Your inner geek

Brad · Wed 27 Jul, 2005 20.41

Lets see now...

Mobile: Standard crap Alcatel ringtone that you can download from their site only.

PC: OK, I have the new Doctor Who wallaper with David Tennant in his "geek-chic" clothes as the papers are already calling it.
All TV-related files in order, so if I wanted to find the theme tune or title sequence to Picture Box for example I would find it under ITV/ITV1/ITV1 National/ITV Schools/ITV Schools Programmes/Picture Box - 1976.rm or whatever.

However, this only applies to schools stuff. Coronation Street, also a Granada Production production would be found under ITV/ITV1/ITV1 Regional/North West England/Granada/Granada Presentation/Coronation Street (Titles) - 1975.rm or whatever. The reason for this is that I started downloading files some 6 years ago and kept them in a single folder and it got a bit out of hand.

Audio/Visual: CD's in alphabetical/chronological order. DVD's not so but all discs that have a picture spread over the spine (eg Red Dwarf) not spilt up on the shelf.

Oddly my books are in no order at all which is rather odd seeing I am a librarian. :roll:

I'll get me coat...

Dusty Jacket · Wed 27 Jul, 2005 21.11

johnnyboy wrote:Everyone's got their own geeky quirks. I'll divulge mine if you divuldge yours...

Mobile Phone
My text message alert is the mp3 of the BBC World news bulletin music from 2001
My ringtone is a dance version of the Doctor Who theme music.
I can't use text speak and have to use full words and sentences, including grammatical markers.

Television
I will often turn over to BBC News 24 just to hear the countdown at the end of the hour.

Magazines
Somehow, I got a subscription to "Tramways and Light Rail", a magazine for the tram industry. I worked on Sheffield's tram system 10 years ago. I still find the magazine interesting, and like looking at the pics of trams around the world.

CDs and DVDs
My CD and DVD collections are arranged in chronological order.

There's a lot more, but I'm trying to remember them. What are those habits or likes of yours you'd prefer to sweep under the carpet?

No wonder you can't get a girlfriend!

nwtv2003 · Wed 27 Jul, 2005 21.35

Mobile Nothing special, usual Sony Ericsson wallpaper and I have it on Silent most of the time, ringtones annoy me.

PC The biggest problem, my Real Player folder has to be the biggest on the whole PC, got at least a few hundred files, taken off pres sites, a few Windows Media and a fair few I've done myself.

DVD/VHS No problem here, nothing in chronological order or althabetical order, the only things that are in order are the Comedy DVD's such as Father Ted, The Office, Phoenix Nights etc. Most of the geekier DVD's are hidden, such as BBC News 50, Charley Says 1 & 2, Look Around You Series 1 and an Adverts DVD.

Have got a couple of pres tapes, though these remain unlabelled, got three episodes of The Story of ITV recorded onto DVD too.

TV Will occassionally hop to News 24 at the top of the hour and then flick over to ITV News for the Headlines. Just may watch a channel to see the adverts or ident, though this isn't often.

Brad · Wed 27 Jul, 2005 21.40

nwtv2003 wrote:my Real Player folder has to be the biggest on the whole PC, got at least a few hundred files, taken off pres sites, a few Windows Media and a fair few I've done myself.

Just checked my folder of TV stuff. Ahem... 5477 files.

And Look Around You is NOT geeky!

Ant · Wed 27 Jul, 2005 21.56

Mobile Phone
My text message alert is a bell. Very girly.

My ringtone is Falling Stars made to go in a loop to save space.

I hardly use text speak either and regulary don't bother with predictive texting.

My wallpaper is a Windows XP background

Television
I often watch BBC News 24 at the top of the hour to see how long the countdown is, to see if the title sequence says BBC News instead of for example 'London Bombs', and also to see the News 24 tower going on. I am also fascinated in the special effects News 24 use. Yes, I am a geek. I admit it.

Books
All my old Goosebump books are still in my bookcase (in order of release of course).

To mirror what johnnyboy said, theres probably a lot more

nwtv2003 · Wed 27 Jul, 2005 23.33

Brad wrote:
nwtv2003 wrote:my Real Player folder has to be the biggest on the whole PC, got at least a few hundred files, taken off pres sites, a few Windows Media and a fair few I've done myself.
Just checked my folder of TV stuff. Ahem... 5477 files.

And Look Around You is NOT geeky!

Just checked now, apparently I have 3552 files! Underestimated a bit there...

johnnyboy · Wed 27 Jul, 2005 23.39

Dusty Jacket wrote:No wonder you can't get a girlfriend!

Dusty Jacket, you're losing form!

You're trolling against BBC LDN and cat this year was far more provocative. Is the heat getting to you?

Cheese Head · Thu 28 Jul, 2005 01.17

Mobile Phone

johnnyboy wrote: my fone really - my background of brian molko, and my message tone is a load fog horn... well it used to be a mooing cow...

johnnyboy wrote:I can't use text speak and have to use full words and sentences, including grammatical markers.

Ditto. thank golly gosh for T9

Television
I keep (or kept, it got packed and is on its way to oz

) it on the half hour timer and sleep to it, i find it hard now to sleep in the dark with nothing on... thats so lame lol

Magazines
Omg I bought toonerang the other day in tesco. I saw it and it had Top Cat on a free sticker - i had to have it, top cat!!

CDs and DVDs
I made an special MD today coverered in cheese, Spandau Ballet, Abba and cyndi Lauper - party music!!

Anything else? erm, probably... stupid stuff like... oh god this is awful, in a blank md you get them stickers and i always feel you have to use all of them because its wrong not too... if you have something like that you have to use all of that, because then they feel bad and erm, ill stop now