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katylava on Jun 14, 2007

I'm with ya!

FallenAngel on Jun 14, 2007

Yay! Geek girls are go! :)

anti on Jun 14, 2007

Hey, I am even geekier after a little rum.

@FallenAngel, Interesting that you name your computer. Right now I am using Lucy, The 3½ Pound Gorilla, but I have Masterremote, Big Mama, Blueberry and The Cuz right here with me. What fun!

katylava on Jun 14, 2007

My computers are all named in words that end in 'ator'.

First was Procrastinator.

Then came Devistator (for killing Zerg... my fiance's computer).

Then Liberator... our first laptop, of course.

Then Edificator... my fiance decided to be a little more grown up.

Then my work computer... Orchestrator.

tommythewolfboy on Jun 14, 2007

"jive with Java, and jig with javascript" - just how much rum have you had?!? ;)

anti on Jun 14, 2007

Move along wolfboy, nothing to see here. :)

katylava on Jun 14, 2007

there's still only 3 of us. wtf mate?

VHormazabal on Jun 14, 2007

I'm a proud geek girl¡¡¡

angelamaria on Jun 14, 2007

I name my computers too :D I'm on Mr. Darcy ;) Hee! My mobile phone is Han Solo. My palm handheld (when it was still alive) was Charley. :D

And yeap, crazy about PHP, X/HTML, CSS, and delving into JS/AJAX nowadays. ;)

greengurl on Jun 14, 2007

go geekgirls! I don't get jiggy with java yet, and I'm stillreading bks on AJAX and PHP... but can we organize a way to exchange questions & troubleshooting techniques? (Is starting a listserve too complicated?) Dunno, what do you think?

blythebabe on Jun 14, 2007

me geek girlie too! Am PHP developer in REAL life... Dabbled in AJAX and stuff... but still a girlie at heart... :)

dantesfurnose on Jun 15, 2007

I'm a hand coder, though I don't get past CSS2. I'm the webmaster for two institutes at a university, and for an architectural office and for my own private pursuits. I spend waaaaay too much time on my computers (all Macs).

JBVisions on Jun 15, 2007

I'm in. Hand coder, background in programming, systems analysis and project management. Now doing web work.

Computer currently called a 4 letter word.

Fave kit at the moment my Canon LIDE600F scanner.... soooo cool

Least fave kit.... my new Blackberry. How pigging frustrating are they!

illutic on Jun 15, 2007

I'm a geek girl too!! :) I don't name my computers (never thought of it..), but I do digg accessibility, css ofcourse, php, mysql, (x)html and rss. I come from a geek-family (both my brothers and my fathers are 'geeks' and all into macs :) ) and i got my first mac not so long ago :-D

JBVisions on Jun 15, 2007

@greengurl I mod on a couple of computer fora, we could meet up on one of them for tecchie stuff. One of the owners is a member here as well so we'd be keeping it in the family.

Whatdya reckon FA? Or do you want to direct them to the smut brigade?

greengurl on Jun 15, 2007

@JBVisions....cool, cool, cool Let's do it, i say. What say you FallenAngel, and fella geekgirls?

Metahari on Jun 15, 2007

yay!

JBVisions on Jun 15, 2007

We'd better let FA decide or she might bite my ankle. ;-)

Laurwren on Jun 15, 2007

Well my Esmeralda has always had a bit of attitude but now with her fancy new Vista she's actually behaving quite nicely.

I love some of the names already listed above!

I'm into web and graphics mostly with a whimsical background in a few other things, but I am creating an application right now to help me organize (invitations, schedules, budgets) for parties.

I love it when Geek Girls unite, we're such an interesting bunch!

eury on Jun 15, 2007

I am a foul-mouth newsroom designer. I don't get to play with the cool toys the boys over at the web department do. We print people here are stuck on G3s and Quark 4.1, which crash frequently. At home I love my PC, minimal as it is, with Word and Adobe applications. I hate crashes if they ever occur and my mini fridge is next to a cat food box for the kitty, Naomi, that didn't come back.

FallenAngel on Jun 15, 2007

Sorry folks about my absence today - family stuff...*sigh* Been getting withdrawal symptoms - 19 hours away from my beloved Diva! Arrgghhhh!

Ah, the LIDE600F! Lovely bit of kit! Wouldn't be without mine now. :-) (It's called Bluey because my favourite colour's neon blue and it's got a nice little Canon badge on the top that shines a nice shade of blue in the right light). A mate of mine once said that naming your PC's the first sign of geekdom. My laptop's rather unimaginitively called Diva-ette (she really needs a better name).

A bit about me...I'm a hand coder - XHTML/CSS. I like accessible and compliant things, and at the moment I'm getting into PHP and playing with PHP/MySQL.

I first met up with JBVisions on a forum called Outfront - www.frontpagewebmaster.com, which is a nice friendly place. I also have my own little fledgling web forum, MasterWeb (though I'm thinking of changing the name and moving it onto one of my other sites when my current hosting deal ends on the grounds I've got too many domains all over the intraweb). It's been a bit quiet there lately (mainly cos I'm here all the time lol!) but the little band of natives on the whole are pretty friendly (though slightly crazy). We could meet there? I could set up a IB Geek Girls sub-forum if you like? Ooooops! Nearly forgot! It's here.

