Geekologie

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Geekologie
Type of site
Blog
Available inEnglish
Owner Anticlown Media Network
URL www.geekologie.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationNone
LaunchedApril 2, 2006;16 years ago (2006-04-02)
Current statusShut down

Geekologie was a popular blog originally dedicated to reviewing gadgets and technology. [1] [2] Geekologie was founded on April 2, 2006, and the first post appeared on April 4, 2006. [3] On October 22, 2012, Time recognized Geekologie as one of the "25 Best Blogs of 2012". [4]

Contents

Geekologie was updated multiple times a day with articles on gadgets, video games, consumer electronics and popular culture related to games and movies. [1] Gmail, Google's webmail service, as well as many other RSS readers, has included Geekologie as a default RSS feed, pulling the latest articles which appear at the top of all user's mailboxes. [5] In March 2008, Geekologie was featured on G4TV's Attack of the Show. [6] It has also been nominated for "Best Computer or Technology Weblog" from Weblogs, Inc. in 2008 where it competed with Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and Engadget. [7]

In April 2022, the website went inactive, save for a black main page with the message "Geekologie has shut down. Thank you to everybody. Now go be happy." [8] [9]

The "Awesome"

Besides articles and commentary on gadgets and electronics, Geekologie often features articles on the "awesome", [1] [2] which generally include items that are unordinary like the Bacon Explosion [10] [11] a bacon and sausage roll consisting of two pounds of sausage and bacon, rolled into a cylinder and baked. Another 'awesome' article featured is the 1,474 megapixel photo of President Obama's Inauguration. [12] [13]

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  12. "Gigapan Panoramic of President Obama's Inauguration". Gigapan.org.
  13. "Eye Candy: A 1,474 Megapixel Inauguration Photo With Sweet Zoom-In Capabilities". Geekologie.