8-Year-Old Macedonian Boy Becomes Youngest Microsoft-Certified IT Professional

John Mahoney — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:40:00 EST

Need your remote access to the accounts receivable server restored? Marko Calasan will get right on that, after he wakes up from nappy time and finishes his afternoon sippy cup of juice.

Marko has dethroned little M Lavinashree of India, who at 9 years old (ANCIENT!) was the previous MS certification for tykes record holder. Marko is now being called the "Mozart of Computers" and received a 15-machine computer lab from Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to toy around with.

When he's not sysadmining it up, Marko practices Thai boxing and is also an avid astronomy and physics enthusiast. The night before the Large Hadron Collider was to be fired up, he couldn't sleep from the excitement. I love this kid. [Times Online via GIGAZINE]

This Is Why You Don't Paint Sysadmins

Mark Wilson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:45:00 EDT

In an attempt to paint the geekiest piece of artwork in the history of man, one artist painted his friend (a sysadmin) in a server room being assisted by Marvin the Paranoid Android (from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) who happens to be carrying a ZX Spectrum (think of it as the Commodore 64 of the UK). But honestly, from what we know about geekdom—which is a lot—some punches were pulled here. And we appreciate that. [shardcore via boingboing]

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8-Year-Old Macedonian Boy Becomes Youngest Microsoft-Certified IT Professional

This Is Why You Don't Paint Sysadmins