An enterprising nerd has taken LEGO’s new Game Boy creation, performed some suitably geeky magic, and turned it into a real Game Boy. LEGO has a bit of history when it comes to Nintendo hardware. The now-retired Nintendo Entertainment System set is a particular favorite of this writer, and yes, I popped a Raspberry Pi into the console and an …
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The brainy protagonists featured in the hit CBS show, The Big Bang Theory, were an example of nerd culture on TV. Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images It may conjure images of Family Matters‘ bespectacled, suspenders-clad Steve Urkel. Or the theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. Or Scooby-Doo’s Velma. …
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When Ray Ratto told you that you could get “hard mathematical reasons” for the Milwaukee Brewers’ inexplicable win streak “wherever Nerd Stuff is sold,” he was referring to me. At the same time I must necessarily acknowledge that for whatever hard mathematical explanations apply to the Brewers’ debatably sustainable success, they still obey the critical law of baseball: There is …
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