1.5", fully embroidered, Velcro-backed. Attach to your jacket, your backpack, or the lid of your over-clocked, battle-scarred laptop. Start a nerd sash!

08: Rubber Duck

 

Requirements: Solved problems by standing there and nodding.

The Pragmatic Programmer calls it...

Laptop Sash

 

A seventeen-inch length of two-inch wide, self-adhesive, loop-side, low-profile Velcro. The Laptop Sash sticks permanently...

Lose It or Lose It: FLAWLESS VICTORY

 

This badge can’t be purchased, only earned!

In addition to making badges, both Randy and...

05: Family Tech Support

 

Requirements: You provide hardware, software, and telephone support for family computers and electronics—voluntarily or involuntarily.

...

 

02: Inbox Zero

 

Requirements: You’ve reached an empty email inbox. For extra credit, you maintain an empty inbox...

04: Been Boinged

 

Requirements: You’ve had a project mentioned on the Great Big Blog!

 

06: Full Stack Web Developer

 

Requirements: You are able to turn a pile of loose electrons into a fully operating...

03: Homonyms

 

Requirements: You know how to spell words correctly that sound the same, from the simple:...

01: Open Source

 

Requirements: You’ve made an accepted commit to any open source project.

The “Octocat” is the...

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