Organizers of Awesome Con and the Museum of Science Fiction will attempt to break the world record of most cosplayers in one place.

Help a bunch of nerds make their D.C. Game of Thrones fantasies a reality.

Washington is wonky. But according to recent data complied by the National Science Foundation, we’re merely the seventh-most geeky place in the country.

There are really only two types of Craiglist ads that pique our interest anymore: ones that rant vociferously — and at length — about Metro, the Washington dating scene, the sad state of D.C. politics or whatever, and incredibly creative/terrifyingly nerdy housing classifieds.

Friend of DCist and proprietor of We Love DC, Tom Bridge, shares the visual evidence that Apple employees at the company’s store in Clarendon were very, very excited about this morning’s launch of the iPad. How thrilling, the running of the nerds!