Weekanerd NYC - The Free Edition: Free T-Shirts, Free Zombie Activities, and Free Everything, Forever

Wow, this Saturday might be the best day for Geek Events ever. Make sure you check out our Geek Out NY event listing on the right-hand sidebar, to see all your options.

Friday, October 26th

• Leopard Premiere
  
• 6pm -10pm @ The Apple Store Soho (103 Prince) or The Apple Store Fifth Ave (767 Fifth Ave)

One might question why we at G'nerd are celebrating Apple's semi-annual rape and pillaging of the consumer, and the answer is: FREE T-SHIRTS. Okay, so maybe they're kind of ugly, and there's only 500 per store, and they're probably not available in girl's sizes, but still, free is free.

Saturday, October 27th

• Tompkins Scare Park
  
• Noon - 8pm @ Tompkins Square, Ave A and 7th St., Manhattan
  

There's too much crazy shite going on here to explain in full, but here are some highlights: Free superhero gear for The Million Superhero March, zombies performing the Thriller dance around the world at the same time (What? - Ed.), and the much touted Zombie Olympics, by the same folks who brought you last week's Zombie Pubcrawl. This is all interactive, so get your rotting flesh makeup kit ready. Make sure you hit up the schedule and plan your day, cause there's like a million other events going on, and sensory overload is likely.

Sunday, October 28th

• The Really Really Free Market
  
• Noon - 5pm @ St. Mark's Church, 2nd Ave btw 10th and 11th St., Manhattan
  

What do anarchists and Freegans have in common with geekanerds? The belief that everything should be free. While most nerds simply steal what they want via the internet, the folks behind The Really Really Free Market are offering legal, share-based alternatives to the capitalist system. This kind of thing sort of brings a tear to the eye of this former Berkeley High student. Bring something to share (old comics, maybe?) and see what's going down.

We Are Apple!

Behold, the splendor of 80s industrial motivation videos! Featuring a rip-off/spoof/bastardization of Irene Carr's "What a Feeling," this video from Apple is so freaky I imagine watching it on loop for an hour could put you into psychotic trance you might never recover from.

Photos: Dance Party at the Apple Store, Y'all

This past summer, Fifth Avenue's monolithic cube of an Apple Store hosted Midnight Mix, a series of free in-store dance parties featuring a different DJ each night. It's a pretty smart idea. Hipsters and club kids come out for the novelty. And if you're going to try to get a nerd on to a dancefloor, setting it within a computer store is your best bet.

Last night marked the end of Midnight Mix, with guest DJ Spank Rock. Hit the jump for G'Nerd photo coverage.

Don't be fooled by the above photo, those squares at the Apple Store never turned down the lights. Bastards.

Albo Drinks the Mac Kool-Aid, Endures Prejudice

I just bought my first Mac (made easier by my BEST FRIEND Jamie who got me an Apple employee discount) and have scoured the internet for every widget, trick and software download I could find to optimize my experience. During this search, while Googling "fun stuff to do with your new mac" [what a dork -ed.] I came across a page with the elegant title: "One Thing PC Users Can Do That Mac Users Can't: SHUT THE FUCK UP." It's a good old-fashioned rant against the Mac user and whether you agree with the author or not you have to admire his tenacity:

Most iPod commercials feature guys with long hair, chicks roller skating, and guys wearing fedoras. I have dandruff, and I buy most of my jeans from a grocery store. I feel like in order to have a Mac, I need to be:

• An Artist
• In a Band
• Unemployed (see above)

Snap!