JBVisions on Jun 15, 2007

OK, I'm in. You'll hate me though :-∃

FallenAngel on Jun 15, 2007

I slapped you ;-)

/nips off to find where I hid the admin panel to play with board configs 'n' stuff

JBVisions on Jun 15, 2007

Well can I help it if the first thing I find is a bug? LOL!

lisamac on Jun 15, 2007

*joins club*

I'm a big geek, total web standards/accessibility/microformats/mac evangelist. I do PHP, ROR, javascript, and just about anything my boss gives me time to learn. I teach web design post graduate studies at a college in Canada. I love the Adobe CS3 suite. I love icons. And I'm totally addicted to the points and badges on this site. And you girls are cool chicks!

katylava on Jun 15, 2007

i found a geek girl shirt

lisamac on Jun 15, 2007

More Geek Girl tshirts.

This is my personal fave: Nerdy girls make me hot

JBVisions on Jun 15, 2007

Forum Geek Girls

sloan on Jun 15, 2007

ok JbVisions maybe just a fan of the geek girls, I'm the #1 fan of GG's

sloan on Jun 15, 2007

just a fan not a banana, hehe

tamashii on Jun 15, 2007

This is my personal fave: Nerdy girls make me hot

This thread just went all kinds of awesome.

lisamac on Jun 15, 2007

I just experienced my first real LOL

bcarneiro on Jun 15, 2007

<joins>Count on me!!</joins>

sloan on Jun 15, 2007

wait... I just bought a new dress though, meanies

SpasticNate on Jun 15, 2007

I am not a girl (during weekdays) but this is a hot idea.

FallenAngel on Jun 16, 2007

hehe! Well Anti and Jaybee found the meeting place (Jaybee broke something within 5 minutes of being there....well okay then, maybe it might have already been broken) It's viewable to all right now, but I can make it accessible only to the IB Geek Girls - I just need to set a Geek Girl usergroup up (10 second job). I'll be doing some work over there today swapping out some of the icons (some of the standard SMF ones are pretty naff), so I'll take a look if that's what people want

@sloan & SpasticNate - ROFLMAO! Nice try guys!

FallenAngel on Jun 16, 2007

Oh, and the MW shop has a few girl geek bits as well

JBVisions on Jun 16, 2007

I found my fave T-Shirt but I don't think I should post it on here. :-)
This one

JBVisions on Jun 16, 2007

Ladies we seem to have groupies!

@ Tamashii - Down Boy.

FallenAngel on Jun 16, 2007

I found my fave T-Shirt but I don't think I should post it on here
LOL! Me likely!

My fave t-shirt (not geek related) is one I've got that says "twin airbags fitted as standard" across the front of it - usually takes guys a while to figure that one out...<hehe>

lparziale on Jun 16, 2007

lparziale.join("IB Geek Girls")

<%
dim stats

set stats = stats + "LOVE IB and am addicted - see IB Anonymous"
%>

Glad to be here ladies! Flower Power!!!

geekgrrl on Jun 16, 2007

Uhhh...I don't even think I have to admit to this ;)

I don't only name all my computers, I named my router, as in when I "ping" it..it's name is "tater salad"

*snicker*

FallenAngel on Jun 16, 2007

@lparziale - definitely the uber geek girl as the only one to post your stats in code! lol

Oh, and I forgot to say, my PDA's called Bliss - named after Sister Bliss of Faithless

/is a Faithless addict and is currently wearing Faithless t-shirt, sweat top and listening to their greatest hits album <g>

lparziale on Jun 16, 2007

@FallenAngel - yes, I spend about 9 hours a day OFF the computer.

@ZsaZsa - I think you got it dear girl

secret.handshake="Blow on wet fingernails with palm facing out and fingers extended"

YaaL on Jun 16, 2007

YaaL.join(GeekGirls);

FallenAngel on Jun 16, 2007

yes, I spend about 9 hours a day OFF the computer
Eeeep! W....w...what is this "off computer" of which you speak?

lparziale on Jun 16, 2007

Oh, sorry - here is the code for the Java Ladies ;)

package Handshake;
class myHandshake{

public static void main(String[]args){
Handshake a = new Handshake();
a.saySomething("Hi there!! What is the IB Geek Girl handshake?");
// In response, just follow the instructions
if(this.isSweettalk()){
a.saySomething("Welcome fellow IB Geek Girl!");
} else {a.saySomething("Silly boy, IB Geek Girls is for gals!");}
}
}

lparziale on Jun 16, 2007

FallenAngel - Well, like not sitting at a main terminal/machine... palms, blackberries and kiosks don't count! ;)

JBVisions on Jun 16, 2007

A clean house is the sign of a sick computer

FallenAngel on Jun 16, 2007

/wipes dust off dictionary to look up "clean house"

katylava on Jun 16, 2007

i don't know how many of you have heard of it, but there's a book of essays by women in technology called "She's Such A Geek". i subscribe to the feed for the book authors' blog and thought i'd share it with you all.

www.shessuchageek.com

myaleigh on Jun 17, 2007

Proud to be a geeky girl. I'm in.

nightgigjo on Jun 17, 2007

Me too.

/checks dictionary for dust.
/doesn't find any

Yep, I'm *that* kind of geek.

anti on Jun 17, 2007

@nightgigjo I find superwomen to be amazing. Never considered being one, but just wow.

mik on Jun 18, 2007

I'm not usually such a joiner (this is my 8th IB clan!) but here I am, and in very good company.

I'm always aspiring to be a better geek than I am, but maybe that alone could qualify me. I have a computer I call Bytesized, you can probably guess what it is.

beneton on Jun 21, 2007

I'm with you all the way, girl! We should join together and show them who's the boss!

