The Geek Handbook: User Guide and Documentation for the Geek in Your Life [Paperback]

He has reached every level ofMyst.Her room is littered with soda cans. He idolizes Data from Star Trek®. But all your favorite geek really wants is to be understood....
Whether you're friends with a geek, work with one, love one, or hate one,The Geek Handbookprovides handy instructions for analyzing and understanding all things geek, including:
How Your Geek Relates to Others
Geek organizations and gathering spots
Getting Your Geek to Exercise
Klingon™ martial arts as workout strategy
The Geek Diet
Soda, pizza, and other geek food groups; how to help your geek thriveMikki Halpin wrote the essay "A Girl's Guide to Geek Guys" forBunnyhop,and it quickly became an Internet classic, earning Mikki a special place in geekdom. She was editor-in-chief of the online magazineStim;co-founded the classic 'zineBen Is Dead;and has written for many publications, includingWired, BookForum, Studio Mix, The Independent,andBUST.She is the author of two books. She lives in New York City.Chapter 1: Getting Started

1.1 The Conventions Used in This Handbook

The subtitle of this book isUser Guide and Documentation for the Geek in Your Life.The term user is an artifact from other manuals of this type. Of course you don't want to think about using your geek, and owning or operating your geek doesn't sound much better. Geeks, more than anyone else, are their own people. A geek cannot be purchased, leased, or rented, although time-sharing is an option. Geeks are not available on the stock market (their companies are). WhenThe Geek Handbookspeaks of owners, it refers to anyone who has a relationship with a geek

Your geek is the geek who matters to you. Whether your geek is your boss, your parent, your child, your coworker, your lover, or your friend, you can improve the relationship by reading this book and understandinglc_