Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Geek is Beautiful, Amazing, Fun, and just plan Cool!



So what is a geek? I suppose we all have a preconception what that is, but defining it, well, may be a bit harder... Odd? Weird? Uncool? Pocket protectors and bow ties? Braces and telling pi jokes?

Of course there are definitions out there. One of Wikipedia's definitions is that a geek is "a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc". Sometimes its synonymous with nerd, dweeb, and other vernacular. Often times seen as something that is bad, that no one wants to be.

I suppose we embrace our geekiness more than some might. We enjoy talking shop, about our day in the lab, woes of funding, what cool new gadget we got. But we also talk about babies, what crazy things our pets have done lately, celebrate new art creations, reach out to one another on our bad days. And boy do we know how to have fun and laugh at ourselves!

We may be a bunch of science geeks, but we are so much more than that.

So yeah, we're a pretty cool team full of awesomeness :)

Find more great items from our team, geek and otherwise, on Etsy!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Sounds like it could be Science!



This time we're featuring items from the last two month's of challenge themes: accoustics of sound, and Rene Descartes. Since minouette was our only entry for the Descartes theme, she's already won that challenge with her very cool entry!


http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35443831

But you can still vote for your fav 'accoustics of sound' entries by:

maidstonejewelry

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36259227

jvdarcy

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33902993

AliciaMae



Thanks for voting!

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Its a Mad Scientist's Holiday!

October's theme challenged team members to come up with holiday themed items ala 'mad science' style. There were many great entries for all the fall and winter holidays! Currently they are being featured in an Etsy treasury!




The treasury expires Tuesday morning so please go visit!

As always you get to vote for your favorite entry on our blog poll, so go vote after checking these fab entries out!

jackbear's Frankenstein ACEO
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33046256

buffalonerdproject's Five Depression Era-inspired Science Nerd Ornaments
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33337107

minouette's Natural History Ornaments
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33439162

molecularmuse's ginger - zingerone molecule - holiday ornament
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33564047

ScienceKitty's Pipette Tip Earrings
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34081328

janssendesigns' death tour Halloween recycled upcycled shirt
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29299071

Monday, October 5, 2009

Biology and Math combine...

...to create our "Annual Rings" and "Fractal Geometry" challenges!

Annual rings in trees often represent a tree's growth each year, and can often give clues to the enviromental conditions over the years. Fractals, in the most basic sense, can be thought of as a shape made up of smaller copies of the same shape (ie a triangle made of of other triangles), and these fractals can be found in every day life, espeically in nature.

So this time we have two different challenges to vote for! We have entries for the annual ring challenge from:

inalather

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30412862

janssendesigns

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29300253

pandphomemades

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30156899


And our Fractal Geometry entries from:

pandphomemades

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23472064

minouette

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31531306
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31698594

Polymath

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29126209


And be sure to check out our Etsy treasury, which will be up until Wednesday (Oct 7), featuring these and other great team items!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=85856

Monday, August 3, 2009

Its Astronomical!

The talent of the Mad Scientists of Etsy that is! In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, July's challenge was a mix of NASA/Apollo/space themes. So check out these great entries, then pick your favorite by voting on our poll!

AliciaMae

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27834015

iWunder

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27997644

minouette

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28009309

jackbear

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackbearstamps/3762130335/

bijoutery

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28686467


http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28685809

As always you can find these and previous challenge entries on Etsy by searching for "msoeteam challenge" as well as other great items by our team members by searching for "msoe team".

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Easy as G C T A


June's theme featured a famous scientist, and this month was Rosalind Franklin. While you may have heard of Watson and Crick, who identified the double helix structure of DNA, it was actually thanks to Rosalind Franklin whose x-ray crystallography data allowed them to make their discovery. However it took many years before the role of Rosalind was revealed, as Watson and Crick were rather reticient with this info. Although Watson and Crick received the Nobel in 1962 (in addition to Maurice Wilkins) for their work, sadly Rosalind had already past away from cancer and thus was not part of the award (the Nobel is never awarded posthumously). So several of our team members took on the challenge to interpret this theme and celebrate the life of a scientist whose groundbreaking work is often overlooked.

This month's entries include

molecularmuse

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27062450

Ulixis

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27126664

AliciaMae

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27060984

janssendesigns

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22802689

Please take the time while you're here to vote for your favorite entry on our poll!

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Mmmm... tastes like chicken!

Ok, so maybe none of the fab entries for the team's Ornithology challenge are edible, but they're still pretty tasty viewing :D

No treasury yet on Etsy (they're harder to nab more than ever!) so this time we're going with a bit of a different layout this month so you all still get a sneak peak of all the entries :)

UPDATE: Thanks to ginpins who nabbed us a twest treasury! Check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=56909

Be sure to vote for your favorite in our monthly poll here on our blog!


buffalonerdproject

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24535118

minouette

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24536997

deWiUK

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16452844

iWunder

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25222524

Ulixis

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25922243

ginpins

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25695365

DuhBe

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25768533

jackbear

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25793753
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25794068
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25793438

pandphomemades

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25776632

wildstrawberry

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24334828


And you can find more great team member items on Etsy by searching for "msoe team" and other challenge entries by searching for "msoeteam challenge"

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