KatieK on Jun 21, 2007

In!

justG on Jun 21, 2007

I'll play.

webmonkey on Jun 22, 2007

First, the remedy for the clean house bit- train your kids to do house work. I've experimented with up to four, and now my house stays pretty much clean.
Second, I am ashamed to admit I have played dumb in a skirt to get free stuff. <l>
Third, I wear my ipod in public so I won't have to talk to 'regular' people because they don't understand what I say anyway.

Tau on Jun 22, 2007

Present and waiting to be counted!

FallenAngel on Jun 23, 2007

Consider yourself counted Tau ;-)

FallenAngel on Jun 23, 2007

Yay! Not bad for the n00b clan on the block - 24 members!

/does happydance round the blog ;-)

ZsaZsa on Jun 23, 2007

I'm in too!

pheral on Jun 23, 2007

OOh, i'm there, if you'll have me! SEO with a web design company, constantly conspiring to increase my coding geekiness, currently sitting at my desk in the shadow of a huge book on PHP (i haven't read it much yet, i just drool over it). Whee! :D

webmonkey on Jun 23, 2007

I just bought the Friends of Ed book called PHP Solutions. Great for web design basics and intermediate level in PHP and MySqL. Doesn't jerk around with defining this-is-OOP junk, just gets right to it. Funny, all the other Friends of Ed books I had, I just got rid of - they were so bad...

webmonkey on Jun 23, 2007

But APress Pro MySql is fantasic!

pheral on Jun 23, 2007

I'm looking at Mastering PHP4.1, a nice big hefty textbook, it makes me happy. God knows how it reads though. :P Must check out PHP Solutions too. :D

lparziale on Jun 23, 2007

And when you ladies want some damn good PHP hosting, let me know!! I will cut any IB Geek Girl a great deal, just whisper my page.

OK, sorry for the plug. I code on PHP, ASP, CFM and .NET - so books a plenty here as well.

pheral on Jun 23, 2007

Aw, no-one can complain about plugs, they keep water in sinks and all that. Shall keep you in mind should my hosting company every explode! :P

FallenAngel on Jun 26, 2007

Ah, PHP loveliness! We're forced to use nasty nasty M$ Access at work (well, one of my jobs, the one I can't stand and am trying to escape from into more web stuff), and I hate it! Can't beat PHP and MySQL. Bit busy doing a server management course at the mo (yep, I'm slightly crazy), which is probably precisely what I should be working on at the moment, but I can't be bothered tonight, so I'm here instead <hehe>, but once that's out of the way, I'm intending to do some more playing about with db's and stuff.

Well, IB Geek Girls news....we now have 27 members, over 100,000 points between us, and growing stronger every day! And, good things will be coming to the IB Geek Girls very soon. Watch this space...well, not precisely this space, but one quite close to it. You get the general idea anyway... ;-)

lparziale on Jun 26, 2007

Ooooooo.... love good things!! I do some IB Anonymous meetings and they are a blast!!

Sherri on Jun 26, 2007

Yay, I'm a new member!! Geek girls rock!

Sherri on Jun 26, 2007

Ah yes. PHP. Love it. Just love it.

katylava on Jun 26, 2007

I must recommend the Visual QuickPro PHP books by Larry Ullman. Those plus the PHP manual are *all* I ever read to learn PHP and I now am lucky enough to be occasionally referred to as 'PHP-goddess'.

Although, now that I'm advancing beyond my comfort zone in OOP with PHP, I could use some recommendations for super-advanced books. One I'm thinking of buying is Object-Oriented PHP: Concepts, Techniques, and Code because it has waffles on the cover. Anyone read it?

lparziale on Jun 27, 2007

I can't remember if I read that one (or own it - need to go look), but ANYTHING with food on teh cover of a coding manual gets my thumbs up!

If you get cuaght up in the code and need a break, you can quickly look at the cover to get relief with 0 calories!!!

JBVisions on Jun 27, 2007

In front of me right now is a row of books:

XML in easy steps
HTML 5th Edition with XHTML & CSS
Word Developer's Kit
Syndicating web sites with RSS feeds
Flash MX2004 Bible
Access Bible
Paint Shop Pro 8 - Zero to Hero
Linux - Kiss the BSOD goodbye
Deliver first class web sites - 101 checklists
Database driven web sites using PHP & MYSQL
The Photoshop Anthology

but the one book I use over and over is the Visibone Browser Book for Web Designers (A client side technology memory jogger)

My memory needs jogging a lot these days :(

FallenAngel on Jun 27, 2007

Hmmmmm....FallenAngel now has even more ideas for IB Geek Girl goodies, and now we have our own little hideaway (I'm going to make a section of it private for the IB GG's later today when I've finished the assignment I've got to hand in), we can have meetings and games and stuff. More news hopefully over the next couple of days....

FallenAngel on Jun 27, 2007

Oh, and I too couldn't live without my Visibone browser book. Just about the best thing ever invented for client side stuff.

