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Code.org’s third annual Hour of Code includes star athletes and a new sports-themed coding tutorial

Jocks and nerds haven’t always gotten along in years past, but Code.org aims to bring them together for the third annual HourĀ of Code with a sports-themed coding campaign. The campaign, which k

Level is a pair of fitness glasses that might be able to tell if you have diabetes or other diseases

A pair of glasses, once relegated to nearly blind and blurry-eyed nerds, could one day save your life. At least that’s the pitch from VSP Vision Care. The eye exam provider just launched a new p

Covenant Energy Sword Now $44, Almost Sold Out

Looking for a Covenant Energy sword to hang on the wall of your man cave? Well, better hurry. The formerly $99 stainless steel stabby thing has been reduced to $44, and as a result there’s only

Video: Obama is the first nerd president

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/6555681001?isVid=1&publisherID=769341148 John Hodgman, of The Daily Show and Mac vs PC commercial fame, recently spoke at the 65th annual Radi

"Still Alive," bedroom electropop style

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/guy.jpg" />An act of unparalleled nerddom. This talented fellow performs the gamer anthem "Still Alive" with the piano part on his keyboa

Guy proposes to his girlfriend with hacked Chrono Trigger ROM

Oh man, this is deeply nerdy. This fellow Phill’s girlfriend was playing Chrono Trigger using an SNES emulator, and he hacked the ROM she was using, adding an entire new area (“Koma Kulsha

XKCD raptor attack simulator

Deeply geeky. As if the nerdy humor and nerdier meta-humor of XKCD weren’t enough, this enterprising coder (apparently with a little too much time on his hands) created an interactive simulation

Zune 3.0 Hands-on 2: Electric Radio-purchase Boogaloo

I told you I’d get back to you. The problem was on my end (naturally). And now this cool feature works like a charm — except for the fact that I just spent a dollar on some Bangles song of

New footage of Watchmen previewed at Comic Con

Curses. Why am I not there?! Oh well. Maybe next year. io9 on the other hand is there and they’ve written up a nice little recap of what they’ve seen. I’ve chosen not to read the ent

Video: TRON 2 trailer in all its shot-from-the-hip glory

Words cannot describe the joy I’m feeling right now. via Film Stalker

Fake Tattoos For The Macho Nerd

Nerds being macho. Right. Never gonna happen, but you can always pretend to be tough! Why not pick up a set of these geek tattoos available from Archie McPhee? You’ll get 16 of silliest, geekies