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The 2010 Nerdy NomNoms have begun

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Jake in News

SheBee, otherwise known as Sheena Gates, the queen of online culture blog Nerd Mag, has invented her own award ceremony – The Nerdies. Now in its second year, the first instalment even saw one of my good friends nominated – none other than social media don Mike Stopforth. I’m not too sure who the winners were and, strangely, couldn’t find this info online. Feel free to comment below if it is there and I’m just blind. But it doesn’t really matter who won last year, since the process of this year’s nominations, cutely dubbed the Nerdie NomNoms, is currently underway.

In case you’ve never heard of them (which I assure you is nothing to be ashamed of), they are a tongue-in-cheek attempt to honour the sexiest geeks in South Africa (or the sexiest nerds, as Nerd Mag would have it, although we all know that there is a big difference between nerds and geeks, this competition really targeting the latter. But I digress…) in a manner echoing Wired’s annual Sexiest Geek awards.

Unlike in a more conventional beauty pageant, when it comes to online beauty looks aren’t everything, as Gates herself puts it, “The nominees should be nominated for their personalities more than anything else, this is onlinedom okes, shallowness is null and void here.” So, if you know someone of such extreme online sexiness that you think they can take the title, nominate them here. The finalists get cool prizes including free hosting, Mowali and Ster Kinekor merchandise, hampers, a Connect Magazine subscription, a Springleap shirt and Kalahari vouchers.

And it’s for a good cause too, people. The awards will culminate in an auction, and the money will go to a charity which will soon be announced. For more info click here.

Tags: Mike Stopforth, Nerd Mag, Nerdie NomNoms, nerdies, sexiest geeks, sexy geeks, Sheena Gates