It’s National Cleavage Day here in South Africa and what better way to celebrate it than inviting our readers to send in their cleavage shots?  Only, we’re asking the guys to do it and not the girls. The funniest entry will win a free shirt.  Because we’re awesome. Here are some of our entries so far: Don Packett Rich Mulholland Rob aka @Antithetical @Green_guerilla aka Dave's...

For those of you still wondering how Pocit works, here are easy steps to paying: 1)    Receive the “Nerdies request” on Pocit 2)    Go to www.pocit.mobi to download Pocit and register 3)    Open the application and select to pay the “Nerdies” payment request 4)    Either pay from your credit card, or add your bank account details to pay immediately 5)    Call Pocit call...

Thank you to everyone who helped by spreading the word and taking part in our auctions.  We’ve raised a total of R5178.74 on bids alone, not to mention the pledges by finalists who are donating their own amounts for nominations received. You have a choice of paying these amounts through Pocit, which is highly recommended.  Unfortunately they are not compatible with iPhones yet though but if you’re...

It’s been three weeks of mayhem.  Some of it was hairy, most of it was fun.  We’ve raised a good amount of money for Wet Nose and have been lucky enough to gain some really cool sponsorships for prizes. I’ll be tackling the auction run this weekend and will hopefully have a round up of who owes what early next week.  For now though, I want to tell you a bit about the finals. As...

In the final stages of The Nerdies 2010, 10 bloggers around South Africa have been selected to be part of a sudden show down to readers across the country to win some pretty cool prizes in the form of an online treasure hunt.  Up for grabs to the first three lucky treasure hunters: 1 years subscription to Connect Magazine, courtesy of Hypertext Media A Springleap T-shirt of awesomeness a Poken...

It’s no secret that there’s been a bit of a controversy regarding The Nerdies this year.  Maybe it was my fault, relying on PollDaddy.com to be a good enough platform for the votes in our final round, but maybe it wasn’t.  Maybe it was a few geeks with egos too big for their own liking which possessed them to turn this fun competition into a mud-slinging match. When I created The...

Firstly, thank you all for your patience. It’s been a winded stretch this year, and thank goodness for it or I wouldn’t have been able to cope with the huge response we’ve had this year. Click the links below to vote for The Nerdies 2010 winners: Girls Guys I’m very chuffed to see that last years winners Cow_grrrl & AndreVR are both in for the running again. ChrisM and...

[This round is now closed: please go here to vote for your winners!] As per public votes, the finals are as follows.  To get them in the top ten [10 guys, 10 girls], leave a comment here with your vote.  From then, public will vote via poll for the top two, who will hold the sexy title of The Nerdies 2010 Winner. The semi-finalists [in no particular order] are: ****************************DRUMROLL***************************** GIRLS: Skeptic...

So the auction is well on its way and people have been asking me how the charity will be getting all the funds to them.  You can do it the old fashioned way by depositing directly into their account once the bids are finalized, or there’s an easier, more convenient way. Pocit will be facilitating a simple and convenient method for paying your pledges – directly from your cellphone! For free!...

This year’s Nerdies Charity is all about the furries.  Debbie from Wet Nose Foundation has kindly sent me a story she wrote a while ago about a rescue they’ve done.  Read below.  All proceeds of our auction go towards helping little animals just like this one.  If you’d like to donate to the cause either take part in the bids happening right now, or consider making a donation...