Nerds Revealed!

Prince is clearly not a geek.
 
Just in case you were wondering which notables are the cool kids and which ones are the dorks, Wired Magazine has published a handy Geek Power Grid in the August issue to help you from accidentally putting Stephen Hawking and Liz Phair into the same social circle.

The grid places about a hundred power players at a specific point in each quadrant to accurately convey their overall degree of dorkiness, nerdiness, coolness and wonkability.

While the GPG might be useful to the type of person who likes to keep tabs on the A-list, it is not without flaws. For instance, Al Franken really needs to back his ass over to the uncool side of the geek border.

Slight failings notwithstanding, the GPG is generally on target - and now we know who is next on the list for a big fat wedgie. (Hint: Somebody tell Bill Gates to watch out.)