Nerd Wars Podcast

Greektome, of Team PI Pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/firecracker-gloves Yarn: http://www.ravelry.com/people/greektome/stash/heart–sole-3 Elise’s answer: Make a Madonna costume for Nerd Culture! Team Tie-In: Frohike from the Lone Gunmen often (always?) wore fingerless gloves. — Naelana, of Team Epic Pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/woobie-giraffe Elise’s answer: As Naelana has one child, perhaps a giraffe (who also has one offspring at a time) might fit her Coat of Arms, for Intellectual. Team Tie-In: Giraffes run rampant on Azeroth, in World of Warcraft Contributions and comments can be sent to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! Nerd Wars Podcast, E13   Subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher!

k8black, ninja – purple Hearts that Flourish shawl test knit – http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/mia-rinde-design/2245257/1-25#1 – Geek Pride: JK Rowling, Harry Potter Scarlettkitten, ninja red ninja – http://www.ravelry.com/projects/scarlettkitten/ninja – Intellectual: “Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the Ninja: that ultimate mastering comes not from the body, but from the mind.” – Splinter, Ninja Turtles, 1990 Marianasays/1-Up Rainy Day Socks – http://www.ravelry.com/projects/marianasays/rainy-day-socks – Intellectual: “Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” Frank Howard Clark – Team Spirit tie-in: Rain in Minecraft AND Slubby Sheep Yarn – http://www.ravelry.com/people/marianasays/stash/slubby-sheep – Geek Pride: Notch AKA Markus Persson – Colors represent the different environment blocks of minecraft, his creation. The blocks are used by the player to create landscapes, and yarn is used to create garments and other things. Tsuki, Hellmouth Eva’s Shawl in Summer Berries http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Tsuki/evas-shawl – Scientific: the double-slit experiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment – Unity = “something blue” – “Buffy admits to Willow that she feels “real love and passion have to go hand in hand with pain and fighting” and that says a lot about lace knitting to me. – the shawl I was trying to remember is Haruni Kryslyn, Squints Tiny chicken and cupcake http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Krislyn/tiny-chickens – Nerd Culture: Petting zoo – feed things to animals like cupcakes to chickens – Team Spirit tie-in: In CSI episode season 8, episode 16 “Two and a Half Deaths”, the vic has a rubber chicken shoved down her throat, and obviously that is where cupcakes go TheLostSkeleton, 1-Up orange bowl http://www.ravelry.com/projects/TheLostSkeleton/the-orange-bowl – Nerd Culture: Going for a walk in the city, traffic cone orange. – Team Spirit tie-in – the Orange Box C-three, Writer red baby afghan – Nerd Culture: Leaf peeping – to see the red leaves – Team Spirit tie-in: Andrew Marlowe is the creator of Castle, and he and wife Terri Miller have two children. I bet they’d like this for their kids and red matches the blood/ink for the pen in the logo of the show. LadyKatka, Bazinga aardvark: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aardvark Contributions and comments can be sent to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! Nerd Wars Podcast, E13   Subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher!

Opening Rambles   Kaitydid and Team That’s What She Said – Team That’s What She Said thread – Community – Dissertation proposal/project – Knooking   Closing Rambles – Podcast Theme Contest! Send your theme song submissions to [email protected] – Voicemail line: 423-509-8750. Call me any time!   The Musics – Opening theme: Dropping out of School by Brad Sucks – Closing theme by Nitro9 Contributions and comments can be sent to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! Nerd Wars Podcast, E11   Subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher!

EXTRASODE! Stump Elise 1. Fingerless mitts for ScienceMonkey – Category: Nerd Culture 1/20/2012 http://www.google.com/doodles/omar-rayos-84th-birthday – Team Spirit: Red Dead Redemption – 2. TheKrazySheep’s Mini Companion Cube – Category: Intellectual; the flash cube is an artifact that represents the Space Age – – Team Spirit: Sam working in a cube (S4E17) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPDI8hGpRz4 3. Snow-Raven’s Shawlette – Team Unity Project, Red Fraggle – S1E7 I Want to Be You: Red dresses as Mokey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EWz2avc5ag 4. ThatBeccaPerson’s Dice Bag with Flamel Cross from Fullmetal Alchemist – Team Unity Project, Family Appreciation Day – Category: Geek Pride; Pinkie Pie is the babysitter for Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake – Team Spirit: Pinkie Pie has plans for dice games at a wedding reception in the Season 2 Finale. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgoQNuQAnhs   The Musics – Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue, by Mark Mothersbaugh, from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou soundtrack Contributions and comments can be sent to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! Nerd Wars Podcast, Extrasode   Subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher!

Opening Rambles – Thanks to Nitro9 for the theme music!   More with MollieWollie – MollieWollie’s Rose of England shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/rose-of-england-design – MollieWollie’s Pioneer: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/pioneer – MollieWollie’s Tubbs Hill Shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/spinners-lace-shawl-s-2017 – Hamburger Touchdown: http://molliewollie.livejournal.com/120032.html – “That hat” (Vanadis): http://www.ravelry.com/projects/molliewollie/vanadis – Conan O’Brien/The Flaming C ami: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/SiraRaven/conan-obrien-the-flaming-c – Knitting Snark: http://knitting-snark.livejournal.com/ – Peter Dinklage – Unseen University; wizard college in Discworld: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University – Progressions in books – Wizards (first few books); Rincewind: http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Rincewind – Witches – Death – The Night Watch; Commander Sam Vines – Tiffany Aching; vaguely related to witches – Industrial Revolution – Starting Point: Wyrd Sisters (second in witches series) – A Recommended reading order: http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-1-5.pdf   Dissertation Talk with Ciellel – In T4: 324 Nerd Warriors had dissertations approved (~48% of all of those on teams) – Of those, almost two thirds (63%) made it to the halfway point successfully, and about half completed their dissertations. – As of last Friday, there have been about 200 dissertation proposals for T5 so far, on a similar pace as T4. – In T4, 72% of the Squints submitted a dissertation proposal; 95% of those made it halfway and a whopping 81% finished their dissertations. – In T4, 67% of Team SGC submitted a dissertation proposal; 57% of those finished their dissertations. – In T4, 63% of Team Rangers submitted a dissertation proposal; 73% of those finished their dissertations.   Closing Rambles – Podcast Theme Contest! Send your theme song submissions to [email protected] – Voicemail line: 423-509-8750. Call me any time!   The Musics – Nitro9’s submission Contributions and comments can be sent to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! Nerd Wars Podcast, E10   Subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher!