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ALOOK at the winners from last night's Geek Awards. * Best New Blog: Drink Philly (honorable mention awarded to: Naked Philly). Drink Philly started as a spreadsheet of the best local happy hours and drink specials when creator Adam Schmidt was in college studying business. Now it has three full-time employees - Kameron Markworth, Justin Giza and Schmidt - and an office at 3rd and Chestnut.

ALOOK at the winners from last night's Geek Awards.

* Best New Blog: Drink Philly

(honorable mention awarded to: Naked Philly). Drink Philly started as a spreadsheet of the best local happy hours and drink specials when creator Adam Schmidt was in college studying business. Now it has three full-time employees - Kameron Markworth, Justin Giza and Schmidt - and an office at 3rd and Chestnut.

* #Sports!: Outstanding

Achievement in Ludicrous Displays Last Night: PhillieBot, the robot created by Vijay Kumar, deputy dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and collaborators and built in Penn's General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Laboratory.

* Best New Podcast:

"Talkadelphia"

* Best New Annual Local

Event: Phlly Tech Week, by Technically Media (Sean Blanda, Christopher Wink and Brian James Kirk).

* Achievement in Geek/

Techie Local PR & Social Media: Annie Heckenberger.

* Achievement in Locally Developed IOS Applications: Tap DJ.

* Contribution to the

Philadelphia Indie Game Scene: Cipherprime.

* Achievement in Appealing

to Geeks in Arts & Culture: Philadelphia Science Festival.

* Best New Vodcast/Web TV Show: "Underbelly."

* Best Local Viral Video: "Indie God of War/Zelda'87" by Gamevision.

* Achievement in Local Film

(feature length): "The Romantic" by

Michael Heneghan.

* Achievement in Local Film (short): "Bleeding Hearts" by Matthew Garrett.

* Achievement in Fashion

and Lifestyle: Cadence Watch Co.

* Best new local startup:

LaunchRock.

* Achievement in Geek Culture

Journalism: "Streets Dept."/Conrad Benner.

* BestGeek-themed Noms and Beverages: "E=MC Beered" by Yards and the Philadelphia Science Festival.

* Achievement in Local Comic Art:

Tony Trov and Johnny Zito.

- Morgan Zalot