Best Geek Costumes for Halloween

Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:54AM EDT

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Ghost? Zombie? Nixon? Man, these costumes are old news. This Halloween, why not dress up as something from the geek universe? Here's my picks this year for the scary, the provocative, and the outright absurd.

Sony Laptop Battery Pack - What you need: Rectangular piece of cardboard or foam, black paint, a lit cigarette (to simulate the smoking effect). Bonus points for carrying those little poppers that explode when you step on them.

Sony Rootkit-Infected CD - Large circle of cardboard covered in aluminum foil, evil laugh. (Just as scary as the battery.)

LonelyGirl15 (pictured) - What you need: T-shirt or tank top, pony tail scrunchy, tweezers (to pluck eyebrows immaculately), age-diminishing cream, Aliester Crowley books, feather boa, purple monkey puppet, general sense of rebellion and ennui about life.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs - Black turtleneck, blue jeans, iPod, glasses, smug grin.

Firefox - What you need: Fox outfit, lighter fluid, match, sense of irony, fireproofness, legion of geek followers. (Kidding! Please don't set yourself on fire!)

The TRON Guy - Awesome TRON bodysuit, pot belly, no sense of shame.

Former HP Chairman of the Board Patricia Dunn - Liza Minnelli haircut, expensive women's suit, reporter's telephone records that you have no idea how you got, pink slip.

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  • 26 Posted by camostupid on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:17PM EDT Report Abuse

    Sony Rootkit-Infected CD.....riiiiiiiiiiiiight. RANDOM!

  • 28 Posted by mjaviss on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:22PM EDT Report Abuse

    http://www.frightcatalog.com has awesome costumes ready for Halloween delivery.

  • 30 Posted by extreme09020 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:57PM EDT Report Abuse

    you people are just wierd. this stuff is crazy. its creative but i mean really... who is actually going to dress up as these things/person. i have a friend who wants to be the SUPREME RULER OF THE WORLD for halloween. i know that she has a ego problem and that its dumb, but its a lot funnier than these things.

  • 31 Posted by froweed on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:03PM EDT Report Abuse

    this article attempts to be funny. it fails miserably, but at least it tries.

  • 32 Posted by crowncutter0402@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:31PM EDT Report Abuse

    LonleyGirl15 doesn't have to be lonely as long as I'm around. I think I'm in love. I wonder what cowluva448 is in love with? Talk about duh!

  • 33 Posted by robfunk on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:45PM EDT Report Abuse

    hmm. what is up with that woman

  • 34 Posted by awgamgee on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:00PM EDT Report Abuse

    Awww come on people! LOL I'd deffo give 2 thumbs up to Tron Guy and Firefox ~ now, if someone does dress up like that LET ME KNOW! :P

  • 35 Posted by d7m11 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:33PM EDT Report Abuse

    the scary, the provocative, and the outright absurd, the fact that this clown is a featured writer for Yahoo!

  • 36 Posted by fpinmke on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:02PM EDT Report Abuse

    You might want to consider not going as a "technology anything" for Halloween... Kind of lame...

  • 37 Posted by zhan_wenjing on Thu Sep 3, 2009 11:00PM EDT Report Abuse

    I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE HOLIDAY ANYBODY CAN ANSWER？

  • 39 Posted by joe_zakoor on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:38PM EDT Report Abuse

    Listen, for those of you who insult this article for being dumb? Why not create us a webpage, link us to it, put a comments section in there and we'll see what you guys come up with, cause honestly imo, these are very creative ideas.

  • 40 Posted by surfrogg101 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:49PM EDT Report Abuse

    I'm being a young American boy's worst nightmare: "An Iraqi Catholic Priest"

  • 41 Posted by jasmyn305 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:29PM EDT Report Abuse

    I like the Patricia Dunn thing but I will not cut my hair. The firefox sounds good too, however I am not a glutten for punishment.

  • 42 Posted by mrbokchoi on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:27PM EDT Report Abuse

    Firefox all the way!!!!!!!!!!! Woo hoo =)

  • 43 Posted by pwmckinzie on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:23PM EDT Report Abuse

    That Tron thing is unbelievable. That is so sad that it makes it scary. A perfect Halloween costume. If I saw that I would not be able to stop laughing the rest of the night.

  • 44 Posted by vandalv on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:31PM EDT Report Abuse

    other ideas possibly worth mention (or not): all your base are belong to us guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aybabtu.png, star wars kid: http://www.ritilan.com/archives/images/blogimages/starwarskid.JPG numa numa guy(Gary Brolsma): http://www.armorgames.com/images/games/game_numanumadance.gif

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