The Adnostic

Last Saturday my roommate and I had our first official Geek Out party.

"Wha?" You may ask with all the eloquence your public education can afford, I will gladly explain:
A Geek Out party is where we invite all the people who contribute to the Barflies.net group blog (and anyone else who is super passionate about the Internet or computing in general), enjoy some tasty barbeque, hook into the WiFi, and start surfing.

A majority of the population may find that pathetic and strange, but to us it was incredibly exciting. Surfing the net and blogging, can be such a solitary act. Just you, and your computer, and that "18 year old” telling you she needs a good spanking. Kidding. Really. But it truly is an experience you normally don't share with anyone else.

The Geek Out party was extraordinarily social. We all broke out our laptops, logged onto the WiFi, and started talking about, showing, and sharing our favorite web sites and tech tricks.
I showed Sandra my favorite shopping blog, Kevin and Julie discovered BoingBoing just by going through some of my bookmarks, and Justin was introduced to the magic of random generator Web Zen. And that was just the stuff I get giddy about.
Jen gave a quick lesson on moblogging to Sandra and Justin. Sandra introduced little Logan to a site that lets you build your own virtual rollercoaster and rates it by the average amount of fear it generates. Justin gave a short dissertation on how Captain Kirk was an intergalactic mack daddy that no other leader, of any ship known as Enterprise, can ever compete with.

All in all, a great party. Jen wants to have Geek Out parties about once every month while the weather stays warm. Here's hoping.

Justin is the OCG. [Photo lifted off of Jen]