You know you've achieved nerdhood when...

[RocketScientist]

I'm putting this here because I think the nerds might be interested.

There's a rocket being launched in half a hour (so when you Americans wake up, it will be in space) by a company called SpaceX. It's being launched in Cape Canaveral. They're taking a payload to the International Space Station.

I only mention it because my friend's brother works for the company who built the rocket. He is at Flight Control right now. He has a PhD in robotics.

This is rocket science, folks. Very very cool

Ahem, pardon my nerdiness, but since this is a nerdy thread...

Is he at Mission Control Center (MCC in Houston) or Launch Control Center (LCC in Cape Canaveral)? Or is he at SpaceX's control center?

RocketScientist (who works at NASA) 

[Thipu1]

...Mr. Thipu buys a Periodic Table shower curtain.  It does lighten the bathroom and comes in handy on hard crosswords.

It was a bit more disturbing when we unearthed an old Beagle Brothers 'Peeks and Pokes' chart and seriously considered having it framed a a decoration for the living room.

[lady_disdain]

... you are an enthusiastic listener to a weekly podcast called The History of Rome. The pod cast covered the entire roman history, from Romulus and Remus all the way to Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor. It is completed now, but the entire project took around 4 years. The way the guy tells it is great: informative without getting bogged down in details (although he is a little too fond of military history for my taste, his enthusiastic description of strategy wins me over every time) and he has a nice sense of humour (he even makes a few Star Wars jokes, completely deadpan).

[Seraphia]

lady_disdain, what podcast is that? It sounds fascinating!

[blue2000]

I missed entering Thinkgeek's Geek Pride Day contest because my computer is slow and wouldn't load. I have failed at nerdliness!!

[Sanity Lost]

http://dailyfailcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/4254270_700b.jpg

you get the joke 

[Reika]

http://dailyfailcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/4254270_700b.jpg

you get the joke 

Ha! Always did need to be careful of little things like that.

[hobish]

I missed entering Thinkgeek's Geek Pride Day contest because my computer is slow and wouldn't load. I have failed at nerdliness!!

I missed it, too. I forgot it was Geek Pride Day until my bro texted me to not forget my towel.  The shame, i will share it with you.
I wore an Albert Einstein t-shirt to work today in celebration, and i talked to someone new because she was wearing a super cool quidditch shirt.

[lady_disdain]

lady_disdain, what podcast is that? It sounds fascinating!

Here you go: http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/

[Sanity Lost]

this also makes sense to you
http://dailyfailcenter.com/2061

[Carotte]

You encode your "kiss and good night" in base 64 in the mail for your boyfriend.

[vorbau]

You create a plan in MS Project for your summer's gardening, complete with materials specs, work breakdown structure, and deliverable dates.

[ladyknight1]

You buy tickets to the ST:TNG 25th anniversary showing of Ep. 106 “Where No One Has Gone Before” and Ep. 114 “Datalore” digitally remastered for the big screen. I am so excited. Date night!

[EngineerChick]

You create a plan in MS Project for your summer's gardening, complete with materials specs, work breakdown structure, and deliverable dates.

This is awesome.  I would hope that when I have a house with a garden, I am this organized and good at planning ahead.

Do you update on a yearly basis and track performance from year to year?

[Lynnv]

It is cloudy where you live, so you drive 4 hours west so that you don't miss the transit of Venus.  We also drove to NM to see the eclipse.