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January 3

Nood the Noob

Nood the NoobDoes everyone hate writing introductions for themselves? I’m considering doing the whole thing in third person and instructing you to read it in a TV-announcer voice… but it just wouldn’t be the same without a spangly curtain to hide behind. Ug, ok, here we go…

Hi, I’m Noodle. No relation to The FSM; it’s a nickname I picked up working in New York one summer, during another excruciating introductory event. We were going around the circle, telling everyone ”what we want to get out of working together;” the platitudes were getting more vomit-us by the minute. The girl directly before me explained that she wanted to (I quote) ”Learn a new recipe for soup, so as to combine the best bits from all of us into one nourishing whole.” I, completely inexplicably came out with ”And I want to be the noodles in your soup, absorbing all the goodness.” And thus The Noods was born.

I’m still not sure if they realised I was joking.

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December 5

Marjee-reporting for duty

Zelda wants you to know I am writing this post instead of petting her.

Hello there! My name is Marjee and I’ll be your Monday blogger here at Geek Craft!  Here is what you might want to know about me…I am a former high school chemistry teacher who has spent some time designing video games for both PBS and National Geographic (educational ones, natch!)  These days I’m the technology specialist at a math and science magnet high school. I am also completing my doctorate degree in research and evaluation, which involves geeky topics such as epistemology and statistics.

In addition to my geek-for-profit, I pursue geeky-ness for pleasure as well. This includes activities such as the watching and obsessive re-watching of science/ speculative fiction (Star Trek, X-Files, BSG, Buffy, Dr. Who, etc.,). I also read and write comics, love vegetarian cooking, enjoy spoiling my two yappy little dogs, Bowser and Zelda and adventuring with my husband. My own craft passions include sewing, softies, and crochet. My proficiency level is nowhere near the make-your own pattern stage, so I’m eager to learn from all of you guys. You can see my jibber-jabber on twitter as well, @mchmiel

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April 13

Doctor Who Inspired Fibonacci Scarf

I realize we have had quite a bit of Doctor Who crafts lately, but what do you expect–geek website+new season looming=lots of that; plus, this is a math scarf, too. Noodle created this awesome two color Doctor Who Inspired Fibonacci Scarf for her boyfriend, who wanted a Tom Baker-esque scarf, but wasn’t much into multiple colors. She had the genius idea of incorporating the Fibonacci sequence, and as  you can see, it was a total success.

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April 7

Synthetic Division Out Of Time

Remember a long, long time ago, when we interviewed author Shawn Decker about his book My Pet Virus? Well, the thing about Shawn is he is a geek chic trifecta. In addition to writing an amazing memoir he is also a member of Synthetic Division (how’s that for a geeky band name?), and their latest video, Out of Time, was too good not to share. Yes, those are Lego Men, in a teeny Playmobil hospital. Yes, that is synth pop. Yes their band is named after math. Yes, it is pure, golden fried awesome!

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