I’ve moved into my new place in Chicago, though my stuff is still a week behind. I won’t have reliable internet for another week (I’m writing this post on my cell phone) so posting will still be irregular at best. Of course this happens when StumbleUpon sends me a week of record-breaking traffic. I’ll be updating Twitter for those who just need a Michael Sherrin fix. Anyone?

My life in Boston comes to a close. My cable’s about to be shut off, and I’ll be moving to Chicago, with a stop off at my parents.  Please forgive any haphazard posting over the next week or so as I’m unsure when I’ll have internet access.

It’s sad leaving Boston, my home for five years, most of it as an Emerson undergrad.  Even though I hate the subway system, the roads are insane, and its hard to find great pizza, this was my first home. Now I enter University of Chicago for my graduate studies and even worse pizza (the sauce goes under the cheese).

I’m incredible excited even though I still have like half my apartment to pack.  So I better get back to work.  And keep reading Prodigeek for all my exciting academic achievements, social failures, and pizza explorations.

This fall, I will be pursuing my masters at the University of Chicago. I’ll be studying much of what I blogged about, specifically new media and mass communication.  In three weeks, I’ll move from Boston to Chicago for an exciting new chapter in my life.

Prodigeek will be regularly updated all school year, though my regular columns will be lessened. In addition to all the great content I’ll already write, I’ll also have lots of school assignments to share, so yay for us all.

For now, I’m excited and extremely stressed (I hate moving). I only know three people in the entire city, so if anyone knows anyone, I’m on the friends market.  Other than that, I’m looking to beat several of my few hundred unfinished video games. 100 hours of Oblivion down, only 100 more to go.

This week, Prodigeek celebrates Geek Musicals, from Broadway to the internet to commercial to fan creations.  I’ve got interviews with Joss Whedon about his upcoming internet, musical series, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Jon & Al Kaplan, the creators of Silence: The Musical (based on Silence of the Lambs) and 24: Season 2: The Musical, and Timothy Smith and Hunter Nolen, the creators of the Star Wars Musical.  So keep checking Prodigeek this week for your Geek Musical fix, even if you didn’t know you needed one.

Next Prodigeek is celebrating Geek Musicals with special articles and interviews, praising the geekiest of geek genres.  From Superman crashing on Broadway to South Park on the big screen to the fan created Star Wars musical, true geeks know nothing makes fantasy and science fiction better than song and dance.

So come back next week for musical fun.

I am sorry for the absences.  There was a death in my family.  In the midst of grieving and traveling and spending time with my family, I couldn’t manage blog posts.  I hope you all (all four of my readers) can forgive me.  I’ll be playing catch up with week with the Geek-Out Moments and will try to get some regular posts out.  Next week will be all back to normal.

Posting on Prodigeek this week will be erratic due to a family matter I must deal with.  Geek-Out Moments will be made up and given chronological dates to maintain organization (I’m not trying to cheat you all).  The 7, Geek Chic, and Geek-Out Game will all return next week.  I thank you for your readership and patience

Today, Prodigeek is excited to announce the mobile version of our fine website.  Users of PDAs, cellphones, or PSPs can simply plug in one of our many domains, like prodigeek.com, and you will automatically be redirected to the mobile verison - a bare bones but endearing site.  Since I only have one phone (Verizon XV6800) with Internet Explorer Mobile and a PSP, there might be issues.  Please email mobile@prodigeek.com or comment on this post if you find any bugs.  Please enjoy…

Sorry for the past three days of down time.  My host has been in the process of upgrading many features, quadrupling my disc space, for instance, but it’s not worth the space if I can’t have a website live.  Hopefully things will improve.  I have back-dated the past days worth of Geek-Moments for you to enjoy (and keep the calendar organized).  Geek Chic will be published on Tuesday (two in one week, yay).

Have a great weekend.

Michael Sherrin

What a year - my first year after college, no summer break, two jobs, and way too many video games. I started Prodigeek over a year ago as a way to explore geek culture and suck up to potential graduate schools, but it has since grown into a bit of an obsession and has challenged me as a writer and developer. I, Michael Sherrin, run Prodigeek all by my lonesome with tons of help from everyone I can get to listen. Prodigeek only turned into a daily blog in September and has steadily grown in readers - readers I want to thank for putting up with my learning what and how to write and all my bad jokes.

To celebrate the New Year, I have redesigned Prodigeek with more features, cleaner navigation, and hopefully a more enjoyable experience. There’s an full Archives page and a Best of Prodigeek. You can also view my recommended reading list on the right sidebar or at my Google Shared items page.

I have lots of exciting plans for 2008, starting with a year-long feature - the 365 Geek-Out Moments. Every day, I will post a short blurb about a memorable and influential moment in geek history (including weekends).

Please leave any feedback, suggestions, or requests here or if you prefer, you can email me at prodigeek@mikecs.net or use my contact page.

I hope everyone has a great New Year and please keep reading Prodigeek through the New Year.

Sincerely,
Michael C. Sherrin