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Geek Chic

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Geek chic is the embracing of unpopular 'geek' characteristics such as clashing clothing fashions, wearing glasses, reading comic books, and playing computer games.
May simply be the incorporation of these traits in new fashion trends.
The geek chic image also has features which may be seen as simply borrowing from other fashion trends such as - bohemian, emo, goth, and hippie.
One specific kind of geek chic is the printing and wearing of tee-shirts with computer programming in-jokes.

Geek (Slang Term)

Geek Basic Facts:

Slang Term.
The definition of geek has changed significantly with time.
There is no longer a clear definitive meaning.
Generally considered to be a socially inept person regarded as peculiar, odd, foolish, or clumsy.
Particularly when that same person is overly obsessed or accomplished at intellectual, scientific or technical pursuits.
There may be a small association with having the first name Steve (see famous geeks below).
Related words include dweeb, dork, gimp, nerd & spod.

Interesting Link:
100 basic skills a geek can do.

Famous Geeks Include:

Bill Gates
Dennis Fong
Eric S. Raymond
Frag Dolls
John Carmack
Larry Page
Linus Torvalds
Michael Saul Dell
Paul Allen
Richard M. Stallman
Robert Scoble
Sergey Brin
Steve Ballmer
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
Violet Blue
Wil Wheaton

Kings Play Chess (Mnemonics)

'Kings Play Chess' is a well recognised fragment of a number of mnemonics used for remembering the classification of animals (KPCOFGS).

'Kings Play Chess' Examples Include:

Kings Play Chess Often For Great Sport.
Kings Play Chess On Fairly Good Soft Velvet.
Kings Play Chess On Fairly Green Spaces.
Kings Play Chess On Falling Glass Stairs.
Kings Play Chess On Famed Game Sets.
Kings Play Chess On Family Game Shows.
Kings Play Chess On Family Grave Stones.
Kings Play Chess On Fancy Glass Seats.
Kings Play Chess On Fancy Glass Squares.
Kings Play Chess On Fancy Glass Stools.
Kings Play Chess On Fancy Gold Squares.
Kings Play Chess On Fancy Gold Stools.
Kings Play Chess On Fat Girls' Stomachs.
Kings Play Chess On Fat Girls Stomachs.
Kings Play Chess On Fat Gorillas’ Stomachs.
Kings Play Chess On Fat Green Stools.
Kings Play Chess On Fat Guys Stomachs.
Kings Play Chess On Fiberglass Stools.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Sets.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Stools.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Surfaces.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Gold Sets.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Gold Silk.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Gold Squares.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Grain Sand.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Grained Sand.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Sand.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Satin.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk.
Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Slate.
Kings Play Chess On Finely Grained Sand.
Kings Play Chess On Finely Ground Sand.
Kings Play Chess On Flat Glass Sheets.
Kings Play Chess On Flat Glass Surfaces.
Kings Play Chess On Flat Glass Stools.
Kings Play Chess On Fluffy Green Sheets.
Kings Play Chess On Folding Glass Stools.
Kings Play Chess On Four Glass Squares.
Kings Play Chess On Friday, Generally Speaking
Kings Play Chess On Friday Getting Stoned.
Kings Play Chess On Friday Grinning Slyly.
Kings play Chess On Fridays, Guzzling Schlitz.
Kings Play Chess On Frosted Glass Surfaces.
Kings Play Chess On Funny Green Spaces.
Kings Play Chess On Funny Green Squares.
Kings Play Chess On Fuzzy Green Stools.

Mnemonic

Mnemonic General Points:

Mnemonics are useful language devices that improve our memory and help us to remember.
A mnemonic is a form of abbreviation.
A useful example is the classification of animals (KPCOFGS) made into sentences - see examples see here (Kings Play Chess on Fridays Generally Speaking).

Mnemonic Techniques:

Acronyms
Acronyms for messaging
Acrostics
Dominic System
Goroawase Mnemonics
Japanese “Yodai” methods
Keywords
List Order Acronyms
Loci Methods
Major System
Number-sound mnemonics
Pegwords
Phonetic Mnemonics
Rhymes & Catch Phrases
Roman Rooms
Spelling Acronyms
Spelling Mnemonics

KPCOFGS

KPCOFGS is an acronym for the classification of animals:

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Often the letters are used to produce mnemonics, ie here. and Kings Play Chess. T.H. Culhane has also developed a "Melodic-Mnemonic" method for remembering the Linnean biology classification of living things - here.

Related Links:
K P C O F G S (Mnemonic, see KPCOFGS)
Mnemonic Chess - Kings Play Chess On Friday, Generally Speaking
Biology Classification Rap (T.H. Culhane, 1989)
KPCOFGS Species Blog

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Space Shuttle Columbia (Astronautics)

Space Shuttle Columbia Facts:

NASA's first space shuttle.
On it's last flight disintegrated over Palestine, Texas (February 1st, 2003) during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere
The seven crew lost their life.
On February 2, 2004, a living memorial to the STS-107 crew members was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington County, Virginia.

Crew members on the last flight were:

Commander: Rick D. Husband
Pilot: William C. McCool
Mission Specialist: David M. Brown
Mission Specialist: Kalpana Chawla
Mission Specialist: Laurel Clark
Payload Commander: Michael P. Anderson.
Payload Specialist: Ilan Ramon
See official NASA portrait (below).

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