FallenAngel on Jun 29, 2007

Okay, the Girl Geeks now have their own private little meeting room within our meeting place. It's visible only to IB Geek Girls and the global mods (who are non-IB geek girls anyway). Anyone who's already signed up there will find they're now in the IB Geek Girls membergroup, and thus have gained some cute little pink hearts under their name (spot the IB icons <hehe>) which was the most girlie thing I could come up with at short notice. This also gains you access to the private meeting room where fun and frivolity will commence some time in the near future. It's also the place where the Geek Girl exclusive goodie will be available later this weekend. Everyone who's there so far will be able to access that area. Anyone new signing up will have to wait til I alter their usergroup, but I check there regularly so I usually pick them up pretty quickly. Off now to check out next GG special...if I can remember where I put the damned bookmark....*sigh*

Btw, Geek Girls now have 33 members - yay! We doin' good! :D

Laurwren on Jun 29, 2007

@ lparziale - Your posts crack me up, excellent Java Code message.

tamashii on Jun 29, 2007

i am jealous of your club

JBVisions on Jun 29, 2007

You can join as long as you wear the right shade of lipstick and abide by the no transvestism rule.

Laurwren on Jun 29, 2007

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog("IB Geek Girls Rock!"
JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);

KAHRules on Jun 29, 2007

This is so Tempting! With all the clans, clubs, and guilds popping up I promised myself that I would be a Pirate and a Pirate ONLY! ARGGGH! I am an Oracle Portal Developer, and I am so close to breaking my own promise. Ahhh the temptation!

FallenAngel on Jun 29, 2007

Arrrr! We don't have free rum like the Pirates, but good things are planned.

JBVisions on Jun 29, 2007

She's good at organising stuff. You should see the wedding web site she did for a couple that used to be her friends. :)

katylava on Jun 29, 2007

i really can't stand traditional forums, so i'll have to be satisfied with seeing you all just on IB. i certainly appreciate the effort put into this little community, though :)

FallenAngel on Jun 29, 2007

@JBVisions - what you mean used to be her friends? ;) They describe my masterpiece as their pride and joy and the best wedding present they received (not sure what the worst was though...)

*sigh*

Okay then, I suppose I'd better share. Just a couple of warnings - if you've got speakers and they're switched on, switch 'em off, if you're prone to migraines, you're best putting on a pair of dark glasses before viewing my little masterpiece, and I should point out that the couple in question are both web designers themselves. And what do you get for a wedding gift for the web designer who has everything? Well, of course the most tacky, invalid, inaccessible, error-ridden, Javascript "enhanced", flashy, animated website you ever did see, that's what! ;-)

(Aided and abetted by a certain JBVisions who recycled a lot of the animated gifs from her site I should add <hehe>)

Enjoy! ;-)

anti on Jun 29, 2007

THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

raj47i on Jun 30, 2007

I'm crying @@@@@@@
I am not a gal! So i cant join you ?
Well any of you join me Here or Here

debbye on Jun 30, 2007

i have to say that i am loving the music from your link FallenAngel!! i have a collection of about 1000 really bad midis, that i enjoy throughly! i'd love the link to those, please, please! Actually, [after taking a break to check my midi sites] i have not found the particular version of "Addicted to Love" that i am currently coveting. & would truly appreciate the link (*o*) !

OK … i would like to ask this esteemed collection of Geek Women if i might join your little knitting circle???

i am a Mac geek. i had the job of maintaining the Mac Lab at the local community college. i had about 20 computers to keep up with, as well as, assisting about 60 students per semester. i taught several seminars to other Mac geeks who were Graphically challenged, PhotoShop, FreeHand, PageMaker, & Quark. my first lecture was to fill in for the Professor that i worked for, due to his mother passing away. well, i felt so honored & i jumped right in making tutorials, etc. And … i realized that this first lecture was to be FOUR hours long & i had to have simple tutorials & lectures for FOUR softwares! Well … i figured i better have a piece of gum cuz my throat was really dry. i survived the first hour, everyone was so attentive, & then, we took a break. i went to the ladies room and when i glanced in the mirror, i noticed that i had a little blue line all the way around my mouth, from the gum! that's as bad as having toilet paper stuck on your shoe! [as a side bar, i did all of this stuff before i had my degree]

so … hope i am geeky enough for y'all. i always said that i didn't want to get into web design because i didn't want another addiction. i guess i'll have to get addicted to, yet another aspect of computers!

i do name my computers. My G4 is Lee*Gor is named for the two professors that gave me my first computer. the biggest difference is that the hard drive has five partitions. Lee*Gor, TsunaMi, Fred, iCons * os X, & oRion * os X. Then there is my 160GB external in 6 partitions: Harry * iCons, Gidge * iCons, pOetic aRss, jErry * wareHouse Icons, fOrmer * os X, & roRy & muSic. this one, a G3 iBook is suZan'x pUter & my newest, a PowerBook 180c is the original name of "Macintosh HD."

i await your decision =)

debragail on Jun 30, 2007

Hi all, I'm an Aussie software developer/maths teacher/software design teacher and just moving to web programming (PHP, MySQL etc.). My previous coding has been mainly using VB/Access for student reporting. I have to buy all my books sight unseen so recommendations are welcome. I *like* PCs. Please don't hate me for that. Booklist coming soon...

FallenAngel on Jun 30, 2007

@debbye - no probs, just stick IB Geek Girls in your profile and you're in!

I think I've added everyone who signed up at our little meeting place overnight to the IB Geek Girls membergroup, so everyone should be able to get in. If I've missed anyone, drop me a PM there or a whisper here, and I'll add you in.

At the moment I'm investigating ways to maintain an IB Geek Girl's recommended books list. I'll report back when I find something useful.

FallenAngel on Jun 30, 2007

@debbye - I've just remembered you asked about the midis. I don't have specific page links for the individual files (the site was done in rather a hurry while I was simultaneously editing a book for them as well), and it was only at the end that I suddenly remembered that I'd not particularly paid much attention to where I'd got the sound files from. The links to the two sites I found them through though are on the credits page. I have a huge list of bookmarks though and one section's labelled "silly stuff, midis, wavs, and miscellaneous", so I'll have a look in there and see if I did bookmark the individual pages.

