Saturday, October 2, 2010

9 Nerd Meccas

9.) The Shire : Matamata, NZ
"Middle-earth isn't real, but you can tour the remains of the hobbiton set"

8.) Tatooine : Tunisia
"Star Wars sets litter the Tunisian desert, and intrepid nerds can visit. Bring sunscreen" 

7.) Dreamhack " Jonkoping, Sweden
"With more than 10,000 attendees, it's the largest LAN party in the world"

 6.) Computer History Museum : Moutain View, CA
"ENIAC to Trash - 80 - it's all here" 

5.) Comic-Con : San Diego, CA
"A four-day celebration of all things nerd" 

4.) Csail : Cambridge, MA
"MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Stallman's dojo, LISP's manger" 

3.) Hewlett and Packard's Garage : Palo Alto, CA 

2.) Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum : Washington, DC
"The history of flight, from the Wright Flyer to Apollo landers and beyond." 

1.) CERN : Geneva, Switzerland
"Birthplace of the World Wide Web and home of the Large Hadron Collider."

-Thanks Maximum PC

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