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What is a geek?

Submitted by Lynn Bender on Sun, 10/25/2009 - 3:22pm
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When I first chose the name GeekAustin for the website, it seemed pretty clear to me at the time what a geek was. Geeks were the people who hung out at my bookstore on most afternoons, chatting and reading tech books. They were the ones not talking about Foucault and postmodernism. Around campus at the time, there was something of a consensus regarding what the term geek meant.


Geeks hanging out at Desert Books.

Somewhere along the way, things changed.

In search of the (perfect) venue

Submitted by Lynn Bender on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 2:11am
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Europa Books opened in November 1989. Soon after, I threw the first party.


europa books (dobie mal) circa 1990

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