John Hodgman = Nerd Hero

 

 

I love John Hodgman.  Aside from being the PC (and the only good thing) in the Mac vs PC ads, he's a great writer and is the Resident Expert on The Daily Show.  He's also a blogger and an all around funny guy.  And now . . . he's a true geek hero.

 

Over the weekend, Mr. Hodgman spoke at the White House dinner for Radio & TV Correspondents and he did one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.  None other than the President of the United States himself, Barack Obama was sitting a few feet away from him and he took him to task on his geek cred.  It's been mentioned many times before on the interwebs by myself and many other people that Obama is our very first ever Nerd President and John Hodgman had the balls to quiz the President on exactly whether this belief is true or not.

 

What follows is one of the most amusing speeches I've ever seen.  This is almost as good as Stephen Colbert's roasting of George Bush at the White House Press Correspondent's dinner from a few years ago. 

 

Well done Mr. Hodgman.  Nerds everywhere salute you and your awesomeness.