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Merry Christmas 2022

On By somegeektoldme@gmail.comIn Blogs, People

On behalf of UMC1, UMC2, my wife, and all of the staff at Some Geek Told Me1, we hope everybody has a Merry and Safe Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand

Thank you for reading, following and subscribing to Some Geek Told Me. I’m on WordPress, Twitter and Mastodon now, so it means a lot to me. I’ll see you on 2nd January 2023! Cheers!

1 The entire staff of Some Geek Told Me, still consists of only one guy, that battles ice cream propaganda from his children and needs to invest in some new socks.

Happy Two Year Anniversary

On By somegeektoldme@gmail.comIn Blogs, Social Media

I know the world is a little crazy at the moment with the World Cup; climate change; interest rates and cost of living rising; Russia forgetting how to read a map; the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has survived past five weeks; and Twitter is doing what Twitter does best; trolling people.

Having said that, I just wanted to point out that this week, I’m celebrating two years of Some Geek Told Me. In the history of humanity, this achievement is not quite ready to be cemented into the history books, but that’s ok with me.

So looking back over another year, what have I learnt?

  • I’m still enjoying this, though my pay rate is still pretty bad. I mean after two years, I still haven’t had a pay rise. I’ll have to continue on with my $0.0 hourly rate.
  • Every time someone leaves a comment, I’m like a kid that has just been told the school has been flooded and I need to stay home.
  • My wife reading one of my posts, just to remind me that I’m not as funny as I think I am.
  • I still get halfway through writing a post, then realise that it’s not humorous at all.
  • I’ve created a list for future blogs, by writing down key words. I just need to remember what the key words mean.
  • Proofreading and editing my work at 11 pm is still a stupid thing to do, but I’m still doing it.
  • Various sports this year featuring World Cups, have greatly aged me, along with help from UMC1 and UMC2.
  • I told my parents about the blog and they wanted to know if I got paid for it. I changed the topic very quickly.
  • I’ve written about various people in pop culture that have died this year, but I failed to write about all of them.
  • I should do more reviews about different projects that I like, while trying to sound funny; emphasising on being funny.
  • I’m not reading enough content of the amazing bloggers out there.
  • I’m still trying to create some more entertaining science communication posts, but still sounding original.
  • It’s the Kiwi in me, but I’m still trying to promote the blog, without promoting the blog.
Image by Philip Wels from Pixabay

That’s it for today. I know this post was small, but I have another blog post coming out on Thursday. Thanks for reading, go watch the World Cup, walk your dog, read a banned book and I’ll see you on Thursday.

Happy One Year Anniversary: Part Four

On By somegeektoldme@gmail.comIn Blogs

Welcome to the fourth and final part of my one year anniversary of Some Geek Told Me. I’ve been running this badly written blog for a year now, so what has changed for me? What have I actually learnt? There are many things, but they’re not very interesting.

Image by John Hain from Pixabay

Behold, this list contains various things that I have learnt, during the last 12 months:

  • I’ve learnt that some of the blogs I’ve written, that I thought would be quite boring, proved to be popular; and vice versa.
  • Thinking of an interesting and engaging topic for a blog, has been a lot harder than discovering Batman’s secret identity.
  • Sometimes I’ll have a great idea for a blog, then it blows up in my face.
  • I tend to get extremely distracted when writing a blog, which is why I can generally only do one per week.
  • Proofreading and editing my work at 11pm, is not the best time to do it.
  • Writing about topics that anybody could discover in a book or online, is quite difficult or stupid; not sure which one, to be honest.
  • I don’t want to even think about what my pay rate for the blogs are.
  • I’ve discovered a new level of gratefulness, when someone subscribes or likes a blog.
  • I need to improve on my science communication blogs, because even Mr. Fantastic would disapprove of them.
  • Changing the subject for the next week’s blog, multiple times a day, is not particularly helpful.
  • Social distancing, contact tracing, and self isolation are now part of our lexicon. Thanks COVID.
  • And finally; I still enjoy doing this side project. It’s keeping me away from participating in Street Countdown1 and cleaning the bathroom.

Anyway, thank you for reading and supporting Some Geek Told Me, it means a lot to me, and I’ll see you next week.

1 Who else loves the IT Crowd?