Stephanie Pakrul

Stephanie Pakrul (born September 9, 1982[1]), also known as StephTheGeek, is an internet personality.

Pakrul in a Blue Screen of Death T-shirt (2004)

Biography

Pakrul is from Mississauga, Ontario.[2] She studied as an information technology student at Ryerson University in Toronto[3] and earned a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley.[4]

Pakrul began developing webpages at around the age of 15 and started her personal site a few years later, in 2001, as a small personal website. The site has since become a blog, sharing many personal details of her life, including music, relationships, gadgetry, and sexuality.

In 2003, Pakrul self-published a crowdfunded album, Not a Victim.[5] Feminist blog The F-Word (feminist blog) praised Not a Victim, writing: "Beautifully crafted songs with wonderful melodies, emotional lyrics and understated piano/guitar accompaniment make this a stand-out debut."[6]

Pakrul has been featured on TechTV,[7] Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Street Cents,[7] MTV Live, and in Young Entrepreneur,[7] Cosmogirl,[7] and several newspapers.[7] Her interests include consumer rights, sex work, and increasing efficiency in everyday life through innovative uses of technology. She was also a member of Industry Canada's SchoolNet Youth Advisory Board.

As of 2016, Pakrul lives in San Francisco.[8]

gollark: Nobody understands regexes, don't worry.
gollark: ```Dragon Cave - Viewing Hatchling - ([code here])Not logged in · 9:23 am EDT · Log in · Sign upCaveHelpForumWelcome to Dragon Cave! Dragon Cave is an online adoptables game. Collect eggs, raise them to adulthood, and then breed them to cre­ate interesting lineages. New types of dragons are added regularly!Sign UpViewing Hatchling: (fukDc)Stolen on:Sep 02, 2018Hatched on:Sep 04, 2018 Overall views: 2,361 Unique views: 523Clicks:6Owner:LibbyLishlyLocation:ForestHatchling will die if it doesn’t grow up in: 7 daysAww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its markings give off an otherworldly light.Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.(Please note that it is against the site rules to give aid to a user without their permission.)```
gollark: No, I mean, the text I regex-filter doesn't actually contain HTML tags.
gollark: The HTML tags are stripped out already, so those can be dropped.
gollark: Is this actually likely to be better than my new approach of just parsing hour/days separately?

See also
  • Geek chic

References
  1. Pakrul, Stephanie (April 2, 2007). "Profile". StephTheGeek. LiveJournal. Archived from the original on October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. Ibanez, J. Hanan (August 14, 2006). "Untitled". The Eyeopener. Ryerson University. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
  3. Pakrul, Stephanie. "FAQ". StephTheGeek.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2003.
  4. Corbyn, Zoë (August 17, 2014). "Silicon Valley: The Truth About Living with the IT Crowd". Technology. The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  5. Estrogenius. "Picks of the Past: Stephanie Pakrul". Archived from the original on February 4, 2005.
  6. Smith, Lorraine (January 18, 2004). "Not a Victim—Stephanie Pakrul". The F-Word. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  7. "Speakers and Presenters: "Show Me Your Boobs!" and Other Subtleties of Building a Highly Interactive Personal Community (presented April 8–10, 2005)". Notacon. March 25, 2005. Archived from the original on March 26, 2005.
  8. Waxmann, Laura (March 7, 2016). "Bitcoin Investor Buys SRO in SF Mission". Mission Local. Archived from the original on September 30, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.

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