JBVisions on Jun 30, 2007

Amazon Wishlist would work

JBVisions on Jun 30, 2007

(Aided and abetted by a certain JBVisions who recycled a lot of the animated gifs from her site I should add <hehe>)

I wish I could remember what I did with the animated, disco dancing, green and purple monster.

FallenAngel on Jun 30, 2007

I'm sure we all do Jaybee. ;-)

Initial message on this blog thread now updated. We've now got us a reading list! Yay! (Book titles on the list link to Amazon so you can read more about the books). Confirmed IB GG's can log in to find out how they can add their personal fave geeky books into the list or edit existing entries.

lparziale on Jun 30, 2007

OK, I have registered at yer another forum.... not sure how active I will be, but I will try. IBGG!

FallenAngel on Jun 30, 2007

Ooooooooh! Wow! Look what I found! (supposed to be working right now, but what the hell!). I was looking for something else entirely, but found this...which lead me on too this place where there's some seriously girl geeky stuff!

teamcoltra on Jun 30, 2007

:D I have no problem with geek girls ;)

louiemctool on Jun 30, 2007

<drooling>

geek....

girls...?

<faints>

austingirl on Jul 02, 2007

Well, I am surely no IT professional of any kind, but my friends think of me as a computer nerd. Anytime they have a computer problem they call me. I guess I am a Geek Girl in training (just beginning to learn HTML). While most of my friends in high school took art, PE and band as electives; I took trig, calculus and algebra. Do I qualify to be an IB Geek Girl?

anti on Jul 02, 2007

Well, they have let me stay so far, and I lived in the bandroom. :)

FallenAngel on Jul 02, 2007

@austingirl - If you think you're a geek, then you are a geek. Be proud to be a geek! ;-)

Oh, and trainee geeks are just fine. We're all trainee geeks in some way. There's always more to learn, and that's the fun of being a geek.

austingirl on Jul 02, 2007

Yes, I am a geek. Even my grown kids tell me I'm a geek. I'm proud to be a trainee geek and proud to me a member of IB Geek Girls. :o)

austingirl on Jul 02, 2007

I noticed that one of the perks of being an IB Geek Girl is that tamashii will be jealous. Are you j, tamashii?

Sherri on Jul 02, 2007

As for taking your PHP to the next level, I'd recommend reading Code Complete (for a language-generic primer on ratcheting up your code quality) and Pro PHP Security. Then start looking at books that focus on application design models. It doesn't have to be a PHP book. And, for a shameless plug, check out my PHP article on Zend: http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/763

Sherri on Jul 02, 2007

Oy. In latest news. The "family computer" has a trojan problem. Guess who gets volunteered to fix it? Oh yes, it's me. I've lost count of the number of times I've explained that programmer is not the same as technician. I hate servicing PCs. Lynch the virus writers!! lol

lparziale on Jul 02, 2007

We are becoming the envy of the boys it seems...

** flippin hair and looking over shoulder with a big grin **

louiemctool on Jul 02, 2007

can i be a groupie?

Nell on Jul 02, 2007

I'm a geek girl too! I'm a web designer, I play videogames and RPG, but right now I'm really proud to say that I fixed my boyfriend's keyboard, when he couldn't do it. He's an engineer :)

Nell on Jul 02, 2007

Omg... the wedding site! FallenAngel, that was brilliant! I would have cried... maybe from emotion, maybe from sore retinas, I don't know. But did you notice it is Tentatively Valid? bwahaha.

FallenAngel on Jul 02, 2007

LOL - the Geek Girls have got groupies!

@Nell - WHAT!!!???? *dashes off to check what went wrong there* v1.0 of it most definitely did validate, and it was a real struggle *not* to close tags and stuff. lol

debbye on Jul 02, 2007

@JB - "My memory needs jogging a lot these days :(" - from way back - REBOOT!

@FallenAngel - i have my new midi! - life is good.

morningchai on Jul 08, 2007

Yarrr! Me wishes to join your gang of ruffians.
I love technology, designing logos/websites, hand-coding and I'm currently a Service/Support Tech at an Apple reseller here in Canada. Sidenote: I've also got an original Gameboy, a black DS Lite, PSP, a Wii, and XBox 360. The last two I "share" with my boyfriend.

louiemctool on Jul 08, 2007

@morningchai: it you weren't married....wow. that's all i can think of. wow...

:)

lparziale on Jul 09, 2007

@louiemctool - you are officially a groupie I think... maybe, if you lavish us with more praises, you can lurk in our next gathering with Tamashi...

louiemctool on Jul 09, 2007

@lparziale: who needs to lurk? a master stalker, er, groupie does his best work when his "target" knows he'd doing it...

silly. :)

eina on Jul 11, 2007

w00t~! Geek-in-training over here can join, yes? :)

mik on Jul 11, 2007

@eina Yes. Welcome!
Geek is lot about attitude. Not so much what you already know & can do, more about what you think is interesting and would like to do or learn.

maryct on Jul 11, 2007

Updated my profile...GG forever!

elysa on Jul 11, 2007

her geekness here

lparziale on Jul 11, 2007

@louiemctool - silly me

louiemctool on Jul 11, 2007

i'm jealous of your silliness...

:)

anti on Jul 11, 2007

Nah, you have plenty silly.

