December 7th, 2004



The Top 8 Geek Holidays (Part I)


8> Hyperlinko de Mayo

7> Halo-Ween: a day of mayhem and eye candy

6> Pentiumcost: a celebration of the drop in microprocessor prices

5> BASH Wednesday: Unix users become Bourne again

4> No Valentines Day: same as every other year

3> Microsoft Security Day: celebrated on April 1st

2> Boxen Day: geeks proudly display their case-mods

and the Number 1 Geek Holiday…

1> KwAnZaA: other cultures’ traditions are shared and traded




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Credits:

Selected from 59 submissions from 22 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Nico Moser, New York, NY — 1
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 1, List Moderator, Topic
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 2
Matt Hurlburt, Stow, OH — 3
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 4
Neal Bouffard, Ottawa, ON — 5
Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 6, 8
Brett W. Campbell, Cerritos, CA — 7