This week, geeks around the world will celebrate, or at least commemorate, Pi Day. And that got us to thinking about the other geeky “holidays” that have popped up on the calendar. What’s your favorite?
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Last Week’s Result
(Technically, two week’s ago result, since life got in the way of posting last week. Sorry about that.)
Our reader’s favorite Pixar Oscar winner was The Incredibles, taking 37% of the votes. Wall-E had a strong second at 22%, with Up, Finding Nemo, and Inside Out all bunched up at 11 and 12%. Toy Story 3 was a close sixth with 8%, and Ratatouille behind it at 6%. Not surprisingly, Brave came in last with only 3%.
Rob Huddleston
Rob, GeekDad's Gaming Editor, is a technical writer for Google (provided by HCL). He is alo college professor teaching design, programming and 3D printing, watches a ridiculous number of movies, plays as many board games as he can, and loves history, from the medieval period to the technological age. He's also the Umpire-in-Chief for his local Little League, and is a Little League Certified Tournament Umpire. His kids are a 20 year old college junior and a 16 year old high school senior. (Although there's a good chance that they're older now and this just hasn't been updated.)
Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans
I rather like Hobbit Day on Sep. 22nd. A celebration of Bilbo and Frodo’s birthdays (and all things Tolkien) celebrated with banquets and books and maybe some films as well.
Funny thing, I have a character I write who’s a huge, wonderful geek (he is also himself a superhero), and I made his birthday May 25, years before it had any other significance attached to it. It’s so fitting and I kind of love it.