The
infamous all nighter is an
integral part of
geek life. All nighters are periods of anti-sonism(not sleeping) during which you normally would be sleeping. (Or rather
normal people that do sleep would be sleeping) An all nighter is said to be
pulled (IE:
I pulled an all nighter.). Many
geeky (and not so geeky) things are done during all nighters, including
programming, making
music,
talking to girls,
hacking code, etc.
In order to
participate in one of these
events, one must
simply stay awake, and
do something. Staying awake is often done with the help of
stimulants, some
legal, some
not.
Caffeine is a fine example. :)