Advertise Your Pwnage with Foursquare Nerd Merit Badges
Kim Seto — March 25, 2010 — Pop Culture
References: nerdmeritbadges & mashable
You love your labels, but you ain’t no Coach junkie. No, you prize geekdom over fashion victim and with these Nerd Merit Badges, a line of 1.5”, fully embroidered, Velcro-backed circular patches, you can advertise your pwnage of all things binary--whether it's Foursquare or open source coding.
Tech boys Randy Schmidt and John Young bring the brilliance behind the Nerd Merit Badges, urging usage everywhere, particularly on your ‘over-clocked, battle-scarred laptop.' They're made for those folks craving a nostalgic upgrade on scout and guide badge collections. Why? Because you wear your skills on your sleeve.
Tech boys Randy Schmidt and John Young bring the brilliance behind the Nerd Merit Badges, urging usage everywhere, particularly on your ‘over-clocked, battle-scarred laptop.' They're made for those folks craving a nostalgic upgrade on scout and guide badge collections. Why? Because you wear your skills on your sleeve.
Trend Themes
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