Laurwren on Jul 12, 2007

Hey Girls! I am looking for a pen tablet to do hand drawn illustrations for a book I am working on. Any reccomendations?

KatieK on Jul 12, 2007

Wacom is the gold standard brand, from what my sister (the artist of the family) tells me.

louiemctool on Jul 14, 2007

/commencing action to return post to top of thread list....

louiemctool on Jul 14, 2007

/action completed....

anti on Jul 14, 2007

Hey! How is everybody?

debbye on Jul 14, 2007

Fine … and how are you?

is this what is called polite conversation?Ú

sloan on Jul 14, 2007

we are always polite to one another, until the first 10 months are over

anti on Jul 14, 2007

LOL you askin me?

louiemctool on Jul 15, 2007

/adding to post count in ....5...4...3...2...1...0

howdy!

:)

lparziale on Jul 15, 2007

Hiya louiemctool!

**waving to the cute penguin looking all serious**

louiemctool on Jul 15, 2007

@lpariale: hellooooooooo, nurse!

debbye on Jul 16, 2007

@lpariale - watch out - his cute looks are a ploy! he's quite sneaky.

louiemctool on Jul 16, 2007

shhhhh!!!!

Laurwren on Jul 16, 2007

I don't want to see the IB chat for this group move all to the forum, but I'm to tired to think up a conversation starter myself so maybe someone else will be encouraged to post something now. :) I loved the what you name your gear discussion.

@ KatieK - Thanks for the reply

ZsaZsa on Jul 16, 2007

I know, I know! Tell us about your weirdest or most difficult client.
<< waiting with anticipation >>

FallenAngel on Jul 16, 2007

Without hesitation, that would have to be my 7 year old nephew and his demands for his site. Not really a client cos it was a freebie (I got paid in sweeties).

Also, just a brief update on the IB Geek Girls....the IBGG blog will shortly be unveiled to the eagerly waiting public, a "Stylish" userstyle called "IBGG Geek Girl Makeover" is in the pipeline (I'm working on it right now), and another competition's coming in a couple of weeks. Yay! More news shortly.....

justG on Jul 16, 2007

Just registered at the forum.

(And bumped this thread. Neener.)

ZsaZsa on Jul 16, 2007

justGG!

zelda013 on Jul 16, 2007

well i finally cracked and am joining groups hand over fist (better late than never right ?), so here i am. plus this group has groupies (bonus !).

here's my little introductory anecdote : a friend of mine (musician) was showing me how to play a scale on a trumpet, and was stunned when i caught on after the first two notes. I said to him, "well, it's easy : it's just like binary."

does that make me geek enough ?

FallenAngel on Jul 16, 2007

And lo, access to the IBGG secret room was granted to JustG ;-)

louiemctool on Jul 16, 2007

@zelda013: yeah, that works...

:)

debbye on Jul 16, 2007

my weirdest client will have to wait until we are in a closed forum!

i did have a lot of "group family photos" where someone divorced and the family wanted to X the X!

ZsaZsa on Jul 16, 2007

@debbye. That's hilarious, yet practical. ;0)

zelda013 on Jul 16, 2007

difficult clients ? hou boy ! don't get me started. i've had a couple who've made me want to go work as a cashier at my local supermarket.

DarkMystress on Jul 16, 2007

hi all :)
New to IB and drawn to this thread!!
Loving it that if guys are geeks they are just that where as geek girls are a rare enough commodity that we still maintain our cool status! ;)
Hello all and hope to speak to you all soon!

sabrinawzwong on Jul 16, 2007

I'm a software engineer, so I'm joining :) ... this is my first clan!

louiemctool on Jul 17, 2007

*bump*

FallenAngel on Jul 17, 2007

aw, look! It's the cute little penguin! :-)

The IBGG userstyle's coming along nicely btw...should be able to unveil it later today!

widged on Jul 17, 2007

@louiemctool this icon is really too cute. I now think of creating an IB Geek Girls fanboy fangirl club ;-)

louiemctool on Jul 17, 2007

nice. i wish i could take credit for my avatar, but i didn't create it. it was made by Nicolas P. Rougier and published under the GPL.

he also made a baby GNU mascot... both are pretty sweet...

:)

widged on Jul 17, 2007

I see artwork.gnu

Ohhh, if you go for that one. I take you on my knees at the next IBGG meeting (I know, boys are not allowed, I will hide you in my handbag).

(more private discussion... you having academic connections? Nicolas Rougier = Experienced Research Scientist)

JBVisions on Jul 17, 2007

As FA will tell you, asking me about difficult clients is not a good idea. I could write a book about the lot I've had. Like debbye, one story would have to be on a closed and locked forum as the client is "known".

Another just goes on and on and if it wasn't for the money I'd have ditched him long ago. Some of the requests just beggar belief and you can't explain to him. It has to be done his way even if you know it won't work. Now I just explain once, then do it and wait for him to twig.

He wanted a logo and it had to be in light blue. We went through a whole load of different designs before he finally agreed one. I put it on the site. A week later I get a request to change the site so the background is "corporate". I ask what he means by corporate (given there are only 2 in the company) and he says he wants the background the same colour as the logo so it's got "branding".

I point out this isn't going to work and that I'd need to change the logo colours. No, he wouldn't have it. Leave the logo alone just change the background. So I change the background.

Then he phones up complaining that he can't see the logo. Well duh!

louiemctool on Jul 17, 2007

hahahahahaha...

the only thing that irritates me more than dumb user requests is the knowledge that he/she/it probably make three times what i do...

