100 Must-Have Skills for Geeks

Do you have the know-how to be a true techie?
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 10, 2009 2:41 PM CDT
100 Must-Have Skills for Geeks
Soldered components on a circuit board are seen in this file photo.   (Shutterstock)

Think you're a geek? Living up to the label requires a certain set of skills—or knowing how to Google them. Wired compiles the 100 essential skills for true geekdom:

  1. Secure a wireless router.
  2. Steal wi-fi from your neighbor.
  3. Mess with people stealing wi-fi.
  4. Name all the Dwarves in The Hobbit.
  5. Act out key scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

  1. Build a fighting robot.
  2. Solve a Rubik's Cube.
  3. Turn a web camera into security camera.
  4. Know why Luke and Leia shouldn't kiss.
  5. Understand what “There’s no Place Like 127.0.0.1″ means.
Click the link below for the complete list. (More geeks stories.)

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