Trivia Geek's Wacky Linux Adventures
- It's pretty much an open secret that I am one of the least technical contributing writers on the TR staff, so what I'm about to propose is an attempt to A) turn my problem into a solution and B) correct the problem. For years, the CNET mothership...
- Tags: Notebook, Trivia Geek, Linux, UNIX, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-12-14
- Walking a fine line
- Walking a fine lineblog roothave to start somewhereOK, first blog entry... I work with Vendors to create and make available White Papers, Webcasts, etc. on TechRepublic and the rest of CNET Networks business sites (News.com, ZDNet, IT Papers, and BNET.) I have the kind of job that leaves my...
- Tags: Blogging, Peter Spande, Trivia Geek, New Year, blog, computing
- Discussion threads 2005-05-23
- Keep the Geek? You got it!
- In the words of 1980s video game villain Sinistar, "Beware, I live!"Because you demanded it!You shouted loudly, "Keep the Geek," and TechRepublic has heeded your plaintive cries. Geek Trivia lives, bigger and stronger than before! No cancellations, no tearful farewells, just a virtual victory lap for all who call themselves...
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Trivia Geek
- Technical articles 2003-11-26
Additional Resources
- The complete Geek Trivia archive!
- Before we invented these fancy new blogs to hold all this excellent Geek Trivia, we used something called "technical articles," the complete reverse-chronological listing of which can be found here. Every Geek Trivia archived on TechRepublic on or before June 5, 2007, is available herein. by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Trivia, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Introducing Trivia Geek 2.0
- Some of you may have noticed that Geek Trivia has gone into holiday rerun...er, Classic Geek mode a little early this year, and here's why: Rylie Madison - Trivia Geek 2.0. Two and a half weeks sooner than expected, your friendly neighborhood Trivia Geek is now a dad. Everything went...
- Tags: Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Geek Trivia: The quibble of the week for Nov. 4, 2008
- This week's quibble comes from the Oct. 28, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "The root of all sequels." TechRepublic member Asterisk dinged The Trivia Geek for failing to disclose the inner workings of shady Hollywood accounting practices. by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for April 22, 2008
- If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, just post it in the discussion area of the article. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from our assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. This week's...
- Tags: Quibble, Corporate Communications, Processors, Semiconductors, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- All roads lead to Geek Trivia
- It occurred to me the other day that are a staggering number of ways to find all my old Geek Trivia columns. So much so that we may need to start syncing up and deduplicating our efforts. These methods include: My...
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Productivity, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-08-05
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for April 15, 2008
- If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, just post it in the discussion area of the article. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from our assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. ...
- Tags: Quibble, Corporate Communications, Processors, Semiconductors, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Oct. 28, 2008
- This week's quibble comes from the Oct. 21, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "Where the action is @." TechRepublic member gwcarter nicked The Trivia Geek for invoking death where only mere finance was involved. by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Sept. 9, 2008
- This week's quibble is actually an invitation for some collaborative elaboration. The opening credits sequence to Star Trek: Enterprise includes snippets of historical space footage, much of which the Trivia Geek could not explicitly identify. The savvy reader who can put a name to any of these segments will get...
- Tags: Footage, Geek Trivia, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Sept. 30, 2008
- This week's quibble comes from the Sept. 23, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "One for the money, two for the tow." TechRepublic member rsprinkle noticed that The Trivia Geek mischaracterized the final disposition of three Apollo Lunar Modules. by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Sept. 23, 2008
- This week's quibble comes from the Sept. 16, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "The fact of antimatter." TechRepublic member RealGem flagged The Trivia Geek for being a bit limited in his description of the Large Hadron Collider. by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for February 12
- If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, "Valentine's daze," just post it in the discussion area. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from the assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. This...
- Tags: Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Nov. 7, 2007
- If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, "Roller coaster derby," just post it in the discussion area. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from the assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. ...
- Tags: Quibble, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for February 26
- If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, "Hollywood hack job," just post it in the discussion area. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from the assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. This week's...
- Tags: Quibble, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Let's try this Trivia thing another way
- Whenever I post a list of potential Geek Trivia topics and ask my readership all three of you to guess which I'll choose, nobody musters up even a half-cocked quasi-ironic shot in the dark. I figure if a tactic isn't even worth mocking, it's not worth trying,...
- Tags: Column, Worth, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-10-20
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Dec. 4, 2007
- If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, "Sonic boom or bust," just post it in the discussion area. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from the assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. ...
- Tags: Quibble, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
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