:)

widged on Jul 17, 2007

Perhaps a more productive tip. When starting in freelancing, you get a bunch of guys who try to get you work for cheap. They offer you an opportunity for ramping up / a chance to have something to show as an argument to get cheap fees.

Well, best is to stay away from these guys. You never ramp up. You do a good job at designing a prototype (what you have been paid for), you get excellent feedback from customers. But because the guy has done everything on the cheap, things never come to fruition. So, you worked doing something that you have no right to exploit yourself and that will never go public.

Best is to stand on your position. Either the guy is serious and ready to pay the amount that is required to get a good job done, either he is not. If he is not, then it would be a better use of your time building a nice website (or whatever) for a friend or a charity organisation, that you can use to boost your portfolio and give yourself more visibility.

Always that idea that you need to think about where you want to be in 3-5 years time and pave the way, engage in actions that will get you there and avoid what has all appearance of a big detour.

JBVisions on Jul 17, 2007

My absolute favourite was many years ago when I work for a US petrochem company and we were rolling out new equipment to all the dpeartments. I was asked by my boss to go round and find out what people wanted.

So I go trundling off, notepad in hand and arrive in the office of one of the senior managers. I asked him what he wanted and he tells me he wants a new computer but not to bother with a keyboard. Confused I questioned why he didn't want a keyboard and he said he was only going to be looking at data, he wouldn't actually be typing stuff in. :o∫

widged on Jul 17, 2007

nice one :-)

louiemctool on Jul 17, 2007

*stares blankly at JBVisions*

wow. that is just... wow.

you should have told him that would create too many ID.10.T errors...

:)

widged on Jul 17, 2007

Software development process in images ;-).

JBVisions on Jul 17, 2007

And how true is that! Anyone who has done project management for a large corporate can draw that with their eyes shut. I used to have a sign on the wall that said:

The first 90% of ANY software project takes 90% of the estimated time, the remaining 10% takes the other 90%!

ZsaZsa on Jul 17, 2007

That is 110% true!
My favorite was a client who wanted to do a matchmaking site. We were discussing the interface and I was explaining how you could only have Men looking for women, women looking for men, men looking for men, and women looking for women. The client said there were more possibilities than that! She said "I want to leave it open ended - everybody looking for everybody!". I think she needed a more hip developer but I told her that would make too much work for the database engine.

ZsaZsa on Jul 17, 2007

ps. Also it didn't matter where they lived or what language they spoke.

webmonkey on Jul 17, 2007

@Zsa Zsa - Yikes. I know what you mean. When I learned how much money the porn sites were making, it confirmed the second coming!

@louiemctool - Around my house, we call that a PEBDAC ( Problem Exists Between Desk And Chair)

louiemctool on Jul 17, 2007

haha...

haven't heard that one in a while...

:)

louiemctool on Jul 18, 2007

just found this:

How to meet a Geek Girl

thought y'all might get a kick out of it...

:)

Laurwren on Jul 18, 2007

@ JBVisions, I love your stories!

Anyone else have some great quotes that might apply to Geek Girls perhaps?

louiemctool on Jul 21, 2007

*bump*

anti on Jul 21, 2007

Hi Lou!

lparziale on Jul 21, 2007

Louie - cute link on How To Find a Geek Girl... so did you write them for us and tell them they can find us here, on IB?? Love the feet by the way!!

louiemctool on Jul 21, 2007

naw, it's an old page. hasn't been updated since 2005, so i doubt anybody maintains it anymore...

:)

kemie on Jul 23, 2007

hey, just wanted to say hi from a fellow geekette
:)

louiemctool on Jul 23, 2007

@kermie: how YOU doin'?

:)

debbye on Jul 28, 2007

Mornin' all …

anti on Jul 29, 2007

Good morning!

FallenAngel on Jul 29, 2007

And good morning from me too!

I'm pleased to report that I finished the course I was doing (it'll be a couple of months before I find out if I passed though), so now I've got more free time I can finally get back to the long overdue overhaul of my personal site! Yay!

ZsaZsa on Jul 29, 2007

Congrats, Angel!

lorelei on Jul 29, 2007

hello im starting to be a geek girl my background is more design orientated, but im eagerly learning more xthml and css and hopefully some php in the future.
havent found a name for my new laptop yet :P

greetz from Chile

rossanyl on Jul 29, 2007

Congrats FA on the course, well done!
morning everybody! Just want to make it more "official" that I have join you gals on this club! Hope there is still some space for me ;) I'm a programmer C/C++ but doing for fun website (html, css, a little php) for the big family and being their "support technique" when they have trouble with computer...

anti on Jul 29, 2007

@FA, it will be good to see you around more!

anti on Jul 29, 2007

@rossanyl and lorelei, welcome!

debbye on Jul 29, 2007

the more Girl Geeks the better!

@FA - you've been missed :-)

louiemctool on Jul 29, 2007

the more Girl Geeks the better!

amen to that....

:)

Arwym on Jul 31, 2007

This is a month old, but I just wanted to say I want in, so I am adding IB Geek Girls to my profile. Is that okay? :o

Geek girl for real!

louiemctool on Jul 31, 2007

sweeet...

:)

anti on Jul 31, 2007

You are very welcome to join, Arwym! The group is quite active and we are planning contests and all sorts of fun stuff. Besides, where else can you get such a cute fanboy?! Hi Lou!

louiemctool on Jul 31, 2007

aw, shucks...

