{"id":371,"date":"2005-08-10T19:04:01","date_gmt":"2005-08-10T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2005-08-11T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2005-08-11T09:33:15","slug":"geek-brothers-unite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek brothers, unite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael at the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/observer\/\"><em>Observer<\/em> blog<\/a> has come up with <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/observer\/archives\/2005\/08\/10\/probably_not_what_bonnie_tyler_had_in_mind.html\">a lovely turn of phrase<\/a> to describe <em>Big Brother<\/em> contestant and erstwhile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crawley-labour.org.uk\/county\/Eugene_Sully\/address.html\">Labour council candidate<\/a> Eugene Sully:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He is geekier than the IT support team at a Trainspotters v Star Trek fans maths olympiad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Naturally, this blog is backing <a href=\"http:\/\/eugene.radiodgh.org.uk\/\">Eugene to win<\/a>. You can help by texting<a href=\"#post371-footnote\">*<\/a> the word Eugene to 64404.<\/p>\n<p>Why back Eugene? Not just because he&#8217;s geeky, but because he&#8217;s the only housemate who isn&#8217;t in some way malevolent or malicious &#8211; despite Derek Laud&#8217;s encouraging him to bitch about the rest of the house. Seeing the other contestants faces&#8217; as Eugene launches into a monologue about radio components or rolling televisions is worth the price of voting alone. Those housemates &#8211; which is most of them, frankly &#8211; who place looks and clothes above being nice to people deserve to be taught a lesson. And <em>Big Brother<\/em> fans should appreciate setting the precedent that someone who enters the house halfway through the series can still go on to win.<\/p>\n<p>Go on, text<a href=\"#post371-footnote\">*<\/a> Eugene to 64404.<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a name=\"post371-footnote\">(*Costs 35p more than a standard text. Please ask the permission of whoever pays the bill before texting. Your home is at risk, blah, blah, blah&#8230;)<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael at the Observer blog has come up with a lovely turn of phrase to describe Big Brother contestant and erstwhile Labour council candidate Eugene Sully: He is geekier than the IT support team at a Trainspotters v Star Trek fans maths olympiad. Naturally, this blog is backing Eugene to win. You can help by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeklife","category-tv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Geek brothers, unite - No geek is an island<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Geek brothers, unite - No geek is an island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rafael at the Observer blog has come up with a lovely turn of phrase to describe Big Brother contestant and erstwhile Labour council candidate Eugene Sully: He is geekier than the IT support team at a Trainspotters v Star Trek fans maths olympiad. Naturally, this blog is backing Eugene to win. You can help by [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"No geek is an island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-08-10T18:04:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2005-08-11T09:33:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Will\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Will\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Will\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"headline\":\"Geek brothers, unite\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-08-10T18:04:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2005-08-11T09:33:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Geeklife\",\"TV\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/\",\"name\":\"Geek brothers, unite - No geek is an island\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-08-10T18:04:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2005-08-11T09:33:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Geek brothers, unite\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"No geek is an island\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300\",\"name\":\"Will\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Will\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Geek brothers, unite - No geek is an island","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Geek brothers, unite - No geek is an island","og_description":"Rafael at the Observer blog has come up with a lovely turn of phrase to describe Big Brother contestant and erstwhile Labour council candidate Eugene Sully: He is geekier than the IT support team at a Trainspotters v Star Trek fans maths olympiad. Naturally, this blog is backing Eugene to win. You can help by [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/","og_site_name":"No geek is an island","article_published_time":"2005-08-10T18:04:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2005-08-11T09:33:15+00:00","author":"Will","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Will","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/"},"author":{"name":"Will","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"headline":"Geek brothers, unite","datePublished":"2005-08-10T18:04:01+00:00","dateModified":"2005-08-11T09:33:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/"},"wordCount":205,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"articleSection":["Geeklife","TV"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/","url":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/","name":"Geek brothers, unite - No geek is an island","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2005-08-10T18:04:01+00:00","dateModified":"2005-08-11T09:33:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/geek-brothers-unite\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Geek brothers, unite"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/","name":"No geek is an island","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/143a6b60a322d001fdc07f2007384300","name":"Will","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edd7c0105cc6a39125db7653749feae1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Will"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}