Unleash your inner geek without spending a cent

I recently wrote an article for the San Francisco Chronicle about five geeky places to go and see in the western US that are free of charge:

Think technology and it's not hard to see dollar signs. But California and the West have many free and geeky places worth visiting; you just have to know where to look. My new book, "The Geek Atlas" (O'Reilly Media, 542 pages, $29.99), details 128 places around the world where geeks go wild. Here are five in California and Nevada that won't cost a dime to visit.

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