:p

debbye on Jul 31, 2007

Mornin' Louie!

louiemctool on Jul 31, 2007

buenas dias, senora!

:)

Arwym on Jul 31, 2007

Hey again! Anti, thanks for the information. ^_^

Well, I am posting to notify that I added 'IB Geek Girls' to my profile already. You can add me whenever you can, so no rush! :)

I'll be around, so leave me messages if you want. Again, thanks!

louiemctool on Aug 01, 2007

*bump*

FallenAngel on Aug 01, 2007

*hugs the cute little penguin*

louiemctool on Aug 01, 2007

ha! take that, iqon!

:)

exit22 on Aug 01, 2007

ben stiller says

louiemctool on Aug 01, 2007

nothing? not likely...

:)

FallenAngel on Aug 01, 2007

@Anti & Debbye - aw, thanks! :-)

I may be missing for a couple of days, well probably Friday anyhow due to a prior engagement with a hospital and a rather large needle, but I'll be around over the weekend lounging around on my sofabed with my laptop resting, and I'll be posting the 2nd installment of the competition questions.

evilkya on Aug 01, 2007

SYN
(;

debbye on Aug 01, 2007

Best Wishes to you FA!

anti on Aug 01, 2007

We will be looking to hear from you soon!

rossanyl on Aug 02, 2007

Take care FA! We'll be waiting for your return.

louiemctool on Aug 02, 2007

*bump*

:)

anti on Aug 02, 2007

Hi Lou! :)

louiemctool on Aug 04, 2007

*bump*

:)

FallenAngel on Aug 04, 2007

aw look! it da cute ickle penguin with his adorable feet!

*hug*

louiemctool on Aug 08, 2007

beep

janmaru on Aug 08, 2007

when I get to the BlogZ I should remember to wear my feet too...

louiemctool on Aug 09, 2007

why is this thread all the way down on page three?

oh wait. now it's on page one...

:)

rossanyl on Aug 09, 2007

real dedicated fan! we need more cute little penguin friends like you :o)

FallenAngel on Aug 09, 2007

Aw!

*waves hi to the cute little penguin with the cute little feets*

louiemctool on Aug 09, 2007

:)

jgoode on Aug 10, 2007

louismctool pointed me in your direction so hi ya :D

anti on Aug 10, 2007

Hello jgoode! We would love to have you join the Geek Girls! Just add IB Geek Girls anywhere in your profile, and you are in!

louiemctool on Aug 10, 2007

louis? i ain't no girl...

wait a minute... mwa-ha-ha....

>:)

lparziale on Aug 10, 2007

Uh oh, jgoode, you upset the little Penguin! No stalking for you!

louiemctool on Aug 10, 2007

um that was supposed to be a sinister laugh...

:)

austingirl on Aug 11, 2007

Gotta love the cute lil penguin (sinister laugh and all!)

FallenAngel on Aug 11, 2007

*giggles at the cute little penguin trying to look sinister with those cute little feets*

louiemctool on Aug 11, 2007

doh...

:)

MsDana on Aug 13, 2007

added IB Geek Girls to my profile :-)

anti on Aug 13, 2007

Welcome MsDana! If you will add IB Geek Girls to one of the categories such as reading, listening, On the Tube, your points will be added to our total!

Great to have you here!

disturbedAngel on Aug 14, 2007

I've finally found a home :-D

anti on Aug 14, 2007

Welcome! Glad you are here!

disturbedAngel on Aug 14, 2007

aw thanks :)

iconbuffet >= addictive

debbye on Aug 14, 2007

that's why there is also: IB Anonymous

louiemctool on Aug 15, 2007

* bosse *

rossanyl on Aug 16, 2007

MDR !! (LOL in french)

disturbedAngel on Aug 16, 2007

re:debbye --> aaaaaahhhh :)

debbye on Aug 16, 2007

we can accommodate a whole mess of disorders in here!

louiemctool on Aug 16, 2007

giddy-up, thread!

anti on Aug 16, 2007

Well, hello there Louie! Looking spiffy, as always. :)

debbye on Aug 16, 2007

are you following me or the nurse?

anti on Aug 16, 2007

Who is following debbye?

louiemctool on Aug 16, 2007

well, YOU could be the nurse...

rwoow!! wink-wink...

:)

cheiie on Aug 16, 2007

I've been a GG for a while, yet somehow never bothered to post. What's wrong with me!

louiemctool on Aug 16, 2007

well, little lady, we'll forgive ye this one time. i reckon you'll do better...

:)

debbye on Aug 16, 2007

Louie, next you'll probably show up with a whip to keep us in line!

louiemctool on Aug 16, 2007

hey, Indiana Jones! i need to find a new outfit!!!

/runs away in search of icons to hack...

:)

rossanyl on Aug 17, 2007

I can't wait to see the result of his search !

louiemctool on Aug 17, 2007

all i could find was a hat. no bullwhip...

:(

sloan on Aug 17, 2007

I am jealous of the louie

louiemctool on Aug 21, 2007

*bump*

anti on Aug 21, 2007

Hey there louie, how are YOU doing?

louiemctool on Aug 21, 2007

its, "how YOU doing?", silly.

don't you watch Friends?

:)

anti on Aug 21, 2007

no :(

sloan on Aug 21, 2007

hehe

pheral on Aug 22, 2007

Man, you guys are still chuntering away in here aren't you?? I demand a bullwhip in this thread. Instantly.
I'm off to find the GG blog...

louiemctool on Aug 27, 2007

:)